Thursday, September 21, 2006

59. Living Dead In Dallas

By Charlaine Harris (272 pgs)

Rating: 4

Sookie and Bill (the vampire)are being loaned out to a conclave of vampires in Dallas who are in need of some gentle fact finding. Gentle in the no torture sense. Meanwhile a Maenid has turned up in the area and uses Sookie's flesh as a billboard.

The writing in Living Dead In Dallas is more polished than the first book in the series but it still has some large flaws. For example there is a plot element that only appears in the beginning and at the end of the book. This would not be a problem accept that I actually forgot all about it until it appeared to resolve a secondary plot line. I begin to sense some movement towards the supernatural orgies phenomenon and I'm not pleased about it. However, bearing all that in mind, this was still and enjoyable quick read.

Recommended to the vampire fans and anyone who liked the first book.

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