Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh
Odessa is a necromancer, she is a master necromancer that raises the dead of the royal family. Her and her lover Evander and raising the King in a normal situation, when they realize something is very wrong. One of the most powerful necromancers in the Kingdom is found dead in the deadlands and it takes them longer than normal to find and raise the King.
But the strange happenings don't end there, when a Duke disappears and is found another area a Shade, and more necromancers are being killed. Odessa is shaken to the core when her lover and partner Evander is killed when they go to the deadlands. Someone is turning the dead into Shades and using them to kill the only people who can control the dead.
Soon Odessa is caught up in a vast conspiracy fighting for the survival of everyone that she loves and the kingdom she serves. Will she be able to save them or will she be the next necromancer killed?
I have to say this wasn't initially on my radar, just because I haven't been reading a lot of fantasy lately, but when I read the premise I knew that I had to request it. Overall I enjoyed it, I didn't quite love it, but it was well written and fantastic world. I mean a world in which the dead still rule? That conspiracy was on point as well. My only real problem was it seemed flat in places and the I wasn't exactly thrilled about the love interests. I am not going to say more about that because spoilers. Although I will say I liked the girl interest more than the boy, but the connection between the two made it all just weird.
I also have to say that I love the whole mask concept, but when you get to the end it kind of makes you huh it is that simple really? I know that is so vague, but when you read this you will get what I am saying about the masks and making shades. I am really interested to see where this is going and I am kind of sad that I have to wait a whole year or so for the next book!
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