Dead Until Dark

Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress at a bar named Merlotte's. She lives in Bon Temps, a small town in Louisiana. Everything about Sookie is ordinary except for her disability. Sookie can read minds. It's not a talent that she advertises. She sees it more as a hindrance than an asset. Everything is normal and boring in Bon Temps until Vampire Bill walks into Merlotte's. Sookie had been waiting for a vampire to arrive in Bon Temps ever since they came out of the coffin and started living among society. Sookie is excited that Bon Temps finally has its very own vampire. A vampire isn't the only new thing to enter the small town. There's also a murderer on the loose. And this person seems to be targeting fang bangers - women who like to have sex with vampires. Sookie uses her "disability" with help from Bill and his vampire buddies to try and catch a killer before Sookie becomes the next victim.

I absolutely love HBO's True Blood. I'd never heard of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series until the show premiered. I was immediately sucked into the show and its characters. While watching the first season, I thought about reading Charlaine Harris' books to see how similar the show was to the series. I never got around to reading the bookies until I saw Beth Fish Reads Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to become familiar with Charlaine Harris and the series. It was difficult at first reading Dead Until Dark because everything was in first person - from Sookie's perspective. I didn't expect that. You don't get to know more about the other characters unless they have a relationship with Sookie. True Blood also added characters that weren't in the book. For instance, on the show Sookie has a childhood friend named Tara. I was really disappointed that when I noticed that the character wasn't in the book.

I wasn't thoroughly impressed with Dead Until Dark. The book seemed to drag in some parts and I was ecstatic when I finally finished the book. That never happens. I'm normally sad when a book ends. I hope that now I know what to expect from Charlaine in regards to her writing style, I will enjoy Living Dead in Dallas more.