Hold Me Closer, Necromancer Characters

Okay, picture this: You're going about your daily routine—work, school, watching cartoons on the couch, whatever—minding your own business, not really looking to rock the boat or do anything pa...

As paranormal villains go, Douglas Montgomery is one nasty dude. He's controlling, manipulative, and willing to do whatever it takes to give himself the upper hand—even if it means killing people...

Sam describes Ashley, the harbinger June Walker sends to help with his captivity situation, as "Death in saddle shoes" (20). She looks pretty innocent in pigtails and a Catholic schoolgirl outfit,...

Of Bridin's two older brothers, Bran is most responsible for partnering with her to prepare her for her eventual role as taoiseach. In her fever dream during the first day of her captivity at Dougl...

As werewolves go, Brannoc is unquestionably the leader of the pack. He's dignified, authoritative, and commands respect. Sam doesn't meet him until the end of the book, when he's being held in the...

Every great paranormal hero has to have a love interest (Twilight, anyone?). In Sam's case, it's Bridin, who's one tough werewolf girl and future pack leader. The thing about Bridin is that she's n...

If Ashley is "Death in saddle shoes," then Brooke, Sam's feisty, female, burger-flipping friend from Plumpy's is "The devil in pigtails" (1.48). Brooke may look like your average movie cheerleaderâ...

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer has a pretty huge body count, so it makes sense that a law enforcement official might show up at some point. So say hello to Detective Dunaway, who's pretty much your av...

Sam and his stepmother Elaine, Kevin's much younger second wife, have something in common: both of them have lived in a state of ignorance about the existence of the necromancer world. The only dif...

When you're working in the food service industry, there's not a whole lot to be excited about—unless you're Frank, Plumpy's resident overachiever. "Frank was younger than me, so he still had a li...

We only meet Sam's stepfather, Haden, through flashbacks because he's dead when the story starts, but he still makes a pretty big impression as the only stable male figure in Sam's life. In all thi...

Sam's little sister, Haley, would probably get along super great with Bridin. With the exception of the whole being half werewolf, half fairy thing, they've got a lot in common—both are serious t...

Douglas's bizarre, shape-shifting talking cat is actually something called a pukis—a "house spirit" (30.104)—that does the bidding of its master and can change into different forms. Sam learns...

June only makes one appearance in the story, but if it weren't for her, Sam's blood would probably be drained from his body now. She's the sister of Maya LaRouche, the psychic Sam visits to try to...

Sam's biological dad, Kevin, never makes a direct appearance in his saga, but we know from the multitude of flashbacks that he isn't exactly the nicest guy ever. For one thing, he refused Tia's req...

Maya is the psychic Sam visits in an attempt to gather more information about his powers. As Sam observes, she's "the real deal" (9.99)—she knows about Brooke being in the bowling bag before they...

Michael is a werewolf who has quite simply changed teams—once a devoted member of Brannoc's pack, he's now shifted his loyalties to Douglas. Specifically, he performs a lot of unsavory tasks on D...

We've got to hand it to Sam's bizarre neighbor, Mrs. Winalski. When she lost her husband fairly early on in her marriage, she could have easily thrown in the towel and spent the rest of her life mo...

If the LaCroix/Hatfield clan were the Addams Family, Nick would totally be Uncle Fester. After all, when Tia first makes his acquaintance in the days before Sam's birth, she discovers him living on...

Everyone should have at least one crazy best friend, and in Sam's case, it's the show tune singing, burger flipping, skateboarder extraordinaire, Ramon. It's more than likely that Ramon's the ringl...

As werewolves go, Brid's brother, Sean, is the family bad boy. At least that's what's immediately apparent to Ramon when he meets the wolves outside Douglas's house: "His brown hair was cut in a sh...

If Sam's mom is one thing, it's proud to be a witch. That's one reason why being married to Kevin was a lose-lose situation—as Nick warned her when she went to visit him about her family tree pro...