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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Lizbeth Rose is a gun for hire. She works with a group who provides protection services to those who need to travel in the fractured United States. Nicknamed Gunnie Rose, she has built quite the reputation for herself. She is well known for her quick reflexes and fearlessness.
When she accepts the job of two Russian wizards to be their guide and protection on their quest to save the King, she finds that all is not what it seems. On a quest to find answers herself, she vows to follow through till the end. What she doesn't expect is the amount of people out to kill her charges. Will Lizbeth survive this quest? Or will this be her last job?
I want to start this off by saying that I am a huge Charlaine Harris fan. HUGE Fan!!! I have read all her books, some more times than others, but all of them more than once. With that being said, I did not like this book as much as her other books. I am not saying I didn't like it, but I didn't love it. It was still an excellent read, but I found it below par for her.
True to Charlaine form, this book offers a very original and unique world. The characters are original and interesting. The story line itself is very different from anything I have read in a while. This book falls in the Fantasy genre. It has a lot of wizardry, which some consider paranormal. The story was steady paced, but the time line seemed off. It was written as if it were in the old west days, but there are cars and buses. So this to me was a tad confusing.
I did like Lizbeth's character. She is smart, strong and determined. She is loyal to a fault and speaks her mind. She doesn't trust easily. She is special and I think that towards the end of the book she starts to realize how special she really is.
The other characters in the book are very interesting and I am intrigued by them. Overall this is a wonderful and unique read. I will look forward to seeing what else is in store for this series.
When she accepts the job of two Russian wizards to be their guide and protection on their quest to save the King, she finds that all is not what it seems. On a quest to find answers herself, she vows to follow through till the end. What she doesn't expect is the amount of people out to kill her charges. Will Lizbeth survive this quest? Or will this be her last job?
I want to start this off by saying that I am a huge Charlaine Harris fan. HUGE Fan!!! I have read all her books, some more times than others, but all of them more than once. With that being said, I did not like this book as much as her other books. I am not saying I didn't like it, but I didn't love it. It was still an excellent read, but I found it below par for her.
True to Charlaine form, this book offers a very original and unique world. The characters are original and interesting. The story line itself is very different from anything I have read in a while. This book falls in the Fantasy genre. It has a lot of wizardry, which some consider paranormal. The story was steady paced, but the time line seemed off. It was written as if it were in the old west days, but there are cars and buses. So this to me was a tad confusing.
I did like Lizbeth's character. She is smart, strong and determined. She is loyal to a fault and speaks her mind. She doesn't trust easily. She is special and I think that towards the end of the book she starts to realize how special she really is.
The other characters in the book are very interesting and I am intrigued by them. Overall this is a wonderful and unique read. I will look forward to seeing what else is in store for this series.
challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Pretty violent and graphic! Liked it a lot. Wish the political stuff had been explained just a little bit more, but that’s just because I had some troubles carving out the landscape in my head. My only other slight complaint was that the last chapter kind of felt like two or three epilogues smashed together. I’ll pick up the next one for sure, just to see where it goes!
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
adventurous
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a nifty story about a tough cowgirl set in an alternative history with a touch of magic.
Gunny Rose doesn't complain, she shoots without hesitation and she does what needs to be done. The writing has a kind of gritty, terse style which suits the character and I liked this a lot. Keen to read more, although I'm not sure if it can be easily continued without losing the parts I liked the best.
Gunny Rose doesn't complain, she shoots without hesitation and she does what needs to be done. The writing has a kind of gritty, terse style which suits the character and I liked this a lot. Keen to read more, although I'm not sure if it can be easily continued without losing the parts I liked the best.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was quite the unconventional story. The best way to describe this is that it had the feel of an old western with a more modern society. It was what western would feel like in todays world without the advancement of technology and a lot of fantasy thrown in.
What I loved about that, was it gave us a heroine that is a gunslinger, or more known as a gunnie in this book. Her skill with guns was pretty impressive. This 19 year old seemed to just have the right instincts that kept her alive in impossible situations. Just that part alone had me glued to the pages.
The weirder side of this story was the Russians. They were constantly referred to as grigoris. There is a battle of the Russian royal family going on and they hire Lizbeth to guide and guard two grigoris as they track the descendant of a certain family line. They have magical powers that seem very dark and a bit frightening to what they can do.
The combination of the magical powers and Lizbeth's skills with her guns was actually pretty fascinating. It was a weird story, but I liked it. I'm actually pretty excited to start the next book in the series. There is no cliffhanger. This could be read as a standalone.
Trigger warning:
What I loved about that, was it gave us a heroine that is a gunslinger, or more known as a gunnie in this book. Her skill with guns was pretty impressive. This 19 year old seemed to just have the right instincts that kept her alive in impossible situations. Just that part alone had me glued to the pages.
The weirder side of this story was the Russians. They were constantly referred to as grigoris. There is a battle of the Russian royal family going on and they hire Lizbeth to guide and guard two grigoris as they track the descendant of a certain family line. They have magical powers that seem very dark and a bit frightening to what they can do.
The combination of the magical powers and Lizbeth's skills with her guns was actually pretty fascinating. It was a weird story, but I liked it. I'm actually pretty excited to start the next book in the series. There is no cliffhanger. This could be read as a standalone.
Trigger warning:
Spoiler
Graphic violence and rape.
Honestly it would've been a good Dresden Files alternative, grim dark tightly written thriller magic alternate American history gunslinger book.
But then two characters with absolute negative chemistry started banging, and I should have expected it given the cover art honestly, but I would've much preferred the book sans romance.
But then two characters with absolute negative chemistry started banging, and I should have expected it given the cover art honestly, but I would've much preferred the book sans romance.
I really loved Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series about a telepathic Southern cocktail waitress and her various encounters with vampires, werewolves, fairies, witches and the like, but the others since have not been all that great. This one breaks the mould. Set in an alternate history U.S. where FDR was assassinated and the country broke up into smaller kingdoms that are dangerous to travel to, including the Holy Russian Empire where the Czar's family fled after the Bolsheviks took over. There are Rasputin-like magicians, aka grigoris. Our heroine is a young kickass "gunnie" or bodyguard/travel escort who dislikes grigoris in general for some very personal reasons. But she winds up protecting two of them, getting into far more trouble than she bargained for. A cracking good story and very original. Looking forward to the next one.