This is the second book ive read by hendrix and while i liked my best friends exorcism and it technically exists in the same universe, the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires hit so many more of. Sookie is the main character of the southern vampire mysteries, and resides in the fictional town of bon temps, in rural, northern louisiana. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires hardcover april 7, 2020. Dead to the world southern vampire mysteries, book 4 publisher. Dead to the world southern vampire mysteries, book 4 by charlaine harris. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires by by. In the first novel, dead until dark, she describes herself as being 25 years old, with blond hair and blue eyes.
Dead to the world southern vampire mysteries, book 4. Pleasant, doesnt have much excuse for her wanderlust. Not too long ago she was just a regular southern belle in. Boy oh boy, i am so glad that i did because this might be the best horror story ive read in a long time. The southern vampire mysteries, also known as the true blood novels and the sookie stackhouse novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author charlaine harris. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix. My big fat supernatural wedding the southern vampire.
Theres only one vampire sookie stackhouse is involved with at least voluntarily and thats bill. The vampire is a type of legendary creature falling into the broader category of revenanta person who has returned from the dead, often to do harm to the living. Books about vampires what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists. Grady hendrix has cemented his place as a literary luminary with the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires. Yet again, derek and sofia separate and this time, its much longer than last time.
The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampire by grady. Well, i guess there was a reason this 21yearold paperback was in the clearance section at a major bookseller. Not too long ago she was just a regular southern belle in love with her soldier, dreaming of a life full of babies and white picket fences. My big fat supernatural wedding the southern vampire mysteries series book 4 ebook.
Stories from the world of sookie stackhouse anthology by other authors. I mean, i honestly havent enjoyed a horror novel as much as i enjoyed this one in a long time. Meet scarlett smith, southern vampire detective well, at least thats what she is today. Read the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires a novel by grady hendrix available from rakuten kobo. Will you be picking up the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires. Club best book of april 2020 popsugar best of april 2020 goodreads big book of spring 2020 a delight. Sookies investigation into why leads straight into a dangerous battle among witches, vampires, and werewolves. This is a southern vampire novel noble vampires in fancy capes wont be found here. Hendrixs latest novel, the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires, attempts a similar transformation for its protagonist, but to less successful ends.
Steel magnolias meets dracula as patricia campbell and her family are thrust into the hands of a vampire that begins to prey on them mentally and physically. The first installment, dead until dark 2001, won the anthony award for best. Southern vampire detective 4 book series kindle edition. Dead to the world by charlaine harris southern vampires 4 rating.
In the authors latest novel, the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires, hendrix returns to the same charleston neighborhood, but this time to a. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires is a realistic horror story made plausible through the use of an amazing cast of characters. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires a novel by grady hendrix p. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires is coming to tv. The first installment, dead until dark 2001, won the anthony award for best paperback mystery in 2001 and later served as the source material for the hbo drama series true blood 20082014. The fang marks arent anything like the creature represented in the book. The book starts off fast and rarely slows down, and for the first half of the book i was riveted. How can a couple in the throes of love overcome traps set by feuding relatives. Hendrix has taken his genuine affection for housewives and their work, and folded it seamlessly into a horrifying story of social decay and community betrayal. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires is already one of my favorite books of 2020, and i cant recommend it highly enough.
Hendrixs next novel is the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires, and even though its not set to reach store shelves until april 7th you can preorder a copy here, the adaptation. Dead to the world sookie stackhouse book 4 and millions of other books are available for instant access. Club best book of april 2020 popsugar best of april 2020 goodreads big book of spring 2020 a delightits incisive social commentary and meaningful character development make the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires not just a palatable read for nonhorror fans, but a winning one. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires goes to. Sookie stackhouse 8copy boxed set sookie stackhouse southern vampire charlaine harris. The new york times best seller steel magnolias meets dracula in this 90sset horror novel about a womens book club t. Soon, sookies in dallas using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires by. Sookie stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in bon temps, louisia. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires is about the presence of a suspected vampire in a south carolina suburb in the 1990s.
The sookie stackhouse series by charlaine harris, or the sookie stackhouse novels, or the more correct the southern vampire mysteries is a series of novels written by charlaine harris, a bestselling author. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires will be released by quirk books on april 7, 2020. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix is the latter. Pitching a novel as steel magnolias meets dracula is a bold move, but the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires lives up to the comparison.
Dead to the world sookie stackhouse southern vampire. Gradys writing was so solid, in fact, that when i heard about his upcoming book, the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires, i knew i needed to give this author another try. Sookie stackhouse 8copy boxed set sookie stackhouse southern. His latest, the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires quirk, 410 pp. Sookie stackhouse series by charlaine harris goodreads. The complete series list for a southern vampire mystery sookie stackhouse charlaine harris. Instead youll be immersed in the slow, southern lifestyle and all the oppression that comes with the heat. The novels are a set of books that tell one complete story that centres on its main protagonist and titular character sookie stackhouse.
The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires book. This is in part because patricia campbell, stifled by her bland suburban existence in mt. List of the southern vampire mysteries characters wikipedia. Grady hendrixs the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires is an absolute ride from start to finish, tasting of sweet tea, bible verses, and passive aggressive book club members. But a greater danger could be to sookies heartbecause the kinder. They suck the red out of watermelons, prey on the meatiest of southern debutantes, and outdo even the nastiest mosquitoes at a baptist. So i just finished the southern book clubs guide to. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires grady. The southern vampire mystery sookie stackhouse series in. The sookie stackhouse novels the southern vampire mysteries. Patricia is a charleston housewife whose husband carter spends more time traveling for work than he does at home. If you love well crafted, multilayered stories that combine horror and suspense, then i cant think of a better book to pick up right now. Review the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix 45 stars april, 2020 filed under.
Also, we get several povs in this book and it gave me major whip lash. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires ebook. Honestly, slaying vampires is a disservice to women and is compared to steel magnolias in the book blurb. Grady hendrixs the southern book clubs guide to slaying. I absolutely adored grady hendrixs book my best friends exorcism and when i saw he had a new book hitting shelves, i knew i needed to get my hands on a copy as quickly as possible. Buy a cheap copy of southern vampires book by karyn kay zweifel. That said, the book wasnt without its usual tremblay issues, where some of the dialogue and characters actions felt clunky or forced or misused. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires is available from amazon, book depository, and other good book retailers as of april 7th 2020. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires.
Whats the seating plan when rival clans of werewolves and vampires meet under the same roof. Deadline reports that grady hendrixs forthcoming novel is one of two books tapped for series development at amazon. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This book was the perfect mix of vampires, werewolves, shape changers, panthers, witches and fairies. Club dead recently bill compton has been a little distant. I didnt know much about the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires before going in, because i like to stay relatively neutral before starting a book. Sookie comes to the rescue of a naked, amnesiac vampire and ends up in the middle of a war between witches, werewolves and vampires. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires pd. I will have to say, this was not my favorite book in the series.