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Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (Necromancer, #1) 

Lish McBride

RELEASE DATE: Oct. 12, 2010
PAGES: 343
GENRE: Young Adult|Fantasy|Horror|Humor
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company
RATING: 4.75/5

Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he’s doing all right—until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of Douglas, a creepy guy with an intense violent streak.

Turns out Douglas is a necromancer who raises the dead for cash and sees potential in Sam. Then Sam discovers he’s a necromancer too, but with strangely latent powers. And his worst nightmare wants to join forces . . . or else.

With only a week to figure things out, Sam needs all the help he can get. Luckily he lives in Seattle, which has nearly as many paranormal types as it does coffee places. But even with newfound friends, will Sam be able to save his skin?

 Synopsis from Goodreads

 

My Review:

What an amazing book! Hilarious, jam-packed with action, creepy dead people and the creepy guy who raises them, a pack of hybrid werewolves like no other, some witches, a talking-head and the clueless not-so-ordinary guy who finds himself smack in the middle of it all.

Sam, which is short for Samhain Corvus LaCroix (yes, that’s his name)
is a twenty-something college dropout, no diploma, no future, only his skateboard and his sarcasm to live by. He leads a pretty much steady life: working at Plumpy’s a small diner and living in a small condo with two of his friends and co-workers: Ramon and Frank. One day, however, his life drastically changed and his world turned upside down, when Douglas Montgomery, a creepy guy in a classy suit informs him in a brutal way that he’s a necromancer, someone capable of raising the dead and controlling them, his powers however aren’t as strong as he thought they would.

Nonetheless, now Douglas is targeting him believing he’s a threat for hiding so well from the Council. Sam doesn’t have much time to save himself and his loved ones from the danger that’s surrounding them, and he has to figure out, and quickly, a way to use his powers and stop Douglas’ murders streak.

THIS BOOK! God I loved it so much, I already want to re-read it again!

It’s always pleasant to see a male POV; I find myself lately relating to guys more than girls, who are, except for a few, way frequently whiny and in constant PMS, moaning and bitching about everything all the freaking time (like I am doing right now).

Sam is definitely my most favorite main guy character I’ve ever read about: he’s snarky and sarcastic, very down-to-earth and cynical, and he jokes in the most inappropriate times; he reminded a lot of Dean Winchester but in an Andrew Garfield meat suit.

I liked the book more, the further I went with the story and especially in the company of Sam, he’s a fantastic narrator, very funny and sardonic, and you never get bored with him. His entourage isn’t dull as well, every character that was related to him from close or afar, had an impact on him, his past and his future; everyone had a part to play and a very important one. For example, Brooke’s incident is what triggered it all and everything just went to cataclysm in the aftermath of her attack. Mrs. W. the cool old lady who gives Sam the dirtiest comments and suggestions to improve his love life, turned out to be a powerful witch who was keeping an eye on him. And Nick, Sam’s uncle, bound his powers when he knew that they would endanger his life later. He gave off Sirius vibes and I liked him a lot; I want to know more about him though, I hope he’ll be in the second book.

The book wasn’t entirely in Sam’s POV, there were some others of Ramon, Douglas, his mother Tia… but all were in the third person form. The voices were different but all entertaining and they helped me uncover some mysteries that Sam would have been unable to figure out on his own. I’m not one to enjoy multiple points of view, but in this book I surely did: it wasn’t messy or confusing and the timing was right for each story told.

The hybrid werewolves plot was a mystery, their link to Sam wasn’t clear at first, and I didn’t understand Brid’s involvement in the story until she actually met Sam and sparks exploded in the most natural and funniest way. They were amazing together and that romance was totally unexpected, it came out of the blue but it wasn’t the main focus and that’s what made it so great. I was smiling the whole time I was reading their witty exchanges.

The book had very strong points and as for the ending, it was satisfying, which made me puzzled about the second book, what will it be about? I can’t wait to discover that!







 

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