However, I am growing very jaded when it comes to urban fantasy. I have nothing against female main characters in fact, the majority of the books I have been reading in the recent past feature women. I was a little dubious when I read the dust jacket description and it included werewolves, because I’m sick to death of werewolves and vampires (and the ones in this book are indeed pretty vanilla, for the most part), but was pleasantly surprised. Hold Me Closer certainly has all three of those, but it does a nice job of giving its world a bit of diversity with the inclusion of some decidedly non-standard fantastic folk like bigfoot and satyrs. More varied fantasy cast than normal! Urban fantasy these days often focuses on a small subset of fantastic creatures (vampires, werewolves, and the fey being the most common as best I can tell).Let’s try again: the sex is tasteful, and there isn’t very much of it. Also it only happens once I realize by writing this much about it, I’m the one who has gone and blown it all out of proportion. As a teen, I would have benefitted a lot from more books like Hold Me Closer, because in it sex isn’t some weird thing to be feared/worshipped it’s just part of life, albeit not a part to take lightly, and the privacy of the main character is preserved since the actual act takes place during one of the breaks in the book. Excellent YA-friendly sex! I normally hate sex in books, not because I dislike sex but because it’s often gratuitous, exaggerated, and its import blown way out of proportion.Set in Seattle! What can I say, Seattle is great.Humor! A lot of fantasy and science fiction takes itself far too seriously, so it’s always nice to find a book that has characters who are funny and try to enjoy life, despite their sometimes dire circumstances.It’s an urban fantasy with a lot of things going for it: I highly enjoyed Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride.

Hold me closer necromancer