Author: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 978-057-509-7056
RRP: $22.99
Dead to the World is the fourth book in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series which the True Blood television series is based on. The further into the series of novels I get, the further they take me from True Blood. Having said that I am still loving the TV show but I am also really enjoying sinking my fangs into the Sookie Stackhouse books.
I get all excited at the prospect of having a new volume to read and just want to get straight into it – regardless of what I am already reading at the time.
Harris takes us to new levels of involvement with the supernatural community in Dead to the World, here we meet witches, Wiccans and fairies as well as the usual complement of supernatural beings. Harris also introduces us to a brand new Eric, who is sweet and sensitive and unsure of himself. An Eric who is a little difficult to get used to but when you do he is quite irresistible.
All the good looks and power of the real Eric Northman but with a soft side, a gentle side and a vulnerability never seen before – I don’t want to say too much about that though in fear of taking anything away from your own experiences reading the series.
There is a real class system prevalent in the supernatural community of Harris’ world that parallels our society quite well. Each of the supernatural beings has their place and they aren’t allowed to forget it. The species of supernatural beings are stereotyped much the same as the races in our society.
The thing I think that resonated strongly about this situation in the series is that there is no love lost between supernatural species, but give them a common enemy and they can put all of that aside to work together effectively and efficiently.
This chapter of the Sooike Stackhouse saga brings with it a whole new set of problems for our heroine Sookie. While she’s not trying to protect the new Eric, work her shift, or worry about her missing brother she’s trying to deal with all of the new information she’s gaining about the supernatural beings she grew up thinking were a myth. If all this isn’t enough Sookie is feeling the stress enough that is really difficult to keep her shield up and stop from hearing all that is going on in the heads of those around her.
Sookie, who has never had any luck with men, finds herself inundated with offers; none of them from human males and all for the same reasons that she never had any luck with human males.
She is beginning to come into her own as a desirable woman because she is a little more than ordinary. Where will Sookie go from here? The vampire, werewolf, or a choice of shapeshifters? I look forward to finding out in the upcoming Sookie Stackhouse books.
Sookie’s brother Jason had some excitement of his own in Dead to the World and we will have to keep an eye on him to see if he too will become a little more than ordinary?
Eric too seems to be back to his old self – I wonder if he remembers more than he claims? So many questions left open to bait me and pique my interest in book number 5.
I devour books, vampires and supernatural creatures are my genre of choice but over the past couple of years, I have broadened my horizons considerably. In a nutshell – I love to write! I love interacting with a diverse range of artists to bring you interviews. Perhaps we were perfect before – I LOVE WORDS!