Dead Until Dark

By Charlaine Harris

long before the series started.. i already put this show down under the 'to download' list. it was during my withdrawal period from twilight.. but lambat mau start..

and looking at the reviews on the books.. alot of people seems to be recommending it.

but back then.. the book cover (the old ones) doesnt really inspires me into buying frenzy..

it was too cartoony (if thats even a word!)..

there were nothing 'dark' about it..

so.. when the show started, i was over the moon.. i have this thing with vampire.. and since i literally live like vampire - or at least part of it - like my sleeping time (minus the coffin bit).

season 1 doesnt impress me much. and it doesnt take alot to impress me actually. throw in some romance.. and im good to go..

but 1st season.. bill/sam.. i was more like huh?? - literally.. yup.. my radar didnt really catch on any super hottie..

and the series were abit too adult for me.. (though i am an adult - but lets not go there. in my heart im still 16.. totally out of topic.. but wth)...

u know - its like the series 'Sex and The City'.. its one of them series where u cant actually watch it with ur parents sitting just beside you.. hahha.. no matter how over 18 u are.. its just too wierd to even think about it..

anyway....

by the 2nd season.. eric came into the picture with a bang.. well, he was in the 1st season.. but u dun really get to fall in love with him at first.. (cant remember why) and thats it. im good to go. my radar is working on full time and on alert mode 24-7..

well... thats how i get into the book.. after 2nd season had ended and waiting for the next season next year is too long of a wait for me.

i bergegar already..

hahha.. long intro there..

anyway.. for the benefit of my sis LK... whom im trying to convince to actually read this one.. (+ 9 others) .. here goes.

this is the 1st book of the series..

in a nutshell: the story is narrated by sookie stakehouse. a waitress in merlotte's bar (owned by sam whom had the hots for sookie) in bon temps, Louisiana. its been 2 years since the vampires had their 'great revelation' to the world revealing that they exist amongst them and to be accepted as part of the citizen (with rights and all). it was ok since the japanese had invented a synthetic blood enough to fulfill the vampire's thirst. bill was the first vampire ever visited the bar. and sookie got excited.

did i mention that sookie can read mind?

a curse according to her coz the whole town regard her as weird. crazy. and she cant really go on a date with normal guy coz.. she can actually read the guy's mind. so.. susah-lar..

when she first met vampire bill.. she was happy that she cant read anything.. no mind waves..

then things started to happen around bon temps.. woman being murdered (esp those girls whom are into doing 'it' with the vamps otherwise known as the 'fangbangers').. and to top it.. sookie's brother, jason stakehouse, is super mega player who will go after everyone with a skirt.. and he's the suspect seeing that he slept with all (with one exception) of the deceased.

in trying to find evidence to clear her brother's name, vampire bill brought sookie (ok sookie asked bill out - if u r being technical about it!!) to fangtasia (hah!) which is a vampire bar.. and where all the fangbangers would hang out to pick up a vamp or two.. or was it the other way around. this is where sookie first met vampire eric whom is the sheriff of area five (like a leader in that area - lar) also the owner of fangtasia.

well.. just to cut long story short.. sookie got together with vampire bill. lost her virginity to him. they were totally in love - in lust and all that. the first book had team bill and team sam written all over it and the odds are leaning more towards vampire bill though..

if u've seen the show.. the 1st season followed closely to the 1st book..
so, its just like me to tell the story from my memory of that tv-series instead of the book-series..

but i need to remind you that the tv series after this does not follow the flow of the rest of the book series.

a MUST read.
and i do mean.. M.U.S.T. in capital everything.


#2 book coming right up...

*when i rajin.

will try not to put in too much spoiler..
but then again.. we shall see..

its not like u cant google it kan.

well...
over and out.
for now.