• Dead Until Dark

  • Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1
  • By: Charlaine Harris
  • Narrated by: Johanna Parker
  • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (12,407 ratings)

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Dead Until Dark

By: Charlaine Harris
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
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Publisher's summary

Vampires have officially "come out of the coffin", and Miss Sookie can't wait for one to come her way.

Anthony Award-winner Charlaine Harris' New York Times and USA Today best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels entice countless fans with an irresistible mixture of vampire romance, beguiling mystery, and old-fashioned Southern charm.

Listen to more titles in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
©2007 Charlaine Harris (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC

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"An author of rare talents." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Love ❤️ it

Vampires are a part of society but not everyone is happy about it. Funny series with great narration!

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Great Book!!

Finally trying this series and I love it!!! I'm excited to watch the show also but I know Sookie's accent is gonna get on my last nerve lol

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Different

I was listening to the Harper Connelly series by Harris and REALLY liked it, but there are only a few oils in that one. I decided to try this. it's really different, and, while I like it, I found the heroine to be more whiny. It's still quite good, though, and I loved the mystery part of the book. I also like that the heroine has a moral compass of sorts.

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Great story and narration

I was pleasantly surprised by this story line. It was engaging, well thought out, and the narration was great.
I appreciated the character development and underlying structure that allowed the story to flow seamlessly. I’m from the south and the accent was well done. I will follow this author and narrator for more of their work.

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  • 10-27-23

This was a great introduction to a new series!

Dead Until Dark is the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. The Sookie Stackhouse series is also the inspiration for the HBO show, True Blood. Dead Until Dark was a good introduction and first book in the series, I really enjoyed the journey.

Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in a small town in Louisiana and she's always wanted to meet a vampire because in this world vampires have been exposed and humans and vampires have been trying to co habituate together. Sookie meets her first vampire in Bill, a (confederate) civil war era vampire. Bill is quite taken with Sookie and she is equally taken with him.

The spicy scenes were okay, I'm giving this 3 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️ worth of spice.

There's a murder mystery mingled in with some paranormal romance and I really enjoyed this book. It was gory, sexy, mysterious, and entertaining. I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5 because I had a lot of fun with this read.

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An instant classic and all time favorite

Sophie Stackhouse is an endearing character in a fascinating world with a hidden paranormal underbelly. I love this series!

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Love this series

I’ve listened to this series twice now. It’s my favorite one I’ve found yet. Definitely worth the purchase.

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Great narrator

I’ve watched the show countless times and really enjoy it. I actually prefer book Sookie over show Sookie (at least season 1 haha). Really enjoyed the book and starting number 2 now.

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Couldn't get into it

From the sample I thought I would enjoy this very different take on a vampire novel. But I found myself really not enjoying it. It seemed kind of depressing, and, really, does it have to be so erotic in a victimizer kind of way? I know, I know, it is a vampire novel, I just thought this would be a different take on it. It is just not my cup of tea. I know people really like her, but I had to stop listening part way through. Snooky is no Odd Thomas.

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Great book - great narration

I was introduced to this series from 'True Blood' series and the first season is almost word for word with this book.

I want to say how amazing the narration is. Parker doesn't just read the words, she acts the emotions. In the first half there are two major intense scenes that Parker handles like a pro.

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