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Description
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out.... Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea. A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend... read more
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Summary
In Dead Until Dark, Sookie Stackhouse is a telepath who lives in a world where vampires have "come out of the coffins" (vampires have come out to the public and become legal citizens). They are "mainstreaming" since the Japanese developed a synthetic blood... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters
- Sookie Stackhouse: Lead protagonist and the storyteller. A rural Louisiana waitress whose telepathic ability has always caused her trouble.
- Bill Compton: Romantic lead. The vampire whose entrance in Sookie's life changes everything.
- Jason Stackhouse: A ladies' man and Sookie's brother.
- Adele Stackhouse: A lovely Southern lady, grandmother of Jason and Sookie.
- Sam Merlotte: Sookie's boss and owner of Merlotte's bar.
- Bubba: A suspiciously familiar, dark-haired, singing vampire who was brought over after an unfortunate drug overdose in the 1970s.
- Arlene Fowler: Friend and co-worker to Sookie, engaged to Rene Lenier.
- Rene Lenier: Arlene Fowler's fiance and friend to Jason.
- Andy Bellefleur: Bon Tomps' detective.
- Eric Northman: Vampire; libidonous owner of Fangtasia, a Shreveport vampire bar.
- Pam: Eric's second-in-command vampire at Fangtasia.
- Long Shadow: Native American vampire who tends bar at Eric and has an unfortunate run-in with Sookie.
Memorable Quotes
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“...the creature I loved was lying somewhere in a hole underground, to all intents and purposes dead until dark.”
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“If you do anymore I will have you wether you want to be had or not.”
Bill
First Sentence
I'd been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar.
Table of Contents
Series
This is book 1 in the Southern Vampire Mysteries series.
Authors & Contributors
- Charlaine Harris (Author)
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