Dead to the World-Unguarded Affection

The fourth book is a pivotal and paramount book in the series in terms of Eric & Sookie. In the 1st chapter Bill confronts Sookie. He tried to explain but the bottomline was that he lied, raped and nearly killed her in the trunk. He wasn't the "great-guy" oder "knight in shining armor" that she had built him up to be. And, to confuse her even more, let's just say Eric--the guy she had always thought to be the exact opposite--was turning out to be well...different.
When she picked him up on the side of the road and decidedly risked her life to help him...

Club Dead-Discovery- The tables start to turn in the third book and the dynamics between Bill-Sookie-Eric are really established Mehr clearly. Within the first few chapters Sookie is informed of Bill’s deceit, his “affair” with Lorena, and his kidnapping. She feels betrayed but on Eric’s insistence agrees to help track him down. While, Eric doesn’t hide the fact that he “wants to f**k her,” the main reason he didn’t want to be the one to relay the news of Bill’s infidelity to her was that “he had always been quite fond of her.” He also remarked, “kissing her was very...

I’ve read through a lot of heated discussion boards that Debatte “Who will Sookie end up with,” and/or “Who is best for her.” In most cases those two generally don’t mix. I often find that the “cards” are stacked against logic, but I can’t help but try to sift through the nonsense to appease my need to feel captivated Von the heroine’s romantic destiny. Yes, I’m a sap! Sue me!

For the record, I haven’t read beyond the 4th book in the series (though I have obsessively scowered the web for spoilers/synopsis, etc.) At this point, I feel I have a decent grasp of Charlaine Harris’s...