Ward is a necromancer, he deals with the dead on a regular basis. When he goes on what should be a typical errand, attempt to find peace for a young woman, he learns she's been murdered. He has an Oath and wishes to abide by it. He decides to help the young woman, Celia.
Celia is brave, intelligent, and determined. She is not an easy character to break. Incidentally, Ward has a crush on her-even though that type of relationship is technically not allowed between them (his Oath, again). The story is told from the third person, making it a little bit harder to connect with the characters, but the author does a great job at that aspect of the novel, too.
The events are fast-paced, the characters are finding a murderer. The developing relationship between Celia and Ward is fun to read about, Celia doesn't give an inch. The ending...well, the reader will be ecstatic that this book is the first in a series. This book is recommended for young adults/adults.
Twenty-year-old Ward deβAth expected this to be a simple
jobβbring a noblemanβs daughter back from the dead for
fifteen minutes, let her family say good-bye, and launch
his
fledgling career as a necromancer. Goddess knows he canβt
be
a surgeonβthe Quayestri already branded him a criminal
for
tryingβso bringing people back from the dead it is.
But when Ward wakes the beautiful Celia Carlyle, he gets
more than he bargained for. Insistent that sheβs been
murdered, Celia begs Ward to keep her alive and help her
find justice. By the time she drags him out her bedroom
window and into the sewers, Ward canβt bring himself to
break his damned physicianβs Oath and desert her.
However, nothing is as it seemsβincluding Celia. One
second,
sheβs treating Ward like sewage, the next sheβs kissing
him.
And for a noblemanβs daughter, she sure has a lot of
enemies. If he could just convince his heart to give up
on
the infuriating beauty, he might get out of this aliveβ¦
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