Makeup reading Response:Hold Me Closer,Necromancer

This was a book that I had read a while back called Hold Me Closer,Necromancer By Lish McBride.This book isn't like many other fantasy novels I have read in the past but it is nevertheless an intriguing one. This book is about Sam LaCroix, a college dropout that always felt out of place in the world who learns something about himself that most people seem to know about him,except for him of course.Sam  is a necromancer,a secret that was hidden within him until he meet's one of the world's most powerful and crazed necromancer ever known; Douglas Montgomery. In this unexpected dark and hilarious tale,Sam must see if he can learn to awaken his dormant power and save himself before he falls under Douglas's hand.

In this story,Sam had been one interesting character to deal with.Sam started off in the story as a college dropout,working a low paying job at a fast food place,living in a crummy apartment with his friend Ramon.He never struck me as someone important to the book,although he was the main character.As I read on I learned that he felt disconnected to the world,no real goal or passion(Somewhat like me,I have a passion,but not much of a goal besides what people already expect of me:High School,College,Job, all that stuff).Until he broke the taillight of a customers car while playing a game.He than met Douglas Montgomery,and his life was forever altered. As I read on I saw how Sam had changed.He became stronger,more confident,and found a piece of him that was missing inside,although what he had to do to achieve this was rather unpleasant.

The second most interesting character in this book was Douglas Montgomery. Douglas was the villain in the story,and quite an old character to deal with.He learned both his abilities as a necromancer at a young age and taught by a family member how also had this dark gift.But as he learned he was never satisfied by his own power and began steal the power of others.Over time he managed to weasel his way into a spot on the council and is now most likely the most powerful man in Seattle.Douglas is cold,cunning,ruthless and quite,quite mad:Not the best combination in the world.He was indeed a man who radiated power and wouldn't be taken down easily,but he met his doom because of a simple mistake:he underestimated Sam.

Lish had written a very interesting tale that isn't what you normally see in fantasy and horror books these days,so it was nice to see something different for once.I found the book a good way to pass the time and may be a story that i return to again,if I have the time.I would recommend this book to anybody who wanted to read fantasy,but try something a little different along with it.