This is the first book of the Southern Vampire Mysteries. You meet Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress at Merlotte's Bar who also happens to be telepathic. She has tried to hide it all of her life, but people in town know and consider her "Crazy Sookie". At the beginning of the story Sookie meets Bill Compton, a vampire circa the Civil War. The Vampires have been "out of the coffin" for two years since the invention of TrueBlood, a synthetic blood that will sustain a vampire and allows them to mainstream and live among humans with out having to feed on them. Although the Vampires fare better with human blood. Anyways, there is a serial killer on the loose that is targeting "fangbangers" or human women who primarily sleep with Vampires. Sookie is one of the main targets because of her relationship with Bill and the fact that she has ingested Bill's blood which causes her to become stonger and more sexually appealing to vampires and humans alike. Sookie's grandmother was the killers last victim before he caught up with Sookie. Sookie ends up having to fight off the serial killer and discovers that it is her best friend's boyfriend. She is very seriously injured.
I like this book a lot. The plot is intriguing and it is interesting to find yet another take on Vampire lore. Sookie is very much the sweet, innocent girl next door until she meets Bill, and he brings out the sexy, glamorous Sookie. In my opinion Sookie is a very strong female character. She is very well fleshed out. The story is a page turner and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Especially at the end. I definitely recommend this book.
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