Sookie Stackhouse Series

Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris

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Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out.... Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.

Sookie seems like an old friend to me. Each time a new book comes out, I get a little excited. Once I start reading, I feel like I am catching up on the drama in an old friend’s life. I slip back into the old routine with Sookie, Eric, Bill, and the gang.

The books are a bit chaotic, but are a great escape. There are many threads throughout the story. At some points during the books, I completely forget about one “crisis” because we are focused on something else and then BAM it comes back to bite her (hah, maybe the pun was intended).

I don’t think the books are great pieces of literary artwork, but they are great reads. They are suspenseful and at times even funny. Sookie is a crazy little southern lady with a lot of spunk.  She gets mixed up in a LOT of drama over the course of the series. At times, it makes one think, How can she handle all of this and why does she keeping putting herself out there? I think I would have moved to Alaska to live with penguins at this point, not date an even more powerful vampire than she already was.

That brings me to another point, I normally love books with a romantic love story. I think that might be what I find refreshing about these books. Charlaine Harris gives it to us straight. There is definitely MEGA supernatural creatures in these books, but besides that the books are real and easily relatable. Sookie breaks up, hooks up, etc with different guys in the books just like any other 20 something year old girl. There isn’t a Romeo & Juliet theme playing throughout. It’s just a girl trying to find a guy that makes her happy.  They laugh, love, fight, and make up. Don’t get me wrong though, I have caught myself several times wishing that we got to see more of the “good times” between Sookie and her boyfriend.  It does seem like there is always stress and chaos at the center of her relationships so you don’t get to focus much on just them being happy and in love.

Charlaine Harris does a great job at developing a character.  I despised Eric Northman at the beginning of the series. He was selfish, manipulative and barbaric. However, I am on book 11 (and waiting for more) and I am on TEAM ERIC!  He is still flawed and all of the words I described above, but we can understand his character now.  Did I mention that book Eric and TV show Eric are both HOT! (lol)

Overall, I definitely recommend this series to read after Twilight. I do not in any way, shape or form, compare this to Twilight though. Don’t get the wrong idea.  Yes, there are vampires and werewolves (and fairies, elves, demons, werepanthers…you get the point), but this is a whole different spin on vampires and love stories. MUCH MORE ADULT!

Just a few quick words on the show...Wow.  It's pretty intense.  I think that about sums it up for me.  Everything you read and more getting brought to life! Yeah, imagine that!!!! It's eye opening!

 I don't keep up with it during the season, so don't tell me what happens in season 3!  I can't wait for the DVD to come out in June (I think!). 

Have you read the series? Watched the show? Let me know know...tag your it!