Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris

Ace, 2008, 292 pages
Original copyright 2001
ISBN: 978-0-441-01699-0 
Read:  September 2021, age 43
 
Southern Vampire Mysteries, book 1 of 13

Well, this was disappointing.  It was basically romance crossed with mystery, but our heroine had no effective tools or even really reasons to solve the mystery - and certainly was less well-equipped than other people around her.  She basically alternated between useless and stupidly brave, and solved the mystery by getting beaten up. The romance consisted of nothing more than 'sigh! he's a vampire!' and then they fell into bed.  I really didn't like much of anything about the book.  

If I hadn't already read From Dead to Worse, I'd be done with the series.  As it is, I think I'll give it one more book.
 
Rating: 2
 

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