I’ve actually read this back in October. I was glad about the development in the relationship of Harper and Tolliver. It’s been so obvious that they needed each other and depended so much on each other.

The kind of murder dealt with in An Ice Cold Grave was different with the others. It’s a serial killer now and also a threat to the two step-siblings. It also dealt with aspects about juvenile criminals and how human or monstrous could a kid really be. Do kids who find pleasure in killing animals, for example, really end up as criminals? How sane or insane are they? I mean, is there just a psychological abnormality to them that can never be cured?

I liked the way Harris handled these issues and written this particular novel. =) I’m still wondering what would happen when Harper finally encounters her sister in the future. As a victim, enemy, or stranger?

Started Reading: June 4, 2007
Finished Reading: June 5, 2007

I’m reading All Together Dead and I’m not finished yet, LOL. But I still want to type a few things about what I’ve read so far -

I wish Sookie could make up her mind on who she likes and does not like. I wish she stops sleeping with almost every man she feels a chemistry with. D=

I wish the series doesn’t turn into another Anita Blake. =(

I hope this would end with an Eric/Sookie pairing. If not, screw canon. LOL.

I wish Charlaine Harris didn’t dwell so much on the lives of other people and instead went directly to the issue of the Summit. The few first chapters were a waste.

I continue reading chapter eight now. xD

EDIT: Alright, finally finished it!

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Started Reading: March 27, 2007
Finished Reading: March 27, 2007

Reading Grave Surprise sure did make me glad I was supporting the whole Harper/Tolliver thing, LOL.

“In the time of ice, you’ll be so happy,” she said.

“You can’t keep lying,” Xylda said gently. “You have to stop doing that. It won’t hurt anyone.”

I HAVE HOPE!!! After Harper’s revelation, or self-confrontation, in chapter fourteen, I’m glad that after all those years she finally understood the deepness of her relationship with Tolliver. I think, after this, there’d be some strain in their relationship but I’m still hoping for happiness in the third novel, An Ice Cold Grave (will be released on late September to October 2007).

Here’s another case with a murderer in the ‘family’, though in a different sense as the last novel. And I highly doubt that killing your love-interest’s child would be a good way of snatching him so, though Felicia’s plan was logical, it was still…pretty stupid. Like they said, you don’t get good results using evil means. Good can’t be a progeny of evil.

I’m more interested with Harper and Tolliver’s life than with Sookie and the vamps (but I do enjoy the other series very much, too), that I think it’s going to be more difficult for me waiting for September or October before I can start hunting for a copy of the An Ice Cold Grave. I guess, it’s because I feel more involved with Harper and Tolliver’s ‘world’ than with Sookie and the vamps. Or maybe that’s because the next book’s coming out on May and that’s sooner, LOL.

I’d say that chapter fourteen would be my favorite in this novel, for obvious reasons. : D “In the time of ice, you’ll be so happy,” she said. — That ought to foreshadow something good, with the next book entitled, An Ice Cold Grave.

Started Reading: March 26, 2007
Finished Reading: March 27, 2007

I didn’t really expect to enjoy Grave Sight at first, but now I’m glad to have read this. It’s like adding a supernatural element to reality, very different from the Southern Vampires series wherein the existence of vampires itself makes it far too fictional.

Her characters are very different now, too. We have Harper who had this gift after being struck by lightning, had a horrible childhood, but like Sookie, is treated somewhat like an outcast at times. Her stepbrother, Tolliver, is very dedicated to her and I could feel the strong connection between the two. They are each other’s support; Harper depends on Tolliver very much (a life without Tolliver would be a lifetime for nightmares for Harper) and Tolliver is as protective of her as she is dependent on him.

Personally, I’d like to know more about their childhood than what has been narrated in the book. I want their relationship to progress - it is obvious that they do not feel any sibling-like emotions for each other. They keep it that way, draw the line at that, but I believe that they love each other deeply in a sense that their relationship almost reminds me of Hikaru and Kaoru’s from the anime/manga, Ouran Koukou Host Club. They’re far from being blood-siblings, but they have a thread that ties them together, surrounds them together, and shields them from others as if they have their ‘own world’. It’s like one of them is sure to collaps without the other. An unhealthy and sustaining relationship at the same time.

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Started Reading: March 25, 2007
Finished Reading: March 25, 2007

Definitely Dead pretty much wrapped up some conflicts left unsolved in the last book, which was good. Quinn in tiger form was real pretty - I just wished he was white rather than orange, LOL. And had hair on his scalp. But otherwise, he’s a good guy, and I’m pretty impressed he could control himself when he needed it - at times.

I’m hoping the seventh book would be last to the series because I, for one, don’t really like anything that drag far too long. I mean, I’ve read Terry Goodkind’s first five books but the characters just had to live, die, and then live again for a span of what, twelve novels now?, that I got tired of their apparent immortality.

And aw, I really hope Eric wasn’t just attracted to the fairy blood. I feel a bit sorry for Bill, but I’m a person who could hold grudges for a long time and if I were Sookie, I doubt I’ll be forgiving him anytime soon. What he confessed in this book was far worse than the prior betrayal back in the…third? one. I still prefer Eric over Quinn, though personality-wise, Quinn’s a warmer kind of guy (although the same applies physically, LOL). But Eric could just be so funny even when he’s trying to be cold and serious! And that makes him all the more lovable. xD Especially when he’s not in control.

And, boy, am I grateful that May’s just around the corner. I’d have to hunt for the newest novel, but at least I’d know it’s out.