Quinn is also very protective of those he loves, he believes it is his duty to get his family and Sookie out of any kind of trouble they may face this tends to make Quinn wear himself thin. He also seems to hold himself in high regard for he was ashamed when he was overcome by six werewolves. With the several times he has faced danger he has always kept his head, and never shown fear. Being such a 'huge' man, it's hard to hide. He has a certain air to him, not of arrogance, but when you walk into a room, you can't help but see him. The most startling thing about Quinn (to Sookie) is his deep purple eyes which are stated to be like the color of 'pansies'. He also shaves his head bald and the rest of his body is told to be just as hairless. He has a rich olive skin tone that is lightly scarred from the years of fighting in the ring. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won an Anthony Award.Quinn is a large and tall-six and a half feet-muscular man (often regarded as a wrestler type man). The Sookie Stackhouse novels inspired the HBO television series True Blood, which ran for seven seasons. In addition to Sookie Stackhouse, she is the author of the lighthearted Aurora Teagarden mystery series the much darker Shakespeare mysteries, featuring amateur sleuth Lily Bard the Harper Connelly mysteries two trilogies, Gunnie Rose and Midnight, Texas and stand-alone novels. Her performance brings a light Southern accent that enhances the local flavor and credibility of each story.Ĭharlaine Harris is a prolific New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. Narrator Johanna Parker inhabits Sookie - and breathes life into the undead and all kinds of creepy and kooky characters. Along with plot twists, romantic entanglements, intriguing characters, supernatural conflicts, and murder mysteries, this urban fantasy series hooks listeners with biting satirical commentary. If only she weren’t so powerless against her hunky vampire boyfriend, Bill. In each novel, she’s on the frontlines of trying to mitigate the havoc of otherworldly creatures on the human world of Bon Temps. Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic with a down-to-earth personality and spicy sense of humor, is uniquely qualified to deal with the weres (as in werewolves) and shape-shifters who have come out of their closets around the Bayou.

And, oh yeah, she hears the secret thoughts of all kinds of humans and other creatures. Sookie Stackhouse is a bubbly barmaid in Louisiana - with a vampire for a boyfriend.

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