Review: Slightly quirky, slightly dark, all around fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2011
Isn't It Necromantic is author C. I. Bond's first novel and hopefully, not her last.  Cassie Childe has had to live on the run, moving every two years until she settles in Seattle.  She has lived there for nine months, found work in an antique store, built up a few friendships and hopes to be able to stay for awhile.  Cassie is an "other", unfortunately, she nor anyone else can figure out what kind of "other" she is.  This tends to make those in the "other" community nervous, so she tries to associate with "normals" instead.  She has one superpower; she can give people the shivers, not a very good superpower in her opinion. She also has the ability to see into history.  If she touches an object she can see its history, if she opens herself up she can also see the past of the space she is in.  Worried about whether she should stay in Seattle, Cassie goes to see a seer and is told if she leaves Seattle she will die, incentive to stay.  Her life gets interesting all the sudden when a frequent customer to the antique store gets killed.  During the course of the book she meets a lawyer from the firm that has represented her family for over 2000 years who is bound to a demon, gets hired by a group of the twice damned otherwise known as "Sang", gets to know a beautiful green eyed Sang and generally gets in and out of all sorts of trouble.To say this book is quirky would be putting it mildly.  While the book tends to lean toward the Urban Fantasy genre with it's high octane action scenes, which can be at times quite explicitly gory, it also has its humor and romance.  The chapter titles, "If He Eats People But He's Hot Can You Still Date Him?" just say quirky to me.  You have your usual cast of characters that you find in the paranormal genre - the to die for hero, the slightly creepy demon, the strange seer, witches, ghosts and our heroine -  who doesn't know what she is.  A few of the characters could have used a little more fleshing out, some of the chapters seemed to just start with no lead in, and I did find the odd spelling and grammar error, but all in all it was a well written book.I like quirky, so I enjoyed this book.  There is a scene that will make you question all the uses a food saver can be put to.  There are a number of hot bedroom scenes and a pretty good against the side of the building one as well.  I'm hoping this was a lead in to a sequel as I would like to see what new adventures Cassie can get herself into.  All in all, a good read that I would highly recommend.reviewed for the Paranormal Romance Guild