Dead Until Dark
Readers rate it 3.5 (672 on Hardcover)
Released May 1, 2001 · National Geographic Books
Content report card
Dead Until Dark parent’s guide: what’s inside
LGBTQ+ themes
What it offers
Positive messages
Positive role models
Educational value
A note for parents
Dead Until Dark is an adult urban fantasy romance that blends supernatural elements with mystery and danger. While the violence and sexual content are moderate rather than graphic, the book contains mature themes including murder, vampire predation, and adult romantic/sexual situations that make it better suited for older teens and adults. The story offers some positive messaging about self-acceptance and loyalty, but the protagonist's judgment around dangerous relationships and the frequent peril create a world designed for a more mature audience.
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From the publisher
Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series—the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO® original series True Blood. Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and te... Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series—the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO® original series True Blood. Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business—except when it comes to her “disability.” Sookie can read minds. And that doesn’t make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He’s tall, dark, handsome—and Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s exactly the type of guy she’s been waiting for all her life... But Bill has a disability of his own: he’s a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps—along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill—Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.
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- Fiction
- Character driven
- Unloveable Characters
- Weak Character Development
- Not Diverse Characters
- Audible
- Diverse Characters
- mysterious
- Adventurous
- emotional
- funny
- Fantasy
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ISBN 9780441008537 · National Geographic Books