Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) by Charlaine Harris Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2)
Book Review: Sink your teeth into this Vampire Series!
Summary: 5 Stars
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!
Book Review: lynda's review
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Book Review: Good reading
Summary: 4 Stars
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!
Book Review: Sookie rules!
Summary: 5 Stars
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!Book Review: Southern Fried Vampire Mystery With a Dash of Romance
Summary: 4 Stars
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.