mirihawk reviewed Day shift by Charlaine Harris (The Midnight, Texas novels)
Review of 'Day shift' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This is a really fun read. It's a "Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead" sort of a thing. If you are a C. Harris fan (not the TV show but her various series) you will love this book. Bobo and Manfred and Arthur all sitting at a dinner table! Oh my! The Lily Bard books and the Grave Sight books are some of my favorites, and I liked the Aurora Teagarden books too, so to have side characters from them show up in a new series is such a pleasure! Manfred and Bobo are favorites of mine, and I love that they are neighbors in this new series. What fun!
The book itself is the second in a series about a tiny town called Midnight, Texas, and it is interesting in itself. I'm not sure if the books would be as amazing if I were new to Harris' work. If you …
This is a really fun read. It's a "Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead" sort of a thing. If you are a C. Harris fan (not the TV show but her various series) you will love this book. Bobo and Manfred and Arthur all sitting at a dinner table! Oh my! The Lily Bard books and the Grave Sight books are some of my favorites, and I liked the Aurora Teagarden books too, so to have side characters from them show up in a new series is such a pleasure! Manfred and Bobo are favorites of mine, and I love that they are neighbors in this new series. What fun!
The book itself is the second in a series about a tiny town called Midnight, Texas, and it is interesting in itself. I'm not sure if the books would be as amazing if I were new to Harris' work. If you haven't read anything but her Sookie books (which I admit I never did finish to the end of the series) you might want to check out some of her other works.
I hope there will be more about Midnight - it seems to me that there is a lot more to say about that town.