Living Dead in Dallas
Sep 2, 2005
Living Dead in Dallas
(Southern Vampire Mysteries)
by Charlaine Harris
This is the second book in the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris. It continues the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse, a young barmaid in a small rural Louisiana town. Sookie is determined to clear the good name of a local cop, who is a suspect in a local murder.
However; she must first investigate another crime for a "nest" of vampires in Dallas, Texas. Why is a barmaid pressed into this kind of service by vampires? Because she has a certain talent ... telepathy.
She tries to work her way through vampire politics in order to solve crimes, avoid death by an anti-vampire group called "The Fellowship of the Sun", struggle with a maenad, and get help from shape-shifters. I've always said that a southern woman can do anything!
I enjoyed the book; however, I was uncomfortable with a few aspects. I'm not a big reader of romance novels and "Living Dead in Dallas" had a lot of sex. I was also a bit unconfortable with the "Fellowship of the Sun" which came of as an extreme right-wing church. However; it is very hard to pin Charlaine Harris' work into anykind of a category.Her "southern vampire" series is a mystery, thriller, vampire story with romance and comedy.
In short, I enjoyed it and I think that you will too ...
