The first thing that struck me about this book was that Lizbeth is SO young. Lizbeth agrees, but she’s risked a great deal to do so travelling closely with these two grigori means constantly keeping a secret from them that if revealed, would permanently alter Lizbeth’s life.
They’re in search of a specific low-level magic user they believe to be a direct descendant of Rasputin, and they need his blood to save their young tsar’s life. When two grigori (a people she categorically despises) find their way to her, they explain they’d like to hire her to guide them through territory unfamiliar to them and will pay her well for it. When one of these runs turns deadly for Lizbeth and her crew, she has to muster up every ounce of strength not just to finish the job, but to survive.Īlready rumored to be the best gunnie in Texoma, this incident only serves to further enhance Lizbeth’s reputation – and to attract unwanted attention. Grigoris are widely distrusted, and in the southwestern country known as Texoma where we meet Lizbeth, it’s the gunnies who maintain some semblance of order, taking on jobs like escorting families across the border to Mexico. One of these powers, the Holy Russian Empire, yields ‘grigoris’ – or magic users – as weapons. In Lizbeth’s world, the United States has splintered into different territories and has been absorbed into other ruling powers. In this first entry of Charlaine Harris’ new Gunnie Rose series, Lizbeth Rose, a ‘gunnie’ by trade, is a badass teen with a snarky attitude and killer marksman skills. Count us in, right? An Easy Death promises everything I could ever want in a book. A gun-slinging young woman battling magic-wielders and fellow gunman alike in a wild west setting on an altered historical timeline.
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