Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood, Book 1)
Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series--the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO(R) original series True Blood. Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business--except when it comes to her "disability." Sookie can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He's tall, dark, handsome--and Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting for all her life... But Bill has a disability of his own: he's a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps--along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill--Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.
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I liked the mystery aspect of the story, but I have to admit I like the Twilight vampires better. :)
Not what I expected after watching the series. I did finish it though, but it was one of those cases where I liked the series better than the book.
Didn't stop me from reading more than the first book.
Didn't stop me from reading more than the first book.
Very fun vampire book. I read it because I liked watching the show True Blood and found the characters and storyline very similar. Very well written for a pulp romance.
So I'm totally a geek for vampires. Whatever...
I watched the series on HBO, the book is different, but I enjoyed reading what she wrote and visualizing it with the help of the TV characters. I'm already half way through the second book. SO much fun.
I watched the series on HBO, the book is different, but I enjoyed reading what she wrote and visualizing it with the help of the TV characters. I'm already half way through the second book. SO much fun.
I just re-read in about 3 weeks all but the most recent of this series. It's not what I'd call literature but it is a good read, light and funny despite its themes, and full of shapeshifters (my favorite imaginary creatures) and Vikings (my favorite historical manly men). I'm also a fan of True Blood -- I've never seen a tv or movie interpretation of a book in which I was so excited to see all the ways they mess up the story.
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