Review: All the Dead Shall Weep

All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well, it sure looks as if this is going to be a longer series than I thought. There is a HUGE namedrop at the end, and if our intrepid fighters come across him, there are going to be many problems. Something to look forward to for sure!

This book I told in two different voices, Lizabeth Rose's and Felicia's, and it really works.

There are several surprises in this book, and one is most certainly not the good kind.

This was a fun, fast read, a perfect beach or long plane trip read, taking about 4 hours of non-stop reading to finish. It is only 256 pages in ebook form.

All the Dead Shall Weep does give hints as to what is coming in the future, but it also doesn't explain fully what an army is doing in Lizabeth's hometown. Nor do we really find out for sure about Eli and Peter. I may have to re-read the ending to make sure I didn't miss something in my excitement.

*ARC supplied by the publisher Gallery / Saga Press and will be released September 5, 2023, by the author and ATTL/Edelweiss—my many thanks.

View all my reviews

SYNOPSIS: "#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author returns with the fifth installment in the bestselling Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brother Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to break apart before the Wizard’s Ball held in San Diego, which will determine all their fates.

Following the murderous events of the “gripping…thrill-ride” (Karin Slaughter) Serpent of Heaven, Lizbeth Rose is awaiting the arrival of her sister Felicia and her husband’s younger brother Eli in Texoma. Both needed to leave the seat of the Holy Russian Empire in San Diego after Felicia’s burgeoning wizardly power in death magic became the reason for kidnapping and assassination attempts from her mother’s family of high-powered wizards in Mexico.

Yet bad news has traveled ahead of them, as Eli is called back to San Diego, taking Peter along with him, splitting them apart in more ways than one as their enemies’ plans for revenge come to fruition. In this fifth installment in the beloved and bestselling Gunnie Rose series, #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris has crafted a family drama of murderous and magical thrills.

256 pages, ebook

Expected publication September 5, 2023