Dead to the World starts off on New Year's Eve. Even though they are still broken up Bill informs Sookie that he is going to Peru to work on his vampire database. On her way home from a very long night at the bar, Sookie passes a very tall, very blond, very naked somebody running down the road. It is Eric and he is scared and confused. Turns out he has amnesia forced upon him for refusing the demands of some powerful werewolf witches. After talking to Pam and Chow, Sookie agrees to hide Eric at her home until this whole mess is sorted out. Meanwhile Jason goes missing.
As the time passed Sookie begins to fall for the new kinder gentler Eric and soon they begin having a sexual relationship. Which I have to say is pretty damn hot. I know the show has a lot of sex but surprisingly the books do not. It is more sprinkled here and there rather than being heavily saturated with sex. I like Eric a lot so this turn of events made me really happy. Eric even starts calling Sookie "lover" and offers to leave his whole life and business to stay with her and take care of her forever.
Eventually the vampires team up with the Shreveport werewolf pack (Alcide and even Debbie are there) and some local Wiccans to fight the witch coven that cursed Eric. Before setting out to battle, Bill shows up and sees Debbie. He informs Alcide that he knows Debbie because she was present and even participated in Bill's torture in the last book Club Dead. Upon hearing this Alcide abjures Debbie (meaning he officially servers all ties to her) in front of everyone The coven is defeated and Eric returns home with Sookie while Pam works on Hallow (the head of the coven) to reverse the spell on Eric. Debbie is waiting for Sookie when she returns home and shoots at her but Eric jumps in the way. This gives Sookie a chance to grab Jason's shotgun and kill Debbie. Eric then disposes of Debbie's body and car.
By the time Eric awakes the next evening, the curse has been lifted and Eric has no memory of the events of the past few days. Sookie is a bit sad, I would be too! But now she is able to focus on finding Jason. Turns out he is being held in a storage shed out in Hotshot by a werepanther named Felton. Felton is in love with Crystal who is dating Jason. He feels she is only dating Jason because he is not a were and their specific gene pool is all muddled up due to years of inbreeding. This is also why Crystal's uncle Calvin has propositioned Sookie to marry him and help diversify their gene pool. Anyway Felton has been biting Jason with the hopes of turning him into a werepanther so Crystal will be uninterested in him. Calvin agrees to handle Felton's punishment if Sookie agrees not to involve the police. She agrees and it is implied that Felton is killed for his actions against Jason.
I really liked this book. Seeing Sookie and Eric together was awesome. Even after he is back to normal he sends Sookie a new coat to replace her damaged one. Not knowing what happened while he had amnesia is driving Eric crazy and I kind of enjoy that. I also enjoy the fact that Bill seems to know something was up between Eric and Sookie.
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“We could go back," he said. In the dome light of the car, his face looked hard as stone. "We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each others bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you." His nostrils flared, and he looked suddenly proud. "I could work. You would not be poor. I would help you."
"Sounds like a marriage," I said, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But my voice was too shaky.
"Yes," he said.”
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