- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Ace Hardcover; 1 edition (May 4, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0441018645
- ISBN-13: 978-0441018642
Dead in the Family is the 10th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, and if you haven't read the other nine, stop right here and go find yourself a copy of Dead Until Dark, the book that started it all. Jumping in at this point would be a mistake, especially since Dead in the Family opens with an unusually glum Sookie recovering from the terrible wounds she suffered in book nine (Dead and Gone.)
Although Sookie can read human minds, that's not much help when she's dealing with her vampire boyfriend Eric and his problems, both professional and personal. She also finds herself caught up once more in the drama of Alcide's werewolf pack and just to keep things interesting, her fairy cousin Claude surprises her by asking to move in. In other words, it's just another day in Bon Temps, Louisiana.
Sookie, though, has changed; when she learns who kept Eric from coming to her rescue when she needed him, she wants the culprit dead. She's also starting to think about the toll time will take on her while Eric stays young forever, and the children she will never have if she stays with him. Eventually Sookie will have to make some big choices, but has her blood bond with Eric narrowed her options?
The book ends with at least one big question unresolved, leaving the reader prepped for number 11. I, for one, can't wait.
- Genre: deliciously guilty pleasure (note: I don't actually feel guilty)
- Read it if: you've already read the other nine books in the series
- Skip it if: I lost you at the phrase "her vampire boyfriend"
- Movie-Worthy: it's already a TV series, so why not?
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