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Damned and Cursed #3
Jack Kursed
The victim of a witch’s curse, Jack has been awake for two hundred years. Unable to die, unable to sleep, he’s trapped in a state of existence that no one can relate to, not even his vampire best friend Victoria.
Using his unique condition, he has helped Victoria in keeping the supernatural world at bay. Evil vampires, werewolves, and monsters have all died at their hand. But he’s about to face his biggest challenge, eight-year-old orphan Tiffany.
Tiffany shows Jack a side of life he’s never seen. A beautiful, hopeful world, where even someone full of rage and disdain for mortal life can find happiness.
However, when his new life and friends are in danger, Jack will unleash a fury two hundred years in the making.
Using his unique condition, he has helped Victoria in keeping the supernatural world at bay. Evil vampires, werewolves, and monsters have all died at their hand. But he’s about to face his biggest challenge, eight-year-old orphan Tiffany.
Tiffany shows Jack a side of life he’s never seen. A beautiful, hopeful world, where even someone full of rage and disdain for mortal life can find happiness.
However, when his new life and friends are in danger, Jack will unleash a fury two hundred years in the making.
274 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 14, 2012
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December 14, 2014
How I missed the release date on this I don't know, I am feeling pretty red in the face at the moment.
Anyways...
I got the wonderful opportunity to beta read this book, and it's a really fun story.
I love Jack, he is so not a very nice guy, and I love him for it. Jack is sarcastic, selfish, and not just a little bit mean, but we can't hold it against him. I know if I went without sleep for over 100 years you would find me in a corner, crying, and curled into a ball with sporadic bouts of me bashing my head into a wall. So he has every right to be a bit cranky, and self absorbed to the point of being individualistic. What he isn't is a sociopath because if you are someone he holds dear he will go to the ends of the earth for you.
I say this because Jack is not like Alex and Kevin they were wonderful caring people who think of others, Jack not so much. I don't want people to brush this book off because of that they will be missing a great story with an awesome edge of your seat ending.
Anyways...
I got the wonderful opportunity to beta read this book, and it's a really fun story.
I love Jack, he is so not a very nice guy, and I love him for it. Jack is sarcastic, selfish, and not just a little bit mean, but we can't hold it against him. I know if I went without sleep for over 100 years you would find me in a corner, crying, and curled into a ball with sporadic bouts of me bashing my head into a wall. So he has every right to be a bit cranky, and self absorbed to the point of being individualistic. What he isn't is a sociopath because if you are someone he holds dear he will go to the ends of the earth for you.
I say this because Jack is not like Alex and Kevin they were wonderful caring people who think of others, Jack not so much. I don't want people to brush this book off because of that they will be missing a great story with an awesome edge of your seat ending.
February 10, 2019
Rating 3.o stars
I still like the world but I wish the story would get back to Alex and Cindy. This book also has a new character that wasn't in the previous books that is the main focus of this story. Jack Kursed was born more than 200 years ago. He let a woman stay with him one time and after they had sex, he woke up to her giving him a potion, that potion was for immortality. She was a witch but before she could take it herself, the townspeople came and killed her for being a witch. They also tried to kill Jack which is how he found out he was immortal and nothing could kill him. This is when he meets up with Victoria. She is being chased by a separate mob herself and they end up helping each other out. 100 years later, they are still together as friends. The immortality thing is not everything it cracked up to be since not only can't he die, he also can't sleep, ever. They are tracking a full blood witch because that appears to be the only type of witch that can cure Jack. Something happens and they have to save a town, but in the process, Victoria has to kill the witch and Jack gets pissed off and tell her he doesn't want to see her again. Fast forward 100 more years and Jack is still around. Victoria meets up with him and reconciled. One would think that the whole reason she is there is to tell Jack about the full blood witch Kevin she has found, but nope that doesn't happen until the last page of the book. They each have their separate adventures and they help each other out - nothing too much to talk about. There is still that general overall plot line that plays out throughout each of the books about the people that tried to set loose the vampires at Camden Yards.
I didn't like this book as much because I thought Jack was a complete tool. He also wasn't a very believable character. He is apparently super observant and within a couple of minutes he can tell almost everything about a person. He also doesn't consider himself human anymore and hates mortals. He says things that pisses people off because he is bored or maybe he just doesn't care. He appears to go out of his way to say the wrong thing though. For someone who is so observant, he would have to know almost everything he says is offensive. I get it he doesn't care, he hates everybody. If he was so bored though, wouldn't he want to be around more people just to pass the time? The author tried to make him out as a super dangerous killing machine that could feel no pain, could not be hurt and had no conscience. The problem that I had with him was that he had no super strength or anything like that. Yes, he never had to worry about dying, but how about something worse, like for say imprisonment? 5 people could have ganged up on him and put him in restraints. Then they could have taken him and dumped him in the ocean with cement shoes. Then, there he is never dying at the bottom of the Ocean. He pissed so many people off and yet nobody could figure that little trick out? I also am still not a huge fan of Victoria. Why is it her job to be policing the supernatural world, I still don't get that. Jack is a dick, I don't get why they are friends. She wants to protect life for whatever reason and he doesn't care at all about anyone. Not my favorite. Despite that I didn't hate it. Some of the stuff that Jack did was kind of funny even if it wasn't believable. I think Alex and Cindy are back in the next one so I am looking forward to it.
I still like the world but I wish the story would get back to Alex and Cindy. This book also has a new character that wasn't in the previous books that is the main focus of this story. Jack Kursed was born more than 200 years ago. He let a woman stay with him one time and after they had sex, he woke up to her giving him a potion, that potion was for immortality. She was a witch but before she could take it herself, the townspeople came and killed her for being a witch. They also tried to kill Jack which is how he found out he was immortal and nothing could kill him. This is when he meets up with Victoria. She is being chased by a separate mob herself and they end up helping each other out. 100 years later, they are still together as friends. The immortality thing is not everything it cracked up to be since not only can't he die, he also can't sleep, ever. They are tracking a full blood witch because that appears to be the only type of witch that can cure Jack. Something happens and they have to save a town, but in the process, Victoria has to kill the witch and Jack gets pissed off and tell her he doesn't want to see her again. Fast forward 100 more years and Jack is still around. Victoria meets up with him and reconciled. One would think that the whole reason she is there is to tell Jack about the full blood witch Kevin she has found, but nope that doesn't happen until the last page of the book. They each have their separate adventures and they help each other out - nothing too much to talk about. There is still that general overall plot line that plays out throughout each of the books about the people that tried to set loose the vampires at Camden Yards.
I didn't like this book as much because I thought Jack was a complete tool. He also wasn't a very believable character. He is apparently super observant and within a couple of minutes he can tell almost everything about a person. He also doesn't consider himself human anymore and hates mortals. He says things that pisses people off because he is bored or maybe he just doesn't care. He appears to go out of his way to say the wrong thing though. For someone who is so observant, he would have to know almost everything he says is offensive. I get it he doesn't care, he hates everybody. If he was so bored though, wouldn't he want to be around more people just to pass the time? The author tried to make him out as a super dangerous killing machine that could feel no pain, could not be hurt and had no conscience. The problem that I had with him was that he had no super strength or anything like that. Yes, he never had to worry about dying, but how about something worse, like for say imprisonment? 5 people could have ganged up on him and put him in restraints. Then they could have taken him and dumped him in the ocean with cement shoes. Then, there he is never dying at the bottom of the Ocean. He pissed so many people off and yet nobody could figure that little trick out? I also am still not a huge fan of Victoria. Why is it her job to be policing the supernatural world, I still don't get that. Jack is a dick, I don't get why they are friends. She wants to protect life for whatever reason and he doesn't care at all about anyone. Not my favorite. Despite that I didn't hate it. Some of the stuff that Jack did was kind of funny even if it wasn't believable. I think Alex and Cindy are back in the next one so I am looking forward to it.
December 28, 2014
Wow, this was FUN!!
Jack Kursed is probably one of my favorite anti-heroes (wait, do I even read a lot of anti-heroes??). I mean, he's not exactly a goodie-goodie kind guy. But at the same time, I enjoy his easy dismissal over feeling guilty when he has to kill guys. I'm not always endorsing violence, but heck, this is fiction, and seriously, that is REFRESHING.
Story wise, this is 'tighten', I guess, compared to the previous two. I loved Demonspawn but it is a bit mundane; I enjoyed A Witch to Live but I was a bit MEH with the romance and the school life. This one was a delight from beginning to end. Reading how two-hundreds-year-cursed Jack dealing with eight-year-old energy-machine, Tiffany, is entertaining. The both of them are making this book a page turner. I appreciate every single scenes -- and it is wonderful seeing how Jack reacts to this little girl.
I also like that Victoria is Jack's best friend. I mean, in the previous two books, Victoria is more or less outsiders -- not really starting as friend from the narrators. But here, she's Jack's oldest friend, despite their estranged years. I love reading them working together.
Definitely my favorite so far from the series. Totally going to jump into the next book. Simply because I am not ready to say goodbye to Jack just yet.
PS: I miss Alex in here but I'm quite happy to see Kevin. A bit surprised with the news over Rachel BUT I actually think it's
Personal Urban Fantasy With Male Protagonist Challenge May 2014: story #8
Jack Kursed is probably one of my favorite anti-heroes (wait, do I even read a lot of anti-heroes??). I mean, he's not exactly a goodie-goodie kind guy. But at the same time, I enjoy his easy dismissal over feeling guilty when he has to kill guys. I'm not always endorsing violence, but heck, this is fiction, and seriously, that is REFRESHING.
Story wise, this is 'tighten', I guess, compared to the previous two. I loved Demonspawn but it is a bit mundane; I enjoyed A Witch to Live but I was a bit MEH with the romance and the school life. This one was a delight from beginning to end. Reading how two-hundreds-year-cursed Jack dealing with eight-year-old energy-machine, Tiffany, is entertaining. The both of them are making this book a page turner. I appreciate every single scenes -- and it is wonderful seeing how Jack reacts to this little girl.
I also like that Victoria is Jack's best friend. I mean, in the previous two books, Victoria is more or less outsiders -- not really starting as friend from the narrators. But here, she's Jack's oldest friend, despite their estranged years. I love reading them working together.
Definitely my favorite so far from the series. Totally going to jump into the next book. Simply because I am not ready to say goodbye to Jack just yet.
PS: I miss Alex in here but I'm quite happy to see Kevin. A bit surprised with the news over Rachel BUT I actually think it's
Personal Urban Fantasy With Male Protagonist Challenge May 2014: story #8
February 5, 2013
Wow! I want so many more books from this world. Even though Victoria has not had her own book she is by far the main character of all three so far. She is the glue that makes these stories great. OK, back to Jack! He was such a traumatized person, having been put through so much without any end in sight. I could see how hard it would be to humanize him a bit but it was done so well! Perfectly almost! The side non supernatural characters bring so much to all of these books that I find them very real. In Jack Kursed they bring the story together better than the others, Tiffany and Erica make this story emotional. As a side I was bummed for Kevin hearing that Rachel had broken up with him.
Definitely good series to read,
Demonspawn
A Witch to Live
Jack Kursed
Read them...
Definitely good series to read,
Demonspawn
A Witch to Live
Jack Kursed
Read them...
April 3, 2024
Jack’s character is an absolute stroke of genius. If I were to describe a man who is immortal (literally unkillable), has no conscience, and is so selfish he will let an entire town die in order to get what he wants, you’d be forgiven for believing that I was talking about the bad guy and that you could never grow to love him as a character. I don’t think there’s ever been an antihero who falls so heavily into the ‘anti’ side of things whilst still working as a viable protagonist. I have to take my hat off to this author for pulling off the best character I have read about in years.
This story has a hook similar to that of Despicable Me. Like the movie, we have a villain who is happily going about his life before he finds himself with a dependant, in this case, a little girl called Tiffany, who has captured his attention for the first time in 200 years with her zest for life. From this point on, we watch a man who is close to being evil personified struggle to balance the new goodness she brings to his life with his desire to kill things. Unlike the animated works, though, this was much grizzlier and possibly even funnier.
With two books so similar to each other preceding this one, Jack Kursed was a step in the right direction for this series. It broke up the formula and showed that this author can write varied and enjoyable books.
Not only did he pull off a wonderful job with the protagonist, but he did another great job of creating a whole cast of characters you can’t help but fall in love with. He even redeemed an old character, Victoria, who lost a step or two in likability in the last book. The relationships were great and natural, the action was fast and tense as always, and it was impossible not to love the book when you are so attached to the characters in the story.
The absolute highlight of the book is the relationship between Jack and Tiffany. Tiffany is a brilliant character, every bit as bright and full of life as Jack is dark and the bringer of death. She is a force of nature all on her own, and honestly, if Jack were not so intriguing as a character, then she might be one of the best characters I have read about in years instead of him. She is the perfect balance of sympathetic, funny and proactive, so you can't help but love her character, and it instantly sucked me into this story.
I didn’t want this book to end, and I was almost disappointed when I turned the final page as I just wanted to read more about Jack and his new family. There is definitely more story to tell, so I can only hope there is much more to come from him in the future.
Overall, this was a fantastic book that I loved from the first page to the last. That’s three books in a row by this author that I haven’t been able to put down.
** A note on the audiobook **
I discovered that there is an audiobook version of this story… Don’t listen to it. Read the book instead.
I am a huge fan of audiobooks, but this one is the most unprofessional one I have ever encountered. The narrator sounds like he tried to do it all in a single take and didn’t bother to edit himself, so there are lots of awkward pauses, messed-up lines, and a few times where it felt like the narrator had skipped parts.
Do yourself a favour and read this one instead, and let's hope that the author can turn this book (and the rest of the series) into better audiobooks in the future. I have always wondered why the author never got his books made into audiobooks, and after listening to this one, I suspect this must have been a terrible experience for him and might have soured him on the process. If true, that’s a shame because all of us audiobook fans are missing out on a brilliant series.
This story has a hook similar to that of Despicable Me. Like the movie, we have a villain who is happily going about his life before he finds himself with a dependant, in this case, a little girl called Tiffany, who has captured his attention for the first time in 200 years with her zest for life. From this point on, we watch a man who is close to being evil personified struggle to balance the new goodness she brings to his life with his desire to kill things. Unlike the animated works, though, this was much grizzlier and possibly even funnier.
With two books so similar to each other preceding this one, Jack Kursed was a step in the right direction for this series. It broke up the formula and showed that this author can write varied and enjoyable books.
Not only did he pull off a wonderful job with the protagonist, but he did another great job of creating a whole cast of characters you can’t help but fall in love with. He even redeemed an old character, Victoria, who lost a step or two in likability in the last book. The relationships were great and natural, the action was fast and tense as always, and it was impossible not to love the book when you are so attached to the characters in the story.
The absolute highlight of the book is the relationship between Jack and Tiffany. Tiffany is a brilliant character, every bit as bright and full of life as Jack is dark and the bringer of death. She is a force of nature all on her own, and honestly, if Jack were not so intriguing as a character, then she might be one of the best characters I have read about in years instead of him. She is the perfect balance of sympathetic, funny and proactive, so you can't help but love her character, and it instantly sucked me into this story.
I didn’t want this book to end, and I was almost disappointed when I turned the final page as I just wanted to read more about Jack and his new family. There is definitely more story to tell, so I can only hope there is much more to come from him in the future.
Overall, this was a fantastic book that I loved from the first page to the last. That’s three books in a row by this author that I haven’t been able to put down.
** A note on the audiobook **
I discovered that there is an audiobook version of this story… Don’t listen to it. Read the book instead.
I am a huge fan of audiobooks, but this one is the most unprofessional one I have ever encountered. The narrator sounds like he tried to do it all in a single take and didn’t bother to edit himself, so there are lots of awkward pauses, messed-up lines, and a few times where it felt like the narrator had skipped parts.
Do yourself a favour and read this one instead, and let's hope that the author can turn this book (and the rest of the series) into better audiobooks in the future. I have always wondered why the author never got his books made into audiobooks, and after listening to this one, I suspect this must have been a terrible experience for him and might have soured him on the process. If true, that’s a shame because all of us audiobook fans are missing out on a brilliant series.
August 4, 2013
I bought this book at 2:30am and just now finished reading it, its 12 in the afternoon if your wondering. You would be correct in thinking at I read this book the entire night through, it was almost ironic because most of the time I was laying in bed. Knowing that you should already be guessing that this book was pure amazement. That and I'm on the over tired side and riding the "just finished a great book" feeling and will crash in an hour or so when it wears off (anyone that has done this before knows exactly what I'm feeling right now). So I wan't to get this all out before my body shuts down on me.
As you can probably guess by the title this is about a man named Jack, and he has a nice little curse on him. He has lived 200 years with out ever getting a minute a sleep and has fostered a rage inside that makes him quite the violent fellow. Though he does his violence sometimes with brutal efficiency, he makes some very witty comments along the way. All he wants from this world is a cure to his curse, but instead he gets an 8 year old girl that literally barrels her way into his life.
From this book you will get a touch of romance (that has nothing to do with the 8 year old), a little mystery, a lot of violence, hilarious dialogue, and a touching story of how a man filled with rage can over come it by the love of a child.
Now is the part where I lose all self control. . .
Jack, holy cow, I absolutely loved everything about him. I felt like I could have sat down in a diner with him and traded that straight up witty I don't give a crap banter with him. He had me laughing more times then I could count. It was so bad that I tried to explain what was so funny to my husband, and I did a horrible job at it because he just smiled and nodded at me. I feel like there is probably something wrong with me for loving him so much, because he was really such a heartless bastard. That said I still wish there was someone out there like him to entertain me like this in real life
Tiffany made me want to cry, the poor thing, and her first encounter with Jack should have not been as funny as it was to me. But come one telling a terrified kid not to get their mutant kid snot on their pants was really just great. You probably noticed by now that I'm that person that is cracking up when you fall down. . .even if your a complete stranger.
Victoria, I feel like she almost took away from the story a little bit. This could just because I wanted to read more about Tiffany and Jack, alright I admit it was because I wanted to read more about them. . .they were just so darn interesting. But she was just as awesome as the rest of them. Thinking about it everyone was great in this book. . .now I'm just gushing, and I blame it all on this book and it making me get no sleep.
All in all, as you can probably already guess this book rocked my world, and I LOVE when a book does that to me. I will be checking out more work by Glenn Bullion. You my fine fellow have just gained a fan for life, I bow down to your awesomeness and also put the pressure on you to keep creating such fine works of art that make me gush like a 15 year old girl with my first crush.
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As you can probably guess by the title this is about a man named Jack, and he has a nice little curse on him. He has lived 200 years with out ever getting a minute a sleep and has fostered a rage inside that makes him quite the violent fellow. Though he does his violence sometimes with brutal efficiency, he makes some very witty comments along the way. All he wants from this world is a cure to his curse, but instead he gets an 8 year old girl that literally barrels her way into his life.
From this book you will get a touch of romance (that has nothing to do with the 8 year old), a little mystery, a lot of violence, hilarious dialogue, and a touching story of how a man filled with rage can over come it by the love of a child.
Now is the part where I lose all self control. . .
Jack, holy cow, I absolutely loved everything about him. I felt like I could have sat down in a diner with him and traded that straight up witty I don't give a crap banter with him. He had me laughing more times then I could count. It was so bad that I tried to explain what was so funny to my husband, and I did a horrible job at it because he just smiled and nodded at me. I feel like there is probably something wrong with me for loving him so much, because he was really such a heartless bastard. That said I still wish there was someone out there like him to entertain me like this in real life
Tiffany made me want to cry, the poor thing, and her first encounter with Jack should have not been as funny as it was to me. But come one telling a terrified kid not to get their mutant kid snot on their pants was really just great. You probably noticed by now that I'm that person that is cracking up when you fall down. . .even if your a complete stranger.
Victoria, I feel like she almost took away from the story a little bit. This could just because I wanted to read more about Tiffany and Jack, alright I admit it was because I wanted to read more about them. . .they were just so darn interesting. But she was just as awesome as the rest of them. Thinking about it everyone was great in this book. . .now I'm just gushing, and I blame it all on this book and it making me get no sleep.
All in all, as you can probably already guess this book rocked my world, and I LOVE when a book does that to me. I will be checking out more work by Glenn Bullion. You my fine fellow have just gained a fan for life, I bow down to your awesomeness and also put the pressure on you to keep creating such fine works of art that make me gush like a 15 year old girl with my first crush.
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August 25, 2013
After finishing A Witch To Live, I immediately dove into the sequel book Jack Kursed and to my surprise it featured a totally different POV character. The titular character Jack Kursaid is an immortal person with almost near invulnerability but with a major drawback, he hasn't been able to sleep for more than two hundred years now. This has lead him to be a individual with a very particular form of narcissistic neurosis. The only friend he has is Victoria the vampire and the one constant thread in this series who shares a symbiotic past with him.
The story begins as Jack is rather forced to help Tiffany an eight year old runaway and thus begins the rehabilitation of Jack. This book was fun to read as we get Jack who is like a mix of House and Sherlock Holmes plus with the nature of Superman and the tactical resolve of the Punisher. He doesn't hesitate to get what he wants and he'll suffer no fools. The story is darker than its predecessor but has it moments of warmth as Jack deals with Tiffany and her new teacher Erica.
Another common theme I'm noticing is how the author likes to protray budding romantic relationships and it was fun to see Jack and Erica form one. With a dark protagonist, and an even darker ending, this book is my favorite of the series and not to mention Victoria who gets equal footing in this book unlike the last one wherein she had a slightly minor role. Once I finished this one, I immediately downloaded the next one as it combined all the main characters of the first three books and I couldn't miss how Jack would react to Alex and Kevin with Victoria to supervise.
June 23, 2012
Jack Kursed is not a nice person or good man. He's immortal and doesn't give a toss about the mortal lives he stomps on as he kills time over the years - he thinks he's seen everything and nothing can touch him. He's about to find out he's wrong. This book is set in the same world as Demonspawn and takes place after A Witch to Live. Jack is this authors first real anti-hero and he's a much more grown up and worldy-wise character than we've seen in the other books in this series. It made for a refreshing change. I'm enjoying the world this author is building up, and its just a pity these aren't available in print form as well. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.
January 19, 2013
Waiting for the next one, Mr. Bullion! What's the hold up? Can you imagine not being able to sleep for 200 years? Sheesh! And I thought MY insomnia was bad. Luckily, his ex-girlfriend is a vampire...
July 3, 2012
I loved loved this book this could be my favourate Glen Bullion book & iv loved them all. This is agreat story & I really hope there's more to come from Victoria & interesting group of friends.
May 14, 2014
Totally awesome series. Sucks you in an blows your mind
March 23, 2019
I liked all of the books so far in this series but this one is the BEST! Maybe it's because I'm a 62 -year-old woman and that three of the main characters in the book are adults and one is an 8-year-old child. Or maybe it's because Jack has no filter on his mouth. What he thinks he says.
Jack truly is cursed. He will live forever and he can't sleep. The book opens with explaining how and why Jack is cursed and how he meets his best friend, the vampire Victoria. Then it jumps ahead four hundred years in the future and he is living in present-day America. He meets a little girl named Tiffany who's being abused by her foster mother so he takes her into his home.
Jack has been a loner except for Victoria whom he had a fight with a century ago and meets up with again. Reading how Jack deals with emotions he's never felt before is very interesting. I won't say anymore but just tell you that you should read this book. (It could be a stand alone book and enjoyable even if you haven't read the first two in the series).
Jack truly is cursed. He will live forever and he can't sleep. The book opens with explaining how and why Jack is cursed and how he meets his best friend, the vampire Victoria. Then it jumps ahead four hundred years in the future and he is living in present-day America. He meets a little girl named Tiffany who's being abused by her foster mother so he takes her into his home.
Jack has been a loner except for Victoria whom he had a fight with a century ago and meets up with again. Reading how Jack deals with emotions he's never felt before is very interesting. I won't say anymore but just tell you that you should read this book. (It could be a stand alone book and enjoyable even if you haven't read the first two in the series).
October 8, 2022
jack’s a jerk ( Kursed- (kur-said is his pronounciation)
Of the three fantasies/ creepy stories so far in the Bullion Damned and Cursed series, this was the worst!
If it had not been for little Tiffany, Jack and the whole storyline could have taken a walk off a very very short pier.
Jack got cursed by a witch forever ago and basically hates everything and everyone! He’s so hung up on his hatred, he makes money off others by buying their silence and who knows what else.
He meets a runaway eight year old who thinks he’s someone special because he saves her from an abusive foster mother, and yes - they really exist! The only good parts in the book were when the author talks of Jack and Tiffany.
He enrolls her in school, but he gladly points out the teacher’s scar. That’s just Jack. He’s a COLD jerk!
He likes to kill, too.
Not a recommended read by this reader.
Of the three fantasies/ creepy stories so far in the Bullion Damned and Cursed series, this was the worst!
If it had not been for little Tiffany, Jack and the whole storyline could have taken a walk off a very very short pier.
Jack got cursed by a witch forever ago and basically hates everything and everyone! He’s so hung up on his hatred, he makes money off others by buying their silence and who knows what else.
He meets a runaway eight year old who thinks he’s someone special because he saves her from an abusive foster mother, and yes - they really exist! The only good parts in the book were when the author talks of Jack and Tiffany.
He enrolls her in school, but he gladly points out the teacher’s scar. That’s just Jack. He’s a COLD jerk!
He likes to kill, too.
Not a recommended read by this reader.
September 28, 2018
This is my favorite book of the series so far! I have really enjoyed reading this series and getting to know all of the characters. However, I LOVE Jack and Tiffany. Their relationship is wonderful. Jack's acerbic wit and how he deals with this little girl have just endeared both of them to me. I do hope both of them will turn up in future novels. Again, if you are a fan of Harrison's The Hollows series, these books are a must read!
August 8, 2017
Not just another monster book.
You've heard the phrase, "...been around the block"? This is Jack's story of his trip around that block. From humble farmboy to monster and back (only by keeping the monster reined in--most of the time). We could all use a friend like Jack but there's only one Jack, thank God!
You've heard the phrase, "...been around the block"? This is Jack's story of his trip around that block. From humble farmboy to monster and back (only by keeping the monster reined in--most of the time). We could all use a friend like Jack but there's only one Jack, thank God!
September 14, 2017
I can't say enough!!
I love this whole series; but I gotta admit that Jack is one of the best characters from a book that I have read (actually re-read) in a very long time. I can't say enough about him; just to say---read the book and let Jack speak for himself. You will fall in love with him too!!!!
I love this whole series; but I gotta admit that Jack is one of the best characters from a book that I have read (actually re-read) in a very long time. I can't say enough about him; just to say---read the book and let Jack speak for himself. You will fall in love with him too!!!!
October 14, 2022
Definitely the most entertaining of the series so far. After Alex/Cindy’s picture perfect relationship, this dysfunctional dickhead and his love of gratuitous violence was a breath of much needed fresh air. Jack is my favorite so far. He’s like if my inner monologue was it’s own person. He’s such an ass and I love it.
June 4, 2020
A book with a difference.
I love this book because it has a main male character. I read supernatural books all the time and usually it's a female main character. The book is excellently written. The books are funny and the characters all excellent.
I love this book because it has a main male character. I read supernatural books all the time and usually it's a female main character. The book is excellently written. The books are funny and the characters all excellent.
September 1, 2017
Loved this book. Jack is a strangely enjoyable character.
October 12, 2017
Brilliant
I am loving this series of books, its great to feel the characters develop as you get to know them. Thanks Glenn I'm loving your work
I am loving this series of books, its great to feel the characters develop as you get to know them. Thanks Glenn I'm loving your work
April 10, 2019
Introducing New characters left and right and adding depth to existing characters. Brave strategy.
June 17, 2021
Violence
Wow a lot of violence in this story, but apart from the Soon couple they probably deserved it, I wonder what Jack will do now he has a family
Wow a lot of violence in this story, but apart from the Soon couple they probably deserved it, I wonder what Jack will do now he has a family
October 4, 2025
Very entertaining
Good read, writing gets better as the series moves along. Glad i found this series. I enjoyed it very much
Good read, writing gets better as the series moves along. Glad i found this series. I enjoyed it very much
January 26, 2016
"F*** you. How's that for manners?"
This has been my favorite entry in the Damned and Cursed series so far. I enjoyed the first two, but I felt as though the development of relationships between the characters and any significant others in them was a chore.
Alex and Cindy's relationship (in Demon Spawn) was okay, but it took too long to develop and I was slightly irritated by his constant second-guessing of obvious clues that were given to him through the entire book. In "A Witch to Live" the relationship happened faster, which was nice, but then it turned downright cringe-worthy with both Kevin and Rachel constantly referring to each other as their hot or sexy girlfriend/boyfriend. And Jesus... the amount of PDA those two did damn near had me skipping entire paragraphs just to move the story along.
But I've kept reading because I do like the characters themselves and I enjoy Mr. Bullion's take on the supernatural world, and as a very nice treat I was introduced to Jack Kursed. I love Jack's attitude, which, by itself, would have probably gotten this book a 5 star rating from me. But I was actually delighted to see that the author developed interpersonal relationships far better in this book than in the previous entries. Jack's increasing affection for Tiffany was very well done in my eyes and I feel that this book was a huge step in the author's own writing abilities.
This has been my favorite entry in the Damned and Cursed series so far. I enjoyed the first two, but I felt as though the development of relationships between the characters and any significant others in them was a chore.
Alex and Cindy's relationship (in Demon Spawn) was okay, but it took too long to develop and I was slightly irritated by his constant second-guessing of obvious clues that were given to him through the entire book. In "A Witch to Live" the relationship happened faster, which was nice, but then it turned downright cringe-worthy with both Kevin and Rachel constantly referring to each other as their hot or sexy girlfriend/boyfriend. And Jesus... the amount of PDA those two did damn near had me skipping entire paragraphs just to move the story along.
But I've kept reading because I do like the characters themselves and I enjoy Mr. Bullion's take on the supernatural world, and as a very nice treat I was introduced to Jack Kursed. I love Jack's attitude, which, by itself, would have probably gotten this book a 5 star rating from me. But I was actually delighted to see that the author developed interpersonal relationships far better in this book than in the previous entries. Jack's increasing affection for Tiffany was very well done in my eyes and I feel that this book was a huge step in the author's own writing abilities.
December 31, 2013
I love this author and this series. It's a really fun read. And this book definitely was a departure from his previous main characters. In the past we meet kids with rough backgrounds who end up with hearts of gold and make the best of their situations with the help of their loving vampire mentor. However, in Jack Kursed, we meet Jack. Who most definitely had a rough life growing up but did NOT end up with a heart of gold. He becomes snarky and heartless. He doesn't quite LOOK for trouble, but doesn't shy away from it either. His curse of immortality comes with the price of no rest. No sleep. Ever. He ends up not caring about anyone or anything. He just moves along through life amusing himself with his fortune that he has amassed and using it to cover up the murders he commits against anyone who wrongs him, or threatens to wrong him...or maybe looks like they might threaten to wrong him. In the end, he becomes an endearing asshole. Truly a fun book to read! I really like this series and continue to eat up every one that is released!!
December 29, 2020
The main character is thoroughly unlikeable and with almost no redeeming characteristics. By the end of the book, I had some degree of sympathy and hope for him but not much. This book is mind candy. Stuck here at home with a case of the coronavirus I was looking for mind candy but I walked away more disgusted than anything. With people hoarding and taking advantage of the situation I was in a place with utter disgust for the main character. Perhaps it is just me and my situations but I would reccomend this book to absolutely no one right now. That said, I am going to move on to the next book if for no other reason than I am ill and not wanting to do the work to look for another book.
May 12, 2016
It was great. Jack is an interesting and complex character and I liked his interactions with Tiffany. What I didn't like was Kevin's appearance. Not because of Kevin, he's a great character as well but because Rachel dumped him while at college... I mean come on she was a central character last book everyone kept saying how they're great together and not even a year later she breaks up with him and Kevin made it seem it was because he's a witch, something she didn't have a problem with last book. Makes me pissed a bit.
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March 19, 2014
Wow - Jack Kursed. Reminds me a bit of Sandman Slim..I'd say this book was the best of the 3 yet. Some of the best scenes in the series so far came from an Immortal and a 8 year old kid, loved the banter.
And Jack and Victoria, basically a team YDNFW. Best scene
Love it! DNF with Jack, one dangerous man. Onto book 4!
And Jack and Victoria, basically a team YDNFW. Best scene
Love it! DNF with Jack, one dangerous man. Onto book 4!
December 31, 2016
Jack Kursed
I just found Glenn Bullion and started to read his damned and cursed series. I'm hooked! I can't wait to start the next book. I love his characters. I've grown close to them and i also appreciate all the happy endings. Way to go Glenn keep on writing i will always look forward to reading whatever you come up with.
I just found Glenn Bullion and started to read his damned and cursed series. I'm hooked! I can't wait to start the next book. I love his characters. I've grown close to them and i also appreciate all the happy endings. Way to go Glenn keep on writing i will always look forward to reading whatever you come up with.
December 16, 2013
What a good read. There is a series of books by this author that star characters from each book but focus on different character.
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