Dead Until Dark is the first of Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire Series. The first of eleven and counting. I'm not sure what I got myself into when I started this series. Eleven books and the twelfth coming out in May.
I read a good portion of this book in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I spent all of Saturday afternoon wondering from room to room and sitting down and reading when I found a nice quiet room with a bench. It was a wonderful day.
This book is full of a little bit of everything. Vampires, love, loss, friendship, jealousy, and everything in between. Bonton is a small town in Renard Perish, but it has it's fair share of drama and death. A murderer has come to Bonton. Not just any murderer, this person is killing vampire supporters. But who could it be?
Sookie Stackhouse is, well, not normal, but throughout the book she finds out that neither are most of her friends. She falls in love with Vampire Bill and her life takes a path she could have never imagined. Sookie has lost more then most. Her parents were killed when she was a child and her Grandmother, who raised her, was murdered. She is left with her brother, Jason, as her only living relative.
Jason is not always the most supportive of brothers, But somehow he always manages to come through in the end. By definition Jason is a womanizer, sleeping with most of Bonton and the surrounding perishes. He is one of the main suspects when it comes to the series of murders, but Sookie never gave up.
There are many vampires in the book. Ranging from Bill, the first vampire in Renard Perish, to Eric and Pam who owned the vampire bar called Fangtasia. At times, the vampires were a little harsh, but since Bill claimed Sookie as his, some unfortunate situations were avoided. But only some, Eric learned of Sookie's particular gift and makes use of it, much to Sookie and Bills dismay.
With many ups and downs the story weaves a tanged web, but, in the end, the murder is caught, and it is someone no one could have guessed.
I look forward to seeing what more joys and pearls lie in Sookie's future as the series continues.
I read a good portion of this book in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I spent all of Saturday afternoon wondering from room to room and sitting down and reading when I found a nice quiet room with a bench. It was a wonderful day.
This book is full of a little bit of everything. Vampires, love, loss, friendship, jealousy, and everything in between. Bonton is a small town in Renard Perish, but it has it's fair share of drama and death. A murderer has come to Bonton. Not just any murderer, this person is killing vampire supporters. But who could it be?Sookie Stackhouse is, well, not normal, but throughout the book she finds out that neither are most of her friends. She falls in love with Vampire Bill and her life takes a path she could have never imagined. Sookie has lost more then most. Her parents were killed when she was a child and her Grandmother, who raised her, was murdered. She is left with her brother, Jason, as her only living relative.
Jason is not always the most supportive of brothers, But somehow he always manages to come through in the end. By definition Jason is a womanizer, sleeping with most of Bonton and the surrounding perishes. He is one of the main suspects when it comes to the series of murders, but Sookie never gave up.
There are many vampires in the book. Ranging from Bill, the first vampire in Renard Perish, to Eric and Pam who owned the vampire bar called Fangtasia. At times, the vampires were a little harsh, but since Bill claimed Sookie as his, some unfortunate situations were avoided. But only some, Eric learned of Sookie's particular gift and makes use of it, much to Sookie and Bills dismay.
With many ups and downs the story weaves a tanged web, but, in the end, the murder is caught, and it is someone no one could have guessed.
I look forward to seeing what more joys and pearls lie in Sookie's future as the series continues.
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