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An Easy Death
by Charlaine Harris
I've been a Charlaine Harris fan for a long time, since I first read the mysteries featuring Lily Bard, and I thoroughly enjoyed the adventures of Gunnie Rose. This is a brisk story and is fairly easy reading. Some people criticized that you don't immediately get all of the backstory and exposition of this alternative world -- that it's doled out in dribs and drabs -- but I actually liked that a little bit better. Sometimes when authors are trying to describe the world they're building, it ends up sounding more like a history book than an enjoyable fiction book.
Harris is great at world-building, but she doesn't necessarily write joyful, easy books (caveat: while I've liked a lot of Harris's books, my patience with Sookie Stackhouse was more limited so maybe some of those were more "fun"). They aren't bleak, but they can be a little dark, and An Easy Death is no exception. There's a lot of killing in this book, and the life lead in this alternative-history world is not An Easy Life. But I find them enjoyable reading nonetheless. I like that she writes strong complex female characters, that the writing is even but moves quickly. So if you enjoyed Lily Bard and Harper Connelly, you'll probably like Gunnie Rose, too.
Harris is great at world-building, but she doesn't necessarily write joyful, easy books (caveat: while I've liked a lot of Harris's books, my patience with Sookie Stackhouse was more limited so maybe some of those were more "fun"). They aren't bleak, but they can be a little dark, and An Easy Death is no exception. There's a lot of killing in this book, and the life lead in this alternative-history world is not An Easy Life. But I find them enjoyable reading nonetheless. I like that she writes strong complex female characters, that the writing is even but moves quickly. So if you enjoyed Lily Bard and Harper Connelly, you'll probably like Gunnie Rose, too.