3/5 StarsIt wasn’t the worst thing I ever read, but certainly not the best either. I ended up
3/5 StarsIt wasn’t the worst thing I ever read, but certainly not the best either. I ended up picking up most of the series for several reasons. One of the reasons was because I had fallen in love with the HBO series, True Blood. The other main reason was because I was trying to find a new series to replace the crap that is now Anita Blake, and I had heard excellent things about the Sookie Stackhouse series.Now, before I started the books, I was aware that they would be quite different from the show, especially the sexual content. I was fine with, and quite happy, with this fact, because I was sick of all the vampire romances out there with a severe lack of plot. I have no problem with romance in my books as long as there more to the plot than the romance and/or sex. I was fairly entranced by the first couple chapters, but the book quickly started to lose my attention after a while. I thought it could have been possible I wasn’t as interested since I knew how it would end so the plot wasn’t able to capture me. However, neither did any other aspects of the book. I found the writing style bland and boring, for the most part, and I got no sense of the characters from the books. One of the things I did like was the idea of the series and the main character. I recall reading in an interview that Charlaine Harris thought there ought to be a reason for a girl to want to date a vampire, and she did come up with an excellent reason: peace of mind. So all in all, I would suggest borrowing this book rather than buying it, but I wouldn’t say it’s a complete waste of time either.Next Book on my Reading List: -- source link
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