Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 291
The premise: Eric holds Sookie to her word from book one when she promises to use her talent to resolve problems in the vampire community provided the punishment is humane (that means letting poor human witnesses go with an erased memory instead of killing them anyway). Her assignment takes her to Dallas, TX, to help find a missing vampire, who just happens to be gay. She learns far more about the supernatural community than she ever wanted to know, as well as the people who'd just rather see them dead. Problem is, those same people want to see Sookie dead too.
My Rating
Worth the Cash: the mystery isn't quite as solid as it was for Dead Until Dark, in many ways it was split into two because there was the mystery murder and then the case in Dallas. Still, it's a solid story with good tension, good action, and lots of new characters. It's funny, as much as I complain about vampires, I'm not tired or irritated with these. Not yet anyway. We'll see how long it takes. ;) But in all seriousness, fans for the Dead Until Dark should go ahead and just get this one too. It's definitely worth the cash.
The full review, which does contain spoilers, may be found in my journal. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome. :)
REVIEW: Charlaine Harris's LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
Happy Reading!