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Set in modern day America. James Damian has just recently been recruited by the Queen of the Winter Court of the Fae. His mission is to track Summer’s new recruits. However, the entrance of a beautiful hit-woman may bring to light some interesting new facts.
Note: Winter’s Mercenary contains some graphic violence and harsh language.
Tags: action · fae · fantasy · humor · modern supernatural · online novels · romance · urban fantasy · vampires
Listed: Jun 29, 2008
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Once upon a time, vampires were monsters.
Now, they are beautiful "people" who, much like Romeo and Juliet, frequently find themselves falling in love with their dessert and, once they find themselves in such a predicament, begin to loathe their monster nature where all and sundry are invited to their own special little angst ‘n’ pity party.
The whole theme is a bit old, and, honestly, I wasn’t expecting anything different when I began to read Winter’s Mercenary.
I was wrong.
I found a smart ass vampire who likes what he does. Who doesn’t angst and moan, and doesn’t mind throwing the occasional fire ball.
And, above all, it was entertaining. The writing made me smile more than once. Sometimes the prose could use a bit of a polish, but overall it’s pleasing to read. The plot continues to thicken and I am always looking forward to what happens next.
It’s popcorn lit—delicious and entertaining.
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Despite several great reviews on the Web Fiction Guide and umpteen star ratings I very nearly missed out on this one.
I enjoyed the first episode and the next couple had me a bit perplexed as to the type of story I was reading. It is worthwhile sticking with though because [more . . .]
We’ve all met the atypical brooding vampire. Vampires with souls. Vampires tormented by their bloodlust, striving to be better people. Vampires in love with mortals and deathly afraid of killing them, or turning them.
James Damian is not that kind of vampire.
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When I first encountered “Winter’s Mercenary”, I wasn’t too certain I’d be interested being that I understood the title was about a vampire who works for Queen Mab—for those not in the know, she’s got a lot of names in fantasy but is commonly the Faerie Queen of the Winter Court. Since I’m a strong reader of Irish and Celtic [more . . .]
I’ve read about monster vampires, slutty vampires, angsty vampires, indifferent vampires. We’ve all seen vampires hunted down by silly teenage humans in cheerleader dresses and vampires struggling with their bestial nature, always wanting to be human. Friendly neighborhood vampires so clean and piteous they squeak and undead abominations so monstrous no one would empathize with them.