Dead Ever After

A Sookie Stackhouse Novel, Book 13

By: Charlaine Harris

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris has won numerous awards for her Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series, which has been adapted into the hit HBO show True Blood. In this 13th and final book, a murder rocks the town of Bon Temps and Sookie is arrested for the crime. After making bail, she sets out to clear her name - but her investigation only leads to more deaths.

©2013 Charlaine Harris, Inc. (P)2013 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"The Sookie Stackhouse series seamlessly mixes sensuality, violence, and humor." ( Boulder Weekly)

"Harris’s creation offers a magical and mysterious twist on traditional vampire stories." ( Houston Chronicle)

"What sucked me in? Definitely the books’ oddly charming, often funny mix of the mundane and the absurd. And the chills and thrills in boudoirs and various locales around the South aren’t too bad either." ( The Seattle Times)

I enjoyed this

What did you love best about Dead Ever After?

I love the fact that Charlaine Harris went in a totally different direction than i thought

Who was your favorite character and why?

as always Sookie

Which scene was your favorite?

Sookie and Sam FINALLY getting together

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

i liked it all

Any additional comments?

I disagree with the nah sayers. This had to be hard for a writer to wrap up such a great series. I love your books Charlaine thanks for all the adventures of Sookie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sookie

I loved the entire series. That includes the books she wrote in between that cover the parts of events that Sookie talked about but weren't in the stories. This is my 15th time listening to the series in full.

Love!

I just love this series, it is one of my all time favorites!! The characters show Southerners in a more flattering light, and as one I appreciate that! The story development is interesting, and I like how life goes on for characters between books, it feels more real. Very entertaining with engaging characters, I will always love these books.

Loved the story...ending meh

i absolutely love the the sookie stackhouse collection but i expected more wow at the end. overall the story was enjoyable

Disappointing. Rushed ending.

The ending of this series was a pretty big disappointment. I was so bored because everything that was happening was rushed. Seemed like the author was just trying to tie up all the loose ends by throwing random events into the last couple chapters.
*SPOILER*
After building Eric and Bill up for the entire series I was surprised with the way the author flicked them away like a bug. Especially Eric. Because of their history I WANTED them to be together. I was okay that it happened, but I hated the way Sookie and Sam ended up together and all the comments Sam makes are basically just him trying to get Sookie back in bed. Completely unbelievable wrap up to the series.

Loved It!!!

Sad to see the series end, but happily surprised how it ended. Loved the narrator.

Happy trails, Sookie

I started listening to this series of books after watching the first few episodes on HBO. While I have continued to watch the show, I have more anxiously awaited each new book as I liked how the different characters came and went or developed into main characters. I have to say, I love the book version so much better than the tv series which deviated so far from the books.

I have had 2 listening marathons and with this, the last in the series, I see another one in my future. I'm glad everything was wrapped up and tied together; maybe not a "happily ever after" for everyone but then life's like that. I'll miss Sookie but she's alway there if I need another marathon of listening pleasure!

Wrapped up or cleaned up?

First off I can't say enough about how much I've enjoyed Johanna Parker's narration of this whole series! The writing continues to have a great sense of humor and great characters. After the growing complications of the series it was nice to see many of these wrapped up. In many ways I think the Sookieverse is in a better place for new books than it has been since the first few books, if Charlaine decides to ever write any. I know I'd buy them if she does.

Yes there were some issues with characters and with abilities. With this kind of story I don't think one can really expect too much realism.

Alright conclusion to the series

3 stars

***note, this review will be considered a bit spoilerish because I'm going to say who Sookie ends up with***

This was an alright addition to the series. TBH, I can completely see who some people felt the story was a bit of a letdown considering it was the final book in the series. Things with Eric ended in a rather messed up way that left me expecting something more...even if it was just a big blowout between them. In the action part of the plot, Sookie actually has a couple of different people after her. One group is trying to frame her for murder (with slim evidence) and the other attacks come from someone else that she would never have suspected. Things got a bit confusing, trying to figure out who's doing what and why, but at least everything got concluded in that area. Sookie's love life? Well if you read the previous book you'd probably guess where things were going based off the ending...to Sam. While I like Sam, the ambivalence that's been between Sam and Sookie through the first 12 books just makes their sudden interest in being together not ring true for me. The excuse that the change in their perspectives was wrought by the big magic Sookie unleashed to save Sam in book #12 seemed iffy so I guess I'm just not really feeling their HEA, especially since it didn't come together until the end of the story.

This was a somewhat enjoyable story. I was glad to finish the series but there were some holes or things that didn't make sense for me that left me feeling like this book didn't completely feel like an ending. It did feel a bit like Harris got tired of writing the series and just tried to paste things together so there was a somewhat credible ending for the series. While I liked the beginning of the series, the way the quality seemed to go down as the series got longer makes me hesitate to recommend it.

Glad to have read the series

I totally enjoyed this series. This book series has entertained me for a few years. A lot of fun, sometimes sad, sometimes laugh out loud, always good entertainment. Thanks Charlaine Harris.