Review - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Rating: 4/5
Pages: 292

Rec for people who love: Vampires, Southern USA, Humour
First Line: I'd been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar.

Summary: Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too--he's a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next.

Thoughts:  I really enjoyed this book. What got me out to the bookstore was seeing the True Blood pilot. I would highly recommend watching it when the season airs and as it totally added to the experience. I bought it mostly out of love for Bill - who reminds me of Edward from the Twilight series despite being nothing like him at all.
Anyhow, this book was so much fun. It was such an amazing look on the whole vampire/human romance because they are all "out of the coffin". Usually it's all one big secret, but in this case everyone and their mother knows what Sookie is up to with Bill.

Another thing that I really appreciated was Sookie being just that little bit special and it not being such a good thing. Charlaine Harris deals very well with the fact that a young girl hearing voices in her head is not exactly healthy. Reminds me of the J.K. Rowling quote, "Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world."