This is the start to a highly anticipated, long overdue, read through of The Sookie Stackhouse Novels. I watched the HBO Series, TrueBlood around two years ago and quickly became obsessed with the show! If I’m being honest, I never really thought I was someone who would be into Vampires and Werewolves, but with this series…it’s just too good and makes sense! Truthfully, the hardest thing about reading this series is trying not to compare it to the show.
 
In this first book, you get to meet a few of the characters that you’re going to follow along with on the journey of the series. Sookie Stackhouse, a telepath from a small Louisiana town called Bon Temps meets Bill Compton, a vampire that has recently settled in the Bon Temps area, just across the cemetery from Sookie’s and her Grandmother’s house. After a life-threatening event, Bill and Sookie ‘click’ and from there they have a..romance of sorts? Then, tragedy strikes the Bon Temps area and suddenly everyone is on high alert and everyone can’t help but wonder if the vamps are responsible (or maybe Sookie’s brother, Jason). You’ll follow Sookie and Bill in their quest for a relationship that ‘real’ meeting some other vampires and supernatural friends along the way.
 
I feel like after only reading this first book, I don’t really have much to review or critique. It follows the HBO storyline fairly well, with a few tweaks here and there. The character development is pretty strong, and you get a good feeling who you’re reading about even though everything is through Sookie’s point-of-view.