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 de’Ath expected this to be a simple
job—bring a nobleman’s 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 can’t
be
a surgeon—the Quayestri already branded him a criminal
for
trying—so 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 she’s 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 can’t bring himself to
break his damned physician’s Oath and desert her.
However, nothing is as it seems—including Celia. One
second,
she’s treating Ward like sewage, the next she’s kissing
him.
And for a nobleman’s 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 alive…
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