Wolfsbane Winter [Paperback]

Jane Fletcher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 20, 2010

"Anything with two legs and a pulse." The Iron Wolf mercenaries who guard travelers on the Misery Trail are notorious for their quick and casual sex lives.

Deryn may fit the stereotype better than most, but she has her reasons. Tragedy in her childhood has left her wary of forming attachments. If you don't care, then you can't get hurt, but you can still make a mess of things—such as the outstanding error of judgment that leaves her with no money, forced to spend the winter on a lousy job in a miserable little backwater.

There she meets Alana, local healer, vet, and woman of mystery. It does not take Deryn long to find out that Alana is more than she seems, and has her own perilous secret to keep. Yet Deryn still finds herself falling for the woman, so much so that her come-and-go lifestyle is at risk.

This would be bad enough, but serious trouble arrives for Deryn and Alana in the form of demon magic from the Time of Chaos—revealing that old legends are not merely material for ghost stories around the fire. As the danger increases, who do they need to fear more, the living or the dead?

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About the Author

Jane Fletcher was born in Greenwich, London but now lives in the south-west of England. Her love of fantasy began at the age of seven when she encountered Greek Mythology. It was her resolute ambition to become an archaeologist when she grew up, so it was something of a surprise when she became a software engineer instead. Jane’s novels have been short-listed for Gaylactic Spectrum awards and has received other several other awards for her work, including being a Lambda Literary award finalist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books; 1 edition (July 20, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602821585
• ISBN-13: 978-1602821583
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #665,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Lack of Identity Makes for a Disappointing Read, July 27, 2010

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Avid Reader (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wolfsbane Winter (Paperback)

Is it a romance? Is it an action adventure novel? It seemed that the author couldn't quite make up her mind, and the book suffers for it.

Wolfsbane Winter starts promisingly, grabbing the reader's attention with the untested Deryn's first taste of combat (and sex). But after the first situation is resolved, the action stalls.

Enter protagonist #2 - Alana, a woman with uncontrollable psychic abilities. Although we know from the amount of time devoted to her story that she's Deryn's eventual love interest, the two characters don't even meet until the second half of the novel. The author spent too much time detailing the characters' back stories and too little time allowing the characters to develop a relationship. Unfortunately, the back stories weren't that adventurous, and the romance was too little, too late.

The characters finally face danger together, but the climax of the story seems a little flat. I just didn't develop enough of a connection to the characters to feel a sense of urgency about their predicament.

I haven't read any other novels by Ms. Fletcher, although I know she is a popular author. Perhaps this is not her best work. Or perhaps I just prefer action adventure novels to contain lots of action, and romance novels to contain lots of romance.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great start to another series, September 20, 2010

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Jean Farmer "gizzmogeek" (MD United States) - See all my reviews
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Jane Fletcher does an amazing job creating worlds, her Celaeno Series is top notch. With Wolfsbane Winter, she has started a new series with a brand new and inventive world. I love it. She provides such detailed environments for the characters to live in it's like another character entirely in the book. This was a great book to read, I enjoyed the adventure and the suspense. It's got a little bit of everything, a little magic with a little bit of the ranger spirit from her Celaeno series thrown in. Nice combination of the two together. I would highly recommend this book to any Fletcher fan and anyone else who is looking for an andventure with a side of love thrown in. It's another great read from a fantastic author.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly enjoyable., July 7, 2010

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J. Farrens (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Another great read by one of my favorite authors. This wasn't the werewolf novel I'd expected (wrong assumption on my part!!) but what I hope to be the first in a series about a new world (or new beginning to an old world?) and it's inhabitants. I felt like I understood the characters and the motivations behind their actions. I also really enjoyed the interaction between Deryl and Alana, as well as the supporting characters. Jane Fletcher knows how to tell great stories, and Wolfsbane Winter is yet another good example of this.