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reviewed See These Bones by Chris Tullbane (The Murder of Crows, #1)

Chris Tullbane: See These Bones (Paperback, 2019, Ghost Falls Press) 4 stars

A foul mouthed teen necromancer attempts to become a superhero. He's the first Crow (Necromancer) …

Superworld!

4 stars

Usually I prefer my superheroics to take place in a recognisable world, and see all actual worldbuilding as needless extra effort. See These Bones wouldn't work without the post-apocalyptic worldbuilding, however, and it's all the better for having it. Likeable yet very flawed characters, bad thingss happening to good people consistently but still somehow not unfairly, and superpowered action that feels crunchy and dangerous. Very much my kind of book.