This was one of the best Sookie Stackhouse books of the last few years. In it, Bill and Sookie are healing from the brief, but lethal, war between the fae and the vampires. Claude, among the very last of the faeries left on our side of the divide, is healing from loneliness...by moving in with cousin Sookie. In fact, this book is very aptly titled; it's all about families. Sookie spends time with her cousin Hadley's young son, who shares her mind-reading ability. She also, much to her chagrin, spends time with Eric's vampire family.
In the 'True Blood' TV series, Eric's maker was the beautiful, benevolent Godric (played to perfection by the Danish actor Allan Hyde). In the book, Eric's maker is a frightening ancient Roman named Appius Flavius Ocella. It's impossible to love Appius Flavius the way we love Godric. Why? His relationship with Eric's vampire "brother" Alexei Romanov (yes, the murdered Russian prince), turned at the age of 13, is totally inappropriate. Eric justifies this by telling Sookie that such relationships were considered normal during the time of ancient Rome, but Sookie doesn't buy it, and the whole thing still drips creepiness. However, the scene when the vampire family shows up and fries Sookie's psychic circuitry with their blood bond is hilarious.
Eric's not the only one to reunite with "family," though: Bill's "sister," who happens to resemble his late wife, shows up to add a new wrinkle to the Bill-Sookie-Eric love triangle. Will Appius Flavius's prediction that Sookie won't keep Eric come true, or will they stay together? Is there any hope of Bill and Sookie getting back together, or will he prefer the vampire who looks like his wife? Will Sookie start wanting Eric to turn her? The next book in the series cannot come soon enough.
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