Mass Market Paperback, 291 pages
English language
Published May 2, 2005 by Ace Books, Berkley Publishing Group.
It's not every day that you come across a naked man on the side of the road. That's why cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse doesn't just drive on by. Turns out the poor things doesn't have a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the vampire—but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric. And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now wants his life. Sookie's investigation into who and why leads straight into a dangerous battle among witches, vampires, and werewolves. But a greater danger could be to Sookie's heart—because this version of Eric is very difficult to resist...
It's not every day that you come across a naked man on the side of the road. That's why cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse doesn't just drive on by. Turns out the poor things doesn't have a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the vampire—but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric. And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now wants his life. Sookie's investigation into who and why leads straight into a dangerous battle among witches, vampires, and werewolves. But a greater danger could be to Sookie's heart—because this version of Eric is very difficult to resist...
Overall, this is my favorite so far. I am really enjoying these books. I like Sookie and her attitude.
Decent Fluff. And now with plot starting to feel like something that's going somewhere long term.
Decent Fluff. And now with plot starting to feel like something that's going somewhere long term.
i would have liked to give the book 4,5 stars - it was great and catching but i prefer "the old" eric. it was good that bill was away - so we learned: we don't need him! alcide & eric is totally enough ;)
i would have liked to give the book 4,5 stars - it was great and catching but i prefer "the old" eric. it was good that bill was away - so we learned: we don't need him! alcide & eric is totally enough ;)
Another chick book. This one is my favorite ... Eric loses his memory and finally falls for Sookie. Great. Except in the TV series this part really sucks. In the books it doesn't.
Another chick book. This one is my favorite ... Eric loses his memory and finally falls for Sookie. Great. Except in the TV series this part really sucks. In the books it doesn't.
Now that I've completed a sweep up through Book 7 of the Sookie Stackhouse series, I can confirm that Dead to the World, Book 4, really does remain one of my favorites of the entire run to date. Granted, a big part of this is that I'm a sucker for an amnesia plot--and I give this one points for a reasonable way to throw amnesia at one of the established characters, and make life more complicated for Sookie in the bargain.
It's this book too that confirmed me as a Sookie/Eric shipper. The thing that makes me a sucker for amnesia plots is the opportunity to have the afflicted character show personality traits he wouldn't otherwise display, and Eric certainly does this in spades, demonstrating a kinder and more honorable side to Sookie. This, put together with his prior charmingly straightforward lusting after her, gives him a nice extra …
Now that I've completed a sweep up through Book 7 of the Sookie Stackhouse series, I can confirm that Dead to the World, Book 4, really does remain one of my favorites of the entire run to date. Granted, a big part of this is that I'm a sucker for an amnesia plot--and I give this one points for a reasonable way to throw amnesia at one of the established characters, and make life more complicated for Sookie in the bargain.
It's this book too that confirmed me as a Sookie/Eric shipper. The thing that makes me a sucker for amnesia plots is the opportunity to have the afflicted character show personality traits he wouldn't otherwise display, and Eric certainly does this in spades, demonstrating a kinder and more honorable side to Sookie. This, put together with his prior charmingly straightforward lusting after her, gives him a nice extra dimension that serves not only to make him one of the most interesting contenders for Sookie's affections, but to also provide plot fodder for the series clear up into Book 8. So yeah, three cheers for that.
In the meantime, we've got good followup to the events of Book 3, wherein the shifter Debbie Pelt comes back to cause trouble for Sookie as well as the werewolf Alcide. And, for bonus plot complications, we've got Sookie's brother Jason spending most of the book unaccounted for. Most of all we've got an incursion of witches into Shreveport, in an attempt to take over territory from both Eric's vampires and the local werewolves.
Fun stuff all around. Four stars.
