365 Days of Books

Dead to the World is part of a series about Southern Vampires. This is a near future where vampires have come out of the closet and are explained by viruses and werepeople and others are becoming more familiar to the general world. Sookie Stackhouse is our heroine, she can read minds but is otherwise a small town bar waitress. People from town think she is weird and most avoid personal relationships with her. Several books back, Sookie was pulled into the society of vampires and she has "dated" a few, and a wereman.

The story makes more sense if you have read the previous books in the series and I recommend them. The character "Bubba" is a hilarious touch.

If you liked "Interview with a Vampire" but thought the rest of Anne Rice's series were too serious and pedantic, then you might like this book. Note: there are sex scenes.

I recommended this series to women in their 20-40's who like vampire stories and puns.