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Gunnie Rose #6
The Last Wizards' Ball
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Expected 22 Jul 25#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the sixth and final installment in the critically acclaimed Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia must face their fates at the last Wizards’ Ball.
Lizbeth Rose’s sister Felicia attends the Grand Wizards’ Ball, and as one of the most powerful—and beautiful—death wizards in a generation, she is highly sought after as one of the belles of the ball.
However, war and violence are on the rise in Europe as German and Japanese wizards are also courting Felicia…and some are refusing to take no for an answer.
As the façade of genteel wizard society turns deadly, Lizbeth must learn to not only protect her sister, but also navigate the arcane world that is pulling her sister and husband into a dangerous dance with death that could change the world as they know it.
#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris has crafted a murderous and magical family drama in this sixth and final installment to the beloved and bestselling Gunnie Rose series.
Lizbeth Rose’s sister Felicia attends the Grand Wizards’ Ball, and as one of the most powerful—and beautiful—death wizards in a generation, she is highly sought after as one of the belles of the ball.
However, war and violence are on the rise in Europe as German and Japanese wizards are also courting Felicia…and some are refusing to take no for an answer.
As the façade of genteel wizard society turns deadly, Lizbeth must learn to not only protect her sister, but also navigate the arcane world that is pulling her sister and husband into a dangerous dance with death that could change the world as they know it.
#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris has crafted a murderous and magical family drama in this sixth and final installment to the beloved and bestselling Gunnie Rose series.
Kindle Edition
Expected publication July 22, 2025
About the author
Charlaine Harris
292 books36.4k followersCharlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over thirty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Charlaine lives in Texas now, and all of her children and grandchildren are within easy driving distance.
Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. After holding down some low-level jobs, her husband Hal gave her the opportunity to stay home and write. The resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of series, and soon had her own traditional mystery books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. Her first Teagarden, Real Murders, garnered an Agatha nomination.
Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences.
When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. Not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, Dead Until Dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who simply enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, was very successful in many languages.
The Harper Connelly books were written concurrently with the Sookie novels.
Following the end of Sookie's recorded adventures, Charlaine wrote the "Midnight, Texas" books, which have become a television series, also. The Aurora Teagarden books have been adapted by Hallmark Movie & Mystery.
Charlaine is a member of many professional organizations, an Episcopalian, and currently the lucky houseparent to two rescue dogs. She lives on a cliff overlooking the Brazos River.
Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. After holding down some low-level jobs, her husband Hal gave her the opportunity to stay home and write. The resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of series, and soon had her own traditional mystery books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. Her first Teagarden, Real Murders, garnered an Agatha nomination.
Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences.
When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. Not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, Dead Until Dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who simply enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, was very successful in many languages.
The Harper Connelly books were written concurrently with the Sookie novels.
Following the end of Sookie's recorded adventures, Charlaine wrote the "Midnight, Texas" books, which have become a television series, also. The Aurora Teagarden books have been adapted by Hallmark Movie & Mystery.
Charlaine is a member of many professional organizations, an Episcopalian, and currently the lucky houseparent to two rescue dogs. She lives on a cliff overlooking the Brazos River.
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December 29, 2024
Bit of a let down in terms of emotional resolution for these characters. Let’s just say I didn’t really like the ending! It was kind of a drop off in quality from the rest of the series too which was a bummer. Still fun, just not as solid story/character development as I’m used to with this series.
December 21, 2024
This isn't a series I would easily recommend to most people despite the fact I have read every book and am definitely interested in seeing what happens next. I appreciate a lot in this series: the semi-apocalyptic/alternate history, pseudo western setting and a main character who is strong and knows what she wants yet is kind of unlikeable. It's definitely different. I just don't see it appealing to most of my urban fantasy reading friends.
I appreciated catching up with Lizbeth and family and the fact that the author doesn't mind throwing the reader a curve ball and there are several in this book.
If you liked the others books in this series, you will like this one. This is definitely not a book to start with. Previous events are mentioned and you need to understand the relationships and why they are that way, not to mention the world Lizabeth lives in.
I'm torn between an OK and like rating. It's hard for me to be warm towards Lizbeth unlike Aurora or Sookie (two other main characters in other series by Harris) and really like this strange world.
I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
I appreciated catching up with Lizbeth and family and the fact that the author doesn't mind throwing the reader a curve ball and there are several in this book.
If you liked the others books in this series, you will like this one. This is definitely not a book to start with. Previous events are mentioned and you need to understand the relationships and why they are that way, not to mention the world Lizabeth lives in.
I'm torn between an OK and like rating. It's hard for me to be warm towards Lizbeth unlike Aurora or Sookie (two other main characters in other series by Harris) and really like this strange world.
I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
December 26, 2024
I’ve been a fan of the Gunnie Rose magical alternate history and read the first 5 episodes. I’m glad Rose has returned as the narrator because I didn’t enjoy Felicia’s POV as much. It opens with recapping the series during Felicia’s (and Alice’s) society coming-out dance and then plunges into multiple murder attempts by Axis agents preparing for WWII. A lot is going on that Rose doesn’t know about, but she trusts her family implicitly...until the last 10 pages upend everything.
At 192 pages, it felt short when their normal length is above 300. The prose in this novel is choppier than before, with swaths of one-sentence paragraphs. In some areas, key description is missing. The sudden appearance of commercial transatlantic airplanes on p137 came out of nowhere. This didn’t happen until June 28, 1939 with our much higher-tech world. The final chapter felt abrupt, out of character for Rose, and vague; however, it seemed to be a conclusion to her part of the sad tale.
A 3.5 overall, but I rounded up
At 192 pages, it felt short when their normal length is above 300. The prose in this novel is choppier than before, with swaths of one-sentence paragraphs. In some areas, key description is missing. The sudden appearance of commercial transatlantic airplanes on p137 came out of nowhere. This didn’t happen until June 28, 1939 with our much higher-tech world. The final chapter felt abrupt, out of character for Rose, and vague; however, it seemed to be a conclusion to her part of the sad tale.
A 3.5 overall, but I rounded up
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