I received this from Net Galley to look at before it is released in June. I love True Blood but I love the books even more so when it comes down to it I side with the "original" vision for the characters instead of Alan Ball's vision. I do think he has done a great job of sticking to the original character types and picking to expand the characters that are minor in the books. What does this have to do with this book? I love the idea of a companion compiled by talking to bloggers, viewers, etc. So I was pretty excited when I read that this book would be based on exactly that. It did not disappoint in bringing together very good information about the show and the people involved with it. I would say if you are a fan of the show, you wouldn't go wrong picking up this book. Is it going to give you info you don't know? Not if you watched both Season 1 and Season 2. You will learn more about the actors, the show, and Charlaine. All in all I really enjoyed it! ( )

I was so excited to read the ARC of Truly, Madly, Deadly that I dived right in and forgot to stop. Fans of True Blood will delight in reading every imaginable tidbit of information on the series and the stars. Interviews with the author of the book series the show is based off of, Charlaine Harris and the writer for the TV show, Alan Ball add to all of the information you could ever want to know.

There is an episode by episode breakdown for the first two seasons, which includes things like “Paging Dr. Creepy” which lists the most “cringe-worthy moment of each show”. True Blood fans will delight in knowing the locations where their favorite scenes were filmed and why each episode is named after a song.

Wilcott also included a lot of information about vampires, citing folklore and other favorite films, some of which even a vampire loving girl like myself has never heard of. For the many tech-savvy fans there are pages and pages about True Blood mania that is all over the web, from role playing on Twitter to all of the fan web sites. This is a book that fans will refer back to time and time again. ( )