Dead Until Dark
I just got done reading “Dead Until Dark” by Charlaine Harris, she was my stopgap between another author and her book in a series. I was at Border needing to find something to read. I like mystery, suspense and romance, romance to a point. Now a good book is when all three get added together. “Dead Until Dark, is about a Vampire named Bill and his human Shookie.
Shookie’s got a problem she’s telepathic, which to say the less makes her life uncomfortable, and well dating just can’t happen. She meet Bill and she can’t read his mind, his mind is blank to her. Naturally she have to be attracted to him right? Shookie, I wouldn’t call her a plain girl but she not exactly educated neither.
Bill is attracted to her but tries to warn her about the danger like most novels with Vampires, they always seem so nice, but they always say they are bad. I think Harris done a great job of showing some of the evils, but she keeps it interesting and even though you know a human and vampire aught not to be together, you want to see Sookie and Bill together.
One thing for sure none of these vampires would be found on Mediterranean cruises, she has the vampires as newly unhidden people in the world. I really have enjoyed the plot line, and the other supernatural characters in her book.
My husband told me her age and I was surprised she wasn’t younger closer to my age, but boy does she right well, and very easy to follow. She had me within the first chapter of the first and second book. The Third book, I think the first chapter was a little harder to get through, sometimes it seems like she trying to explain to first time readers. This is probably a good thing because I can not tell you how many times I have picked up a book in a series and it wasn’t the first one. I have once grabbed the 3rd book in a series and that’s kind of funny. I can tell you I was lost and wish it was explained better.
I would not recommend the “Dead Until Dark” series to a young reader, there are some scenes I wouldn’t want a young reader reading. If I had a daughter, I wouldn’t introduce her to the book until she at least 16 to 18 years old. There is some disturbing things in the book, but I probably find them disturbing because of some personal experience. I don’t find talking about drinking blood or what not disturbing but when things start sounding like rape or is very rough. I don’t know it’s just unsettling.
I will say I am impressed that she does not feel the need to use G-d’s name in a crude manor. I don’t mind an occasional cuss word. Now G-d’s name is one of the thing I just don’t tolerate. Funny I can read Vampire books, and not be at all offended until they start using words that aren’t becoming. Charlaine Shows a ton of Talent with Words because she doesn’t have to get her point across by using a bunch of fowl language. I think her and my other favorite author are right close to running for my favorite author.
