Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris
Title: Living Dead in Dallas
Author: Charlaine Harris
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Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is on a streak of bad luck. First her coworker is murdered and no one seems to care. Then she’s 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 didn’t enjoy it).
Even though Sookie has her own vampire to look out for her – her red-hot, cold-blooded boyfriend, Bill – she has to admit that the bloodsuckers did save her life. So when one of the local undead asks for a favor, she feels like she owes him.
Soon Sookie’s in Dallas, using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She’s supposed to interview certain humans involved. There’s just one condition: The vampires must promise to behave – and let the humans go unharmed. Easier said than done. All it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly…
After I finished Sookie Stackhouse #1, I tried to read a library book I had rented out (Murder with Peacocks) because it was recommended to me. The entire time I was wishing I was reading the next Sookie book, so I ended up giving up on the recommendation (sorry Peacock :( ) and reading Living Dead in Dallas in a very short amount of time.
My biggest shock was the amount of action that made it nearly impossible to stop reading. There was the normal ‘big’ action scene that many mysteries have, but after that was done there were several others, some even just a few pages from the end. I couldn’t believe how much I was sucked in – moreso than the first book times one hundred. And that’s hard to do because I really liked the first book, too – perhaps I felt more invested with the characters this time around. I even recommended this series to my fiance after I finished #2. If you haven’t given Sookie a try, it’s time!
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Like heroin between the covers of a book!
I personally didn't love the second book. I am on book 4 right now and I have to say that book 1, 3, and 4 are a lot better than book 2. I just had a lot of unanswered questions after reading this book. But I still love the series. :)
I am just as hooked as you on Sookie! Club Dead (book 3) is ready for me to pick up at the library, but I have no car today. I could walk, but I think I'm getting the flu, and the weather is terrible, so I don't think that's a good idea. What to do???
What did you think of Eric becoming a possible love interest? I am so excited at that prospect!
There are a lot of potential things that I am excited about – I'm not sure what I think of Eric, I wish he wasn't so … Eric, sometimes. His personality doesn't bode with with Sookie and she doesn't share much of herself around him. I've actually read a few more in the series since this post so I need to go write those reviews… exciting things are to come!
Ha ha glad I'm not the only one who was impatient to read the 2nd book. Like you I was also unable to concentrate on any other books after readng Dead until Dark!