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  • Dead Until Dark

  • Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1
  • By: Charlaine Harris
  • Narrated by: Johanna Parker
  • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (12,658 ratings)

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Dead Until Dark

By: Charlaine Harris
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
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Publisher's summary

Vampires have officially "come out of the coffin", and Miss Sookie can't wait for one to come her way.

Anthony Award-winner Charlaine Harris' New York Times and USA Today best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels entice countless fans with an irresistible mixture of vampire romance, beguiling mystery, and old-fashioned Southern charm.

Listen to more titles in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
©2007 Charlaine Harris (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC
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"An author of rare talents." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Classic good

This writer doesnt get caught up in sexy scenes filled with crap..at least not much.. and she doesnt use language that wilts flowers, often..and still manages to get a good book written. I respect that. This book is a good read for anybody not wanting anything to serious but needs something entertaining.

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Great Listen!

Loved the book. Going to dl the 2nd now = ) Entertaining with rich characters!

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Dead Until Dark

I bought this book b/c I wanted to read it before I saw the HBO series True Blood..As always the book is much better. The series is a little off from the book but it is still enjoyable. Sookie Stackhouse and Bill make a good couple. Again I was hooked from day 1.

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True Blood is better

I only bought this one because I watched the HBO series True Blood and loved it. I don't think it made a difference in how I feel about the book. I wouldn't have enjoyed it even if I hadn't watched True Blood. I don't plan to listen to any of the sequels. I just comes across a little juvenile.

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    4 out of 5 stars

Good story

I got this book first because I liked the twilight series (which this is nothing like) and 2nd because her 7th (i think) book in the series was on sale and had great reviews. After I changed my expectations I really enjoyed the book.

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Great book/storyline - not so great reader

I love this series, the books are great!! However, the reader isn't my favorite. Her inflection and character voices are somewhat grating. I downloaded the first two books in the series, I won't be getting the remainder due to the poor job of the reader. Much better to read this series yourself

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loved it!

Absolutely loved it! I'm aware that this book has been around for awhile. Better late than never, so to speak. The story & performance
held my attention. I didn't care for the True Blood series, but I love this book.

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Good Characterization

Well developed characters, decent story. Too much sex, detracts from the story. Worth a read.

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fun

I'm not sure what to write for a review. If you are expecting a fun paranormal romance (although it's definitely one of the original series that made the genre so popular, so I feel a bit badly lumping it in there given the generally poor quality of the later knock-offs) with fun characters and a fun plot then you won't be disappointed. The narrator does a great job. Don't expect Anne Rice. Don't expect a riveting mystery. Basically, if you know what you're getting into with these books then you don't need my review :) If you've never read/heard of them but you enjoy the plethora of other paranormal romance books that have since flooded the bookshelves, then I can pretty much guarantee that you'll have a new favourite.

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Love this series

I read the books before I watched the show and loved both of them as 2 different things. I’m restarting their series because I had never finished the books and decided to catch up while driving to work and back with the audible series. The narrator is ok. She is kind of annoying and I don’t like how she portrays Sookie. But she isn’t as terrible as some of the other narrators I have heard with other books.

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