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An exclusive SFBC Sliver of Night book. The first three Sookie Stackhouse novels - with a new introduction by the author! DEAD UNTIL DARK Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. You can tell she doesn't get out much, and it's not because she isn't pretty. She is. It's just that, well, Sookie has this "disability:" she can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill. He's tall, dark, handsome -- and Sookie can't hear a word he's show more thinking. Just the guy she's been waiting for all her life. But Bill has a disability of his own: he's a vampire with a seriously creepy crowd of friends. So when one of her coworkers is killed, Sookie fears she's next . . . LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS Sookie is on a streak of bad luck. First, she finds a body in the back seat of a car. Then she comes face to face with a beastly creature that gives her a painful and poisonous lashing. Enter the vampires, who graciously suck the poison from her veins -- like they don't enjoy it! Point is, they saved her life. So when one of them asks for a favor, she complies . . . and soon Sookie finds herself in Dallas, using her telepathic abilities to search for a missing vampire. There's just one condition: the vamps must behave, and let the humans involved go unharmed. Which is easier said than done. . . CLUB DEAD Sookie's vampire boyfriend, Bill, has been a little distant lately. In another state, distant. He's on a secret assignment for the vampire queen of Louisiana, and only his sinister and sexy boss Eric knows where to find him. Soon, Sookie is off to Jackson, Mississippi, to mingle with the über-underworld at Club Dead -- a dangerous little haunt where werewolves, shapeshifters, and vampires go to chill out and suck down some type O. But when Sookie finally finds Bill -- caught up in an act of serious betrayal -- she's not sure whether to save him . . . or sharpen some stakes. show lessTags
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Book One: Done.
I like it. As I have seen the series I knew more or less what to expect. And it was more os less that.
More Sookie than the series, less Eric and absolutely no Tara. I heard people complaining about Lafayete and how much the appears on the series, because he dies at the beginning of the second book (that's what I heard, haven't read that one yet), but Tara isn't even on book one and nobody complained about that? (Not that I'm complaining about Tara, I don't like her but the character fits well in the series).
At some point in the book I started to think of the books and the series as 2 kind of different stories, and only marginally thinking about the what is different between them.
My pet difference: Eric killed the "Native show more American" vampire, not Bill. Is it just me or that simple difference makes a huge difference in how Sookie sees Eric?
Waiting to see what happens next...
Book Two:Done
Didn't do the review at the time that I finished it, and I don't remember the details anymore. There were 2 main story arcs, the Dallas vampires and the maenad.
And more of Sookie feeling attracted to Eric (I'd like to see even more of Eric in the books).
A brief pause so I don't get too addicted and then back to Sookie Stackhouse...
Book Three: Done
Classic human torn between vampire lover or werewolf lover. In Sookie's case, she is torn between 3 possible lovers, actually, Bill (the current lover), Eric (the other vampire) and Alcide (the were of this equation). Sookie spends all her time looking for her cheating boyfriend Bill, she gets staked (luckily she isn't the vampire) and makes a couple of comments about how much time she spent in the hospital since she met Bill...
Curious to see if Sookie really ditches Bill (I really hope so), and to see if she chooses Alcide or Eric (I'm kind of rooting for Alcide) show less
I like it. As I have seen the series I knew more or less what to expect. And it was more os less that.
More Sookie than the series, less Eric and absolutely no Tara. I heard people complaining about Lafayete and how much the appears on the series, because he dies at the beginning of the second book (that's what I heard, haven't read that one yet), but Tara isn't even on book one and nobody complained about that? (Not that I'm complaining about Tara, I don't like her but the character fits well in the series).
At some point in the book I started to think of the books and the series as 2 kind of different stories, and only marginally thinking about the what is different between them.
My pet difference: Eric killed the "Native show more American" vampire, not Bill. Is it just me or that simple difference makes a huge difference in how Sookie sees Eric?
Waiting to see what happens next...
Book Two:Done
Didn't do the review at the time that I finished it, and I don't remember the details anymore. There were 2 main story arcs, the Dallas vampires and the maenad.
And more of Sookie feeling attracted to Eric (I'd like to see even more of Eric in the books).
A brief pause so I don't get too addicted and then back to Sookie Stackhouse...
Book Three: Done
Classic human torn between vampire lover or werewolf lover. In Sookie's case, she is torn between 3 possible lovers, actually, Bill (the current lover), Eric (the other vampire) and Alcide (the were of this equation). Sookie spends all her time looking for her cheating boyfriend Bill, she gets staked (luckily she isn't the vampire) and makes a couple of comments about how much time she spent in the hospital since she met Bill...
Curious to see if Sookie really ditches Bill (I really hope so), and to see if she chooses Alcide or Eric (I'm kind of rooting for Alcide) show less
The author draws the reader into this world where the unexpected is welcomed. The characters have vivid personalities; the stories are entertaining, funny and suspensful. It left me wanting more.
I picked this up to explore the latest and greatest in the recent glut of Vampire Writings(tm) that has everyone so gaga. After the sparkly ones in Twilight, these vampires aren't much better. To base a television show off a book series, I'd expected more. I've been struggling to put my finger on why these books are not appealing to me. After three, I think I am nearing a conclusion. They'd make great Novellas but not Novels. The author doesn't seem to have the material to fill the pages.
Dead Until Dark
Um, when its difficult to pull two plots apart, normally that is a good thing. When the plots are so disparate as this book tried to meld them, its horrible. The writing feels like a junior high author wrote it. I wanted all the show more characters to die. There are psychological issues involved that the writer doesn't take into account, even with vampiric magic involved. Maybe I'm too high browed to like this type of writing. Its a drama/romance/mystery, which is not what I expected when I read the cover blub.
Living Dead in Dallas
So in this one, we meet more vamps from outside of Bon Temps. We also run across the hunter regime of the series. Tension lacked when dealing with the hunter versus vampire plot line. In addition to that, we start a storyline in Bon Temps, leave it hanging while we travel to Dallas, with no updates, only to complete it with a chapter at the end of the book. VERY disappointed.
Club Dead
Well, it took her three tries, but the author finally figured out how to sustain a plot the length of the book. I'm notably not impressed with any of the writing. Probably, the reason is that the book is pointed more toward the feminine gender and I'm not the target audience. The way her supernaturals are designed, I started looking for sparklies. Again, the main character has problems with the main male love interest. Fortunately, this time, she throws him away.
I'll grant this a 2.5 star rating, only because characterization grew as the three books completed, however, the writing was substandard and the action pitiable at best. show less
Dead Until Dark
Um, when its difficult to pull two plots apart, normally that is a good thing. When the plots are so disparate as this book tried to meld them, its horrible. The writing feels like a junior high author wrote it. I wanted all the show more characters to die. There are psychological issues involved that the writer doesn't take into account, even with vampiric magic involved. Maybe I'm too high browed to like this type of writing. Its a drama/romance/mystery, which is not what I expected when I read the cover blub.
Living Dead in Dallas
So in this one, we meet more vamps from outside of Bon Temps. We also run across the hunter regime of the series. Tension lacked when dealing with the hunter versus vampire plot line. In addition to that, we start a storyline in Bon Temps, leave it hanging while we travel to Dallas, with no updates, only to complete it with a chapter at the end of the book. VERY disappointed.
Club Dead
Well, it took her three tries, but the author finally figured out how to sustain a plot the length of the book. I'm notably not impressed with any of the writing. Probably, the reason is that the book is pointed more toward the feminine gender and I'm not the target audience. The way her supernaturals are designed, I started looking for sparklies. Again, the main character has problems with the main male love interest. Fortunately, this time, she throws him away.
I'll grant this a 2.5 star rating, only because characterization grew as the three books completed, however, the writing was substandard and the action pitiable at best. show less
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Charlaine Harris was born in Tunica, Mississippi on November 25, 1951. She attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. She wrote poetry and plays before beginning to publish mysteries set in the American South. She is the author of the Aurora Teagarden Mystery series, the Lily Bard Mystery series, the Harper Connelly series, and the Sookie show more Stackhouse series. In 2001, the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead until Dark, won an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery. The series was adapted as a TV show on HBO called True Blood. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Dead in Dixie
- Alternate titles
- True Blood Omnibus
- Original publication date
- 2003-05
- People/Characters
- Sookie Stackhouse; William "Bill" Erasmus Compton; Eric Northman; Sam Merlotte; Jason Stackhouse; Pam Ravenscroft (vampire) (show all 84); Bubba (vampire); Andy Bellefleur; Portia Bellefleur; Adele Hale Stackhouse; Stan Davis; Isabel Beaumont; Hugo Ayres; Steve Newlin; Sarah Newlin; Polly Blythe; Farrell; Godfrey; Barry "Bellboy" Horowitz; Luna Garza; Tara Thornton; Callisto; Chow; Alcide Herveaux; Russell Edgington; Debbie Pelt; Lorena; Franklin Mott; Talbot; Arlene Fowler; Bud Dearborn; Lafayette Reynold; Mack Rattray; Denise Rattray; Rene Lenier; Dr. Sonntag; Hoyt Fortenberry; Mike Spencer; Diane; Malcolm; Liam; JB du Rone; Kenya Jones; Kevin Pryor; Terry Bellefleur; Caroline Bellefleur; Charlsie Tooten; Long Shadow; Sterling Norris; Maxine Fortenberry; Sid Matt Lancaster; Bruce; Ginger; Belinda; Dawn Green; Maudette Pickens; Janella Lennox; Hadley Delahoussaye; Bartlett Hale; Harlen Ives; Liz Barrett; Dr. Amy Ludwig; Gabe; Danielle Gray; Holly Cleary; Alcee Beck; Benedict "Eggs" Tallie; Jan Fowler; Cleo Hardaway; Tom Hardaway; Bethany Rogers; Joseph Velasquez; Re-Bar; Dr. Josephus; Janice Herveaux Phillips; Dell Phillips; Jerry Falcon; Charles Clausen; Mr. Hob; Ray Don; Betty Joe Pickard; Jane Bodehouse; Buck Foley; Bernard
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- Bon Temps, Louisiana, USA; Dallas, Texas, USA; Jackson, Mississippi, USA; Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana, USA; Mississippi, USA (show all 7); Texas, USA
- Dedication
- My thanks and appreciation go to the people who thought this book was a good idea - Dean James, Toni L. P. Kelner
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Gary and Susan Nowlin (Dead Until Dark)
This book is dedicated to all the people who told me they enjoyed Dead Until Dark. Thanks for the encouragement. (Living Dead in Dallas)
This book is dedicated to my middle child, Timothy Schulz, who told me flatly he wanted a book all to himself. (Club Dead) - First words
- I'd been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar. (Chapter 1, Dead Until Dark)
Andy Bellefleur was as drunk as a skunk. (Chapter 1, Living Dead in Dallas)
Bill was hunched over the computer when I let myself in his house. (Chapter 1, Club Dead) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Right," I whispered. "Yeah. Back to normal." (Dead Until Dark)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And mine had, too. (Living Dead in Dallas)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I hadn't laughed so hard in weeks. (Club Dark)
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