They all have their secrets, and they all want to keep their secrets. While the book was not so terribly offensive as the final book of the Sookie Stackhouse series, it left a whole bunch to be desired. Sadly, that simply wasn't the case. The truth about this first book, however, is plain: despite an interesting premise, great characters and a lot of potential, it never goes anywhere.Not my favourite book by Charlaine Harris by a long chalk. I don't think I know of one person who really enjoyed the last couple of those books.If I could give this book six stars I would. Despite being a more engaging tale than book one, this book still failed to deliver the amazing read I’d been hoping to receive.Day Shift is the second book in the Midnight, Texas trilogy, making for a more enjoyable book than the first.
After about a third of the way through the story, I didn't care.
A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Books set in Midnight, Texas: [Midnight Crossroad, Day Shift, Night Shift] It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town.There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night).
This is more of a day to day account of what goes on in our "special" little town of witches, vampires, lycanthropes etc. Now we know!Wow, this book, the second book in the Midnight Texas trilogy (according to Ms Harris' web-site) gives us even more action than we had in book one.
“And isn’t that just what a cat should say?”“Fiji, I’m betting you don’t drink a lot,” he said, trying to suppress a smile. The Texas locale in this book was about as colorless, dull, and rocky as the story. Every page was a delight, from the beginning where I got to meet beloved old characters from my favorite past Charlaine Harris series to the end, where I was left satisfied and enlightened and yet still curious about what is to come in the secretive town of Midnight, Texas. If the whole point of this novel is solving the murder of a character, I would have liked to know more about her, enough to actually care she was dead.
When this book was over, I couldn't have cared less if I never heard from any of those characters again, and honestly I can't fathom what she could possibly do to them to make them more appealing. Is it Manfred or Olivia? A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Barry does not seem like a very good guy. While the book didn't exactly make me want to tear my hair out in agony, I definitely found myself wondering if I could find my receipt to return it. Not much happens no, but the characters introduced were just the way I like them, quirky, magical, nerdy and extremely different, not a "normal" in the bunch. .” Another slow burn installment to the series, and I say that in a positive way. This series did nothing for me. He is just helping them for money and of course is paranoid about vampires. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Think I'll wait and see what early reviews say first though. And did I mention QUINN? Despite, my frustration with a certain witch and a young man I had a good time. But have no fear, not reading those other aren’t a must. It's like, This series is one of those kind where it doesn't move all that fast, but you just enjoy hanging out with the characters. A new lawyer, Olivia and an assist from Fifi made for an interesting tale. I have long been a fan of Charlaine Harris, and coming fresh off the let down of the final few books in the Dead series (namely the last one), I was really hoping she would redeem herself with this new book. Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over thirty-five years. This is the kind of community that reveals their steal bonds in times of trouble. We’d love your help.
While the book was not so terribly offensive as the final bookMan, oh man. It is also a place where many beings have come to hide away from the outside world. Well, except for the supernatural stuff and the killings.
To put it in lay terms: You blew our load for us ma'am, and THAT is darn near literary treachery! Have you wondered what was up with the Rev? Charlaine lives in Texas now, and all of her children and grandchildren are within easy driving distance.Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over thirty-five years.
* I think the narrator in the Audible version of this series added the lisp herself and it's funny and charming because it brings a bit of humility to a feline who otherwise lacks this particular character trait.
‘Day Shift’ is the second book in Charlaine Harris’s new urban fantasy series, ‘Midnight, Texas’ … which happens to be a sort of amalgamation of all her other series, featuring various secondary characters from those books. Someone is spending quite a bit on the renovation, and it is complete in record time, but why?
A new business is not the only thing to put the town on tenterhooks, there’s been a murder and a death or two that may involve some of their own and the search is on to make sure that at least Manfred is cleared of any wrong-doing.Day Shift is the second book in the Midnight Texas trilogy by popular American author, Charlaine Harris. B/c QUINN is there.
Honestly, I felt that not having read those previous works, I was kinda missing out on some character history. We have more action, but we also learn so much more about some of our favorite characters. Charlaine lives in Texas now, and all of her children and grandchildren are within easy driving distance.“It can be tiring knowing so many people with hidden depths,” Joe said. Oh My!! ?Can't wait!Welcome to Midnight Crossroad, where everyone has a secret. I'll continue on to book three at some point soon. Then a client of Manfred’s meets an unexpected end, and her son makes public accusations against the psychic.
Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and the Davy highway.
Maybe I will try again at a later date.
A fan of Sookie Stackhouse, I squealed to see a new series from Ms. Harris.
We do get a sort of story made up up a couple of what I'd call co-subplots.Yeah...okay not nearly as good as the first book.
Midnight, Texas is an American supernatural drama television series broadcast on NBC.