After reading the hype surrounding this series, and getting a positive recommendation from @SpankRansom of Twilight-headed, I decided it was time for me to start reading (plus I really wanted to read something else before starting on the Twilight series for my third read through). I've got to say, you definitely have to be a hard-core vampire fiction fan to really enjoy this.
The series takes readers into the gritty, more common ideas of vampires. They sleep during the day, get burnt in the sun, and have an affinity for all things human-blood related. The twist here is that the vampires have 'come out of the coffin', as it is put at the start of the first book, and are widely believed to be victims of a virus that leaves them with the appearance of being dead for a few days, and then they are allergic to sun, garlic, etc, for the rest of their existences. These vampires are opposite to those of the Twilight series. If they live in groups they become more vampire-esque as they 'egg each other on', and it's the nomads that retain some of their former humanity. They still drink blood wherever they can get it (often from certain men and women who enjoy being bitten), or otherwise they drink a 'synthetic blood developed in Japan'.
You also get a dark and gritty view of humanity. People are cruel to each other, crude, extremely promiscuous, and they have no problem with beating up women (Sookie in particular).
As I said, you'd have to be a vampire fiction fan to be able to read these books, or the first one at least, and even though there are some editting/grammatical issues (like the use of then instead of than, and using 'unwisdom', which isn't a word, but I am annoyingly particular about these sorts of issues when I'm reading), there is a good storyline underneath it all. It's unique for the common views of vampires, and it shows what the world could be like if vampires actually existed, and were welcomed as members of society, if they should chose to 'mainstream' (try to blend into society and have a normal life). It should get better as the books progress, I'm definitely going to continue reading.
Definitely for readers aged 18 and older.
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