Hold me closer, necromancer
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805090987
- ISBN: 0805090983
- ISBN: 9780805090987 (hc : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0805090983 (hc : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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242 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2010.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Sam LaCroix, a Seattle fast-food worker and college dropout, discovers that he is a necromancer, part of a world of harbingers, werewolves, satyrs, and one particular necromancer who sees Sam as a threat to his lucrative business of raising the dead. |
Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, High School, 2014. |
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- 17 of 17 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Wolcott Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Wolcott Public Library | YA MCBRIDE, L. NECROMANCER #1 (Text) | 34031123457132 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
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A title this good has a lot to live up to, and debut author McBride proves she's largely up to the task in this scary and irreverent romp. College dropout Sam is underwhelmed by his life as a fast food fry cook, when a game of potato hockey behind the restaurant goes awry and throws him into the sights of an evil and powerful necromancer named Douglas Montgomery. Sam turns out to be a necromancer too, making him Douglas's target for either slavery or death. With help from Brid, a teenage werewolf/fey hybrid who is Douglas's prisoner, and a ghost named Ashley, Sam must figure out how to escape Douglas, keep his loved ones alive, and use his power while avoiding its more horrific aspects. McBride pulls no punches and hits where readers will least expect it; the story can be gory and violent, but isn't gratuitously graphic. A solid start that concludes with the promise of Sam's power growing greater and darker, secrets getting deeper, and more fun to follow. Ages 14-up. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
BookList Review
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
Booklist
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*Starred Review* Sam has dropped out of college and is stalled in a fast-food job in Seattle. Interrupting the boredom of days waiting on Plumpy customers and evenings watching old movies with his friends, a scary guy named Douglas enters Sam's world. After a few pithy verbal threats, Douglas has Sam beaten and mauled by a sidekick and later delivers teen Brooke's pretty blond head to Sam's door. The good news is that Brooke seems to be in no pain and is as sassy as ever. The bad news, as Sam finds out in short order, is that Douglas is a necromancer and has identified Sam, who hasn't a clue what his strengths are, as a rival. Before the week is out, Sam finds himself in a cellar, caged with another pretty girl, who is part werewolf, part fairy. And then there's Ashley, the parochial-school-uniformed 10-year-old who can orchestrate salvation for Sam by using her Blackberry and brains. With fine writing, tight plotting, a unique and uniquely odd cast of teens, adults, and children, and a pace that smashes through any curtain of disbelief, this sardonic and outrageous story's only problem is that it must, like all good things, come to an end.--Goldsmith, Francisca Copyright 2010 Booklist
School Library Journal Review
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
School Library Journal
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Gr 8 Up-Samhain LaCroix has an average life, until his dead friend's talking head arrives in a box in Lish McBride's humorous, dark tale (Holt, 2010). Sam learns he is a necromancer whose powers have been bound, and a potential threat to Douglas, a powerful necromancer, who killed his friend Brooke and reanimated her head. In one day, Sam goes from being a waiter at Plumpy's to running for his life from Douglas. After being captured, Sam meets Brid, a tough female hybrid and future leader of the werewolves in the Northwest. Brid and Sam are locked in a cage together and romance ensues, even though both of their lives are threatened by Douglas. In the meantime, Brid's family, Sam's best friend Ramon, and the rest of his family search for the pair. Jonathan Todd Ross voices Sam, relating the story from the boy's point of view and capturing his sense of humor. Chris Sorensen narrates the other characters, doing an excellent job of blending with Ross's vocal choices, while capturing perfectly the vileness of Douglas and the loyalty of Ramon. Despite the dark twists of the story, Sam makes listeners laugh aloud, while gasping at Douglas's horrible actions. McBride keeps the characters true to their personalities throughout this e story that is full of questions about trust, loyalty, and the things that make us family. A William C. Morris Award finalist.-Sarah Flood, Breckinridge County Public Library, Hardinsburg, KY (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
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After a lighthearted opening packed with Buffy-esque wackiness, Samhain Corvus Lacroix is dragged from his dead-end food-service job into a terrifying magical power struggle. When a visitor to the Plumpy's fast-food restaurant identifies unexceptional college-dropout Sam as a necromancer, narrator Sam writes the whole day off as an encounter with an unpleasant eccentric. But he can't ignore the rapid downward spiral of events: the attack by a super-strong thug in the parking lot, the murder of a friend, the appearance of his dead friend's reanimated head. Occasional chapters narrated in the third person introduce readers to the intrigues of Seattle's mystical underworld, with its Council led by an evil necromancer and its packs of fey hound-werewolf crossbreeds. When Douglas, the evil necromancer, kidnaps Sam outright, the adventure takes a turn to the downright gruesome, with semi-graphic descriptions of torture (interspersed with occasionally steamy romantic interludes). Despite uneven pacing and abandoned plot threads, this quirky urban fantasy will compel fans of horror and supernatural romance--and heroic skateboarding slackers. (Urban fantasy. YA)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
The Horn Book Review
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
The Horn Book
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Sam thought the creepy nightmares of his childhood were benign, never realizing they were part of his ability to commune with the dead. Once he's recognized by an evil necromancer, Sam must quickly learn how to marshal his paranormal abilities in order to save his friends and avoid being destroyed. The story is well paced and features clever dialogue. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.