Monday 5 March 2012

REVIEW, Dead to the World


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Dead to the World
Series: Southern Vampire series, book 4
Pub: 2004, Gollancz
Author: Charlaine Harris
Cat: paranormal fiction (mystery)
Format: paperback (mid); 321 pp w/ 15 chapters
Age Range: Adults                                           

            Synopsis
Sookie Stachouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She’s pretty. She does her job well. But she has only a few close friends, because not everyone appreciates Sookie’s gift: she can read minds. That’s not exactly every man’s idea of date bait – unless they’re undead; vampires and the like can be tough to read. And that’s just the kind of guy Sookie’s been looking for. Maybe that’s why, when she comes across a naked vampire on the way home from work, she doesn’t just drive by. He hasn’t got a clue who he is, but Sookie has: Eric looks just as scary and sexy – and dead – as the day she met him. But now he has amnesia, he’s sweet, vulnerable, and in need of Sookie’s help – because whoever took his memory now wants his life.
           
Sookie’s investigation into what’s going on leads her into a battle between witches, vampires and werewolves. But there could be ever greater danger – to Sookie’s heart – because the kinder, gentler Eric is very hard to resist.

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