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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book was better than the first one. It is funny and exciting a definite must for vampire lovers. This book is hot.
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Summary: Another great vamp tale from the fabulous Charlaine Harris
Review: After DEAD UNTIL DARK, I wondered where the author would take us with Sookie and vampire Bill - and the answer is: to unexpected places. Yes, to Dallas, but also to explore new ideas and new horizons - both for the protagonists and for the world she's created.Bringing in new types of supernatural creatures only serves to deepen the story and increase my enjoyment of it. Loved the character development of Sookie, Bill and the increasingly interesting Eric. Definitely not your boring, stereotypical tale. Kudos once again for an entertaining, humorous and fantastic tale!! Looking forward to reading the next installment in this great series.
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Summary: great read
Review: I loved this book! I'm still not sure I like Bill, but this book has just that same sort of quirky/serious mix that the first book had. I also liked the little relationship tangles in this book. I can't wait to see what happens next.
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Summary: Another installment in the lives of Sukie and VB
Review: Living Dead in Dallas continues the story of Sukie Stackhouse and Bill the Vampire... This time she has another encounter with Eric.. leaders of the Vampires.. he's a viking and his name he uses Eric Northman.. this in itself is not much but I had to laugh so much since my surname is Northman and I have an uncle Eric.. and my husband is Bill.. so this books just was a bundle of laughs for me.. because my uncle Eric does not look anything like the disciption of Eric.. in this book...Having read Dead until Dark I was thirsty for more and you get in this book... feature more of the unusual... More hours of entertainment.. that suceeds in stopping everything and anything getting in the way.. ( ie Housework... ) Thanks Charlaine can't wait for the next book.. and hopefully many more too.
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Summary: What a great new Vamp series
Review: I just discovered this series ( thanks to the wonderful readers at Amazon) and it was so much FUN!! The writing was good, the plot lines were steady, and the characters were a hoot. I spent the weekend with the two books in the Southern Vampire series and I will be anxiously watching for the next installment. I have been a fan of the Anita Blake series for years, and this was a little different, a little lighter, and quite a nice change of pace. Thanks to Ms. Harris for a good read.
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Summary: Sink your teeth into this Vampire Series!
Review: Charlaine Harris has started the Southern Vampire Series - featuring Sookie Stackhouse, a quite human waitress with the 'disability' of having telepathy - The Vampire of her dreams - Bill - everything she could ask for - but he's dead, but hey, nobody's perfect, and an assorted group of supernatural folk they associate with.
There are some subtle additions in this series, like transporting Bill's coffin and baggage via Anubis Air - what a hoot - hotels that cater to vampires and their kith and kin -
as well as a hate group directed toward the newly recognised vampires -
Sookie and Bill are asked to go to Dallas to see about a missing vampire and the New Orleans head vampire, the sexy Eric, makes a disguised appearance in Dallas -
The only other vampire series I have read is Linda Lael Miller's series about Valerian (any more coming on that series??), but these books are light, and full of adventures and creatures that literally go bump in the night!
My only disappointment in the sequel is 'Bubba' did not put an appearance - hope that is rectified in future sequels - What a riot of a theory of who 'Bubba' really is!!! Love it!
These are not Anne Rice - but she is not for everyone including me - would rather have Ms. Harris' inventive writing anytime!
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Summary: lynda's review
Review: I'v read both of Ms. Harris books and find them to be
a good read. The story line, characters and the location
of her story is wonderful.
She puts Anne Rice to shame. Given the right format and
she will be on the level with LKH. but not just yet.
I hope she continues with Sookie and Bill and I would like
more done with Sam and the other shapeshifters.
Her type of writing is more of what we need.
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Summary: Good reading
Review: I liked this a lot. Sookie is hard not to like. She's a bit too
"photo" perfect but what the heck. Read this if you like vampire stories with twists!
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Summary: Sookie rules!
Review: I won't repeat the plot summary of this book. But I think you should know that Sookie Stackhouse is a GREAT character, and the other folk of Bon Temps and Shreveport make the story roll on, too. Harris knows how to write so you are swept along through the story, and end up wanting to read yet more, about Sookie and Bill and Eric and even (or especially) the Bellefleur family!
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Summary: Southern Fried Vampire Mystery With a Dash of Romance
Review: I just love Charlaine Harris. I started to read her books with Real Murders, the first Aurora Teagarden mystery. I enjoyed the surprising changes the characters went through as that series continued. Next, Ms. Harris began writing the Lily Bard series of mysteries (they all have the word Shakespeare in the title), and once again, I enjoyed the mysteries, the characters, and the interesting way the series grew. Now Charlaine Harris has begun writing vampire mysteries, and the fun has really begun. What's not to like about Sookie Stackhouse? She's cute, she's funny, and she has a definite mind of her own. Then there's her boyfriend Bill the Vampire, her boss Sam the shapeshifter, and a small Louisiana town full of Bon Temps regulars to keep things interesting. I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out. Charlaine Harris writes mysteries with a strong romantic undercurrent. She creates characters with realistic motivations and reactions. She doesn't follow a stale set of mystery writing rules, like always killing off the least likeable character, or keeping the detective character unchanged. Sometimes her choices as a writer will take your breath away, but that's what keeps her writing fresh and interesting. Several reviewers mention Laurell K. Hamilton, and there are traces of Anita Blake's world here, but I don't expect to see Sookie packing knives and guns, nor are Charlaine Harris's books quite as "free-form" in their writing style as Hamilton's sometimes are. There is more humor and less gore. In some ways, they remind me more of Tanya Huff's series of vampire detective books, and if you liked both of those series, you'll probably enjoy the Sookie Stackhouse books.
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