Deadlocked – Amazon UK synopsis
February 27, 2012 in Deadlocked - Book 12, Sookie & Eric
Make of this what you will.
The following Deadlocked synopsis has appeared on Amazon UK.
Sookie has a murder investigation on her hands. A young girl has died at a vampire party – and it looks as though her lover, Eric, might be responsible. Eric swears he didn’t do it, the police don’t believe him, and even Sookie isn’t so sure. Nor is she inclined to take his word for it, not having caught him enjoying the victim’s blood minutes before she was killed. But something strange is going on. Why had Sookie been asked to come to the fateful party a few minutes early – just to catch Eric in the act? And why had the victim spiked her blood before approaching Eric? Was it simply because she wanted to be irresistible, or was it something more sinister? Sookie will have to find out . . . but it’s the worst moment to investigate, as her Fae family are having troubles of their own and Sookie is, inevitably, drawn in. And there is one last complication. The cluviel dor her grandmother left her. It will grant her one wish, which could fulfil Sookie’s heart’s desire. The only problem is, she still doesn’t know what – or who – her heart truly desires . . .
We’ve seen “first draft” synopses like this appear on Amazon UK before, and they usually prove reasonably accurate – so we’re keeping an open mind on this one.
Thoughts?
The words “Heart’s Desire” – very interesting seeing as those were the words used to describe Hallow’s curse on Eric in DTTW.
That was one of the first things I noticed too, Leif.
Someone told Sookie to come to the party early.
Someone spiked the girls blood for her.
Where did the “Fae juice” or whatever was used to spike the girls blood come from?
BOTH Eric and Sookie are being set up here.
note the test tube drops into the blood on the artwork? def Fae Blood at work…we already got a hint of it being used this way in DR…hmmm
mmm…still don’t know what to think about it.
But yes, like Leif said, very interesting choice of words (to remind us of Eric).
I’m not enjoying the part where it said WHO her heart desires….like wtf is the other option? Sam? Or it means in general if she is sure about Eric or not? *wondering*
I always tried to not give too much credit to a synopsis so i’m not panicking….yet.
Obviously Eric was set up. It’s crystal clear.
I think what Pam said it’s the key :
“Pam’s “tell sookie that this is the hard time that will show what she is made of”
Yep Mony!!!
“Why had Sookie been asked to come to the fateful party a few minutes early – just to catch Eric in the act? And why had the victim spiked her blood before approaching Eric? Was it simply because she wanted to be irresistible, or was it something more sinister?”
Who asked Sookie to come to the party early?
Eric was set-up and Sookie will prove he didn’t do it.
What remains to be seen is the trust issues between them. Does Eric feed off other women regularly and it’s out of sight out of mind for Sookie? Was this other girl with the “Spiked” blood simply “Irresistible?” and it’s not something Eric does otherwise?
With the blood bond Sookie would be able to tell that Eric was being truthful, without it Sookie has to trust Eric all on her own.
-Looking forward to CH wrapping up the Fae storyline and hopefully answering some of the unknown questions regarding Niall et al.
Now i just remembered that CH said a character we thought dead actually wasn’t. Could be the Fairy Victor used to take the fairy blood he put into Eric and Pam’s glasses in Book 11?
Could be the young woman used some pure fae blood following someone’s orders just to break E/S as couple.
“A character we thought dead actually wasn’t”
Could that be Hot Rain, or… Lorena, somehow? Nah, don’t think so. But it’s someone very pissed off…
Oh,oh, maybe Fintan?
Charlaine at one point on the forum said everyone should stop hunting for characters in the books that died, as the one she thought was dead, because it’s not one of those. I took her to mean it’s someone mentioned but never seen in the books
Then this may be the perfect occasion to meet Eric’s other “child” …
could it be Claudine?
Good questions Leif. I’m especially curious about Eric feeding off other women. Is this something that he and Sookie have agreed upon off the page previously? But if so, then why would inviting Sookie to the party early to see it matter? It would seem the whole point of that would be to shock her and for her to see it as some sort of unfaithfulness. Or maybe it’s just so that she knows for a fact that Eric is one of the last known people to be with the woman prior to her death.
I’m not panicking yet but I’m not gonna lie…me no likey.
I guess when you only have one magical wish, it’s hard to decide what to use it on. I guess circumstances and need will help her decide. I think this is going to be an awesome book! Really looking forward to it!
I hopw we get another book excerpt before May. I think last year they put one out in March. Only a few more months. I need to start a reread.
I will not freak out. I will not freak out. This will have to be my mantra between now and May.
I’m with ya on that one. It’s going to be alooooong 2 months. I’m so relieved to talk book news again. Thank Gawd!!!
“The only problem is, she still doesn’t know what – or who – her heart truly desires . . .”
FML….. really?? she STILL doesn’t know??? even after the bond was broken and she admitted she loved him all on her own???? head…meet desk.
mainly frustrated because they are still trying to sell the “triangle”
Especially after CH’s comment about it. But I don’t think she has anything to do with the synopsis, way too dramatic for CH to have written it
The reason why I don’t believe in this line about who Sookie really desires is because Sookie would be having inner thoughts and conflict about having residual feelings for some other man, and that’s just not there.
No this is probably about what or who Sookie really desires to help with the cluviel dor.
yeah I have to agree with you Freyja. The synopsis isn’t even supposed to be the writers words anyway
This doesn’t really bother me. They want to keep it exciting and keep us on pins & needles until the very end.
12 books in & still, I can’t freaking wait until May!
Yep, i think once she even said it, that she has nothing to do with Amazon synopsis and also suggested to never read Amazon reviews (and/or synopsis) if you were looking for her books
I’m not so sure. Maybe it’s not about choosing a man. It doesn’t need to be a person that’s her heart’s desire. IMO
that it was “setup” to incriminate Eric, we already knew, and this synopsis just confirms this.
I do not know … I just hope that the whole history of the Fae, at least, will be tied in this book, I can not take anymore.
it is going to end badly …i mean there is book 13…
Something tells me the comment pam made.she knew what it was going to happen.and eric asked if sookie trusted him..
he knows she isn’t sure
Deep breaths everyone. I think the “who” there is misleading – as usual.
So, the real police are involved? Color me surprised. Do they take Eric in? Or perhaps they don’t have enough evidence to arrest him, but he’s the prime suspect.
So, who asked her to go early to the party? I don’t remember Mustapha mentioning that when he came to invite her for Felipe’s big visit.
Looks like the real police are very involved. I hadn’t noticed this before today, but check out the paperbook cover:
http://www.amazon.com/Deadlocked-Sookie-Stackhouse-Book-12/dp/1937007936/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330463752&sr=1-1
Police all over it. Odd…
Interesting Sarah! Thanks for posting that.
Police all over it. Just great! It seems like the great Investigator *puke* is not enough, huh?
Is it May yet?
I have to rant: I just get irritated with the handling of this synopsis. as last sentence, I do not freak out, yet, I only remember the confusion when appeared the DITF’s synopsis, and was exactly the opposite, remember? Lord! will be two months of waiting proven difficult. LOL.
The wording of this one is very rough, so I think it’s probably better to look at the general gist of it rather than pore over subtleties in the choice of wording
Agreed, SVB. I think the sentence structure is a little off, at the same time I can’t wait to read this book! Gaaaah!
*rabid frothing.*
I think this whole “she still doesn’t know what – or who – her heart truly desires” is just a tease (for a certain part of the crazy fandom and a bad one at that) for Sookie already knows where her heart lies, IMO. Why would Sookie say “I do love you, all on my own” if she was unsure? She wouldn’t! This is just an attempt to give some members of the fandom a reason to SQUEE and the other to squirm. I am not falling into anything just yet.
Also, the term ‘heart’s desire’ was not used lightly in this synopsis, it was a direct link back to Eric.
Well, there hasn’t been anyone else IN her heart, so the proposition that Sookie still doesn’t know who her heart desires is a strange one, because it makes it sound like a Eric vs. someone else scenario, which doesn’t really hold.
I think it could easily be referring to a non-romantic situation, as in, is her heart’s desire to be with her Fae family or with Eric? – If for some reason she had to choose one or the other.
Maybe she is forced to choose to use the Cluviel Dor to help either Eric or one of the Fae. That would be a pretty agonizing choice as we know how Sookie feels about family – she values the idea so much, even if she has individual troubles with family members.
It can’t be a coincidence that there’s a Fae, i.e, a Family Crisis and an Eric Crisis at the same time.
And then there’s Hunter. So I don’t think this is a romantic issue at all. What would using the Cluviel Dor have anything to do with Sookie suddenly realizing she loves Sam? Or Alcide? Or the other guy?
II – As for Sookie not being so sure Eric didn’t “do it”, well, we’re also told she caught him feeding from the soon-to-be murder victim. Sookie isn’t perfect and I think it’s acceptably human that she’d have some dark moments about this, wondering if Eric lost control, etc. I still think that we’ll see the usual determined loyalty from Sookie as she attempts to exonerate him.
Obviously this little write up is intended to rev people’s engines up to the max. It’s not surprising that everything’s worded as it is. Hitting all the pressure points, etc. To be expected.
I don’t think Charlaine is even responsible for this synopsis “who her heart truly desires”, its probalby just written that way so that TB Beehl fans can still keep their hopes up, the show really annoys the hell out of me.
“The only problem is, she still doesn’t know what – or who – her heart truly desires”
For the me this is PR and a move from her editor/publisher, so the fans of the other suitors get excited with the book.
By using the word ‘what’ as well as ‘who’ – are they alluding to the possibility that she may choose the cluviel dor to allow her to have a baby?
I don’t think it will be shown that Sookie chooses Eric for a HEA in this book…hopefully she will in Dead End or my head will be hitting the desk also…maybe followed by the floor. After CH’s comments recently, Sookie may choose to end up alone so will use the CD for some less selfish purpose and lose Eric in the process. I hope not as they are my favorite fictional couple.
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If Felipe ordered Eric to feed from someone during a “vampire party”, he’d have to, right? Or would being bonded/married exempt him from that?
I wonder if the girl’s “spiked” blood means she somehow took fairy blood into her system. Or elf blood, as in Two Blondes.
Reminds me of the sequence in DR where Pam and Eric are given spiked drinks at Vampire’s Kiss and Sookie eventually discovers the fairy blood came from an abducted fae called Cait, who worked at Hooligans and was known to Claude.
omg, omg – I am scared but excited at the same time…. is it May yet? Loads of things crossing my mind…
I wonder how was this girl killed – just as result of being drained or was there something else there? Spiked blood?? Could it be fairy related or some other kind of magic???
Real police involved – interesting … I think Eric will be held one way or the other (police or de Castro) during which time Sookie will try to find the truth
The fact that Sookie will be teaming up with Bill to investigate makes me a bit worried in case they grow closer again in the process (God forbid!)…
It’s obviously some kind of set up against Eric or against both Eric/Sookie … it’s even too obvious that it worries me a bit.
I think this book will be a big drama and and it probably won’t end well for E/S – we’ll be biting our nails until May 2013 – but then I think that’s actually good. I would be more worried if DL leaves E/S as they are at the moment and I don ‘t like it.
Their relationship at the end of DR wasn’t great and they had loads of issues to deal with…they were all over the place and bad at communicating with each other…Something is off there and they have to make it right… they need this kind of drama as a deal breaker…
Looks action and drama filled. This is the second last book, there’s going to be some emotional drama and probably not resolved until the last book. I don’t think it’s a romantic issue that choice Sookie has to make. There is no other on her mind, we’ve seen that, this has to do something with her family, fae or maybe Hunter.
I thought that line about “heart’s desire” was very very interesting. It could be a PR move though.
Nervous as usual. Glad to read everyone’s sensible, non panicky comments as usual.
Whatever happens in DL I still expect them to be together at the end.
It’s going to be one hell of a rough ride though!
[quote]Sookie will have to find out . . . but it’s the worst moment to investigate, as her Fae family are having troubles of their own and Sookie is, inevitably, drawn in.[/quote]
Again why is this the worst moment to investigate? “Fuckin’ fairies” and their agenda!*rant* That almost seems like they have Sookie abducted in this book.
[quote]And there is one last complication.The cluviel dor her grandmother left her.[/quote]
OK, I get it, it’s hard to use it, it’s just one single wish and it’s hard to choose one, but why would the CD be a “last complication”?
Eric feeding off other women- not worrisome at all in my book. He does need to feed and he can’t use Sookie as TB Jason put it, “as his own private soda fountain”, but from that to Sookie watch him “enjoying the victim’s blood minutes before she was killed”…*swoons*
And one more thing…I still don’t have a clue who this “devious enemy” might be, but it’s an A-class son of a bitch/bitch, wise and powerful and one who possesses a boat-load of information about vampires, fairies, and Eric and Sookie in particular.
I’ll try to be calm, but I guess I’ll fail at that.
I need SVB/Serena group therapy or something. Or I’ll just grab my hidden bottle of Martini for now…
This looks like a very strong book! I’m interested to see how CH wraps up the Fae stuff and if Claude et. all end up betraying Sookie somehow. I think Sookie will have some questions for Eric, but she’s not walking away from him – it’s WAY too late for that. Like 8 books too late.
The Cluevel Dor still gives me some concern. I keep thinking it’s going to be a Monkey’s Paw choice. There will be terrible consequences for changing fate. I love CH but she’s warned us all along that the Sookie books are not romances and she’s not guaranteeing a HEA.
Not even a Happily some-decades After?
I know it’s not a romance, but how on Earth could CH leave us without even an attempt to a HEA? It’s already hard to imagine them making their relationship working through the time without all this mess *sighs*
Interesting reading.. and I am always not inclined to believe the synopsis because they are always misleading on what really will happen in the book. Much like what we went through with promo’s for tb implying more Eric than was in an episode.
Also, with this being the second to last book we know we are not going to have total resolution on the HEA front. And they (Eric and Sookie) are still learning how to react to each other with out the blood bond. (still kills me to say that).
I totally agree that Eric and Sookie are being set up to try to wedge them apart. For how would a human know to spike her own blood to make her irresistable to Eric… and if she was a donor at the party, why wasnt she attacked prior to Eric feeding if she was so irresistable… only ends up dead after. She had to have been under orders of some kind to know to do “what” “when”. we know the typical donor in these stories have an idea on how to act but are actually a bit blind thanks to the rush of “maybe I will be choosen for a drink”. So if there was a way to guarantee you would be bitten by any vamp, she probably jumped at the chance.
This probably doesn’t go here, sorry.
I am just really curious about the taking blood vs. sex thing. Eric says over and over that Sookie is his. He establishes with her in D&G that she is “only his lover” (vs. “his only lover”) and she agrees to that. It’s clear that no vampire is allowed to take blood from Sookie. I think Thalia (?) pretty much says so at the end of DR after the kill Victor party.
My question is…does it go the other way? Well, I know it probably doesn’t go the other way for blood. Sookie doesn’t question Eric about feeding from other people like she did with Bill. She seems to be very out of sight, out of mind about it. However, Eric isn’t supposed to need much blood due to his age. Have I missed it and CH spelled out how that works between them? I can’t remember Sookie talking about Eric taking blood from someone else since they got together.
Same for sex. They nailed down that Sookie wasn’t going to have other lovers, but they never really spelled out if the same rule went for Eric. I know that Sookie would never agree to be in a relationship with Eric if he was having sex with other women, but did he ever SAY that? Does the marriage imply that? There just seems to be some inequalities in most human/vampire relationships that vampires take for granted that Sookie would be all “hell no” about.
I called this quite a while ago. I get so annoyed with Sookie talking on and on about how closely sex and taking blood are tied and “sometimes they get all jumbled up.” I think that she had thought that Eric didn’t take blood any longer since she also mentions numerous times “how little blood a vampire as old as Eric really needs.” “Just a nip here, a sip there.” So for her to see it, in person, I think it is quite a wake-up call for her. I think for the first time she acutally believes that Eric may go to be with Oklahoma due to his need for power and status within the vamp community. For the first time, I wonder if she is doubting Eric’s love for her. In All Together Dead remember the (gonna spell this wrong) Breitling saying that “All vampires are deceptive without exception.” Wonder if our guy is going to be falling out of favor. Makes me sad, but I didn’t think their love for one another could withstand the pressures surrounding them. So, to answer your question, I think that Eric may have been doing the feeding all along, but without Sookie’s knowledge. Going out on a huge ledge here…does anyone think that maybe Claude has a huge secret agenda going on??? Maybe he’s dosing the donor Eric fed on with Fae scent and is trying to lure Sookie away from him for his own Fairy Agenda? Just a thought.
I agreed with you Lydia when you wrote about Eric’s blood taking before.
“Out of sight, Out of mind” is what I wrote. I don’t think he’s having intercourse with these women, but I don’t doubt that he does enjoy his meal. And, Sookie is smart not to ask. She is mostly human, and from a relationship perspective I can understand where it would bother her to see it happening. I don’t think that’s romanticising it, I see it as being realistic. I don’t think she’s jealous either – she just doesn’t want to know.
I still wonder how much and how often he needs to feed. And, does he pick randomly or does he have a close few?
And, how does someone’s blood get spiked? And with what? Maybe it was someone working in cahoots with Victor in Book 11 since this is the second time someone’s tried to drug Eric?
I don’t know.
I was wondering if Claude is doing something and has spiked Eric’s “meal”. Not feeling too good about Claude these days, what’s the old saying from the Godfather movie…”Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Perhaps Claude looks at Sookie as more of an enemy? Not sure which way this is going to go. I think Eric and Sookie will break up with this situation being one of the last straws to break their relationship’s back.
Oh God, this is going to be a bumpy ride….I am terrified and excited at the same time. Come on May…
Seat belts are NOT optional.
Has anyone worked out the blood spatter on the front cover? I’m trying to see a picture in it but can’t.
They look like lemon pips in the blood to me, so that implies faery + or v. vampire as the main theme.
Or maybe I’ve had too much Mojito….or perhaps not enough. I’m never sure. So I’ll have another just in case. *cheers!* This most recent synopsis has me seeking solace in Cuban rum. Nice change from G&T.
I never get these blood splatter images right, but when I first looked at it, the blood itself looks to be in the shape of a tie.
Oh, yes! It does look like a tie, doesn’t it.
At first glance I thought it was a *ahem* limp penis. Yeah yeah, mind in the gutter LOL but at second look, I have no idea what the shape is. Other than drops coming out of a container, I’m assuming that is the “spiked” in the blood.
Yeah I think it’s meant to depict the spiked blood. These UK covers are a trip
But nary a mention of TB on them. Gotta like that.
I see it as “something”(can’t figure out what exactly)dripping from a bottle
When I saw it I thought, “Why is there a bloody neck tie on CH’s book?” It still looks like a tie to me, but it must be something else because this is something I would expect on an Anita Blake book, not Sookie.
Even though it bothers me, I can understand the tease of “she still doesn’t know what – or who – her heart truly desires” in order to market and sell the book to fans.
What I can’t really stand is this:
“Eric swears he didn’t do it, the police don’t believe him, and even Sookie isn’t so sure.”
REALLY??
It doesn’t matter how “well done” was the set up. To doubt the word of your couple, that’s serious stuff. I can understand she thinks he could be able to do it, but to doubt his word when he swears he didn’t do it, that’s another story. Because love can’t exist without trust. After 12 books (how many years have passed inside the story??) and all the instances that he has been risking his life for her, despite all the killings they are accomplice together to protect each other, and even after she has said to everyone that she loves him… “she isn’t so sure” of his word?
Shit…
THIS is what I actually hope is a tease.
“how many years have passed inside the story?”
If my count is correct- about a couple of years, 3 years at most
I just think there are more repercussions from the breaking of their blood bond. With it, Sookie would know if Eric was lying to her. Now she has to trust him completely without it. And since it sounds like she walks in on him feeding on another woman, in what I guess looks like a compromising position – well, I guess there’s going to be a little doubt in her mind.
Oh, the angst.
“Even though it bothers me, I can understand the tease of “she still doesn’t know what – or who – her heart truly desires” in order to market and sell the book to fans.”
^This!^ I really try not to let any synopsis, promo, or interview bug me because it’s not like they are just gonna come out and say, “Oh don’t worry, Sookie ends up with ‘whoever’ at the end of the series.” Sookie’s HEA and her partner in that HEA is probably one of the most hotly debated issues surrounding these books. I’d not a bit surprised if they keep us wondering and guessing and worrying until the very end.
Keeping the readers guessing and/or uncomfortable is not easy to do when it’s been Eric since book 2 & there is no one else left.
So that doesn’t bother me either. I’m sure their relationship is going to continue to be tested & a part of me will be biting my nails right to the end.
Eric has his faults but he’s never swore to something that hasn’t been true & I do think Sookie knows this about him. My guess is it’s going to be inner doubts that creep up – whether she wants them there or not – as the evidence is going to be stacked against him. Catching him feeding on this girl with the irresistible spiked blood is going to sting & bring up insecurities and we know this business with Freyda is not going to help those feelings either. It’s only natural. But I like that CH has Sookie deal with all these issues that are so normal in this anything but normal world she lives in. It’s what makes Sookie so relatable. I’m looking forward to seeing BOTH Sookie & Eric showing what they are really made of.
[Eric has his faults but he’s never swore to something that hasn’t been true & I do think Sookie knows this about him.]
That’s why I’m actually expecting those words on the synopsis to be a tease. Becasue when you’re on a relationship and KNOW your couple, it doesn’t matter how compromising could be the situation, you just simply trust him.
Just imagine you find your husband or boyfriend with a gun in the hand and a dead body on the floor. And the dead person is a man who you saw fighting with him before. If you know him and trust his word because you know he has never lied to you, will you doubt him if he tells you he didn’t kill the person and only took the gun from the floor?
[Catching him feeding on this girl with the irresistible spiked blood is going to sting & bring up insecurities and we know this business with Freyda is not going to help those feelings either. It’s only natural.]
Is natural indeed to have insecurities regarding “their relationship” after all that. But if she isn’t sure that he killed the girl after he “swear” he didn’t do it, that means a huge problem of trust from her. Because she isn’t doubting of their relationship, she isn’t trusting HIM.
And that is serious stuff. So I really hope that was a tease.
OK so I’ve been thinking about this a lot in terms of the blood bond.
When the bond was in place, Sookie used it all the time to work out whether Eric was telling her the truth. There are multiple instances of this from DAG onward, but particularly in the last two books. The bond was her crutch with Eric, in the same way that she used telepathy as a crutch with humans. The bond and her telepathy diminished the requirement for her to trust. Whenever she had doubts, there was always a way to know…always a means to test whether Eric or a human had told her the truth. She even had this luxury to an extent with were’s and shifters, though never as pronounced. The Neon Light Exception to all of this was Bill – and Sookie is very well aware of how that turned out.
The removal of the bond means that she has no crutch with Eric any more. That bond has been in place since book 7 – since before Eric regained his memories, since before their relationship moved to the next level for real. Now it’s gone. She has no emotional conduit, and she’s never been able to read his mind – so she has no way of testing whether her trust in him is misplaced. She’s in the position of a normal person – the only way she can judge whether he’s worthy of her trust is by his past actions. She has to make a huge leap of faith – after everything we’ve been through, can I trust an ages old, self interested vampire, no matter what?. The last time she was in this position, she didn’t ask herself this question. And she got royally fucked over.
I think she will realise that she can trust Eric based on her past experiences. But just like her earlier realisation after a half dozen books of angst that she loves him without the bond, realising that she can also trust him without the bond will be a process. So I’m not really surprised to see them in a situation where trust issues are front and centre – with the feeding thing and QOK – nor to see Sookie questioning him at this particular juncture. I think CH deserves major kudos for managing to strip this relationship, with all it’s messed up supernatural weirdness, down to pretty human basics. It’s right where it needs to be this close to the end.
If the bond was still solid and Sookie was carrying on like this – totally different story.
See? I can make sunshine out of any old shit
Totally with you SVB. I’m pretty darn impressed with CH myself. I’m going to hold off any judgement until I can actually see how all this goes down. Can’t wait!
[See? I can make sunshine out of any old shit]
ROFLMAO! You just crak me up!! Yeah, I know you always can. Old and new shit hahaha!! :p.
You put the finger in my panic button because I didn’t wanted to discuss the blood bond, as I was afraid and always knew it could rise up serious issues. Of course the way you explain it seems to be the logic way for the story to develop. But actually, if you think about it, it’s like a razor with two edges that could cut, not just in one of two ways, but it could also cut either way. That’s why when krtmd mentioned the bond, I tried to obviate it. I’m afraid that after reading the last books with so many nods to TB and phrases taken directly from the script of the show it make me think that it actually has been bleeding to the books, so I don’t feel so sure which way it will develop. The desicion of not kill “William Erasmus” (shit! what an ugly name… sorry HAHHAHA!) and all the later apologies to his fans wasn’t trivial at all (at least for me). That doesn’t means that he is important at this point in the story. It means CH is sensible to public opinion since TB began. And because it’s her story, logic or not, anything could happen.
[She has no emotional conduit, and she’s never been able to read his mind – so she has no way of testing whether her trust in him is misplaced. She’s in the position of a normal person – the only way she can judge whether he’s worthy of her trust is by his past actions. She has to make a huge leap of faith – after everything we’ve been through, can I trust an ages old, self interested vampire, no matter what?]
According to the synopsis you’re utterly right. And if it is this way, that’s exactly why I feel dissapointed. I don’t know if you understand me, but I was expecting her to have developed an emotional maturity to this point of the story. Especially regarding her feelings for him. I was expecting that after breaking the bond his past actions were enough for her to trust him and his word. More so, because it brings up in the reader the doubt that if she, not only trusted him, but also loved him because of the blood bond.
(And that’s why I didn’t want to “touch” the blood bond topic NONONO).
And that’s WHY I’m expecting the sentence to be only a “casual” tease in the synopsis (because if it wasn’t, the angst will make me burn the book before finish the reading…)
More than anything, I am dying to know who sent Sookie to the party early? Can’t wait to find out!
I know… I’m DYING of curiosity!
Maybe Sookie was sent to the party for the explicit purpose of catching Eric feeding off the girl, losing her temper and, assuming the girl did NOT die of extreme blood loss, being accused of the girl’s murder.
Well, all this and the previous interview CH gave makes me think that Sookie will end up single and happy. Ch constantly says that Sookie doesn’t need a man in her life to be happy (she wouldn’t mind one, but she doesn’t need one). And now this synopsis. Even thought I wish it wasn’t so, I think Eric won’t be her hearts desire.
She’ll help him discover who set him up but…We saw their relationship strain bit by bit in the previous book. And now this murder. What if they can’t make it work??
as long as it makes sense for Sookie I can live with it and be happy for her. I have faith that CH will stay true to her characters and at this point that is all I can ask for. It’ll suck if her and Eric don’t end up together,but I’m sure the ending will make sense for us bookies.
CH has said Sookie will end up with a “life partner” so I don’t think we’ll find her alone at the end.
who knows… she could even end up taking care of hunter? although I’m not a fan of that ending..
I wouln’t consider a child to be a “life partner” though.
neither do I.. I meant other options. Oops should have been clearer
Maybe she gets a “real” cat;)
791 duckpond100 2009-05-09 08:26 Well, you all make me feel great, and you give me a great incentive to work. I do know who Sookie will end up with as a life partner, but I am taking some byways to get there. So if anyone is counting on that wrapping up in the next book, please understand that won’t happen.Thanks so much, all of you.Charlaine Harris
interesting..
All this talk has me craving the book. I can’t wait for the release. I will spend the next two months rereading the first 11 books so I will be ready. Here’s to CH (tips my glass)that she gives us all the answers we so want.
What if Sookie’s heart desires to not be born telepathic? Her life would rewind like a butterfly effect. She would have never met Bill or Eric, Gran would be alive. The Fae would have no interest in her. She would most likely be married with children.The Cluevel Dor could make this possible.
I WANT her to choose Eric and I want her to grow old loving him but is that CH’s vision? I begin to think not.
No, I’m sorry, but Mr. C said it’s not possible to remove her telepathy using the cd.
LOL, that’s true, aaaaaand my whole post is redundant!
I started to include your point that it would just negate all the growth she’s accomplished since the series began but decided since it’s already out of the question, not to. Great minds and all;)
Sookie’s whole journey in the books is about growing into herself and making the best out of her situation. Finding a place in the supernatural world, where as much truble as she’s in, she also gets things she wouldn’t have had before: adventure, a sense of belonging, a way to find valuse in what she previously saw as a disability.
Erasing the basic premise of the story would negate all of her growth and make 12 books of character development completely pointless and irrelevant.
It’s simply not gonna happen.
the cover is drops coming from a bottle as far as i can tell.
i know we need some high drama for the last 2 books, but what i see there is kind of out of character for eric & sook. he got to be 1000, but is that stupid; and she now doesn’t believe her husband is innocent.
all that did was remind me of sookie walking in on bill & katerina or whatever her name was on TB.
please be done with these farkin fairies already!!!
so not ready to have bill suddenly realize he is an investigator & having so much page time with sook. they just can’t resist trotting his ass out now that TB is so popular.
And now I must confess that some of my earlier, secret wishes to see some jealousy from Sookie (which was already visited in DR) may come back to bite me in the ass. lol
Yeah, and I’m afraid I’m in the same boat you are @VikingDame, and I kind of like my ass the way it is(un-bitten *LOL* that is)
But it is in his house. i mean the description said that the body is found at eric’s…
And eric said to sookie that only pam and sookie had been in his house.If he is bringing fangbangers home…Meaning he probably set this all up..
I think the last synopsis actually said the body was in Eric’s yard – not inside the house.
ahh thanks!I guess it is like on purpose she has to see the fangbnger
I see tears in the blood on the cover…
that down slanted rectangular shape in the top left looks like the neck of a bottle with drops falling.
Yeah that’s totally a bottle.
That does look like a bottle. My first thought was of the bottle of wine that Mr. C spiked with a thimbleful his demon blood and had Gran and Fintan drink to pass along his telepathy gift to his essential spark possessing descendants.
With all the mention of Mr. C and his past in the last book, I wonder if he’ll come into play in this book with this dead girl issue, or the Fae troubles? Who is chasing him? He WOULD be someone who has a lot of inside knowledge of Sookie, Eric, Fae and vamps. Hmmm…
There is the blood on the cover with a little yellow vile pooring yellow drops into it. I assume that this is the spiked blood.
Looks like a test tube to me *shrugs*
Yes, now I look at it that way it does look like a test tube pouring something; but if they’re drops, they’re the wrong shape. They should become spherical soon after leaving the tube, but maybe they’re applied creative licence.
Okay, forget my necktie guess (i knew it was lame), I can definitely see the bottle/testtube image now. And it makes a hell of lot more sense than a tie in the context of what we’ve been given so far. I won’t tell you how long I wracked my brains trying to think of a link of the story to the tie. I didn’t do that at all.
Wow – I’m dying to find out:
(1) Who sent Sookie to that party? And how did he/she know about it (assuming they are not a vamp)?
(2) If this “vampire party” wasn’t at Eric’s, where was the party and how then did the girls body end up on Eric’s lawn? (Eric seems like a pretty private person to me when it comes to people being in his home, which makes me doubt he his hosting this shin-dig.)
(3) Who is this girl and what are her connections? She must be more than just a fangbanger if she is willingly offering her life. Maybe she was in someone’s debt?
(4) And, obviously, what is really going on with the Fae and their involvement in Sookie’s life?
(5) For whom and for what reason will Sookie use the cluviel dor? And what dire situation will she be in that makes her question it? And how will it forever change future events?
and finally.. When will it be May!!??? Cannot wait!
After reading DR, I have bad feeling about the fae. I think it’s possible that they are behind this. It was Claude (along with Amelia) that invited Alcide into Sookie’s room in DR. The fae were showing unusual interest in her also. Something’s up, and probably nothing good.
I hate myself for putting my name on the wait list for this book! I was pretty disappointed in the last couple, but I hope the series will go out with a bang.
Well i am skeptical about the drops in the cover i think there represent something purring in the blood and tears too!!!maybe we have a drama from this event probably a divorce between them?i think queen ok is behind this.. I will very disaponded if sookie doesnt show trust in eric!!!
The great news? This synopsis still refers to “her lover, Eric.” Just this is enough reason for celebration IMO.
Well, I guess…
But that’s not enough. Not for me, anyway. I’m still on the loony side of the fence. This is what I get when I read too many spoilers *biting her nails*
So much for the “break up scene” at the end of Dead Reckoning that so many people
imaginedread, huh?Exactly, the only thing better than BL fringe speculation is the sound of it going pfffft
well yes but i don’t think we will have sex between them in this book..
I was more optimistic about Eric/Sookie after I read DR. Before I read DR I thought that Eric/Sookie would break up in DR. Finally, Sookie admitted that she loved Eric “All on her own”.Plus,Sookie told everyone that she loved Eric. Also, Eric admitted to Sookie that he was afraid that she would leave him if the blood bond was broken. I thought that was a big admission from Eric.
I just hope this book goes better for Pam. I do worry that some will happen to Pam by the end of the series. I would not be satisfied with an ending where Pam does not survive. CH metioned that Eric and Sookie will survive the end of the series but did not say anything ab out Pam.
I’m concerend about Pam as well… Pam is one of my Fav female character’s in the series.. i dont have have much to say about all of the spoiler’s i have read this far about TB or the books.. i think i’m rather annoyed at the fact that Sookie is second guessing yet agian about Eric…. this theme is getting old to me personally & i think CH draged it on. this doesnt make me like Sookie more nor Eric more.. at this point i already like who i like & after 12 books that really isnt going change..
i laugh at the thought that Sookie is going to spend some page time investigating with Billy to actually prove that Eric didnt kill a fangbanger… CH LOL
what a tool…
I only have one other thought based on the new synopsis, “Deadlocked” may refer to Eric being “locked up” but, if that’s the case, I hope it’s not the whole book…
I keep thinking about the summit that’s due in either this book or the final one, and about how we saw vampire trials at the last summit in ATD.
Maybe they’ll use the summit to punish *shrugs* Eric for refusing QoO or something?
But I think Oklahoma will be left aside for the last book, as a desert
I really wanted a trial ala ATD in this book but I don’t think we’re going to get it and I’m not sure there’ll be time in the Dead End, but here’s hoping.
this concern are bothering me too, Eric will be “away” from Sookie most of the book? arrested? I know he is not in all the chapters, but if have less Eric in this book, I’ll be very upset.
I wonder who’s gonna run Area 5 if he’s locked up? Who’s gonna keep Louisiana safe?
here is some cool news about the number 13 ( it is considered good & bad luck amoung some cultures).. so depending on CH’s methods book 13 could all be well considering E/S…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/number-thirteen.html
i just found out that the number 13 can also represent :
1. Ascension
2. Resurrection
3. Enlightenment Totality
4. Completion
5.Power
6.Realization
7.Attainment
just wanted to share with you fellow Eric lover’s.. some of you might already be awear of this.. but i just found this out because i was curious about book 13 after reading all the spoiler’s for book 12.. this gave me some hope.. Enjoy..
I hope sookie doesn’t become soo ignorant and believe that eric is responsible for the killing. That would take her to the TB sookie. I definitely wouldn’t want that
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