Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris

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Continuing with the Paranormal Romance Genre (as well as the Series Theme), the next series is the oober-hyped Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris. First let me address one issue. As with the Twilight world many people compare the literary works and the visual media with one another. This is impossible to do fairly. No one can visualize exactly what we see in our mind’s eye; therefore, for the avid reader there is no director, producer or script writer that can satisfy our territorial sense of the original work. Because of that, I try very hard to separate the two as individual works and not compare them. That being said, True Blood, the HBO series based on the series is good for its medium, but please don’t base the books on the show. They are similar but there are many, many difference in the two.

Now that I have that out of my system, let me say I was hesitant at first when I read Book 1: Dead Until Dark. I realized it was from all the hype of the television series. Plus I had just finished a very addictive series. I gave Book 2: Living Dead in Dallas a shot just to be fair to the series and the advice of a few people on one of the forums I frequent. I admit it, I was pleasantly surprised. It was just the withdraw that comes from finishing one series and jumping into another.

Charlaine Harris writes with that southern humor I grew up with. The words flow easily and you can hear the twangs and drawls of the southern language as you read through the story. You become so attracted to her characters you find yourself sometimes rooting for the guy/gal you don’t thing you should. However, Harris lets you off easy by making each character both flawed and engaging so you don’t have to feel guilty for it.

The premise of the story starts with Sookie Stackhouse herself. She’s a waitress with the "gift" of being a telepath (not psychic). She’s tried her entire life not to eavesdrop on the residence of Bon Temps but she slips from time to time. This makes the town think she’s not quite right. However, everything changes in Sookie’s world when the Vampires “come out” thanks to the invention of synthetic blood called True Blood. They are marketed as having an “illness” that makes them allergic to sunlight, etc… Sookie saves the new Vamp in town and her world is never the same afterwards.

In the series of nine books, Harris introduces us to more mystical creatures including weres, shape shifters, witches, fae, some serious fang-bangers and a few others. Throughout this world, it isn’t always the supes who are the villains which makes the storyline all the more interesting. There’s a ton of humor, personal imperfections, hot scenes ((blushing)), and characters that you love one minute, hate the next, and love again. It’s a great light read and a wonderful escape from reality.


The books so far include:

Book 1: Dead Until Dark
Book 2: Living Dead in Dallas
Book 3: Club Dead
Book 4: Dead to the World (My FAVE)
Book 5: Dead as a Doornail
Book 6: Definitely Dead
Book 7: All Together Dead
Book 8: From Dead To Worse
Book 9: Dead and Gone

There’s a few short stories as well but I haven’t had the chance to touch them yet. They are as follows:

A Touch of Dead (Sookie short story collection)
Must Love Hellhounds Anthology (short story of Sookieverse)
Strange Brew Anthology
Unusual Suspects Anthology
Many Bloody Returns Anthology
My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding Anthology
Bite Anthology
Night’s Edge Anthology
Powers of Detection Anthology

For more information on these and other works by Charlaine Harris check out her official site. HERE
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