![]() ![]() She starts off by telling us that her mind-reading gift is a disability, and that just kind of rubbed me the wrong way, given that I am a person with a more recognized disability. My problem, unfortunately, was with Sookie herself. And boy are the supporting characters fun, from Sookie’s immature, irresponsible brother Jason, to Bill the vampire, to Sam, Sookie’s boss, who has secrets of his own. The world-building here also worked beautifully, and I believed the world that Ms. I really liked the town of Bon Temps, and I like Sookie’s charming voice. OK, so I’ll start with what I liked, which was quite a lot. Then Bill, a sexy vampire who wants to try to be human, shows up and immediately stirs up people’s suspicions and prejudices. The people in Bon Temps, Louisiana, think she’s a little bit nuts, but mostly she doesn’t mind. This book is the first in the Sookie Stackhouse series, featuring mind-reading waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who works at a bar called Merlotte’s. ![]() The suggester wasn’t wrong, though it wasn’t entirely right either. But UF pops up all the time in my Librarything suggester, which informed me that I would love Dead Until Dark. ![]() I don’t read very much urban fantasy, mostly because a lot of the ongoing series seem a little bit repetitive. Shannon C.’s review of Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Series, Book 1)by Charlaine Harris ![]()
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