Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2)

I loved this book! It was just as awesome as the first one. I can't wait to read the next book in the series. Sookie is constantly finding herself in trouble ever since she fell in love with Bill. Their adventures have kept me up at night so I can find out what happens next.

I started reading the Sookie Stackhouse books after watching the first episode of True Blood on HBO. I loved this book, and the whole series is cheesey great!

While the story line is addicting, the writing is questionable- author is repetitive and occasionally contradicts herself even on the same page. Despite these flaws, of the 8 books in this series, I would rank this book as among the better half. A better editor and the elimination of the background information/recap that she gives about certain characters every book (she needs to either assume the reader knows all the characters already or doesn't know any) would make the series stronger.

I just completed the second book of this series. It wasn't nearly as good as the first book, but it was still entertaining. The mystery aspect of this novel is just as good. I got sucked into the book as soon as she met the vampires in Dallas. The whole aspect of the Fellowship of The Sun is very interesting.

The novel started to bother me when it began to dive into the taboo.. what in the world is a Maenad? The fact that the novel starts to address such areas as homosexuality, group sex parties, etc. really was perhaps on the extreme side. Charlaine may have gone a bit too far on this one. Hopefully the Taboo and orgies get tuned down in the next books because it distracts from the story and Sookie's character.

Another awesome book for Charlaine Harris. A must read. If you loved True Blood you will love these books much better and Thanks to Alan Ball for making this into a HBO Seris. Well written and very imaginive.

Nicole Eglinger
Davie,Florida