Then there’s Mr Snuggly, but you’ll have to read the book to find out more about him…Īt first, the novel is a little hard to get into. The action focuses on pawn shop owner Bobo, whose family have a dark past and new age witch Fiji, who reveals glimpses of her power throughout the book.

There’s the taciturn Rev who carries out services in the pet cemetery or mysterious and deadly Olivia who’s always on trips out of town or pale-skinned Lemuel, who works in the pawn shop, but only at night. In Midnight, Harris has created a town full of interesting and slightly bizarre characters.

Manfred is quickly caught up in his neighbour’s troubles, as one of those secrets threatens to come spilling out, bringing a whole lot of drama with it. It seems to be part of the same world as Bon Temps eagle-eyed readers will even recognise a couple of characters from the Sookieverse.Īs the story begins, online psychic Manfred Barnardo is moving into town, where he is quickly introduced to the other residents, all of whom seem to have a secret that keeps them living quietly in Midnight. Midnight Crossroad is the first in a new trilogy, set in the tiny town of Midnight, Texas. So when I got the chance to pick up author Charlaine Harris’ latest book, I was hoping for good things. After rereading the whole series last summer, I’ve been missing the unique world of Sookie Stackhouse and the residents of Bon Temps. It’s been almost two years since the Southern Vampire Mysteries came to an end. So I think that, you know, she's extraordinarily supportive of what we've done with this.A review of Midnight Crossroad, by Charlaine Harris I mean, the thing is I really love those characters, and I wanted to stay true to their heart. So it's a little bit like her books on steroids, but yeah. But she understands that the novel had a very, sort of, small‑town pace to it, which is very different from what network requires.

So I think we ride the tones of horror and action and romance and humor, and we don't shy away from any of them. And so I do like to describe this show as all my favorite things in a blender. So they are funny, and they fall in love, and there's passion. You know, her characters are very three‑dimensional. So, like all of her novels, it's very character‑driven. Well, I mean, this is Charlaine Harris's novels that this is based on. Midnight, Texas certainly has a lot in common with True Blood, but we're more interested in how it will compare to the book series that inspired it - and now the executive producer has weighed in on the topic.Īt the NBCUniversal Press Tour yesterday, executive producer Monica Owusu-Breen spoke about Harris's involvement in the series, as well as how the network changed the books to make the story more suited for network television.

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