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Necromancer #0.1
Heads Will Roll
Lena’s not your typical animal trainer. And when she and her unicorn partner, Steve, decide to enter a fight, it’s definitely not your typical fight….
32 pages, ebook
First published November 27, 2012
About the author
Lish McBride
24 books1,221 followersLish McBride is the author of funny and creepy Young Adult books such as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer; Necromancing the Stone; Firebug; and Pyromantic. She has published short stories in the Normal School, Tor.com, and the anthologies Cornered, What to Read in the Rain, Freaks & Other Family, and Kisses & Curses. She got her BFA in creative writing from Seattle University and her MFA from University of New Orleans. Lish is also currently a bookseller and event host at Third Place Books, a giant thriving indie bookstore just outside of Seattle. Her first book, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults title, Morris Award finalist, and won the Scandiuzzi Children’s Book Award. While she has no long term goals for world domination, she would like her own castle.
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April 3, 2020
badass cage fighting unicorn?? don't mind if i do.
so this one takes place in the same world as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, but like The Too-Clever Fox, and UNLIKE A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill: A Tor.Com Original, it will still make sense to the uninitiated. like me. I KNOW, I KNOW i should read them - so many of you love that series, but i haven't taken the plunge. yet. but i will.
for now - i just have this story, which is about lena and her unicorn-pal steve. do NOT make fun of steve's name. steve is a bad mother (shut your mouth)
and steve is going to be participating in a most dangerous game - a battle against some other cryptozoological creature in a magically-fenced area with very few rules as an entertainment for wealthy bettors. but don't be afeared for steve because 1) it is not necessarily a fight to the death and 2) steve is going by the name "phantom" right now, and he's got his own reasons for being there. as does lena, who has hidden depths herself.
i enjoyed this one very much - it's got unexpectedly humorous parts, all-too-brief monster battles, i enjoyed the premise and i really would have liked to have spent more time with these characters on their cage fighting circuit.
here are the many creatures mentioned in this story in one way or another so you can play an imaginary match 'em up game where you dish about who you think would prevail in a fight. starred creatures are those which have appeared in monsterporns i have read.
unicorn*:
yowie*:
nemean lion:
hydra*:
harpy:
manticore:
minotaur*:
wepwawet:
waheela:
centaur*:
(NOT
)
chimera:
hellhounds:
chupacabra*:
definitely one of the good ones in this free tor short project - i wish there was more of it, but that in itself is always a good sign. and twss.
get on this here bandwagon!
read it for yourself here:
http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/he...
come to my blog!
so this one takes place in the same world as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, but like The Too-Clever Fox, and UNLIKE A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill: A Tor.Com Original, it will still make sense to the uninitiated. like me. I KNOW, I KNOW i should read them - so many of you love that series, but i haven't taken the plunge. yet. but i will.
for now - i just have this story, which is about lena and her unicorn-pal steve. do NOT make fun of steve's name. steve is a bad mother (shut your mouth)
and steve is going to be participating in a most dangerous game - a battle against some other cryptozoological creature in a magically-fenced area with very few rules as an entertainment for wealthy bettors. but don't be afeared for steve because 1) it is not necessarily a fight to the death and 2) steve is going by the name "phantom" right now, and he's got his own reasons for being there. as does lena, who has hidden depths herself.
i enjoyed this one very much - it's got unexpectedly humorous parts, all-too-brief monster battles, i enjoyed the premise and i really would have liked to have spent more time with these characters on their cage fighting circuit.
here are the many creatures mentioned in this story in one way or another so you can play an imaginary match 'em up game where you dish about who you think would prevail in a fight. starred creatures are those which have appeared in monsterporns i have read.
unicorn*:
yowie*:
nemean lion:
hydra*:
harpy:
manticore:
minotaur*:
wepwawet:
waheela:
centaur*:
(NOT
)chimera:
hellhounds:
chupacabra*:
definitely one of the good ones in this free tor short project - i wish there was more of it, but that in itself is always a good sign. and twss.
get on this here bandwagon!
read it for yourself here:
http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/he...
come to my blog!
February 7, 2017
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Most little girls love unicorns. They're magical and pure and mysterious and so fluffy you're gonna die - literally in this case.
Meet Steve, AKA Phantom, the cage-fighting unicorn. His owner is a Valkyrie. Together, they kick butt at supernatural cage fighting competitions and teach others the lesson that justice can sparkle and smell like warm sunshine even while it's tearing you a new one.
I loved the female narrator in this book. I haven't read the author's full-length novels, but I want to, now, because of her smooth mastery of first-person narrative. The heroine has that gumshoe noir class of nonchalance that a lot of the older, really good urban fantasy series do.
Steve is also a great character. I've read about evil unicorns in Diana Peterfreund's RAMPANT series (a must-read, if you're into unicorns and fantasy), and now I get to add gladiator unicorns to the list. He has so much attitude, and it's hilarious because it's coming from an unexpected source.
There isn't too much more to say about this book except that it's free, and it features an interesting cast of paranormal creatures that wouldn't be out of place in FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. If you're into urban fantasy stories with snarky main characters, you'll like this.
3.5 stars!
September 12, 2021
Lena is at a fighting arena with her rare white unicorn, Steve (stage name Phantom). At this arena, mythical creatures fight each other to win sometimes even to death. Steve is a rare white unicorn and what's even more rare about him is that he is a fighter. Lena and Steve free other mythical creatures and it is revealed that Lena is half Valkyrie.
It was a fantastic read with a very interesting concept that I enjoyed a lot.
4.5 stars
It was a fantastic read with a very interesting concept that I enjoyed a lot.
4.5 stars
January 22, 2013
I just made a "unicorns" shelf because of this short story ... And now I feel like I should've come across books with unicorns before now and the fact that I haven't seems like a shame.
This is a free short story that's under 20 pages and was something fun to read when I had a bit of downtime. You can read it here. I think this author writes female main characters better than males, and even though I saw such a small amount of Lena, I liked her better than Sam from Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. McBride also does a good job writing non-human characters as well; I thought the unicorn was really well-developed for appearing on so few pages.
I'm not really sure how this story is going to tie into the rest of the series, or even if we're going to see any of the characters (besides Ed) again. I liked it though.
I also have reviews for the other short story and the full novel in this series that McBride wrote: Necromancer: A Novella (Necromancer, #0.5) and Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (Necromancer, #1).
This is a free short story that's under 20 pages and was something fun to read when I had a bit of downtime. You can read it here. I think this author writes female main characters better than males, and even though I saw such a small amount of Lena, I liked her better than Sam from Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. McBride also does a good job writing non-human characters as well; I thought the unicorn was really well-developed for appearing on so few pages.
I'm not really sure how this story is going to tie into the rest of the series, or even if we're going to see any of the characters (besides Ed) again. I liked it though.
I also have reviews for the other short story and the full novel in this series that McBride wrote: Necromancer: A Novella (Necromancer, #0.5) and Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (Necromancer, #1).
December 30, 2023
Just a short story about a girl and her unicorn Steve. Except Steve is a badass cage fighter and the girl is a vigilante Valkyrie who is intent on changing the world one fighting ring at a time. There's lots of mythical creatures used for nefarious purposes, one scruffy malnourished teenager and a whole sheep of Steve kicking butt. I enjoyed this a lot.
July 11, 2015
Tor short story: A young woman and her white unicorn, Steve (professionally known as "Phantom") take on other mythological creatures in cage battles. ("Unicorns pick their own names, and I’d love to see someone go up to Steve and tell him he chose poorly. I, for one, would think twice about it.")
This story reminds me of the Percy Jackson series, except that it's maybe a little bloodier, but it's very Greek-mythology-in-our-world, and the writing has a similar sense of humor. There's also a strong undercurrent of justice and fighting evil. "Steve is eighteen hands of purity, just not the kind they’re thinking of. Justice can be pure, too."
This is an adventure story but it also has some depth to it. I loved it and definitely would read more by this author, especially if it's the further adventures of Steve and Lena.
Free online at http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/he...
This story reminds me of the Percy Jackson series, except that it's maybe a little bloodier, but it's very Greek-mythology-in-our-world, and the writing has a similar sense of humor. There's also a strong undercurrent of justice and fighting evil. "Steve is eighteen hands of purity, just not the kind they’re thinking of. Justice can be pure, too."
This is an adventure story but it also has some depth to it. I loved it and definitely would read more by this author, especially if it's the further adventures of Steve and Lena.
Free online at http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/he...
June 30, 2014
UNIKITTY ..... but not really..... This is a little more "Eragon" than "Legoland", although, McBride does toss some snark and wit in at times....
Unicorn cage fights?! Say what?! And truthfully it was interesting but I would have liked to have seen it fleshed out a bit better....
All and all, worth the time but I'm kind of glad it was free :/
Go here, Karen liked it better than I which probably means I under or over read something somewhere along the way.
January 11, 2016
These Tor short stories are so addicting!!
Plus they are helping me cheat a bit on my 2016 challenge ;)
Plus they are helping me cheat a bit on my 2016 challenge ;)
January 17, 2016
Unicorns are champions of nature and man spends his time destroying it, so yeah, we’re not exactly in Steve’s top five favorite things. I’m pretty sure we’re right behind fungus on his list.
Vi en un blog un link a esta historia y la verdad me encantó.
¿Una valkiria y un unicornio llamado Steve luchando por la justicia? Quiero más.
(btw, love the art-cover)
April 18, 2022
Heads Will Roll by author Lish McBride is a short story set in the Necromancer Universe you can read for free on the Tor.com site https://www.tor.com/2012/11/28/heads-...
Lena’s not your typical animal trainer. And when she and her unicorn partner, Steve, decide to enter a fight, it’s definitely not your typical fight….
Lena has a mental link with Steve, her Unicorn partner. Together they engage in cage fights, but not for the reason you think. Humor and a bit of bloodshed, this was a nice one.
Themes: a white Unicorn, mythological creatures in a cage fight, vigilante for a good cause, motley crew.
4 Stars
Lena’s not your typical animal trainer. And when she and her unicorn partner, Steve, decide to enter a fight, it’s definitely not your typical fight….
Lena has a mental link with Steve, her Unicorn partner. Together they engage in cage fights, but not for the reason you think. Humor and a bit of bloodshed, this was a nice one.
Themes: a white Unicorn, mythological creatures in a cage fight, vigilante for a good cause, motley crew.
4 Stars
January 1, 2020
3.5 Stars
Another series for me to check out.
January 1, 2020
Me encantó. Es muy entretenido, muy atrapante, tiene humor y muchos seres de diferentes mitologías en pocos párrafos llenos de acción. Ahora quiero leer la saga principal. Me encantaron los personajes, me encantó el mensaje, me encantó como está escrito. Me encantó, quedó claro?
Pity. What a useless emotion when you don’t act on it. Pity is supposed to trigger compassion. The judge had forgotten that. But we’d show him. We’d show him you’re supposed to stand up, not walk away.
Pity. What a useless emotion when you don’t act on it. Pity is supposed to trigger compassion. The judge had forgotten that. But we’d show him. We’d show him you’re supposed to stand up, not walk away.
January 21, 2020
"That was the thing about humans. They found it so easy to discard the implausible and the unbelievable. People ignored anything that made them uncomfortable."
(For example white unicorn with killer instincts)
On that note - now I am going to find and read these series. Writing style,storytelling and humor - engaging enough for several evenings of fantasy genre adventure time. Next up (Necromancer - another short story written for that universe, if I will manage to get that one from somewhere. Unfortunately free 'amazon'version is not available/plausible for me - and later on, that Hold me Closer, Necromancer.)
Already exited for that short escape.
(For example white unicorn with killer instincts)
On that note - now I am going to find and read these series. Writing style,storytelling and humor - engaging enough for several evenings of fantasy genre adventure time. Next up (Necromancer - another short story written for that universe, if I will manage to get that one from somewhere. Unfortunately free 'amazon'version is not available/plausible for me - and later on, that Hold me Closer, Necromancer.)
Already exited for that short escape.
December 16, 2012
Whoa! I don’t think I even blinked while reading this.
Lena is the epitome of tough. She can hold her own with the best. Half human and half Valkyrie, she has much of the warrior women’s strengths.
Her partner, Steve, is a snow-white unicorn. You don’t see many of them around, and definitely not in the fighting arena.
The unicorn is a symbol of purity and usually has to be starved, beaten and driven insane in order to get them to fight.
That’s not the case with Steve. He’s a full partner with Lena and has a mind of his own. Unicorns choose their own names and I wouldn’t want to make fun of Steve. He’s 18 hands of snow-white fury.
It’s a good thing Lena and Steve speak telepathically, otherwise the job they’re here to do would be near impossible.
This short fiction blew me away. You get to meet so many cool creatures. There are nemean lions, harpies, hags, manticores, wepawets and waheela’s to name a few.
I’m partial to the Waheela. Kind of a cross between a wolf and a polar bear.
I also liked the Wepawet. It’s an Egyptian God with the body of a man and the head of a jackal.
I’m in awe of Lena. She’s smart, tough, and funny, and adores Steve. She also swings a mean blade.
Steve is wise, sarcastic, and always has Lena’s back. They make a dynamic team. Woe to the creature that has to fight them.
There are several other characters I became fond of, but I can’t tell you about them without spoiling your reading pleasure.
I’m amazed at how much I got out of this short work of fiction. Lish McBride added all of the right ingredients and created a short tale that hit me with the impact of a full novel.
I hope she continues with these characters. I really do.
For now, I’m going to start reading her Necromancer series. They look really good, and if her writing stays true to form, I’m sure I’ll love them too!
Lena is the epitome of tough. She can hold her own with the best. Half human and half Valkyrie, she has much of the warrior women’s strengths.
Her partner, Steve, is a snow-white unicorn. You don’t see many of them around, and definitely not in the fighting arena.
The unicorn is a symbol of purity and usually has to be starved, beaten and driven insane in order to get them to fight.
That’s not the case with Steve. He’s a full partner with Lena and has a mind of his own. Unicorns choose their own names and I wouldn’t want to make fun of Steve. He’s 18 hands of snow-white fury.
It’s a good thing Lena and Steve speak telepathically, otherwise the job they’re here to do would be near impossible.
This short fiction blew me away. You get to meet so many cool creatures. There are nemean lions, harpies, hags, manticores, wepawets and waheela’s to name a few.
I’m partial to the Waheela. Kind of a cross between a wolf and a polar bear.
I also liked the Wepawet. It’s an Egyptian God with the body of a man and the head of a jackal.
I’m in awe of Lena. She’s smart, tough, and funny, and adores Steve. She also swings a mean blade.
Steve is wise, sarcastic, and always has Lena’s back. They make a dynamic team. Woe to the creature that has to fight them.
There are several other characters I became fond of, but I can’t tell you about them without spoiling your reading pleasure.
I’m amazed at how much I got out of this short work of fiction. Lish McBride added all of the right ingredients and created a short tale that hit me with the impact of a full novel.
I hope she continues with these characters. I really do.
For now, I’m going to start reading her Necromancer series. They look really good, and if her writing stays true to form, I’m sure I’ll love them too!
October 14, 2014
A bad-ass fighting unicorn named Steve. When he speaks to you in your mind you smell spring and picture beauty. But then he fights other mythological creatures in illegal fights. His partner is a bad-ass as well. Her name is Lena and along with Steve, they enter the arena and tear shit up.
This story was magical fucking amazing. It needs to be a novel. A series. Because I have never read a story about a bad-ass unicorn.
I was never the little girl who wanted a unicorn growing up. I wanted an Ewok. But now I want a unicorn. A unicorn to hang out with me and my Ewok friend.
Great magical story with lots of action and humor. Read it now. It's free.
http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/he...
This story was magical fucking amazing. It needs to be a novel. A series. Because I have never read a story about a bad-ass unicorn.
I was never the little girl who wanted a unicorn growing up. I wanted an Ewok. But now I want a unicorn. A unicorn to hang out with me and my Ewok friend.
Great magical story with lots of action and humor. Read it now. It's free.
http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/he...
November 11, 2015
Unicorns pick their own names, and I’d love to see someone go up to Steve and tell him he chose poorly. I, for one, would think twice about it.
I was going to wait on this one as it's in the same universe as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, which I haven't read, but I couldn't resist the cage fighting unicorn. (The story made fine sense without having read the novel.) This was a fun read. It reached for more than that, but there wasn't enough there in there to make it. But seriously. Cage fighting unicorn + free story. How can you miss that?
I was going to wait on this one as it's in the same universe as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, which I haven't read, but I couldn't resist the cage fighting unicorn. (The story made fine sense without having read the novel.) This was a fun read. It reached for more than that, but there wasn't enough there in there to make it. But seriously. Cage fighting unicorn + free story. How can you miss that?
October 25, 2016
3.5 stars
These tor-novellas are seriously addicting and I'm just amazed how much creativity you must have to write something like this on less than 20 pages. Badass, fighting unicorn, what more can I say?
This one was interesting enough to make me want to read the whole series, where this was kind of a prequel novella I think?
Read it here for free.
These tor-novellas are seriously addicting and I'm just amazed how much creativity you must have to write something like this on less than 20 pages. Badass, fighting unicorn, what more can I say?
This one was interesting enough to make me want to read the whole series, where this was kind of a prequel novella I think?
Read it here for free.
December 10, 2015
I totally read this at work - feels naughty -~
My first try at Lish McBride her work. Like her style, it reads easy. A short Unicorn tale with his female ( half human, half valkyrie ) partner saving creatures from the fight pits. Wonder if she'll write a longer tale about these characters, they seem awesome =)
My first try at Lish McBride her work. Like her style, it reads easy. A short Unicorn tale with his female ( half human, half valkyrie ) partner saving creatures from the fight pits. Wonder if she'll write a longer tale about these characters, they seem awesome =)
December 16, 2013
Loved this. I'd like to have a whole book about Lena. Please? :)
December 10, 2015
This book was such an awesome read....
January 21, 2019
The other day I found Hold Me Closer, Necromancer in a thrift store and have the prequel, Necromancer, on my Paperwhite. But then I found out this short story is a prequel-prequel!
So of course I HAD to read it.
I'm not sure how these characters fit into the overall world of this series, but I loved what I read and look forward to finding out.
Lena and her unicorm partner Steve sign up for a cage fight featuring a bunch of mythical and supernatural creatures. Steve (love that name for a unicorn) is a rare white unicorn with a bunch of scars but a pure heart. And together, these two turn the 'arena' into a spectacle no one expected...
I LOVED this story! It might be short but packed quite a punch. Injected this series with a bunch of intriguing characters while also revealing something very important about Lena's heritage.
Not only is this story well written and has a kick-ass heroine, but it's a lot of fun.
Can't wait to read more...
So of course I HAD to read it.
I'm not sure how these characters fit into the overall world of this series, but I loved what I read and look forward to finding out.
Lena and her unicorm partner Steve sign up for a cage fight featuring a bunch of mythical and supernatural creatures. Steve (love that name for a unicorn) is a rare white unicorn with a bunch of scars but a pure heart. And together, these two turn the 'arena' into a spectacle no one expected...
I LOVED this story! It might be short but packed quite a punch. Injected this series with a bunch of intriguing characters while also revealing something very important about Lena's heritage.
Not only is this story well written and has a kick-ass heroine, but it's a lot of fun.
Can't wait to read more...
June 16, 2017
3.5 stars
This is the first time I have read anything by McBride and what drew me to this short story was the unicorn character (Steve aka Phantom).
This is a quirky story about cage fighting amongst mythical animals. Steve's trainer, Lena, is pretty funny too and helps the story to flow nicely.
All in all, a small quirky read, good for passing 20 minutes.
This is the first time I have read anything by McBride and what drew me to this short story was the unicorn character (Steve aka Phantom).
This is a quirky story about cage fighting amongst mythical animals. Steve's trainer, Lena, is pretty funny too and helps the story to flow nicely.
All in all, a small quirky read, good for passing 20 minutes.
December 31, 2020
This was so much fun! And it remembered me about this series... I have started it ages ago, and I really enjoyed the first book but then I let years pass... shame on me!
It is not really a fun story, but it is fun for the humour, and I really enjoyed Lena's voice. And Steve. A fighting unicorn. How cool is that???
It is not really a fun story, but it is fun for the humour, and I really enjoyed Lena's voice. And Steve. A fighting unicorn. How cool is that???
June 19, 2017
"You don’t rule a unicorn—you’re a partner at best."
Thunderdome for mythical creatures.
"That was the thing about humans. They found it so easy to discard the implausible and the unbelievable. People ignored anything that made them uncomfortable."
Thunderdome for mythical creatures.
"That was the thing about humans. They found it so easy to discard the implausible and the unbelievable. People ignored anything that made them uncomfortable."
September 20, 2019
Going on a short story binge while I figure out what to read next and this was so much fun! A CAGE FIGHTING UNICORN OF JUSTICE GUYS! Seriously, it was awesome. I hope that Steve, Lena, Jonah, and the mutant dog all make appearances in the other books! Loved every second of this.
September 27, 2020
3/5 Stars.
All I can say is that I will now be checking out the rest of the books in this series. 👍🏾
All I can say is that I will now be checking out the rest of the books in this series. 👍🏾
June 15, 2014
Back when Julius Ceasar ruled the Roman Empire, gladiator games were all the rage. Humans – usually criminals – fought with wild animals for the cheap entertainment of an audience that cared far more for a “good show”, than the lives lost and bloodshed.
This story is a gladiatorial game with mythological creatures. Here, unicorns are fighters.
[…] train them like you train dogs for a cage match. Get them young, young as you can. Starve them. Beat them. Slip blood into their milk. Give them a taste for it. Keep them hungry and angry all the time. Pervert them until they don’t know which way is up anymore. That’s how you make a unicorn, a natural pacifist, a fighter.
This story is also prologue to the Necromancer series, which is a bad, bad thing for people like me, whose to-read list of books is numbered in the hundreds. It does not help that I like the characters and the way they were written and don’t mind reading more of them.
The unicorn of the story is Steve, nicknamed Phantom. Neither of the names are what people would associate with unicorns. He wasn’t trained to the methods above, but when he enters a fight with his partner Lena, it always ends unexpectedly, because they weren’t there to play by the rules, they were there to beat the rules. Chaos reign, and then they ride off heroically – or at least, that’s the plan. The second part doesn’t always happen, but is the preferred ending, anyway.
We’re supposed to be badasses, walking off into the sunset, the smell of victory in the air. Your sneezing fit is ruining our image.”
This story is a gladiatorial game with mythological creatures. Here, unicorns are fighters.
[…] train them like you train dogs for a cage match. Get them young, young as you can. Starve them. Beat them. Slip blood into their milk. Give them a taste for it. Keep them hungry and angry all the time. Pervert them until they don’t know which way is up anymore. That’s how you make a unicorn, a natural pacifist, a fighter.
This story is also prologue to the Necromancer series, which is a bad, bad thing for people like me, whose to-read list of books is numbered in the hundreds. It does not help that I like the characters and the way they were written and don’t mind reading more of them.
The unicorn of the story is Steve, nicknamed Phantom. Neither of the names are what people would associate with unicorns. He wasn’t trained to the methods above, but when he enters a fight with his partner Lena, it always ends unexpectedly, because they weren’t there to play by the rules, they were there to beat the rules. Chaos reign, and then they ride off heroically – or at least, that’s the plan. The second part doesn’t always happen, but is the preferred ending, anyway.
We’re supposed to be badasses, walking off into the sunset, the smell of victory in the air. Your sneezing fit is ruining our image.”
December 26, 2014
Lena’s not your typical animal trainer. And when she and her unicorn partner, Steve, decide to enter a fight, it’s definitely not your typical fight…
...you had me at "her unicorn partner, Steve".
This is a quick and quirky story set in the world of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer.
There are cage fights between a slew of mythical creatures. There is a unicorn named Steve. And the story ends with the main characters (figuratively) riding off into the sunset.
I haven't read the Necromancer series, but I think I seriously have to now.
...you had me at "her unicorn partner, Steve".
This is a quick and quirky story set in the world of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer.
There are cage fights between a slew of mythical creatures. There is a unicorn named Steve. And the story ends with the main characters (figuratively) riding off into the sunset.
I haven't read the Necromancer series, but I think I seriously have to now.
December 23, 2015
Initial Impressions 12/23/15: Well that was just positively delightful. I absolutely loved the characters, the strength, and the way Lish McBride gets me to instantly accept all of these supernatural creatures even though it's something I usually don't perceive as realistic. I LOVE her characters and how awesome they are (especially her female characters)! This novella was absolutely wonderful and I just loved it. The humor is prevalent throughout as well which is something I enjoyed so much in HOLD ME CLOSER, NECROMANCER. Like I said after finishing NECROMANCER, I look forward to so much more from Lish McBride!!
January 4, 2013
Why 5? Because this is my new "this is what Lish McBride is all about" title. Seriously. It's like all the lessons she has learned from previous works has gotten her to this gem. I love it. It's the perfect length for the bit of information contained in it. Yes I wanted it to be longer. Yes I loved the characters presented and want more books from them. But the truth is, we may never see anymore of them. We may never hear from Lena and Steve ever again, even though in this moment you can't think of anything else but them. Well there is this one Wepawet but enough about that :-)
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