Sentence Sneak Peek - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

The first sentence and each chapter title of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

CHAPTER 1
DEAD MAN’S PARTY
“I stood in front of today’s schedule still holding my skateboard, still drenched from the ride over, and still desperately wishing that I hadn’t dropped out of college.”

CHAPTER 2
WELL, AIN’T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD?
“I leaned my skateboard against the wall so I could zip up my hoodie.”

CHAPTER 3
THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
“Douglas shifted to the left, delighting in the warmth of the soft leather.”

CHAPTER 4
BROWN PAPER PACKAGES TIED UP WITH STRING
“I lived in a small one-bedroom apartment that I couldn’t really afford.”

CHAPTER 5
SHE’S A LADY
“Brid woke to the taste of blood and the scent of wolf.”

CHAPTER 6
SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS
“The aconite gave her fevered dreams.”

CHAPTER 7
I’M GONNA KEEP MY SHEEP SUIT ON
“Douglas ignored the CLOSED sign on the newly painted door of the Tongue & Buckle and knocked, knowing full well the door would open for him.”

CHAPTER8
HOLD ME CLOSER, NECROMANCER
“I parked my car near the west entrance of Woodland Park Zoo thirty minutes before I had to be there.”

CHAPTER9
THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, I GOTTA WEAR SHADES
“I got back to my apartment in time to see Mrs. Winalski fishing around for her keys.”

CHAPTER10
WAITING, FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
“Brid knew she’d been out of the cage.”

CHAPTER11
SHE LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK
“My mother is not a big fan of the straight path.”

CHAPTER12
SWEET CHILD O’MINE
“I was very upset, you know.”

CHAPTER13
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU, BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE
“So how did the whole binding thing happen?”

CHAPTER14
THE DEVIL INSIDE
“I stared at the swirling wood grain of the table while my mom cleared away the mugs.”

CHAPTER15
I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN’, BUT YOU CAN’T COME IN
“By the time we got back to my apartment, I was ready for bed.”

CHAPTER16
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE
“I had to drive onto the ferry because I didn’t want to muck about with the bus system, if there was one, on Bainbridge Island.”

CHAPTER17
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
“That,” Ramon said, “might be about the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.”

CHAPTER18
DON’T ROCK THE BOAT, BABY
“The van door hissed as it slid open.”

CHAPTER19
KICK-START MY HEART
“I didn’t want to open my eyes.”

CHAPTER20
C’MON, BABY, DON’T FEAR THE REAPER
“We were woken up a few hours later.”

CHAPTER21
MAKE A LITTLE BIRDHOUSE IN MY SOUL
“Ashley hovered cross-legged in front of me, ignoring the empty air beneath her, rapt as I caught her up on the last few days.”

CHAPTER22
EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING
“Ramon scooted into one of Plumpy’s plastic booths across from Detective Dunaway.”

CHAPTER23
SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER
“The whip-crack of pain across my already injured back made my whole body seize up.”

CHAPTER24
COME TOGETHER, RIGHT NOW, OVER ME
“Ramon parked Tia’s car on a side street.”

CHAPTER25
I’M GOING TO BREAK MY RUSTY CAGE AND RUN
“When I woke, I couldn’t move.”

CHAPTER26
EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING
“A howl issued from the other side of the house.”

CHAPTER27
UNCHAIN MY HEART, OH, PLEASE, PLEASE, SET ME FREE
“The fighting continued around the cage, but I ignored it.”

CHAPTER28
BEEP BEEP’M, BEEP BEEP, YEAH
“Mrs. W drove right up the damn driveway like an old bat out of hell.”

CHAPTER29
BALLROOM BLITZ
“Sweat beaded on my lip as I tried to maintain some measure of control over the situation.”

CHAPTER30
BACK IN BLACK
“For the first time in a week, I woke up somewhere pleasant.”

CHAPTER31
LIVE AND LET DIE
“I got released from the clinic before Ramon.”