I should probably say up front that I am a True Blood fan. I have seen the first three seasons and liked it so much, I finally gave into the idea of reading the books it was inspired by. So I went out and got the first 4. After reading this first book, Dead Until Dark, I am wondering if that was such a good idea. Sookie Stackhouse is one dumb, uninspiring heroine. I don't even like her that much in the show, but the show has a lot more characters and their POVs than this book which is all Sookie all the time. 
 Which leads me to one other glaring thing missing from this book. Where the hell is Tara? I was looking forward to reading about her antics (even though she gets real crazy and annoying in the show) but as someone who was apparently Sookie's best friend, I assumed she wasn't made up by producers. Let's hope she chimes in the next book. 
 And yes I will be continuing the series, only because I already own them. Who knows, maybe it gets better. 
 Go Team Eric