How to Save an Undead Life

Originally posted on Squirtoon's Bookish Blog

How to Save an Undead Life is the first book in the Beginner's Guide to Necromancy series. It drops us in to a world where magic, as well as vampires and necromancers, definitely exist. It was a good read, and one I didn't regret picking up at all. Especially since it was on Kindle Unlimited.

The first thing I'm going to mention is the characters. Grier, Boaz and Amelie were well-written to portray their personalities, as well as hints of their past.

Grier held her own as a main character. She had a good balance of damsel in distress and go away, I can help myself, which I was thankful for. A character that's just a damsel in distress all the time is annoying, but so is a character that's so badass she never needs help.

Boaz took a little time to grow on me as a character. At first, he struck me as possessive and somewhat over the top in his pursuit of Grier, but he grew on me. Especially when you meet a truly possessive character a little later on. His relationship with Grier is fleshed out more as the book continues, and it really redeemed him as a character for me.

The best part for me was the world being built here. We get a lot of information, about High Society, Low Society, Necromancers, Vampires and all sorts in between. The information was interesting, and there wasn't too much of it that I was overloaded. I've retained most of the information too, which is something I don't normally do with the books that dump too much on you at once. Thankfully, this wasn't that.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The ending let me down a little. It left it flat, and didn't necessarily encourage me to read on. In fact, the ending kind-of just appeared out of no where. One minute, she's helping fix a broken nose, the next minute, The End. It kind-of sprung up on me out of nowhere. I'm still planning to though, because I enjoyed the characters, and the world the author has presented.