Wake Not the Dead

by Rebecca Gage

*Amazon Top 100 in Teen Christian Fantasy*

Aside from the death of her mother four years ago, Lexi Black’s life has been routinely normal. All she wanted was to survive high school and get Dirk to notice her. Ordinary dreams for an ordinary girl. Normal soon becomes paranormal as Lexi is plagued with mysterious blackouts and nightly hauntings from her ghostly mother. Lexi must face the inevitable as supernatural worlds collide.. She is a necromancer—someone who can put the Dead back to rest—and someone else is raising an army of the Undead. In a word, “zombies.” With a set of bells, the tools of a necromancer, and help from her ghostly mother, Lexi struggles trying to bring rest to the Dead while saving the ones she loves most.

Splendidly haunting, Lexi’s fight to save her loved ones offers spine-tingling chills and romance side by side— a bewitching young adult paranormal thriller that will leave you checking dark corners long after you’ve put it down.

345 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 8, 2015

About the author

Rebecca Gage writes to cope with the horrors of nor being a vampire, werewolf, or other supernatural being. She escaped from her mundane non-magical roots and managed to get an education with lots of writing credentials behind her. She even placed first in a writing contest—she may or may not have been its only contestant. She resides in Colorado with her husband, a gaggle of children, and is plotting how to secretly raise chickens without getting caught by her HOA.

Reviews

[Erin Alkema · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the characters in this book. very fun and imaginative. definitely a book to recommend to teens!

[Kerri · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 rounding up to 3. This is firmly a young adult book. The mysteries are fairly obvious, it has the Special Chosen One aspect, and some pretty convenient coincidences. The romance aspect was quick and a bit awkward sometimes. Or a bit too sappy. There are times I really wanted to shake Lexi or slap her upside the head. Quite a few times actually. A couple times of "why are you guys just moseying around?" that didn't fit with the pacing. And some times of teenagers being pure teenagers with all the crazy-stupid that entails. But they are teenagers so you know, staying true to form instead of "teenagers" with the actions and reasoning of mature adults. That was refreshing, even though teenagers can be super annoying.

The story is still interesting and it's a different type of premise than I have read before, so that was fun. The characters are mostly individual though there are some large stereotypes. There were a lot of aspects I liked though I don't want to go into spoilers. (One word: Goliath. My favorite.)

This is the author's first published novel. The difference between this one and her next (The Curious Case of the Whispering Corpse: A Steampunk Fantasy Romance) is incredible. She has had a lot of growth!

Very mild and rare swearing. Clean romance - kissing mentioned. Talk about death. Child neglect.