A bit of humor, fantasy, and a mystery - how can you go wrong? Lots of fun.

Synopsis:
The town of Loon Lake looks calm, but below the surface, clans of witches and wizards clash like sharks.
First-year student Tonya isn't privy to her family's darkest secrets, but when campus is overrun by a deadly eating epidemic, only she can resist the hidden, mind-controlling entity behind it.


To survive, Tonya must develop magical abilities. Can she uncover the conspiracy and save her town?

I particularly want to thank Loon Lake Publishing and the Netgalley website for allowing me to read this book which is the first in the series: "Curse of the Necromancer".

I was immediately attracted by the cover of this book, it shows the pretty Tonya surrounded by green smoke I would say.

The story takes place at Loon Lake where, as it seems, everything seems quiet, but under the surface, witches and wizards fight each other. Tonya is a freshman student there and she knows no dark secrets about her family. When suddenly the campus is overrun with eaters and she wants to resist this hidden entity and control the spirits.

Tonya is untrained and overwhelmed by all these events will have to learn to develop her magic abilities that she didn't know she possessed and will she figure out why this deadly outbreak is on campus and save the town of Loon Lake?

A book read in one go, so much so that I hooked into the story, so captivating, addictive, full of suspense and twists and turns with endearing characters. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Tonya wanted a fresh start in a new town, but her parents refuse to allow her to go to the university of her choice. Their reasons are vague and senseless, but eventually, Tonya gives in and agrees to attend the local college Loon Lake. Tonya comes from a magical family, but her parents refuse to even acknowledge their powers, so Tonya is untrained and wants to learn more. 

When her parents disappear soon after her arrival, it is only the beginning of odd occurrences. Oddities culminating in the college community developing massive appetites and becoming zombie-like in their obsession. It's up to Tonya and her friends to solve the mystery. 

This book is full of humour and light on the gore. The "zombies" are obsessed with food, not brains. While there is some excellent character development, there are several POV's used and some characters suffer due to lack of progress. There are some issues with dialogue, while college is no picnic; the bullying is more suited to a younger age group. Overall this is a compelling read by a debut author. The series can only improve as the author develops her skills. 

I received an arc of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Unable to review epub formats. Might be a good idea to specify this at the very beginning of the blurd so readers are aware! Book sounds great. Rating is required but since I can give neither positive nor negative at this time, I rate in the middle.

I just couldn't get into this book.

Tonya's parents won't support her going to university in Toronto, insisting she stay locally. It's not clear why. Her aunt's seriously ill. It's not clear what's wrong with her. There's a conflict between them over using magic - whether to use it or not. Then Tonya starts university and her parents and aunt go to Toronto, selling their house - all apparently without telling Tonya. It's not clear why. Despite all this drama, I didn't have any feeling of suspense or really care why to be honest, it just all seemed rather 2 dimensional. I couldn't work up much interest in what was going on. Nor did I much like Tonya. Not because there was anything particularly wrong with her, but because I just didn't/couldn't connect with her. Again, she seemed rather 2 dimensional.

I got half way through, then DNF.

This book wasn't for me - sorry. I didn't enjoy it much and in fact really struggled to finish it.
The PDF download was difficult to follow and I would have preferred a Kindle version.