AN EASY DEATH BY CHARLAINE HARRIS

When I first started reading this novel I honestly didn't think I was going to like it but I surprisingly enjoyed it a lot. This is more of a fantasy/alternate history novel than anything else but has some pretty cool magic & wizards as well. 

Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: October 2, 2018
Genre: Paranormal. Fantasy. Alternate History. 
Series: Gunnie Rose series #1
Pages: 336 pages
Format: Hardcover. Purchased.  

The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, the inspiration for HBO’s True Blood, and the Midnight Crossroad trilogy adapted for NBC’s Midnight, Texas, has written a taut new thriller—the first in the Gunnie Rose series—centered on a young gunslinging mercenary, Lizbeth Rose.

Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. They’re searching through the small border towns near Mexico, trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner, Oleg Karkarov. The wizards believe Oleg is a direct descendant of

Grigori Rasputin, and that Oleg’s blood can save the young tsar’s life.

As the trio journey through an altered America, shattered into several countries by the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, they’re set on by enemies. It’s clear that a powerful force does not want them to succeed in their mission. Lizbeth Rose is a gunnie who has never failed a client, but her oath will test all of her skills and resolve to get them all out alive.

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​Release Date: October 2, 2018
Genre: Paranormal. Fantasy. Western. Alternate History. 
Actual Rating: 4 stars

I will be the first to admit that this genre is not one I would normally read. I don't care for westerns, fantasy novels, or books about alternate histories. However, I decided to read this one anyway because I have been a longtime fan of Charlaine Harris and wanted to see if she could persuade me to enjoy a genre I would normally avoid. Well, kudos Charlaine. I liked this book far more than I thought I would. It's expertly told, imaginative, magical, and extremely intriguing. Gunnie Rose is a really cool character and her story is one I won't soon forget. I got caught up in the gun-slinging, the wizardry, and being in a different or alternate time for the US. I think this book is also very original- I have never read anything like it! If you are a fan of all the things I mentioned above (wizards, magic, alnternate histories, gunslingers, and things like this) I very much recommend it to you. I am really looking forward to see what happens to Gunnie next!

★★★★