Vampires, Werewolves, Witches and Faes...oh my!!

For the next 30 days, along with my regular blogs, I shall be blogging about one of the great loves of my life.

This is the series of books known as ‘The Southern Vampire Mysteries’ written by Charlaine Harris these are also known as the Sookie Stackhouse books or the True Blood books. I know that you will probably have heard of at least one of these, but in case you haven’t been lucky enough to fall in love with Bon Temp yet, Ill give you a little introduction about Sookie’s world on paper and on TV, because they are actually different in some ways.

11th May 2012 Vampires, Werewolves, Witches and Faes…oh my!

Now that we have that bit out of the way, Ill start with a quick introduction to Bon Temp.

True Blood and The Sookie Stackhouse books are set in an alternate reality where vampires have come out the proverbial coffin and proclaimed their existence to the world. They don’t have to drink blood anymore as it is now synthesised and bottled under the name True Blood and even comes in different blood types. Very convenient for the discerning vamp about town who wishes to stay within the law.

How would the world react if we woke up to the news on BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, Sky News etc? That all the stories that we thought were based on a novel by Bram Stoker were actually real?

There really were creatures out there in the world who wanted to drink your blood? What about vampire blood? If humans consumed it could they gain special powers like vampires? Would it become the drug of choice over Cocaine, Ecstasy, Heroin and the like?

An interesting concept that many urban fantasy fiction writers cover, but there is something really special about Bon Temp that keeps me coming back for more.

Maybe it is because Charlaine Harris and Alan Ball have managed to create such fabulous characters and bind them together in a wonderful small town in Louisiana. I’ve added Alan Ball into that as some characters that have lesser roles in the books have bigger parts in the TV series and indeed Jessica Hamby didn’t exist in the books at all.

Merlotte’s Bar and Grill is where many of the characters work and where Sookie meets her first vampire, Bill Compton her next door neighbour. It seems like a really good place to work, with Sam being a superb boss.

Hopefully I’ve given you a bit of a taster for what’s to come in my next 29 blogs about Bon Temp, Sookie Stackhouse and the rest of the True Blood gang.

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