Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1) | Charlaine Harris

Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1) | Charlaine Harris | Very Enjoyable

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Dead Until Dark (S...

	Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1) Charlaine Harris Ace Books, 2001 - 292 pages average customer review:based on 425 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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my daughter loved the susan meyer series so thought she might like this new series.
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Very Enjoyable

I loved this book from the first chapter. Before I knew it I was finished. I would highly recommend this book. All the town's people are interesting and entertaining. An Sookie is a very fun character to follow.

Better Than the TV Series!

Like many people, I wanted to read this book after beginning the HBO series, 'True Blood'. I like that series, but the continuous nudity and sex scenes, to me, ruin the basic story. I am glad to say that the book gives something the TV show lacks: a certain sweetness. Sookie, the mind-reading lead character, is so well-drawn you immediately feel for her: she doesn't think she can have any kind of intimate (verbal or otherwise) relationship, since she's always in danger of knowing what someone really thinks. She's insulated herself from the larger world, and doesn't believe there's an alternative. When she meets Bill, a "mainstreaming" vampire, she's found someone she CAN'T "read", and revels in it. To me, the murder plot was secondary to Sookie's quest to make a good life for herself, a smart and resourceful heroine (she's not afraid to get physical to defend herself or others); the secondary characters are good as well. Bill...well, he's a sexy beast, no two ways about it. There's a good social satire on minority rights with the emergence of the vampire community coming "out of the coffin", as it were, and the vampire groupies who've read a little too much Anne Rice (I thought it funny New Orleans is a prime vacation spot for the hip vampire). I will definitely read more in the series.

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True Blood Fan

I am a big fan of the True Blood series on HBO. So I decided to check out the books that the series is based on. The Southern Vampire Mysteries starting with the first one Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris.

It was very interesting to see how the book is different from the series. It is like reading the book before you see the movie. I enjoyed book one and I am looking forward to reading the second book.

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