Review: A Tasty Short and a Free Sample of a Very Good Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2012
The full length "Hold Me Closer, Necromancer" is currently available for Kindle for $7.12. The title alone is worth that as a reward for whoever came up with it, and forever ruined my view of Elton John.This item is confusingly called "Necromancer". In fact it consists of a fine and interesting short story called "Death and Waffles", (which introduces the running character of Ash), and a sample excerpt from "Hold Me Closer, Necromancer".The bottom line is that the short story is very good, the sample really will entice you to get the actual novel, and it's all free. Since I'm reasonably happy plowing through free not-so-good stuff, I'm especially happy to find free stuff that is very, very good.It's good because the hero is a failing/confused/sort-of-a-sad-sack while still being funny, insightful and engaging. So many of these lead actors are just whiny or pathetic or lame, and it is refreshing to read the thoughts of a hero who is actually interesting. Judging from the sample, his crew of friends will be equally well-defined and entertaining. Judging from the short story, our author is also very good at action, secondary characters, descriptive prose, humorous by-play, and identifying the telling or touching detail.Not bad, huh? A very worthy find, and definitely worth the bandwidth.