Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris – Review

Sookie Stackhouse, in Dead Until Dark, is not your typical protagonist. She’s a telepathic waitress. Nope, no gun toting [...] kicking vampire slayer here. Not only that, but she’s destined for more and rougher vampire encounters than any waitress deserves to have.

Into a quiet town with no paranormal goings on moves a public vampire. Shortly after that the murders start piling up. Obviously the locals figure the vampire at first, but soon another suspect becomes likely. Sookie is not only caught up with these two but between them as well. It doesn’t get easier for her either as the book progresses.

From unlikely heroine to confidant and brash goes this young lady is transformed. Transformed by her experiences and by a little…oh that would be telling. Let’s just say that folks begin to notice and that just adds to the confusion.

This book is not aimed at the preteens, and probably not the younger teens either. Though it’s a softer read than other vampire novels, there is murder, bloodshed, rough sex and death a plenty in this book. Surprisingly though very little language.

A fun read and not your typical vampire story, Dead Until Dark will be one vampire story that lets you laugh.