Blonde, bubbly Sookie Stackhouse loves her job as a cocktail waitress in Merlotte's, in her home town of Bon Temps. Sookie's cute, but it takes her a long time to make friends; perhaps that's not so surprising when you consider how few people appreciate her telepathic ability.
Whichever species you are, life is never boring in Bon Temps, Louisiana!
Includes All Together Dead, From Dead to Worse and Dead and Gone.
Charlaine Harris has been a published writer for over forty years. Her first two books were standalones, followed by a long sabbatical when she was having children. Then she began the Aurora Teagarden book, mysteries featuring a short librarian (eventually adapted for Hallmark movies). The darker Lily Bard books came next, about a house cleaner with a dark past and considerable fighting skills.
Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper can find the bones of the dead and see their last minute.
When those two series wound to a close, the next three books were about a mysterious town in Texas, called Midnight.
A change in publisher and editor led to Harris's novels about a female gunslinger in an alternate America, Lizbeth Rose. The Gunnie Rose books concluded with the sixth novel.
I'm a big fan of Sookie. I'm also a big fan of vampire and supernatural beings stories. Even if those are young adult lit, they are a bit more witty and fun than the average, that's why I am putting 4 stars. That said, I don't think the author will be able to keep the same level on all the 13 books she is obliged to write. Commercial issues sometimes sucks.
A good series that quickly loses steam.This series started out interesting but quickly becomes ridiculous. An example of a series that goes on for way too many books.