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Sep 24

{Review+Giveaway} Ward Against Darkness by Melanie Card

Welcome to my stop on the Ward Against Darkness blog tour! If you are new to the Chronicles of a Reluctant Necromancer series, check out my 5 star review of the first book, Ward Against Death HERE Ward Against Darkness by Melanie Card Paperback, 352 pages Published August 27th 2013 by Entangled Teen Age Group: YA Series: Chronicles of a Reluctant Necromancer #2 Source: ecopy from publisher Summary: The last thing Ward de’Ath wants is more trouble. On the run from both the law and the criminal underworld, Ward and Celia flee Brawenal City only to stumble into the mansion of a powerful evil necromancer. And when Ward discovers the man possesses a dangerous grimoire, his duty leaves him no choice. He can’t allow the necromancer to keep the grimoire. But the mansion is filled with monsters–human and undead–and Ward has no way of telling who’s friend or foe. The only person he can trust is Celia who dominates more of his thoughts and feelings everyday. But there are still… Read more »

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Jan 10

{Book Review} Ward Against Death by Melanie Card

Ward Against Death by Melanie Card ebook, 306 pages Published August 2nd 2011 by Entangled Publishing Age Group: NA Urban Fantasy Source: ecopy from publisher Series: Chronicles of a Reluctant Necromancer #1 Summary: 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… Read more »