Club Dead, finished 4/20/08

Wow, I just sort of finished this awesome series by Charlaine Harris, I say sort of because I grabbed all the copies of her books that the library had at the time and I found out after reading some that I was missing a few. I will go back and pick them up. I usually hate to read out of sequence but this main character, Sookie Stackhouse, rocks! Plus who doesn't love a good vampire book? Well maybe many, but I love 'em.

This is not the first in the Southern Vampire Mysteries series featuring Sookie, but it was the first one I read. Club Dead was great. **** stars for this whole series.

From Booklist:
Sookie Stackhouse is having man trouble. Her vampire boyfriend, Bill, has been distant and inattentive lately. Then he announces that he is going on a business trip, which clearly is more than it seems. After a werewolf tries to abduct Sookie at work, Bill's boss, Eric, tells her that Bill fell under the sway of his--Bill's, that is--ex, a sexy vamp named Lorena, and has been kidnapped. Eric wants Sookie's help in getting Bill back, and despite her hurt over Bill's betrayal, Sookie agrees to go to Jackson, Mississippi, to find her wayward lover. Eric has persuaded Alcide, a dashing werewolf, to get Sookie access to Josephine's, aka Club Dead, the local hangout of Jackson's supernatural element. In between dodging kidnappers, the advances of amorous Eric, and her growing feelings for Alcide, Sookie has to find out who kidnapped Bill and figure out a way to rescue him. With some droll touches--Elvis, now a vampire, is Sookie's faithful guard --Club Dead is ideal for readers who like their vampire fiction light, humorous, and fast-paced. Kristine Huntley

I finished this one and immediately picked up the next one - it was that good. If you haven't read any of these, give it a try, but have at least a little interest in vampires.

The thing that fascinates me is vampires have basically "come out" of the closet so to speak and live among the humans. Is that not a crazy idea? There was a Japanese inventor that came up with a synthetic blood so they don't have to feed on humans unless they are willing donors (haha). So check it out and the subsequent posts on her other books that I've read.