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Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over thirty five years A native of the Mississippi Delta she grew up in the middle of a cotton field Charlaine lives in Texas now and all of her children and grandchildren are within easy driving distance. Midnight crossroad summary Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories by the time she hit college Rhodes in Memphis Charlaine was writing poetry and plays After holding down some low level jobs her husband Hal gave her the opportunity to stay home and write The resulting two stand alones were published by Houghton Mifflin After a child producing sabbatical Charlaine latched on to the trend of series and soon had her own traditional mystery books about a Georgia librarian Aurora Teagard Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over thirty five years A native of the Mississippi Delta she grew up in the middle of a cotton field Charlaine lives in Texas now and all of her children and grandchildren are within easy driving distance. Midnight Crossroad horrorhound Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories by the time she hit college Rhodes in Memphis Charlaine was writing poetry and plays After holding down some low level jobs her husband Hal gave her the opportunity to stay home and write The resulting two stand alones were published by Houghton Mifflin After a child producing sabbatical Charlaine latched on to the trend of series and soon had her own traditional mystery books about a Georgia librarian Aurora Teagarden Her first Teagarden Real Murders garnered an Agatha nomination. Midnight Crossroad booker Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series The books set in Shakespeare Arkansas feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire she regrouped and decided to write the book she d always wanted to write Not a traditional mystery nor yet pure science fiction or romance Dead Until Dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who simply enjoy a good adventure Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires werewolves and various other odd creatures was very successful in many languages. Midnight crossroad summary The Harper Connelly books were written concurrently with the Sookie novels Following the end of Sookie s recorded adventures Charlaine wrote the Midnight Texas books which have become a television series also The Aurora Teagarden books have been adapted by Hallmark Movie Mystery. Midnight crossroad series Charlaine is a member of many professional organizations an Episcopalian and currently the lucky houseparent to two rescue dogs She lives on a cliff overlooking the Brazos River site_link If you live next door to an apex predator you shouldn t go around poking him with a stick. Midnight in 24 hours I became a Charlaine Harris fan when introduced to her Sookie Stackhouse wonders except the last few books let s just forget those shall we I followed up with other series but none captured me like her paranormally twisted Louisiana town that boasted a rare psychic werewolves and a bizarre blend of vampire personalities I was hopeful this new paranormal series was her returning to the roots that made her so successful in the first place but I m starting to wonder if the exhaustion she started clearly feeling with the Sookie novels meant her heart really isn t in the place for another paranormal start This time all the characters are together in one town an odd assortment of people who are brought together by a small pawn shop a tiny country diner a convenience store and. Midnight crossroad summary Most of her series stay focused on a main character but here she hops around to several viewpoints with a third person writing style Mainly focusing on the POVs of Manfred a weak and inconsistent psychic sort of Fiji a witch type and sometimes a few other characters it seems a little distant for Harris s typical intimate writing style Names are downright bizarre Fiji reminds me a water Bobo reminds me of clowns Lemuel makes me think of pale colored beans Creek the strange names don t stop. Midnight Crossroad booker Harris made her name with mystery novels but here the mystery is a bit slight Bobo s ex is found dead eventually and they try to figure out who did the dastardly deed but it takes awhile to get going The main focus is on this paranoid and demented group that are after Bobo for a truly strange reason that still doesn t make a whole bunch of sense to me At the end the murder is solved almost as an afterthought when lightning strikes for everyone s imagination I will say the solution for dealing with that was nifty enough since it blends cold blooded characters with the small town us against them mentality Overall Midnight Texas is a sedate and dry seeming town that tries to appear interesting than it ends up being I m curious on the show though and how some life injected into these characters may solve some of the issues that weighed down the book 9780425263150 I am just wondering if this series is going to be like the true blood series let us all down at the end I don t think I know of one person who really enjoyed the last couple of those books 9780425263150 I ve read at least one book in some cases all of every single series Charlaine Harris has written Her earlier cozy mysteries are at worst mind numbingly boring especially Aurora Teagarden and at best mildly interesting Midnight Crossroad unfortunately falls into the cozy mystery genre though I was hoping for of a Harper Connelly type story especially given the sort of main character hails from that series but this ends up closer to Lily Bard s series instead Stay away from this if you don t like mysteries solved by people who shouldn t be solving mysteries one of Harris s protagonists in another series is a cleaning lady and yet the worst one is a librarian No these people should not and would not solve mysteries in real life Cozy mysteries as a whole just don t make much sense to me though I realize lots of people like them Also skip this if multiple POVs make your head spin On one occasion the POV switched mid page I was ok with this most of the time but it took me a second to go with the flow Another thing if you re a fan of whodunit mysteries and like to try to figure out the killer good luck with this one I don t think I m oblivious to signs and clues but I had no idea who the killer was up until they were revealed I honestly don t see how anyone could guess what had happened or why until it s spelled out in the end I d like to say that this is a case of first book syndrome where things are just getting setup and the author can be forgiven for a shaky start but COME ON How many books has Harris written now Plus this is just a trilogy She only has two times to make this series seem worth reading. Midnight crossroad bookpedia Some of the characters are really interesting and I want to learn about them so that s why I ll continue reading this series Plus like I said this is just a trilogy I don t have to invest much and I don t regret reading this book even with its faults I did borrow it from the library which I suggest most should do or wait for the paperback Sadly Harris is no longer on my insta buy list for authors I ll blindly buy hardcovers of I really wish she d write another paranormal series because I know from experience that her cozy mysteries just aren t that exciting for me 9780425263150 I was hugely disappointed in this new book It is the first of the series with Manfred the psychic friend of Harper Connelly as the star carryover from previous books Though to be fair Lily Bard from the Shakespeare books gets a mention too I so looked forward to this I absolutely have loved every one of Charlaine Harris s books I m pretty sure I ve read all her published novels even the very early ones And the Harper Connelly series GRAVE SIGHT etc is my absolute favorite I liked Manfred in that series the young man who worked with and looked after his grandmother Both made a living as psychics with Manfred having actual talent than his grandmother but both having actual flashes of psychic skills. Midnight crossroadx xd Butmy disappointment level is huge with this opening book of the new Midnight Texas series First the writing is very flat This is a little town in West Texas out in the middle of nowhere with maybe a couple hundred total residents most of whom live in outlying ranches The people living in the town are a group of a dozen or so Of this cadre of characters all of them appear to have odd back stories One is a vampire The businesses these people run appear to have no likelihood of ever drawing a single customer who would go there to buy anything yet they all scratch out an acceptable living Harris does so many character POV switches that we never really get to know any of the characters very well She doesn t head hop the POV switches are clearly done But everything is very shallow andwellflat. Midnight crossroad tv series Even worse This is a mystery series right Well in my Kindle edition I was 80% of the way through the book before a dead body appeared NOTHING HAPPENS in this story There s no real conflict There s no real story problem that drives the story from start to end WORST OF ALL No one has any real knowable motivation for anything except the most superficial kind It s the end of the worst of the summer heat so let s do a community picnic to celebrate Okay I can accept the vampire s motivation for staying there he s been there 100 years Maybe he s attached to home ground But everyone else most especially the lead characters Fiji and Manfred the ones whose POV we re in most often have ZERO apparent motivation for moving to or staying in this nowhere place of Midnight Texas We never do learn why Manfred last seen in the Harper Connelly books somewhere in NC or Tennesseesomeplace like that has chosen Midnight as his new place to be There s not even a hint of how he even found it on the map much less why he moved there I ll grant that the motivation of one of the characters for living there is key to solving the question of who did in the dead body but stillSowhile the place has some level of intrigue there is that vamp and apparently other less than normal characters And Fiji of course is a working witch the characters themselves do not Where is Sookie s quirky humor and desire to be normal No one in Midnight appears to have a sense of humor Where is Harper Connelly s drive to find her missing sister No one has any push to accomplish anything There is no story problem driving the story There is virtually no conflict anywhere in the book except a minimal amount at the end The POV switches seem designed to prevent the reader from getting close to the characters and provide a lazy way to tell readers what s going on rather than showing them This is flat simplistic writing I m surprised the editors didn t call Harris on this and insist that it be done better Or that her agent didn t tell her it wasn t ready for publication yet SOMEONE should have said this is a good start now go back and make it your usual excellent writing. Urban fantasy midnight crossroad review A HUGE disappointment from a beloved author 9780425263150 Oh man how can I trust Ms Harris with my heart again after the travesty that was the ending of the Sookie Stackhouse series And yet here I go again A sucker for pain. Crossroads at midnight devil Bring it onThis book has a slow pacing so be aware It is set in a small town in West Texas and since I live in Houston I have been through many of these types of places The lifestyle is slower The iced tea is so sweet you will get insta cavities which is fine because there always seems to be a lack of teeth going on anyway And everyone knows everyone else. Midnight Crossroad horrorhound There is a murder mystery going on but the main story is about the townspeople They are not your typical small town folks There are vampires shapeshifters witches psychics and other to be figured out later species It s like the smallest convention of supernatural beings ever. Midnight crossroad series This book is about getting to know all of the characters in this town Each person seems to have something they are hiding And each person seems to have some sort of magical thing going on Plus the best part There is a talking cat And he says the exact kind of things you would expect a cat to say. Midnight Crossroad horrorhound Uh huh I knew it 9780425263150 
After reading that the premise of supernatural people living in a small town I immediately thought of one of my perennial favorites HalloweenTown. Midnight Crossroad booker While I wasn t one of the angered fans of how Harris ended her Southern Vampire Mysteries Sookie Stackhouse books I am disappointed in this one This new series exists in the same universe and yet is so lacking in each and every way Gone is the smoky southern gothic yet somehow also a cozy mystery tone that I appreciate from this author instead it s mostly just boring goings about of the like 10 people who inhabit this town While there are similarities to her other books mainly of there being characters with terrible names like Bobo and Figi or cameos from minor characters Harris kinda ruins the continuity of her pre existing universe There s a vampire but he feeds off psychic energy instead of blood which made me roll my eyes because that is something some Hot Topic goth who has a love hate relationship with Twilight would say and there s a new agey witch who is able to freeze people and cause illusions but is unable to do so to prevent her own kidnapping Also there s a cat who can just talk which seemed cartoony than anything and would NOT be kosher on screen if they go the True Blood route with the planned TV series. Midnight crossroad summary The mystery here of a dead woman seems oddly placed far in the background of the minutia of the character s everyday lives which involves mostly eating at a diner In fact the story only brings up this plot to remind itself that there s some actual thread it needs to follow and to get itself back on track. Midnight crossroad series Ultimately I m just giving up on this series Even if the show is good I just can t go on with a writer who has lost their talent It was a promising premise that just didn t deliver 9780425263150 2 7 18 ON SALE for 2. Midnight Crossroad booker When I started reading her SOOKIE STACKHOUSE books I was so desperate for Harris reading material in the between books time that I did something I d never done before I read mysteries. Horror midnight crossroads Why did I read mysteries B c that s what Harris writes She wrote mysteries for years only having middling success I don t know if Harris had a dream filled with vampires and werewolves and fairies oh my one night or if a decision to jump on the Urban Fantasy bandwagon prompted the genre switch but even while writing bestselling Urban Fantasies she still managed to incorporate her beloved elements of mystery. Midnight Crossroad pdf Occasionally when reading Paranormal Romance you ll stumble across a series that is essentially contemporary romance a vampire or two Some author will decide to milk the PNR cash cow but doesn t want to do the research so she ll write a normal romance turn the hero into a vampire or werewolf substitute a peanut allergy with a garlic or silver allergy and call it a day. Midnight crossroad bookpedia Harris did the opposite of this with her SOOKIE STACKHOUSE and HARPER CONNELLY series and she s done it again in her new MIDNIGHT TEXAS trilogy But this time she s managed to almost perfectly merge her bread mystery with her butter UF. Midnight crossroad tv series This book got off to a bit of a rocky start for me the first couple of chapters were less than stellar but lover of Charlaine Harris that I am I persevered and in the end there was only one thing that really bothered me . World book day book in a box ideas But in hindsight I can see that it was a kind of necessary evil The plot wasn t the only source mystery in MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD you see every important character was a mystery unto him or herself. Midnight crossroad summary Our story opens with the knowledge that a newcomer has moved to town and I took for granted that this new person was the MC but a few POVs later I was no longer certain EVERY character seems to be given equal weight and has an equally shadowy past I didn t even figure out the main plot until I was halfway into the book as frustrating as it was cool. Midnight Crossroad pdf But frustrating and or cool this book definitely kept me on my toes It was also hilariously clever in that deep South small town way that Harris has mastered and ultimately as many POVs as there were I still began to develop interest in the characters I m fairly certain that by the time I finish the next book which I will definitely be reading I will be well and fully invested in the lives of the residents of Midnight Texas Even observing as the outsider I felt like I was it was impossible to not want to know . Midnight Crossroad horrorhound Will Fiji and Bobo yes those are unfortunately their real names ever be than friends What is Manfred really hiding from Is Olivia some kind of super secret assassin Is that why she keeps disappearing I just don t know. Midnight crossroad book series And that is why I highly recommend this book MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD by Charlaine Harris is the promising first installment of her new MIDNIGHT TEXAS trilogy It combines the classic elements of mystery with the highly popular supernatural elements of Urban Fantasy and weaves a story that will keep you guessing who or what dunit from start to finish and I can almost guarantee that your guess will be wrong So please come and meet the residents of Midnight Texas you won t be able to rest until you uncover their secrets . Midnight Crossroad horrorhound Reread thoughts MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD was even better the second time b c I already had an idea about who all the myriad characters were and why they were important This time I paid attention to questions about this town s mysterious inhabitants that I want answered QUESTIONS 1 What was Olivia doing in San Francisco and why was Lemuel worried about it 2 What the hell kind of vampire is Lemuel and how did he get that way 3 What the hell is Miss Maggie 4 Does a bar like the Cartoon Saloon really exist and if it does where can I find it 5 Can Mr Snuggly talk b c he s a familiar or is there some other reason 6 WHAT ARE THOSE BOOKS My other reviews for this series Day Shift Midnight Texas 2 by Charlaine Harris 9780425263150 I m a big Charlaine Harris fan and I ve read all of her other series so when I found out she had a new trilogy coming out this year I was super excited And then I received an ARC months before the book was due to be released so I couldn t wait to get started Manfred Bernardo has just moved into the very small town of Midnight He s a psychic and has his own business conducted online and on the phone so this isolated place seemed like a good place to move Most of his work includes the use of psychology and instinct rather than psychic ability but he does sometimes get real psychic vibes He s young determined to get on with his own life and actually finds the small population of Midnight very welcoming So he finds himself hanging out in the local diner run by a woman called Madonna who has a baby and is married to the local handyman He also meets the mysterious Rev who only speaks when he has something important to say Joe and Chuy are a couple and run an antiques store nail salon Then there s Fiji the witch across the road with a very peculiar cat and a knack of constantly surprising Manfred His next door neighbour and landlord happens to be Bobo Winthrop now all grown up and no longer living in Shakespeare who runs a pawn shop Bobo has two other tenants that are guaranteed to fill you with wonder one only comes out at night and the other constantly disappears on secret missions The Lovell family consists of Shawn and his two kids Creek and Connor They run the local gas station and keep mostly to themselves but Manfred has his eye on Creek It s a small tight knit community that accepts Manfred instantly The day they all get together to have a picnic near the river and find a dead body things change because the police get involved and everyone s a suspect No one than Bobo because the body is actually his girlfriend The one he was positive had run out on him months earlier As it turns out she was killed and a lot of the evidence seems to point his way Although he insists he s innocent Bobo does have a few secrets of his own Actually everyone in Midnight has some sort of secret Why else would they live in such a desolate place But one thing Manfred learns pretty early on is that Midnighters take care of each other Even when faced with the most gruesome unexpected revelation OMG I had a blast reading this book I loved every minute of it and didn t want it to end The main mystery is trying to figure out who killed Bobo s girlfriend Aubrey but there are so many other things going on in this book The characters are interesting and full of personal secrets but since we get intimately introduced to several of the characters via multiple POV it adds an extra layer to the story and what s going on Some secrets are uncovered others aren t The one thing that will certainly happen is that you ll get caught up in the lives of these people and want to know Midnight Crossroad is another compelling book by Charlaine Harris I love her storytelling style and the wonderful characters she creates One of my other favourite things about this book is the fact that we catch up with several characters from some of her other series Manfred is from the Harper Connelly series Bobo is from the Lily Bard Mystery series There are creatures from her Sookie Stackhouse series and even a surprise character from her Aurora Teagarden Mystery series It s all so cool Plus this might be a mystery at heart but there s also a supernatural slant I really enjoyed 9780425263150 Interested to see what this is like Think I ll wait and see what early reviews say first though I haven t forgiven Ms Harris for the last few books in the Sookie Stackhouse series yet Update I reckon if I get 100 likes on this I ll buy the stupid book and review it. Midnight crossroadu uk Update As stated once I hit 100 likes I agreed to read and review this book So the book is on its way Stay Tuned for ReviewIn the mean time check out the Interview with Charlaine Harris where she talks about her books and Midnight CrossroadInterview with Charlaine Harris NOT FINISH. Midnight crossroad by charlaine harris But what I did read was a struggle 9780425263150 I can t believe I have had this damn trilogy for 6000 years and had no idea I had my own little gem Story of my life I loved it and all of the characters Mel MY BLOG Melissa Martin s Reading List REVIEW 9780425263150
From Charlaine Harris the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps Louisiana comes a darker locale populated by strangers than friends But then that s how the locals prefer itWelcome to Midnight Texas a town with many boarded up windows and few full time inhabitants located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road It s a pretty standard dried up western town.
Midnight rider crossroads There s a pawnshop someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night There s a diner people who are just passing through tend not to linger And there s new resident Manfred Bernardo who thinks he s found the perfect place to work in private and who has secrets of his own,
Midnight crossroad summary streets basically The town just isn t that exciting but the church where the Reverend hosts his pet cemeteries and rare weddings brings in some spice of interest.
Horror midnight crossroads When the cat is forced to help the townspeople rescue his devoted owner Oh all right the cat said sullenly I must get my feeder back.
Midnight crossroad series What I got however was a dull and meandering story of a one horse town that is in a word lame.
Midnight drive meaning Midnight Texas is a peculiar little town It has one stoplight a few small locally owned and run businesses and a handful of residents ALL of whom have a secret.
Midnight Crossroad pdf It also has one very important but unspoken rule don t ask questions,
Midnight Crossroad booker Too many different people with too many different background stories and too many hints into their secret pasts kept me from becoming emotionally invested in ANY of them.
Midnight crossroad book series Stop at the one traffic light in town and everything looks normal Stay awhile and learn the truth Midnight Crossroad Midnight Texas 1..99 by Rabid Reads3.5 starsI love Charlaine Harris Really I do.And she wasn t lazy about it either.Lazy Lazy AND infuriating.Too many POVs.But I NEED to
