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Rating:  - Truly enjoyable vampire mystery/romance
Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire novels (Dead Until Dark and LIving Dead in Dallas)are reminiscent of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series,(a series I thoroughly enjoy reading over and over) but Sookie, the heroine of Ms. Harris's novels is less like Anita Blake and more like Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich's bounty Hunter ( another thoroughly enjoyable and re-readable series) Anita Blake is more polished and experienced, more at ease with her supernatural abilities than Sookie. Sookie is more human and fallible, kind of a Calamity Jane, but very likable. Her budding romance with a newly arrived vampire is fraught with misunderstandings between species, but they manage to communicate very well anyway. The vampires in this series make no excuses for what they are, predators, but still have a not so nasty side, especially since they are trying to "mainstream" and live with humans. Ms Harris throws in a few shapeshifters, colorful local residents, and reprehensible villains, both human and supernatural. Prepare to sit yourself down for a wonderful read. The plots were well thought out and equally well written. I am eagerly looking forward to her the next book in this series.
Rating: - What a series!
I finished reading Dead Until Dark, which i absoloutley loved! And I just finished reading Living Dead in Dallas. I'm not sure which of the two I like better, but all that matters is that these books blow you out of the water! This series is fresh, funny, suspensful and romantic. I have never read a series I was more interested in, but I'm still young. I wasn't to crazy about Sookie leaving her small town for big city Dallas, but I was pleasantly mistaken. The huge adventure (dangerous ones) she had in Dallas were the best part of the book. I'm not to crazy about Eric, who's quite a threat. But I adore Sookie (though the things she does, does tick me off a bit sometimes; which makes her all the more interesting) Bill (who is my favourite character) Stan (who I am very interested in and hope to see more of in and upcomming series). I also like new characters in this book, as well, the situation with the Fellowship was nail biting! This series is so original, certainly not a "go between" kind of book. Once you've read it, your hooked. Charlaine Harris certainly has a charm for writing. There is so much to say about this book and the series, but I'll stop here (who likes reading two page reviews anyway)?. However, one question still puzzles me... Can the vampires in this series come into mortal homes uninvited. I watched every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which is amazing), and that rule is, no vampire may enter private property without being invited.
Just a question.
Rating: - The Second Chapter of Sookie, Bill and a cast of quirky folk
I have eagerly awaited the second book in Ms. Harris' Southern Vampire Series. Dead Until Dark, the first book, was the best book I read last year. I adored it. It was everything Anita Blake SHOULD have been. GREAT characters that you just love. Sookie, the heroine, a telepath who dates a vampire named Bill. Bill, the post civil war vamp who seems to have lots of secrets still. The characters that you loved in DUD (Dead Until Dark) like Sam, Sookie's boss who is a shapeshifter, Eric, the yummy stud major vamp from this club who lusts after Sookie, all make an appearance in this book too. (Though not as much Sam as you want, I'm sure ;) The premise: The book opens with a murder. But that storyline is quickly put on the backburner when Eric summons Sookie to help him out. It seems a vamp family in Dallas is missing one of theirs and they need Sookie's telepathic skills to interrogate possible witnesses. Thus, Sookie and boyfriend Billy travel to Dallas, where they encounter more interesting characters, from telepaths, to more shapeshifters and of course, more vamps. But the most frightening people in this book are the humans, and that is simply a biological definition, not a distinction. I like how Ms. Harris shows us that even the most ordinary of us have a little demon inside. After things are resolved in Dallas, Sookie returns to her town, where the murder plot begins to resolve itself. If you love romance, mystery, adventure and humor, then you will LOVE this book. I cannot wait until the next in this series. Living Dead in Dallas is a definite keeper!
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