I was looking for something vaguely Anita Blake like and I found it in book 1 of the Southern Vampire series. This book revolves around Sookie Stackhouse, a mind reading waitress and her boyfriend, Bill the vampire. This is much more than just a romance novel though. There's murder afoot! Girls are being killed and Sookie's ho brother is the prime suspect.


I like this series a lot. Sookie's a fun character and there's enough interesting characters to keep this series going for a long time. There's a bit more emphasis on romance then there is on action but that works well for this series. I finished this book at work and I wanted the next one so bad I left work early and drove in scary traffic to get it. I had 2 almost accidents but it was so worth it.