It's a normal day at Plumpy's. Sam is assigned the register (again) and is feeling partially doomed due to his post high school life in the thrilling world of the fast food business. There are some good parts, though. His good friend Ramon works with him, as well as Brooke the only girl in a family of lacrosse playing brothers and Frank, the new guy who just needs to be "broken in" to fit in with their group.
It starts with a game of potato hockey, and a broken tailpipe to a fancy car in the parking lot. When the car owner enters Plumpy's, looking for who caused the damage, Sam cowers in fear underneath the table. Okay he was cleaning gum off the undersides of the table, and something tells him to stay under there. It takes a moment, but suddenly Douglas (owner of the fancy car) recognizes Sam for what he is: an unregistered necromancer. Douglas is not happy, and realizes Sam might be a potential threat.
Told mainly from Sam's point of view, with some chapters told from the perspective of other characters, Hold Me Closer Necromancer is a crazy unbelievable adventure that is hard to put down. Author Lish McBride paints an alternate Seattle populated with Necromancers, Weres and other magical creatures that co-exists with the "real" Seattle. Each character, no matter how minor to this story, has an interesting past or part of them that might not be quite what they seem.
Readers are going to love easy going Sam, hate evil Douglas, and find the band of human and not so human friends to be entertaining. Lish McBride's book was nominated for a Morris Award, (that's the award for first time novelists), and Hold Me Closer Necromancer is a fun read, with some scary parts. Fans of Cassandra Clare, Terry Prachett, Neil Gaiman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer will enjoy this quirky fantasy.
I'll see you @ the library,
Katie (Now reading Violence 101 by Dennis Wright)