Dead until Dark

Coming back to this book was just catching up with a friend. This was fun and interesting– I actually read every word, not something happens often (or at least not recently) so it was a nice change. I'm also very much dying to read the next book haha.

I will say this author has a problem with women who have sex often. It isn't proper or blah blah blah. I only mention it because this isn't the only book where the heroine seems to look down on people who've been married often or sleep around – mostly women, because the men aren't as looked down on it. It almost seems like the author is telling the reader appropriate morals, although it isn't as bad as Aurora Teagarden.

Vampirism wasn't super explained, but I feel like mostly everything was covered and being a series, more will come! There is also that wiggle room for other supernatural creatures since we know just from this book that Sookie is enhanced (telepathy), other beings are slightly brought up, yet nothing was definitively denied, so the story and possible plots can go many different direction.
The mystery wasn't fully fleshed out if only because the mystery didn't seem to be the main focus nor were many hints given about the villain. I had a few guesses and wasn't too surprised... so perhaps the mystery was done just right!

What I appreciate is that this is a book that can stand on it's own. Are there still some secrets and little things to resolve? Kinda, but if this was a standalone I'd be happy! This isn't just a background or set up book.