Dead Until Dark: A True Blood Novel: 1 (Sookie Stackhouse series)

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Sookie finds out that Eric's partner, Longshadow (vampire), has been stealing the money and she almost gets killed in the process. Bill, concerned with Eric's power over him and Sookie, decides to improve his own position within their vampire hierarchy.

Part of me was hoping that the last book in the box set was the last book in the series, since I would occasionally like to read something else, but when I got to the end of book 7 and realized that there is another book, I was just annoyed that I would have to wait to read it. With one exception—the Japanese have created and patented synthetic blood, ending blood shortages for medical facilities, AND prompting vampires to come out of the coffin, so to speak. Eric helps free Tara of Mickey but in exchange Sookie tells Eric about what happened when he had amnesia including their relationship and her killing of Debbie. I don't think it matters which way you do it, please note that the books and tv are different in places.Alcide's jealous girlfriend, Debbie Pelt, breaks into Sookie's house and tries to shoot her but Eric takes the bullet before Sookie shoots Debbie. Their relationship ends, and is dealt a further and final blow in Definitely Dead when Eric discovers and immediately discloses to Sookie that Bill came to Bon Temps on a mission to secure her telepathic abilities for use by Louisiana's vampire Queen. When Bill Compton, a centuries-old vampire who is a former Confederate soldier, comes into Merlotte's, Sookie immediately strikes up a conversation with him.

But there's a juicy artery in your groin," he said after a pause to regroup, his voice as slithery as a snake on a slide.My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldn’t accept it and kept trying to tell my folks I was reading their body language and was very observant, so I had good reason to imagine I heard people’s thoughts.