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The riveting debut work from celebrated newcomer Lish McBride, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer drops a seemingly average boy into the adventure of a lifetime. Sam can’t complain about much, even if his job isn’t the most glamorous one around. But his world gets a whole lot more complicated when he crosses paths with Douglas, a necromancer who gets paid to raise the dead. Douglas thinks Sam might have the right touch for necromancing, and when this turns out to be all too true, Sam faces unimaginable dangers.
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Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now armed with his father's mysterious and deadly atheme, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. They follow legends and local lore, destroy the murderous dead, and keep pesky things like the future and friends at bay. Searching for a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas expects the usual: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage.
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Great story for YA readers but ...
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Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She gave her soul to the wolf to save him and lost her beloved mother. When Grace receives a haunting phone call from Jude, she knows what she must do. She must become a Hound of Heaven. Desparate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot - a newcomer to town who promises her that he can help her be a hero. But as the two grow closer, the wolf grows in Grace, and her relationship with Daniel begins to crumble.
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Entertaining New Series
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Looking for a tattoo - and maybe a little something extra: a burst of good luck, a dollop of true love, or even a hex on an ex? Head to the quiet and mysterious Gage, the best skin artist in town. Using unique potions - a blend of extraordinary ingredients and special inks - to etch the right symbol, he can fulfill any heart's desire. But in a place like Low Town, where elves, faeries, trolls, werewolves, and vampires happily walk among humanity, everything has its price. No one knows that better than Gage.
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Seventeen-year-old Julia is finally living the good life. She's traded a hard cot in a Memphis orphanage for her very own room in a perfect little house, on a perfect little street, with a perfect set of parents who picked her to be their daughter. But Julia is hiding a secret - and one fall night, she returns home from a friend's house to find that her secret has found her. Her 'forever home' is ashes. Her parents are dead. And, in the sky above the flames, a winged creature hunts her.
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Horrendous -- Run Away
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This was a really fun read. I can't say that there weren't several times where I felt like it was a redux of Gin Blanco. Toward the beginning, I was really distracted by the similarities. However, the narrative kicked in and I found myself enjoying, DESPITE the likeness.
My Estep has created another magic based world, but this time characters have a "talent" rather than an elemental ability. Once again, we see a town where mob-like families rule the roost and prey on those with fewer resources. Oh, and this time the setting is West Virginia, instead of Kentucky. So, the world is not very different from the world in which Gin lives.
As for the main character of this series, Lila is in many ways like a younger Gin, being just a teenager. She's a plucky orphan whose mother was killed by the top Mob Boss of the town. She is full of bluster and attitude and raw talent. Her profession, however, is that of a thief, rather than assassin, but she is also a trained fighter.
If you look at some details too closely, like why teenagers are acting as bodyguards and high level family representatives, things don't always add up. But, if you are a fan of Gin, you know that you will have to take some logical leaps (because let's face it, the best assassins don't routinely risk themselves by getting up close and personal with their targets). However, just like most of the Elemental Assassins, if you let go, the narrative can be pretty darn enjoyable.
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- AudiobookMel
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Fun New Young Adult Series with Tons of Action
I’ve been a big fan of Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassin series for adults for many years now. I religiously purchase that series audiobook on release day every year. I’ve yet to try another series by her. I’m not a big fan of young adult novels. I used to read them all the time, but I got really burnt out on the similar tropes that seem to pop up on all the paranormal YA novels. I even blacklisted them from my reading for a while. I’m starting to pick them back up, mostly from authors that I already love. I’m really glad that I did here. This series isn’t like any other YA series I’ve ever read.
This is a fantastic world that Ms. Estep has built around magical and powerful families. There are a ton of similarities between this series and the adult Elemental Assassin series. But, not so much that I felt like I was reading a younger version of the same story. There are straight up humans that don’t have magic and there are people with magic who kinda run things. They all have different types of magic, some even have more than one magic power. As with the Elemental Assassin series, the magic families have all the power and they exploit that power.
There are also really great characters in this story. Lila Merriweather is our main character. She has had a rough life. Her mother died when she was young. Her father is MIA. She was in foster care for a while, then decided that she was better off taking care of herself on the streets. She wasn’t completely alone though, she has Mo. Mo is an adult that helped her with documents and signing things for school. He also gives her jobs to help her. He also her only real friend and a mentor for her. He is also the one who convinces her that she should take the bodyguarding job with one of the powerful families.
Devon Sinclair is the only son of the Sinclair family. There have also been many attempts to kill him lately. When his current bodyguard is killed in Mo’s shop, Mo and Devon’s mother work out a deal to get Lila to become his new bodyguard. I liked Devon. He could be like so many other “trust fund babies”, of which you do see some in this book, but he isn’t. He is a real down to earth guy.
I also have a penchant for loving secondary characters, and that is no different here. I just fell in love with Oscar. He is a redneck pixie that lives in a dollhouse sized dilapidated trailer in Lila’s new room in the Sinclair home. The Sinclair’s felt she needed a pixie, so Oscar helps out around her suite. He also has a tiny pet tortoise named Tiny. If you’ve ever read Kim Harrison’s The Hollows series, Oscar makes me think of a hillbilly Jenks. Always drinking honey beer in the trailer, where Jenks would get drunk on just plain ole honey and lived in a rolltop desk (even if only in the winter). I can’t wait to see where Oscar goes in this series.
This story was full of monsters, action, and great characters. The worldbuilding was amazing. Both Lila and Devon proved to be wonderful young adult characters without all the angst that seems to creep into so many YA novels. We do see them interact with some of the other kids and do things like go on dates, which sounds mundane, but turns out not.
Narration
This is my first book with Brittany Pressley. She did a great job with the narration of this series. It takes place in a mythical town of Cloudburst Falls, West Virginia. So there are Southern accents for most of the characters. There is even the accent for the aforementioned Oscar, the drunk, hillbilly pixie. I thought she did a great job with all the different voices. I could always tell who was talking. She really brought out the tone of the story and did great with the snark. I plan to finish this series on audio.
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- Andrew G. Hammond
- 06-16-16
Formulaic teen angst. Ok for teen girls?
Sometimes you pick a book because it's on sale. You download it before a longish drive. And then you start listening and realize that you are really not the target audience. Sigh. The characters are 2 dimensional, the plot is contrived and predictable, and the narrator's voice is downright annoying. If you're buying for a young teen girl, you can do better with anything by Anne McCaffrey... but if you've already read all of her stuff, well, there are probably worse books. I listened to the end. There's a plot twist, but even that is weak and the enemy revealed is shallow, boring and easily defeated. The characters don't evolve and much like a sitcom you get the feeling that it's lining up for another episode of the same next week, or in this case, next book.
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- Sharon A.
- 09-30-15
Spider, Elmental Assassin, with different names!
What would have made Cold Burn of Magic better?
This entire story is just Gin, the Spider, renamed and relocated. The plot, back story, tragic history is exactly the same. This book would have been better if it had an original plot with original characters!
What could Jennifer Estep have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Created new characters and an original plot.
Would you be willing to try another one of Brittany Pressley’s performances?
She has a fairly annoying voice, in my opinion. However, it could be just what she used for this performance. I'd definitely sample the book before purchasing it.
What character would you cut from Cold Burn of Magic?
It's not a matter of cutting characters. It's just that these are the same characters the Elemental Assassin series.
Any additional comments?
I feel that these characters and the plot show a lack of imagination. I love the Elemental Assassin series and am disappointed to see those characters refashioned in this lazy attempt at writing. I'll be very hesitant to purchase outside the original series in the future.
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- Jennifer
- 10-24-15
I found a new fav narrator!
This the 2nd audio I've listened to that was voiced by Brittany Pressley (1st being Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas) and had I not know that name of the narrator I would not have guess it was the same person. Brittany did a great job with changing her voice for each book to fit the characters and plots perfectly!
I revisited Cold Burn of Magic on audio. I really enjoyed listening to Brittany Pressley narrate the story. Her voice and delivery for Lelia was spot on! Exactly how I heard her in my head when I was reading it a few months ago. If you haven’t read CBoM I can now highly recommend it on audio as well.
THE HEROINE
Where’s the most magical place in America? According to Jennifer Estep it’s Cloudburst Falls, West Virginia the town that Cold Burn of Magic takes place. We follow the life of seventeen-year-old Lila Merriweather. She’s an anti-heroine much like Gin Blanco (EA series). We shouldn’t like her or root for her, she’s a thief and no stranger to blood.
Blood didn’t usually bother me. I’d killed people before. Folks who’d attached me during my jobs for Mo. Others who’d come after me just because they’d wanted to, thinking that a lone girl would be an easy target. Monsters who’d slithered out of dark alleys, determined to make a meal out of me. Oh no, blood didn’t bother me . . .
But gosh darn it, she’s just so kick ass and snarky that I feel in love with her. She reminds me of a younger Gin Blanco so how could I not like her?!
THERE BE MONSTERS HERE. . .
Yeah there be monsters in Cold Burn of Magic, Estep introduces us to trolls, pixies, a lochness monster that lives under a bridge and you better pay it’s toll when crossing it’s bridge!
And let’s not forget the magicks, they have talents in the form of the senses for example, the heroine, Lila has a Sight talent. She can look into a person’s eyes and know what they are feeling deep in their souls, she calls it her soul sight.
Lila also swings a mean sword (Estep is great at bring us strong heroines with an affinity for knives and magic). And another parallel to Gin Blanco is that Lila is an orphan (really, Estep could write for Disney, all the parents are dead in her books LOL) prefers to work alone. But Lila finds herself becoming a member of a small group and I think over time they will become her family. One of the new people in her life is Oscar the grouchy, cowboy boot wearing, redneck pixie. He make me think of him as Jenks’ (from the Hollows series by Kim Harrison) country cousin without the dirty mouth.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Cold Burn of Magic is an action package adventure, minus the usual YA angst, that adult readers can get behind, especially fans of Estep’s Elemental Assassin series. So if you like magic, monsters and evil mobster families you’ll enjoy Lia Merriweather and the great side characters that Jennifer Estep introduces in the first installment of her Black Blade series.
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- David
- 11-19-15
Took a risk and it relly paid off.
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First off Brittany Pressley is my favorite female narrator. She has a mild southern drawl that is fantastic for all the books she performs in. She breates life into the books that takes a good story and makes it great. The story is a great Jr. High/high school read. The magic system is unique enough for urban fantasy to be interesting. The characters aren't very complex but they are far from card board cut outs. No descriptions of sex in this one making it a good read for Jr. High readers. It's a fun read.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-23-19
The heck is the author
The author has characters randomly do the least sensible things to advance the story and cause more problems for themselves.
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- Bobbie
- 09-30-15
Better Then Expected.
What did you like best about this story?
This is not a new take of the Elemental Assassin series, like I was afraid might happen. This book has a great story line and new cast of characters. I really enjoy the EA series, but was ready for something different, and Cold Burn of Magic delivered. Well worth my credit, the narration was also first rate. Thank you Jennifer Estep for a great start to a new series.
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- Michelle
- 10-26-17
OMG!! AWESOME!!
If you love the Elemental Assassin Series, You need to read this book/series!!
Love the strong female lead, the backstory and all the Monsters and Magic!!
One of the best YA Series I’ve read.
Give it a shot, you won’t be sorry!!
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- Katie M
- 05-19-16
I wanted to like it
The concept is stellar -- a coming-of-age story, a mob story, a tomboy story, an orphan story, a star-crossed lovers story, a mystery, a sword & sorcery story. Unfortunately, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The pacing is terrible; the sense of time is confused. Characters' opinions oscillate wildly between extremes with only nominal inputs. They lack a sense of self: they espouse a strong identity in their words, fail to reflect it in their actions, and then change their minds a moment later in "we have always been at war with Oceania" style without the kind of recognition in the text that would make you think it was purposeful. There's a lot of telling and not a lot of showing. It feels like the author sketched rough keyframes to drive the plot, but never backfilled all the in-betweens that would make the progression seem natural. It would be fine for a first effort, but this author had written over a dozen books before this one and should really have grown by now. Really disappointed.
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