Dragon, king, spoiled princess, revenge, life, love, demon, haunted, teacher,

Thomas seems to see himself as a student still. He should find a new teacher if her doesn’t have the confidence to do the work.

Author writes phrases like ‘some time later’ when the next evening or at dusk would sound better. The dialogue is bad. If you skip the dialogue and follow thru the description it is great.
Every part and section is a mini adventure in itself.
He has met many kings on this journey. Each of them worse than the last.

Thomas is difficult to like at first, but he gradually grows on you. Each story was unique and had its own wicked twist. Gory and frightening at times; just how I like it! I like the cover art and the overall quality of the book. These were excellent reads. Simple to pick up for a relaxing read! 5 Starts

The Different Necromancer Trilogy would be more accurately framed as a collection of short stories. Thomas is a reluctant necromancer cursed to be the only hero who could possibly defeat a wide variety of common fantasy villains.

The narrative felt hollow - unfleshed, and while character development existed, it often felt like the author took us from point A to point E, skipping everything in between. Which completely defeats the purpose of the exercise. I wanted to like Thomas, but I couldn’t do it. I constantly found myself checking how many pages I had left.

Overall, this was a disappointing read. I would only recommend it to those who enjoy light, easy reads with a splash of the gruesome.

As an adult I would not class this book as horror but saying that it is a really good introduction for teen and YA readers as they start their journey into the dark side of fantasy story telling.
Thomas a young boy wants to learn to read and write and leave his town and see what the the rest of the world has to offer. He goes to the Black Tower and meets a Necromancer who not only teaches him to read and write but also teaches him the Black Arts. Now Thomas is out in this strange world and meets many kings and rulers who need his special talents. As I said before not really horror but still a good read. Think of Lord of the Rings but a little darker.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in return for giving an honest review.

The cover was what caught my attention here, striking colours and beautifully done.
The premise and set up was exciting, and really had me expecting something great! However, that’s not what I actually received once I got into the book itself.
There could have been a bit more character development, and the writing was difficult to get into. Maybe it’s just me, but i didn’t really enjoy the style of writing. I’m sorry, as much as I wanted to love this book, it just wasn’t for me.
Thank work the publisher and Netgalley for my arc.

There are stories which you want to hate, then there are those you really want to work. But no matter how much effort you put into it, doesn't get any better. You keep hoping things will get better, but they never do.

The Different Necromancer, by James Crofoot, falls under that category. I have to admit; in the first few chapters, I was intrigued by the premise. Of a young boy from the boonies becoming the apprentice of a mysterious necromancer, and exploring the dark and macabre world where even death is no longer considered sacred. I wanted to see a version of Luke Skywalker, taught by a dark side version of Obi wan Kenobi.

The first few chapters do set up an intriguing premise, with an opening reminiscent of that from the new Castlevania series. But, it was all downhill from there.

For one, despite setting up good storylines, the author doesn't do anything interesting with it. There were instances where the narrative gave leeway for us to explore the personality of the main character, or the world in which the story inhabits. But rather than add the flesh and bone to the story, often times it's ended abruptly with little preamble, or flair. Often, it's just something akin to 'then he died'.

Then there is the inconsistency in the personality of our protagonist. He falls in love with almost every woman that he meets, and seems to lose that affection just as quickly. The character progression is inconsistent, at times coming across as someone uncaring about the loss of life he causes; other times he behaves uncertain and afraid to take a life. Which is jarring and incongruent, and ends up giving you a whiplash.

Plus, there is also the fact that several of the storylines appear to be watered down versions of similar stories from the Witcher series. But with none of the beautiful prose, unexpected twists, deep and colorful characters.

In conclusion, good premise, wasted by bad writing.

Terrible title. Great cover art. Awkwardly written- the prose needs work. Perhaps for a younger audience. The boy falls immediately in love with one of the first girls he meets. The teacher dies at the beginning, seemingly after Thomas becomes his student. Could have been presented better.

Wow, what a great adventure, or I should say adventures, as there was many more than one. This trilogy was about a young boy who wanted more than to live a simple life as his parent's did. He craved the power of knowledge, believing it would one day help him in leaving his village "with no name" to see the world, and to carve out his place in it. He finds his lessons with an old yet powerful mage, who along with an abundance of knowledge of the world also teaches the boy the dark magic of the necromancer. When he goes out into the world he does so with a good heart, which at first is used against him. However, in his journeys he comes across more and more people who need his help. At first, he's rather leery of lending his help after being deceived the first time. But with his female companions help and advice he continues to use his dark art for the good of those who can't defeat the bad in their lives all on their own. As the story continues to unfold, he learns more and more life lessons on the way. Lessons that the reader can appreciate and learn from as well. I'm giving The Different Necromancer Trilogy 4 stars for a great adventure, a super fun read, that also teaches some good life lessons, Happy Reading!!



Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this ARC
in exchange for a free and honest review.