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A review by lmb1011
The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris
3.0
Thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy for an unbiased review.
Like many people, I saw Charlaine Harris had a book available for e-arc and immediately jumped at the chance, I was a bit Sookie Stackhouse fan and figured this would be just as fun. Kind of western, kind of magic? Sign me up.
Upon downloading it I realized it was actually the third in the series and I needed to go back and find 1 and 2 so I could properly understand the story of Lizbeth Rose.
In this installment of our favorite Gunnies life we find her going to the Holy Russian Empire (formerly California/Oregon) to save Eli after he was falsely imprisoned.
Overall I think this was my favorite of the 3, I enjoyed how much time we spent getting to know the Russian politics, seeing more of Felicia and seeing Lizbeth actually come to understand what she set her sister up to do.
Personally I am not invested in the romance of Eli and Lizbeth so him being off screen for so much of the book worked in my favor. If you love their pairing this may tug at your heartstrings but you don’t see a lot of them together.
I also liked that it ended with enough resolved to end the series, though I know another is planned this easily could have been the end and I think it would have been very satisfying.
If you’re a fan of Gunnie Rose I think you’ll continue to enjoy this installment. The world building is fun, and I think the quality is on par with previous books.
Like many people, I saw Charlaine Harris had a book available for e-arc and immediately jumped at the chance, I was a bit Sookie Stackhouse fan and figured this would be just as fun. Kind of western, kind of magic? Sign me up.
Upon downloading it I realized it was actually the third in the series and I needed to go back and find 1 and 2 so I could properly understand the story of Lizbeth Rose.
In this installment of our favorite Gunnies life we find her going to the Holy Russian Empire (formerly California/Oregon) to save Eli after he was falsely imprisoned.
Overall I think this was my favorite of the 3, I enjoyed how much time we spent getting to know the Russian politics, seeing more of Felicia and seeing Lizbeth actually come to understand what she set her sister up to do.
Personally I am not invested in the romance of Eli and Lizbeth so him being off screen for so much of the book worked in my favor. If you love their pairing this may tug at your heartstrings but you don’t see a lot of them together.
I also liked that it ended with enough resolved to end the series, though I know another is planned this easily could have been the end and I think it would have been very satisfying.
If you’re a fan of Gunnie Rose I think you’ll continue to enjoy this installment. The world building is fun, and I think the quality is on par with previous books.