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    Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

    By Lish McBride

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    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?

    Hold Me Closer, Necromancer is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 12, 2010
    ISBN9781429941105
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    Lish McBride

    Lish McBride grew up in the Pacific Northwest. It rains a lot there, but she likes it anyway. She spent three years away while she got her MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans, where she managed to survive the hurricane. She enjoys reading, having geek-laden conversations about movies, comics, and zombies with her friends, and of course trying to wear pajamas as much as humanly possible. She lives happily in Mountlake, WA, with her family, two cats, and one very put-upon Chihuahua. Her debut novel, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and was a finalist for the YALSA William C. Morris Award.

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    • 4/5
      And this is how you make me buy a book without much caring about the blurb (yes, I did read it, but I was already pretty sure I was going to read the book no matter what). I'm talking about the title of course, with its cheeky silliness and intriguing contradiction. Even better, the book delivers just that - it's cheeky and fun and often quite scary, and the characters are GREAT - and also, surprise, cheeky and funny, in a teenage horror comedy "ogod I know it's going to get me killed but I just can't keep my mouth shut" way. I loved how there was no sudden "with great power comes great responsibility" thing (at least not yet), and the characters were clearly out of their depths for most of the book, clutching their skateboards to their chests and trying to deal with the sudden supernatural element in their lives.

      It's sometimes a bit over the top, or rather, sometimes the over-the-top-stuff gets a bit too ambitious; there's pretty easy acceptance by almost everyone who's exposed to the supernatural stuff, for example. On one hand I was ready to just suspend my disbelief willingly because I thought the author deliberately chose to do it like that, so as not to bog the book down with rationalisation and attempts to be realistic, but on the other hand I sometimes questioned if I *should* be more disdainful of the easy way some things were handled. In the end there were some thin lines where it could have gone bad for me, but it never really did. I was having too much fun.

      Some caveats (is there a plural? oh well): I guess some people might not quite like the combination of comedy and death; for me it was part of the over-the-top thing. The switching between the 1st person protagonist POV and the 3rd person omniscient narrator for the side characters can bring a slight stutter to your reading experience; it's tied to chapters, however, so there's no in-paragraph switching, and the 3rd person chapters are generally kept to just one of the side characters, too. I didn't mind that much and actually liked the multiple points of view despite that slightly strange choice of mixing 1st and 3rd person, but others might.

      Anyway, the book is great fun and rather brilliant for a debut, the story is refreshing and full of good ideas and manages to tie standard mythical creatures into a completely new type of plotline and setting. I just like that here's a nice young protagonist with a gift that is usually linked to soulless baddies and corrupted power-hungry old men. There's werewolves and some romance, which smacks of typical paranormal romance, but the romance is of the good kind that adds to the plot instead of constituting it, and the werewolves or other token supernatural beings are all a bit different than what you expect. The author has a strong and very even voice, and the characters are distinct and rounded (although Sam and Ramon are somewhat samey - then again, they are best friends. And I loved Frank), and I hope to read more about them in the next book, which I'm totally going to get, and soon. And I can't wait to read more about the lawn gnomes.
    • 4/5
      Dialog was witty and the story was really great. I loved the cast of quirky characters.
    • 5/5
      Sam (short for Samhain)has never felt like he belonged. At loose ends, he lives in a crummy apartment and works at a fast food place. After meeting a dangerous stranger, he discovers that he is a necromancer, his mother is a witch and he is in a very bad situation.
    • 5/5
      The title of this book caught my eye and made me giggle. The story is part gory horror and part comedy, with never a dull moment. Sam –Samhain Corvus LaCoix- is a college dropout working at a fast food joint with his friends Ramon, Brooke and Frank. He lives a typical slacker life and has no reason to think he is anything special, until a game of spud hockey in the parking lot breaks the tail light of a Mercedes. When Douglas, the owner of the car, comes into the restaurant bent on revenge, he recognizes Sam as a fellow necromancer and all hell breaks loose. Next thing Sam knows, he’s being beaten by one of Douglas’s henchmen, Brooke is an animated severed head, and he has one week to join Douglas or die. And that’s only the beginning of the weird stuff. It would be easy to dismiss this as just another entry in the exploding field of YA paranormal novels, but this one has a lot more going for it than most. It’s funny, for one thing. There is no Mary Sue, for another. It’s an action story, not a romance. And the cast of paranormal characters doesn’t restrict itself to the usual vampires and werewolves; there are plenty of other magical races populating this book. The characters are engaging and the story never slows down a second once it gets going. And the ending sets it up for a sequel, which I’ll be eagerly waiting for.
    • 5/5
      I found this book very entertaining. I look forward to reading more about these characters.
    • 4/5
      Samhain (pronounced Sowin)Corvus LaCroix thought he was going nowhere fast. He had dropped out of college and now worked at a fast food place with his best friend Ramon and other crew members Frank and Brooke. But then Douglas Montgomery walks into Plumpy’s and Sam’s life takes a turn for the terrifying. Douglas asks Sam what he is doing in Seattle without getting permission from the Council. Color Sam confused. Then Sam, Ramon, and Frank have an altercation with a jacked up, muscle dude ending with the guy tearing off the bumper of Frank’s car. Now Sam is seriously freaking out and wondering what is going on. When Brooke’s talking head, neatly cauterized at the neck, is delivered to Sam’s apartment the next morning, she has a message for him from Douglas for a meeting. Sam learns that he is a necromancer, like Douglas, who can see spirits and even raise the dead. Douglas offers to teach Sam how to use his powers but Sam is not interested. Sam gets the full story about his history from his mother, how she and his uncle bound his powers at birth, and he is ticked off that his mom kept this from him. The next thing knows, he is sharing a cage with a hot, hybrid werewolf, Bridin, in Douglas’s basement and they’re trying to figure out how to escape. This is a funny, often gruesome debut paranormal novel with a host of fully developed characters and a cliffhanger ending sure to bring readers back for more of Sam, Bridin, Brooke, Ramon, Frank, Brannoc and others in the next installment. (positive reviews SLJ, PW, Kirkus)
    • 5/5
      great. read...
    • 4/5
      If Im being honest, I read this book because the title caught my attention. That said, I really enjoyed it! Kinda serious with the whole dealing with death and creepy necromancer stalkers, but also very funny. I liked Sam's oddball little friend group and his thoughts on the weird things that kept happening to him. I was a little confused by the changing tenses (switching from first person with the main character, to third person to observe other characters and events) but I got used to it. A little predictable at times but overall enjoyable.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars - The beginning of the book had a lot of snappy dialogue, introduced fun and original characters, and was very enjoyable. About 60% in, it lost momentum and focus never recovering fully but was okay entertainment from 80-85% until the end.
    • 5/5
      Just as much fun reading the second time around. Necromancing the Stone, here I come!
    • 4/5
      Sam LeCroix, a 19 yr. old college dropout and Seattle fast food worker discovers he is a necromancer after a chance encounter with Douglas Montgomery, powerful necromancer and head of the regional Council--consisting of witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures. Douglas decides to capture and kill Sam to erase any threat to his power base. Fast-paced, humorous, a little gruesome.
    • 3/5
      Sam is your average slacker, college drop-out, working a dead-end job with his three friends at a local fast-food chain. At least, until a seriously scary dude named Douglas Montgomery comes in one day and reveals a tiny detail about Sam: he's a necromancer. And Douglas, a stronger and definitely more evil necromancer, wants him to work with him... or else.

      While still reeling from the revelations that the world is a much weirder place than he imagined, Sam has to figure out how to get out from Douglas's offer, keep living, and figure out who he is in the process.

      The first thing I should mention is that this is very, very close to the TV show Reaper. If the title didn't tip you off, it's a pretty irreverent and funny take on the supernatural, and the similarities don't stop there - Sam (even the main characters have the same name) works a dead end job, has no direction, and three friends: Ramon, the Sock of the group; Frank, the Ben; and Brooke, the Andi except without the romantic interest angle.

      If I sound disparaging, I'm not trying to be - Lish McBride definitely has her own voice and world, and it's an interesting one.

      It's not a great work, but it's entertaining and fun, and I look forward to reading the second installment in the series.
    • 3/5
      Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross and Chris Sorensen. Sam is a young college dropout whose life is pretty much about working at a restaurant, hanging out with friends Ramon, Brooke and Frank, and skateboarding. His life changes after a disturbing encounter with Douglas Montgomery reveals that, like Douglas, Sam is a necromancer, a raiser of the dead. After Brooke is murdered and Sam’s mother reveals the family secret, Sam must figure out how to use his newly found power to beat Douglas at his own game.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this one. It was funny at times, and then a little disturbing. A good mix.
    • 3/5
      OK, by the end I was interested, and I'd actually like to see what happens in the next book. But the first 25% was completely odd, disjointed and ridiculous. (Really? A talking severed head? I get that it's YA fiction, but seriously--give your readers a little more credit.)

      I think the novel's biggest problem was that I didn't find the antagonist at all threatening--just overtly bloodthirsty, but without any kind of motivation to get the reader emotionally involved. Once Brid came on the scene, though, I felt the story start pulling together. It was still kind of a "boy" novel, but a more cohesive read, and far more complex and interesting.
    • 3/5
      In Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, Sam LaCroix is a college drop-out with a dead-end job at a burger joint. He just coasts along, hanging out with his friends/coworkers Ramon, Brooke and Frank, never quite satisfied with his lot in life, but not exactly unhappy, either. That all changes one night when he accidentally smashes the headlight of a sports car while playing potato hockey behind the restaurant.It turns out the owner of the car, Douglas, is a dangerous man with a chip on his shoulder, and when he comes into the restaurant to complain about the smashed headlight, he sees something in Sam that puts him directly in Douglas’ crosshairs. Apparently Sam has been hiding in plain sight his whole life, but Douglas is suddenly able to sense his powers and demands to know what he is doing in Seattle. Sam blows him off, but finds out very quickly that this is a huge mistake.First, Sam is attacked by one of Douglas’ henchmen, a man who somehow manages to slice up Sam’s back without using a weapon. Sam makes it out of the encounter alive, but Douglas isn’t done with him. The next morning Sam wakes up to discover his friend Brooke’s decapitated head in a box… and then she talks, and explains that she was sent as a message. Things only get weirder and more dangerous for Sam and his friends after that.For whatever reason, this book took me a long time to finish. I started it about a month ago, but put it down for weeks before finally plowing my way through most of it in one sitting. I ended up enjoying it overall, but there were definitely a few plot holes and strange choices throughout that didn’t bother me while I was reading but felt a bit more problematic once I finished and let the book sink in.First off, the book jumps back and forth between first person and third person. The first person scenes are told from Sam’s point of view, and take up most of the book, but the third person scenes are both longer and more common than I was expecting. There are several scenes from Douglas’ perspective as well as some from a girl named Brid whose connection to Sam’s storyline isn’t immediately apparent. These scenes do eventually come together with the main storyline, but in retrospect I think part of what bogged me down for so long was getting stuck in one of those third-person scenes without understanding its purpose.Also, Douglas’ motivations don’t entirely makes sense. He tells Sam that he needs training and can either die or be his apprentice, but never even tries to gain Sam’s confidence. It’s clear to both Sam and the reader that Douglas only means him harm from the outset, so there’s never really any danger that Sam might be tempted towards the dark side. It’s kind of a shame, really, because if Sam had been presented with more of a moral quandary, it might have ramped up the tension a bit.That said, I enjoyed the book enough that I immediately bought the sequel when I was done. I like McBride’s writing style, and I enjoyed the setting and characters. I’m curious to know what happens next, even if this book started unravelling a bit after I let it sink in. I think there’s a decent chance this is a series that will actually improve as it goes on despite my criticisms of the first book. Worth a read.
    • 4/5
      Clever and amusing; a great start to a series. Thank heavens for some mage/ werewolf adventures with no sparkly vampires or brooding heroes. Loved the chapter headings!
    • 4/5
      All of the chapter titles are plays on songs. They are all awesome and will all get stuck in your head.
    • 4/5
      This is a fun series though I picked it up primarily for the title. I do recommend it and I plan to continue the series.
    • 4/5
      Hold Me Closer, Necromancer is a wonderful combination of snarky humor, adventure and paranormal elements. Sam is just your average college dropout turned fry cook flipping burgers at Plumpie's until Douglas, a powerful and violent necromancer, recognizes that Sam possesses necromancy powers and wants to eliminate the competition. What follows is a hilarious romp that details Sam's efforts to embrace his new found abilities and find a way to defeat Douglas. This book was well written and the characters were likeable. The pace was good and kept your interest throughout the book. My only quibble with the book is that I would have liked more paranormal events throughout the story. The book focuses more on Sam's reaction his new found powers rather than the power itself. The book was great but I would have enjoyed a few more chills and thrills. All in all this was a great read and I'm giving it 4 stars. I would highly recommend this book to fans of the Benny Imurra series.
    • 2/5
      Picked this one up because I was curious what a YA horror novel might be like. Answer: Darkly funny, not scary, and more than a bit of a mess. The plot is threadbare and stuffed with characters that could be interesting if they had more to do. The thought that repeatedly occurred to me as I read was, "Cool idea, McBride. Now why don't you DO something with it?!"

      No where is that more frustratingly the case than with [Minor Spoiler]the character who ends up a head. There was so much good black comedy gold to be mined from that, but after the first jolting introduction, the character is pretty much dropped as anything but a motivation (and vocal reminder) for the hero.
    • 5/5
      This book has to be one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. It made me laugh all the way from page 1 and Sam's smart-ass-ness really made me gasp for breath more than once. I loved all the characters, even Doughlas in a you're-a-badass-villain-I-am-supposed-to-dislike kind of way. The best part of this book was that not just the lead characters but even the secondary characters had a depth to their personalities. Everyone so damn awesome! Though Samhain Lacroix still tops the list.

      The book starts with a laid back day in a resturant where Sam is working along with Ramon, Frank and Brooke. His normal life was destroyed when he hit the tail light of the formidable evil necromancer head Doughlas' car while playing potato hockey. Mr. Evil Dead-Raiser notices that Sam too is a necromancer though with just little power and everything goes downhill for him. It also kind of sucks that Sam has a heck lot of his power bound currently but Doughlas doesn't know that and neither does Sam.

      I really liked the way the dialogue kept shifting between Sam's first person narrative and third person views. It wasn't akward or confusing but kept a constant flow of the story from all angles. The Brid/Sam romance was subdued but I liked it that way, other parts of the story were given more focus than the budding heart of the caged. I hadn't read many (more like any) books about necromancy before but I kind of found the idea of death and human souls and tapping into the power of the underworld cool. Creepy but cool.

      This is definitely a series I am sticking out with.
    • 4/5
      Surprisingly good. I've seen this book on the shelf and been tempted, how could you not with the title. It rises above the other paranormal/supernatural lit out there for teens right now. It also has characters in that just after high school period which is just as interesting a time as HS itself. And although I liked the song lyric chapter titles they tended to get the songs stuck in my head. But still a very fun read.
    • 5/5
      Loved this; didn't want to put it down. Has the same mix of horror, humor and heart that Buffy the Vampire Slayer did. Can't wait to read the next one, but unfortunately as it's not published yet, I will have to wait whether I want to or not. Write, Lish McBride, write!
    • 4/5
      sam is a nineteen year old college dropout working a dead-end fast food gig and coasting through life. a chance meeting with the local area's big baddie tips sam off that he's not a regular guy and opens the whole supernatural world up to him.

      you've read the "normal kid finds out he's something more" story enough times that you know what to expect with the basics of plot; at this point it just becomes a matter of how skillfully an author can twist through these tropes. well, good news, this book is thoroughly adorable. that's an odd descriptor for something that's about kidnapping and ghosts and raising the dead, but somehow first-time author McBride manages to keep the serious proceedings really fun without getting cutesy. chapters are titled with 70s/80s lyrics, and it's hard not to love something that starts out with a hat tip to oingo boingo ("it's a dead man's party"). the song snippets not being just that little bit dated is an odd choice, but one that summarizes the feel of the book: it reads like a YA book written for adults.

      quick, breezy, and fun even when blood is dripping on the floor. i eagerly await the sequel and inevitable series.
    • 5/5
      Something to get off my chest: I'm a shallow reader. Or, more accurately, book-chooser. I pick the books based on the pretty covers and catchy titles, and where does it get me? More often than not, I get screwed.

      However, for once in my life, my tendency to judge a book by its cover (or in this case, title) did not disappoint. This book is an awesome example of what YA lit can be at its best. Our protagonist, Sam, is flawed but endearing, and his voice is spot-on. Not only does it contain a male narrator (a rarity in YA paranormal books), but it's a male narrator written by a woman. And it's done WELL.

      Sam is apparently a dormant necromancer, a fact he's unaware of until a strange man enters the fast-food restaurant Sam works at. Suffice it to say the encounter doesn't end well, and he's is forced to re-examine the assumptions he has made not only about his family, but himself.

      Gender stereotypes get checked at the door in this one. Sam doesn't wax poetic about the love of his life, and he doesn't wave his cave-man club around, either. Our protagonist is essentially a good guy, but neither us nor Sam actually realize this until partway through the book. This book also does NOT suffer from Missing Parent Syndrome (excluding Sam's father), which was damn near enough to earn a whole star just by itself. Sam's mother is a nuanced and developed character, and I loved her dynamic with Sam.

      My ONE complaint about the book is admittedly minor, and it wasn't really enough to dock anything for. I really don't have a problem with sex in novels, though obviously most authors don't feel comfortable writing it, and that's fine. But if we're going to have a fade-to-black sex scene, did we need to have it in a situation where there is ZERO POSSIBILITY of there being condoms or any kind of protection? Yes, they probably thought they were going to die soon anyway, but still. Think of the werewolf STDs, people. /soapbox

      Anyway, long story short: I loved this book. You will, too. If you haven't read it yet, go do so now.
    • 4/5
      Campy fun, a bit on the dark side, featuring an older teen working at a Seattle fast food restaurant. He discovers he's a necromancer wizard type when a local creepy psychotic necromancer finds him after an unfortunate potato hockey game incident. If he's not with the psycho necromancer, he's against him (with a short life expectancy), and our teen must catch up fast to this new world of creepy powers. His fast food restaurant pals aid and abet him in this endeavour, even the one who has been murdered by the evil dude and who is now just a talking head. But a head with a determinedly tough and can do attitude. It's one part Bruce Campbell campy fun, one part dark urban fantasy, and one part teen novel lighthearted adventure with trusty pals. 100% enjoyable. Urban fantasy readers should check it out, teens and adults alike.
      It'll be a series, but the book stands alone and doesn't leave you hanging over a cliff, thank god.
    • 4/5
      I have not yet finished my song about this book, based on the tune "Tiny Dancer" but I thought that perhaps the library would like its book back. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I would classify it as similar in tone to "Army of Darkness," the third movie in the Evil Dead triology starring Bruce Campbell. Some disgusting and horrific moments, but mostly humorous. I thought at first I was going to have trouble reading from the mind of a teen boy but I got used to it as the story went on. I would recommend it for high schoolers, since there is a mild sex scene and some scary moments and dark subject matter. The end is slightly open, so I'm hoping there will be a sequel.
    • 3/5
      It was okay. Not much more than that.

      The character building wasn't all that great. The first few pages I honestly thought Sam was a girl. The writing style just felt very... feminine. It got better throughout the story, but first impressions are important, right?

      There were a crap-ton of POVs in this book. I just didn't get attached to anyone, except Brooke. I have an odd love for her. She's the only one who felt...interesting? Funny? Likable? Any of those work for her. They don't for the other characters.

      Hmmm...I'm forgetting something. Oh yeah, how could I forget? INSTA-LOVE. There is nothing I hate more than insta-love. Nothing. I'm not going too deep into that because I don't want to be spoiling anything for anyone. But be forewarned, there was some insta-love regarding Sam and another person I'm not going to name for spoiler reasons.

      Wow. That was negative. Don't get me wrong, this book was nice. It was light and kinda funny. It was kinda predictable and cheesy in some parts, but that made the book endearing. I will go on to say that this is definitely a book you borrow from a friend or get at the library.

      Now, Moment of truth. Will I buy the next one? No. Unless one of my friends happens to have it or I stumble upon it in the library, I will not be reviewing or reading the second book.

      This review was originally posted on my blog Bonjour Books
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    • 5/5
      *Book source ~ Local librarySamhain ‘Sam’ Corvus LaCroix is a college drop out working in a fast food place with his best friend Ramon when a potato turns his life upside down. Yep, a potato. A spud, a tater, a po-tay-to. If it hadn’t been for that sneaky tuber then Sam may have continued his clueless drifting for a very long time. Instead, he meets Douglas Montgomery, crazy sociopath and mega powerful necromancer. Turns out, Sam is also a necromancer and Douglas does not like to share his territory with any other necromancer even one as weak in power as Sam, so he gives Sam a week to leave town, become his apprentice or die. Not good options there and the messenger he sent to Sam’s apartment? That is messed up. Sam’s running out of time while he tries to figure out what is going on, dodge the cops and stay alive.I went into this book without a lot of expectations. I saw a lot of book blogging friends had read it and the blurb sounded interesting, but it still took awhile to get on my radar and then longer for me to actually read it. However, once I started it I couldn’t put it down. I like books about people who have no idea they are something else entirely. And Sam’s situation is one I haven’t seen before in all the books I’ve read. The world, the characters, the villains and the plot are all riveting. I did wonder why Douglas wanted to train Sam at all. With his massive ego and paranoia about having anyone in his territory with any kind of power I didn’t see the point though it made for a good plot device. The end has me wondering though. Did Douglas pull a Voldemort? Hmmmm…