I’m not good at writing opinions or reviews, so please be kind as this is just a rant. You are welcome to rant freely, too, by the way, so don’t be shy.
I won’t deny I’m a fierce Eric/Sookie fan. But let me be clear – the reason why I felt disappointed and even betrayed by Charlaine Harris’ ending of the SVM series has nothing to do with Sookie/Sam HEA. It has everything to do with how inconsistently, tastelessly, and off the characters and storylines have been treated in the last two books.
Since Dead in the Family, I have maintained I didn’t believe in Sookie/Eric HEA. I prepared myself that there would be no big miracle allowing Sookie to live a very long life with the Viking. It is dead clear that her choosing to remain human throughout the series has always been the most certain indication they would not be together after all. I was fine with that. I accepted that. I respected Sookie’s decision to live in the sun. So did Eric, when he vowed not to turn her against her wishes. Eric Northman had a code. And Sookie believed him. Readers believed him. Eric was many things, but he never lied to Sookie. Their relationship was work in progress; neither one was an angel, but they were at least trying. The ending of the series scrapped all their efforts and sacrifices to hell, leaving most of us wondering what was the whole point of having them both go through so much – first love-turned lie, torture, rape, bonding/breaking of the bond, bloody tears, final deaths, other deaths, takeovers, battles with evil regents, revengeful fairies, mystical presents from Gran… You get the gyst.








