A book about Sookie's rebound from Bill and evil witches attempting to take over Shreveport. I appreciate the need for a rebound book, especially since I like that Sookie doesn't just stay with Bill throughout the series. However, I wish someone besides Eric was her rebound, because I like him too much for that. I also wasn't a fan of the stereotypical amnesia storyline. Jason Stackhouse's character development made up for it though. ( )

Harris struggles with controlling her many plotlines in this entry in the Sookie Stackhouse adventures. Although I expected Sookie to rebound from her relationship with Bill, I was disappointed it was with Eric. Not because I don't like him. On the contrary, I wanted them to get together and have it actually be meaningful as opposed to a rebound with an amnesia-suffering Eric. Also the whole amnesia element of the story was kind of corny. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the Jason plot development. Here's hoping the series takes a step back up in the next entry.

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With every book in this romance-mystery-vampire series, Harris ups the ratio of supernaturals to humans, and yet, it doesn’t feel over the top. And in this book, in which we encounter both “good” and “evil” witches, the author uses her trademark humor tinged with pathos to emphasize the necessity for judging group members as individuals, rather than by resorting to stereotypes.

Dead to the World continues the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse, a 26-year-old hottie waitress/barmaid in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She has just broken up with her vampire boyfriend Bill, and she runs into Bill’s powerful boss Eric, who is disoriented and has lost his memory. It turns out that area witches put a hex on him. Moreoever, they want to drain his blood, since a vial of blood from a vampire as old as Eric can fetch up to $500 on the black market. (Drinkers of vampire blood gain strength, attractiveness, and healthiness, but the effects are temporary, so the practice quickly becomes addictive. Vampires victimized by “drainers” run the risk of being weakened and left to die when the sun comes up.) It takes a boatload of vampires, werewolves, witches, and even a fairy - plus Sookie, of course - to put the situation to rights.

Eric, whom we previously knew as “sinister and sexy” is now vulnerable and sexy, and he’s staying with Sookie who is protecting him. But she needs protection herself from her awakened sexuality, now lying dormant since her breakup with Bill.

Meanwhile, Sookie’s brother Jason has gone missing. Is he, too, a victim of the witches? One flips through the book with addicted bated breath! Will Sookie succumb to Eric? Will the hex be broken? Will Bill try to get Sookie back?

Favorite Anecdote: Sookie is being comforted by Alcide Herveaux, a big manly guy who is also a werewolf. Sookie reports:

"Since his shirt wasn’t buttoned, I found my face pressed against his warm chest, and I was glad to be there. The curly black hair did smell faintly of dog, true, but otherwise I was comforted at being hugged and cherished.”

Evaluation: Come on! You know you want to read these books! ( )

In this Sookie Stackhouse story Eric the Vampire loses his memory. What could possibly go wrong? A fun, page-turner, this book also contains the story of a War between Witches, Vampires and Werewolves, the story of what happens when Sookie's brother Jason Stackhouse is kidnapped, and tells of an event that will haunt Sookie for books to come. ( )