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Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in a little bar in Bon Temps, a small town deep in Louisiana. She's funny and pretty and well-mannered, but she doesn't have that many close friends - mind you, that's not so surprising when you consider how few people can appreciate her abilities as a mind-reader. It's not a quality that has the guys beating down her door - well, unless they're vampires or werewolves or the like . . . but they're not just supernatural freaks, some of them are friends, even family . . . The box contains: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, From Dead to Worse.
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Charlaine Harris is the author of several NEW YORK TIMES bestselling supernatural and mystery series, as well as a number ofr standalone novels. She is married, with children, and lives in Arkansas.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I stumbled on to the Sookie Stakhouse series and read all 9 books in quick succession. I fell in love with the story and the characters. The first few books are the best and about 4/5 books in the plot seems to lull, but don't let that put you off as it does pick up again.
The stories of the characters are enjoyable and I found them really easy to read and VERY hard to put down. They don't compare to the TV series. As always in the transfer over to screen they miss a lot out and seemed to have dragged the first book out far too long. A lot happens in the first novel and in quick succession.
Very worth a read and a brilliant series to invest in, as very easy to pick up and read again.
The stories of the characters are enjoyable and I found them really easy to read and VERY hard to put down. They don't compare to the TV series. As always in the transfer over to screen they miss a lot out and seemed to have dragged the first book out far too long. A lot happens in the first novel and in quick succession.
Very worth a read and a brilliant series to invest in, as very easy to pick up and read again.
109 of 113 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have to admit I bought this elsewhere for a MAJOR bargain price! And I had kinda read the first couple of books before. But this time I was semi comparing it to the series which had been on the TV.
If you're looking at this, you pretty much know it's about Sookie Stackhouse, a young telepath who falls in love with a vampire. And that might be all that you know. But that's not all that's here. You have vampires - your bog standard scary ones - Bill, the studious first love of Sookie's life; Eric - the Viking Vampire that sneaks in under your radar, turns you on simply because he is so good at being bad, then sneakily makes you care; Pam - the Yummy Mummy looking vampire who has a total ruthless streak; and of course, the vampire that everyone recognises when they see him around, but who answers to the name of Bubba!!
But you get more than that. You get witches, Wiccans, werewolves, shifters, man-woman dynamics, politics, good old southern ways, infighting, inbreeding, royalty, fairies - these books have SO much in them, you don't get a chance to get bored. The men are absolutely gorgeous sounding - if they look that good in season 2, the series is going to have a HUGE female following, bigger than it has at the moment.
All told from Sookie's POV, these books start off slow and meandering, until you realise that you've read three of them on your day off because as soon as you finish one you just want to find out what happens next. And each book wraps some things up without being HEA - Sookie's life isn't simple and easy anymore, and the books don't try to pretend they are. There is some gore, much less sex than you might expect, complicated group dynamics, and a satisfying read. And it's nice that they have been repackaged so they match the TV series.
I read all eight of them in three days (but I did have to go to work one of those days, which took up a chunk of my time) as did my kids! And by the sixth book, I was ordering book 9 in hardback. They are well worth the money individually, but as a box-set you can't go wrong. Highly recommended.
If you're looking at this, you pretty much know it's about Sookie Stackhouse, a young telepath who falls in love with a vampire. And that might be all that you know. But that's not all that's here. You have vampires - your bog standard scary ones - Bill, the studious first love of Sookie's life; Eric - the Viking Vampire that sneaks in under your radar, turns you on simply because he is so good at being bad, then sneakily makes you care; Pam - the Yummy Mummy looking vampire who has a total ruthless streak; and of course, the vampire that everyone recognises when they see him around, but who answers to the name of Bubba!!
But you get more than that. You get witches, Wiccans, werewolves, shifters, man-woman dynamics, politics, good old southern ways, infighting, inbreeding, royalty, fairies - these books have SO much in them, you don't get a chance to get bored. The men are absolutely gorgeous sounding - if they look that good in season 2, the series is going to have a HUGE female following, bigger than it has at the moment.
All told from Sookie's POV, these books start off slow and meandering, until you realise that you've read three of them on your day off because as soon as you finish one you just want to find out what happens next. And each book wraps some things up without being HEA - Sookie's life isn't simple and easy anymore, and the books don't try to pretend they are. There is some gore, much less sex than you might expect, complicated group dynamics, and a satisfying read. And it's nice that they have been repackaged so they match the TV series.
I read all eight of them in three days (but I did have to go to work one of those days, which took up a chunk of my time) as did my kids! And by the sixth book, I was ordering book 9 in hardback. They are well worth the money individually, but as a box-set you can't go wrong. Highly recommended.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dark, sexy, funny! Loved it stayed up way too late finishing books way too many nights. I just had to know what was coming next!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great Series
Got hooked on first book, couldnt put it down for more than a couple minutes without picking it back up again. Read more
Published 4 months ago by mbmyers
True Love...
After reading 'the twilight saga' I didn't feel like I had my complete fill of vampires so I set off in search of another vampire-esque novel when I stumbled across these beauties. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Steph
Very Enjoyable Read
I really enjoyed this collection of books. I had watched the television series before, which is only loosely based on these stories. Read more
Published 13 months ago by vickyJ
Excellent
I loved the TV series and couldn't wait for the next season to come out so brought these so I could flip ahead and find out what was going on. Read more
Published 14 months ago by 0125Emmac
Highly entertaining - better than I could have expected
I added this box set to my pre-Christmas wish list after watching the first series of the TV show. I'm not a huge fan of vampire fiction but knew that my mother-in-law was on the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Kirameki
Short Review
Not my favourite vampire story, but this is an interesting version, the characters are more charismatic than in the TV series based on this book, which serves them well. Read more
Published 15 months ago by A. Jessica
Loved this selection
These are the best set of books I have read in a while, i'm also a Twilight fan but this blew Edward Cullen out of the water. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Vicki Galligan
Best vampire novels ever for great value
I've just loved True blood series and I have to say the books are equally good. Sookie in books is much better character then in series, more sarcastic and thinks the way we all... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Veronika
The best saga so far!
After finishing the Twilight Saga and having nothing more to look forward to, I was forced to broaden my mind and I came across True Blood. Read more
Published 17 months ago by matthew
Absolutely Fantastic
Me and my girlfriends LOVE these books and we are dying to get our hands on the next one, unfortunatley we'll have to wait until May for the next one. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Vix
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