"You can't use blackmail on someone who doesn't know anything about the hold you have on them." I've heard a lot about Dead to the World (the fourth installment of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse mysteries) being the "Eric book", so I was definitely looking forward to reading it. While I didn't completely love it, I wasn't too disappointed either, lol. This book takes place three weeks after Club Dead, New years eve at Merlottes. (view spoiler)[Sookie's New Year resolution is to stay out

(B) 72% | More than SatisfactoryNotes: Familiar and likable characters make it decent, but there's not much plot. Very static, it didn't add much to the series.

Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/NOTE: The Eric gifs are coming, but y’all are gonna have to work for them ; )By the time I reached Book #9 the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series, my reaction was something kinda like this . . . I (along with many other superfans of the Southern Vampire Series) was extremely disappointed. Not with the “who will Sookie end up with????” part. I mean seriously - DUH when it came to that question. I was bummed that it felt like Harris...

Dear Charlaine,This may come off a little mean, but I need to start by saying that you are a bit of a hack. But I don't mean that to be mean because the truth is I wouldn't want you to be anything other than the ass-kicking, pseudo-horror, pseudo-romance, pseudo-thriller hack that you are. You are my go-to guilty pleasure girl. I love hanging out with Sookie and her crew, and that's all down to you. I just wanted you to know that Dead to the World is my favourite of the bunch. This had everythin...

So after Bill there's Eric, the superhot amnesiac vampire. Whereas anybody else would run with the Mulholland Drivesque plotline and linger on the noir aspects that go hand-in-hand with vamp myth, Book IV radically changes the series from the "Twilight" part of the spectrum to more "Buffy" territory. Proud to say that "Dead to the World" has less Sookie injuries and more beastly bloodshed than any of the books that came before it!There is still that erotic prose that owes lots to Anne Rice, the

Best of the series so far especially when i put faces to these characters from the TV show. this has become a guilty pleasure of mine.

I really loved this one. I enjoyed the new Eric as much as Sookie did, and the plot leading up to the battle was exciting and mysterious. I do hope that Eric learns the truth about his time during the amnesia though.

Dead to the World is the fourth installment in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I actually read this a year or more back but re-read it last night again and realized I like it more than 4 stars. Eric is my favorite character to start with, but during this book I love the new Eric also. He seemed so venerable and lost. It was Eric from a simpler time, without all the death and pain. He was reborn and cute as hell. lol! And I think Eric truly felt something for Sookie. What could have been! But, then...

I'm not going to lie- I'm feeling disappointed. I have continuously heard that this is the "Eric book." From everyone who has EVER read these books. "Wait until you get to book 4!!" Who's Eric? you ask.Let me show you:He's a beautiful Viking vampire. He is sex on a stick. He will turn any woman's legs to jello...and well... other parts of her will be doing other things. Reactions beyond your own control...What I really expected from this book was a ton of this: Starring this ridiculous piece of...

I still haven't watched the show True Blood but from what others have told me, the show is much more serious than the books. The books are silly, sexy, and gory but in a light hearted way. Sookie is a bit of a simpleton but she's also tough even if she doesn't know it most of the time. Dead To The World is the 4th book in the series and despite the length of time it took me to read it( I just wasn't in the mood for it) I enjoyed it just as much as the previous 3 books. I was happy that this book...

2.5 StarsFirst off, I would like to thank both Kelly and Stepheny for allowing me to intrude upon their buddy-read. I do not believe it necessary to reiterate how much distaste I feel for Sookie Stackhouse. If you care to know my explicit feelings in this matter, I go into rather intense detail in my review here.I will merely say I find her moronic and tedious, for purposes of this review. After reading this, the fourth book in the series, I think I have figured out what it is exactly that I c...

I finally was able to get it back from the library and finish this one! I think this is the only book in the series so far that I didn't power through in a couple of sittings (or just one), but I still loved it a lot — it just lost me a tiny bit towards the end with too much action and not enough characters being witty and dumb. 😂

2019 Re-ReadJust as telepath Sookie enjoys resting her mind around Vampire Bill, whose thoughts she can’t hear, I enjoy resting myself in this series that I’ve read and enjoyed before.It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal.Wherein we learn that Sookie can certainly handle a shotgun or a baseball bat should the need arise. But she still wishes for a bit more back-up. Despite her misgivings, she proves repeatedly that she’s in...

Ahhh, Eric...::swoon::One of the best of the series, especially in terms of character development. Sookie makes a very telling New Year's Resolution: to avoid getting beat up. And not half an hour later she's picking up a stray amnesiac vampire. The chemistry between Eric and Sookie is wonderful. Pam in her take-charge mode is hilarious. The Were community is more complicated than ever. And Sookie's knowledge of Supes is growing every day. Charlaine Harris knows how to craft witty and interestin...

My favorite book in this series so far! Why? you ask.... Sookie, you lucky dog, you!Yes! Finally Sookie realizes that Eric is much better than Bill the Bore!And, even better - there is no Bill in this book except a few mentions towards the end. I was feeling like my True Blood dreams were coming true. okay, I realize that I need to dream biggerBut... Eric is not our normal Eric - he's amnesia Eric because a witch cursed him. So he's sweet, vulnerable, and open. Now, that makes Sookie like

The one where Eric forgets who he is. This is the book that makes Eric a viable romantic companion. Is it the greatest literary work of all time? No. But it is fun and enjoyable, and I laugh, and I enjoyed revisiting it after more than a decade. I LOVE this side of Eric. It was great to see more of the communities outside of the vampires and to get a taste of more shifters before Quinn comes out to play. My guilty pleasure series is still going strong.Favorite quote:"I went down, ass over teacup...

This book starts off with a bang. Boring Bill announces he is leaving for Peru and Eric, the 6’4” Viking, makes an appearance in Bon Temps under a set of highly unusual circumstances: he is running down the side of the road half naked and he has amnesia. Now honestly, don’t you think more books should start with a half naked vampire who has amnesia? If that doesn’t appeal to you, well, to be perfectly honest, you and I might have a hard time finding something to laugh about together because that...

Loving eric and sookie's chemistry! I personally think that bill is a b*tch lol he didnt even know that sookie was trying so hard to pay her bill. And oh yeah remember when

Dead to the World4.5 StarsWhen small town waitress and closet telepath, Sookie Stackhouse stumbles across an amnesiac vampire wandering around in the woods, she immediately recognizes him as Eric Northman, the arrogant and domineering Sheriff of Area 5. After taking him home and cleaning him up, Sookie discovers that an Eric with no memory is sweet, vulnerable and oh so sexy. Unfortunately, the witches who cursed him are hot on his trail, and Sookie will have to pull out all the stops to keep hi...

Fantastic lady, fantastic writer.