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Wolfgang

(The Wolfgang Trilogy #1)

F.D. Gross (Goodreads Author)

3.68 · Rating details · 75 ratings · 63 reviews

Sixteen years have passed since the death of Lord Egleaseon, the vampire lord who sought to be human again, defeated by the famous noble lord, Wolfgang. One day after cleansing the surrounding countryside of vampires, Wolfgang returns from his latest expedition only to be faced with the horrible reality that everything he held dear to his heart has been taken from him. His ...more

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Sep 25, 2018 Matt rated it liked it

Shelves: author-requested-read

First and foremost, a large thank you to F. D Gross for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.

Having been asked by the writer to read through this book, I gladly took the opportunity to do so, waiting for the ‘ghoulish’ time to approach, when I would inundate myself with other tales of a similar nature. Lord Tenor Alvadine Wolfgang is a heroic vampire hunter like no other. Armed with all the tools of the trade, Wolfgang sets out to First and foremost, a large thank you to F. D Gross for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.

Having been asked by the writer to read through this book, I gladly took the opportunity to do so, waiting for the ‘ghoulish’ time to approach, when I would inundate myself with other tales of a similar nature. Lord Tenor Alvadine Wolfgang is a heroic vampire hunter like no other. Armed with all the tools of the trade, Wolfgang sets out to slay Lord Egleaseon, a powerful vampire. Completing the task, Wolfgang can only hope that peace has finally been established in the area. Fast-forward sixteen years and Wolfgang has started a family, including his lovely wife, Diana, and son, Dorian. When he returns from one of his missions, Wolfgang is stunned to see his house in flames and Diana clinging to life. Worst of all, Dorian is nowhere to be found, presumably kidnapped. Wolfgang sets out to locate his son, crossing paths with many ghoulish beings. With nothing to live for if Dorian cannot be saved, Wolfgang will stop at nothing and shed copious amounts of blood to track down the fiendish individual who captured his son. As he follows the path that may lead him towards Dorian, Wolfgang discovers a plot to deceive him that has been years in the making. With this knowledge, there are even fewer he can trust during his time of need. Gross does well to lay the groundwork for this series, sure to pique the interest of readers who enjoy vampires and their associated slayers.

I agreed to take the gamble and try this book, in hopes that it would prepare me for the season. While I admit that this is not a genre I read regularly, or really find a passionate connection to, Gross has done well painting a literary picture that is sure to keep those who love vampires keenly interested. Wolfgang appears to be one of those men who have the brains and brawn, particularly when it comes to slaying bloodsucking monsters. His love of killing seems only to be eclipsed by his passion for family, though that foundation is all but gone now. Using numerous tools at his disposal, Wolfgang sets out to rid the world of evil, one creature at a time, but his motivation is quite specific. How he will evolve in the novels to come remains to be seen, but Gross has much that he can do, given the time to develop this character. The other secondary characters serve a decent purpose, including the creatures he encounters on his mission, though I admit they held little interest for me. The plot is decent and the narrative pushes forward at a decent pace, even if I was not fully enthralled by the content. While the book was not up my alley, I can recognize great work and Gross surely has much to offer those who love a good vampire hunter. While no Stoker, he is surely an author to be noticed with a series worth the curious reader’s time.

Kudos, Mr. Gross, for an excellent effort. I may not rush out to continue the series, but I hope many will, enjoying each twist along the way!

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Jun 06, 2018 Bradley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2018-shelf, horror, fantasy

This can be exactly what the doctor ordered...

As long as you've been craving GOOD heavy horror/fantasy films that ramp up the action and the pathos in equal time to fighting the beasties. :) Revenge? Check. Saving his son? Check.

Go Medieval on a ton of monsters? Hell yeah. He IS a vampire hunter, after all. Wolfgang is going to use every weapon available, killing bogarts, swamp things, and of course, VAMPIRES. Traditional ones! With big and beautiful castles! And of course, there's villages and ...more

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Jan 26, 2019 Helen Power rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: published-2018, author-publisher-givewaway, horror

Synopsis:
Wolfgang is a nobleman who spends his days and nights purging the countryside of the undead. But when he returns home after killing a nest of vampires, he discovers his wife dead, his town in ruins, and his son is missing. Desperate to find his son alive, he must fight a race against time, all the while killing the hoards of undead that are trying to keep him from his goal.

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The book opens with a little preamble setting the stage for the story. It sort of reminds me of the sliding ...more

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Jan 06, 2019 Ashley Daviau rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I want to start this review by stating that I received a free copy of this novel from the author in exchange for an honest review. This in no way changes or affects my review.

I’m always hesitant about vampire stories because they’re either done really well or really terribly, there doesn’t seem to be an in between. I was quite pleased to find this is one of the stories that does vampires really well! They’re actually quite scary and I loved it. I also really loved all the other creatures the ...more

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Jun 09, 2018 Trish rated it it was ok

You know those (mostly old) computer games full of quests against beasts in dark dungeons with beautiful damsels in distress either waiting for you as a prize or being sacrificed at the very beginning to spur the hero on? This is such a story.

An impossibly powerful evil is vanquished in the prologue or, to be more precise, wants and allows to be vanquished. Sixteen years later (no idea what took so long) the hero’s family and nearby village get attacked, he loses everything but his son, and You know those (mostly old) computer games full of quests against beasts in dark dungeons with beautiful damsels in distress either waiting for you as a prize or being sacrificed at the very beginning to spur the hero on? This is such a story.

An impossibly powerful evil is vanquished in the prologue or, to be more precise, wants and allows to be vanquished. Sixteen years later (no idea what took so long) the hero’s family and nearby village get attacked, he loses everything but his son, and therefore goes on a quest to get him back.

Sadly, this was not for me. It has too much religiously tinged pathos, the writing often felt chunky, the story as well as the characters felt like cardboard cutouts. And what, in the name of all vested and enjoyable sexual interventions, were those dreams?!
There was also no flow to the events (not in the dialogues either) and I spotted several errors (mares wouldn’t be called "lads“; fire only gets worse when raging through a house so the smoke wouldn’t suddenly clear off in a windowless corridor just so the MC can see better; if saliva is how one becomes a monster, then a claw is not infectious, the MC would have been infected/turned himself long ago otherwise - to name but a few).

I wasn't even enjoying the fight scenes with all the monsters this dark world spit forth ... ok, maybe because I wanted Wolfgang to die and not succeed so I was disappointed every time he slew something *lol* but also, I think, because of the way the fight scenes were written. Can't quite put my finger on it.

What I did very much like was the creatures spat forth by the darkness here: ghosts, zombies, werewolves, will-o’-the-wisps, vampires, bogarts and others, not to mention animals doing the evil’s bidding.
The castle itself was cool, too, with the mechanical walls that could be moved and all the creepy critters waiting … but no matter how much one enjoys roaming through such a structure and encountering a host of beasts, at some point you just want and need the story to get to the point.

There were also constant convenient appearances and disappearances and reappearances of characters with vital information or of people thought dead. The fact that the reveal (view spoiler) wasn’t surprising at all isn't helping either.

B-movie stories are what they are. Popcorn fiction, some call them. However, even within this sub-genre there are good ones. I like a number of B-movie stories despite them having rather generic plots (they usually make up for it with some characters being cool in some way or with some special monsters making me enjoy blood and gore spraying everywhere). Sadly, this story did not deliver, no matter how many wonderfully creepy creatures and castle corridors the author threw at me.

At this point I should mention that most of what I call generic here seems to have been done on purpose as this story is part of a narrow sub-genre and these are all elements of said sub-genre. It’s evidently not for me but others might very well delight in it.

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Apr 03, 2017 Maxine (Booklover Catlady) rated it really liked it

Shelves: dark-themes, author-direct-reviews-done, 2017-reading-challenge, disturbing-moments, paranormal-supernatural, angels-demons-monsters-creatures, vampires-and-victims

I had started this in January then had a holiday and things got in the way so I started it again. Firstly I need to say that I'm not a fan generally of Vampire related books but if they are written well I'll rate them highly. This was something quite unexpected.

I really liked the main character, his role as a Vampire hunter and his presence is strong. His role is sometimes not an easy one. He's got plenty of battles to fight.

The plot is interesting and the setting intriguing. This is not sparkly ...more

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Sep 14, 2018 Kaitlin rated it it was ok

Shelves: spfbo-2018

This is one of my #SPFBO reads and it's a Vampire hunter story with a lot of potential, but sadly I don't think it really worked out for me. Personally I find Vampires aren't my favourite type of character, so I was quite happy to watch someone go around hunting them, but it felt quite repetitive to me and in the end I found myself a little bit too detached and estranged from the character to really be invested.

This follows Wolfgang, a famous hunter of Vampires who has been killing them for ...more

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Apr 02, 2017 Scott Hale rated it it was amazing

I received a copy of the eBook from the author in exchange for an honest review. I ended up purchasing the paperback on my own.

I had a lot of fun with this book. It called to mind images from the video games series, Castlevania, and classic horror movies. Briskly paced and well-written, Wolfgang was very enjoyable to read. I never found myself bored with it, and I was glad to see there is a second book coming out this year.

Sometimes, I find myself disappointed with horror novels, as they tend to I received a copy of the eBook from the author in exchange for an honest review. I ended up purchasing the paperback on my own.

I had a lot of fun with this book. It called to mind images from the video games series, Castlevania, and classic horror movies. Briskly paced and well-written, Wolfgang was very enjoyable to read. I never found myself bored with it, and I was glad to see there is a second book coming out this year.

Sometimes, I find myself disappointed with horror novels, as they tend to do everything they can to hold off from indulging in actual horror. Creatures left to lurk in shadows; a lot of did I see what I thought I saw? And then when the creature shows up, it's kind of underwhelming; not really worth the wait. Fortunately, there is a whole host of baddies in Wolfgang. They're fairly traditional in their descriptions and actions, but they are very much present, and they are very vicious. Some could have used a little more visual flair, but at the same time, I found their names were enough to fill in the gaps left by the author. I can't say whether the book is scary or not (I've been exposed to far too much horror to make that call), but certainly has its intense moments.

I enjoyed the plot quite a bit, though at times, I do wish there was a bit more of it. There are two maps in the book; those, in combination with the limited world building, really made me want to know more about this place, what its history was, where it fit in with the rest of the country/world. It's a quick read, and I expect the second book will satisfy some of these curiosities, but I do think it would've helped break up the narrative some, which leads me to...

...the only other qualm I had with the book, which were the large number of action scenes. I love a good, juicy slaying, or a nice spot of violence, but there were moments were it was chapter after chapter of action. And that's cool. But a little repetitive. And I think those scenes could've stayed, as long as they were more descriptions of other things... small reprieves that delved into the world or the main character's mind. The narrative is tightly focused on him, though at the same time, told distantly. Splicing in some inner-workings in between all that slicing may have made the action hit harder for me.

But those are minor things, really. I gave the book five stars for a reason. I really liked it very much. I think F.D. Gross is a talented writer, and his imagination appears to be perfect for this kind of work. He stages action well, and keeps the plot moving through a multitude of locations and events without breaking a sweat. His prose is descriptive without being too flashy; just enough, without bogging the reader down in minutiae. He is a confident writer, and this is a confident work. Definitely looking forward to whatever he publishes next.

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Jul 29, 2018 Alina rated it it was ok

Shelves: magic-and-sorcery, medieval, male-lead, paranormal-and-supernatural, vampires, horror, netgalley-arcs, bloody-gory-slimy-snotty

All the time I was under the impression that this was the video-story of a game, with vampires, lechers, bogarts, ghouls and zombies and whatnot spawning from everywhere and trying to rip up the main character.

I scan the floor for something but there is nothing. The table breaks, shattering in two, splintering like the door. There is one piece in each hand now. Not all is lost. The bogart lashes out and I stake the cursed thing through its one yellow eye, pushing it through the back of its

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Jul 12, 2018 Nelson rated it did not like it

The first thing I noticed while reading the pages of this book is how much of Castlevania influence there is in it; the setting, the characters, the situations and even the weapons, you can feel that the author has a lot of love for these things, maybe just as much as I do. (there's even a map at the end that looks very much like one of those old Castlevania levels)

But I truly believe that Castlevania's structure does not work when trying to create a narrative in book form. The moment to moment ...more

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Jan 05, 2018 Jay rated it really liked it

Shelves: horror

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

Wolfgang's premise reminded me of Gary Whitta's Abomination, which I've loved, so I was very excited to start this book.

What I liked:
I liked that the author had a different take on vampires and appreciated that they had that true creep factor and they weren't some sort of friendly, misunderstood creatures who drank cranberry juice because they didn't want to hurt anyone. Bleh.

I'm also a sucker for fucked up fantasy horror and it was fun to watch how these people dealt ...more

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Jun 06, 2018 Charlie - A Reading Machine rated it really liked it

Wolfgang is a great little book. It’s a vampire tale, written more in the style of Castelvania than Twilight (you know it’s a classic) that jumps off the page with surprising vigour and reads like one plays a video game as after a nice introductory scene we are thrust straight into the action. Our protagonist Wolfgang has delivered a life-giving artifact to the Lord Egleaseon (head vampire) expecting to see it destroyed only to see him embrace it, become human and instantly age a thousand years, Wolfgang is a great little book. It’s a vampire tale, written more in the style of Castelvania than Twilight (you know it’s a classic) that jumps off the page with surprising vigour and reads like one plays a video game as after a nice introductory scene we are thrust straight into the action. Our protagonist Wolfgang has delivered a life-giving artifact to the Lord Egleaseon (head vampire) expecting to see it destroyed only to see him embrace it, become human and instantly age a thousand years, turning to dust and blowing away like a fart in a storm. 16 years later a new threat has returned and Wolfgang must hunt down the monster responsible for killing his wife and taking his son.

His quest is a straight shot and there is a little time for world building or complicated plotlines but Gross manages it nicely putting beasty after beasty between Wolfgang and his quarry and quickly fleshing out the world he has created. We have Bogarts that are shambling and sprinting decaying zombies, Caretakers that seem to be ghouls carrying lost souls in lanterns with the intent of rehousing said souls in a new host, Gellies that are piranha like creatures, daver hounds that are half wolf and half dog, bred for eating dead and decaying flesh and cleaning up after a nice massacre and more. There was even a nice moment that reminded me of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas where he was assaulted by bats It’s a quite impressive cast of characters and Wolfgang must slice and dice his way through them all with his Bawaka - cross shaped blades that fly like Captain America’s shield and cut like a Yoshihara
Katana.

Wolfgang is good fun and gives us new and familiar supernatural threats, exciting action sequences like a classic ‘horse drawn carriage vs werewolves’ chase and some genuinely heart pumping fight scenes. The world could have been built on in order to extend the length but I respect Gross keeping things tight and taut all the way through and giving reader’s a riotous manic journey as opposed to a slower ride flush with more external details.

Wolfgang is highly recommended and at 200 pages is a nice palate cleanser between larger tomes.

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Sep 05, 2018 Carl Alves rated it really liked it

Wolfgang is a vampire novel set somewhere around the seventeenth century. I wasn’t entirely clear of the date. In this novel, Wolfgang is a lord and a vampire hunter. In the opening scene, he is pivotal in the demise of Lord Egleason, who died after taking possession of a relic. Years later, his wife is murdered and his son abducted, by what seems very obvious from the beginning, a reprisal of vampire Lord Egleason. With his Watson-like sidekick, Kromlich, he sets off to find his son and exact ...more

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Jun 11, 2018 Fiona rated it really liked it

Shelves: theyve-taken-the-town, horror, fairytales, mythology

Set in a world where bumps in the night are the sounds of everything bad you can think of, Wolfgang is the debut novel from F.D. Gross, and shows a lot of potential.

It's a medieval-ish world, though there's mention of electricity near the end, which along with the cast of vampires, ghouls and ghostly beings, helped contribute to the overall feeling that this is a book that could inspire a video game tomorrow. The action starts early and doesn't let go until the last couple of pages - the stakes ...more

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Jul 06, 2018 Bmquiram rated it really liked it

Wolfgang by F. D. Gross

This story makes me thinkI wouldn’t want to live in a world were the authors nightmares suddenly become reality. Maybe this story isn’t a nightmare, but with the dark and spooky setting and the never ending stream of monsters I can’t imagine it is anything but a bad dream.

I found I was easliy distracted in the first half of the book. As I kept reading it felt like the author was really getting into his own story because I couldn’t help but get swept away by the intense ...more

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Nov 08, 2016 Fiona (Titch) Hunt rated it liked it

Shelves: how-many-can-i-do-in-2016, titch-s-2016-reading-or-read-shelf, a-z-2016

I would like to thank the author for allowing me to read and review this book. I like reading vampire books with a story line. It gives me the insight to the undead (I'm not a vampire lol).

A father & husband on a revenge for what the vampires have done to his wife and son. Thinks that God has left him in his time of need. Where is his servant, why has he taken his son. This story gives you the insight to vampires and what a vampire hunter does (when I read or watch a film, it's not always ...more

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Feb 28, 2017 Susan Angela Wallace rated it it was amazing

Wolfgang by F D Gross is a paranormal read.
Sixteen years have passed since the death of Lord Egleasean, the Vampire lord who sought to be human again, defeated by the famous lord, Wolfgang.
This was a fantastic read with brilliant characters. Wolfgang was my favourite character. Very cleverly written. 5*. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book from tbc on fb.

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Jul 10, 2018 Jeff Dawson rated it really liked it

Are your ready for one violent, bloody vampire hunter tale? If so, you will love this.
Trevor Alvadine Wolfgang has been hunting vampires and creatures of the dark as long as he can remember. He performs a task for the head of the vampires, Egleason; he brings him the “Hand of God.” Egleason wishes to be human once more, what he doesn’t know nor does, Wolfgang what will happen when he grips the artifact. Think of the movie, “Ghost Rider” when the villain looks into Nicholas’ Cages eyes; all the Are your ready for one violent, bloody vampire hunter tale? If so, you will love this.
Trevor Alvadine Wolfgang has been hunting vampires and creatures of the dark as long as he can remember. He performs a task for the head of the vampires, Egleason; he brings him the “Hand of God.” Egleason wishes to be human once more, what he doesn’t know nor does, Wolfgang what will happen when he grips the artifact. Think of the movie, “Ghost Rider” when the villain looks into Nicholas’ Cages eyes; all the torment and pain he has passed out during his centuries of living come back to haunt him in a most gruesome way.
Fast forward sixteen years and you get to meet Wolfgang’s family: wife Diana, son Dorian servant Joachim, batman Kronklich.
Wolfgang receives an urgent message; his services are required. Without a second thought, he kisses his wife, says by to his son and heads off to kill another unlucky family-all in a day’s work. The return trip home is another story. As they get closer to town, the sky is red and the town is infested with ghouls and goblins or in this case bogarts-very nasty creatures.
From this point forward, the action never stops. Seriously, it never stops and for me, that diluted the story. I’m guessing the author wanted the story to keep crescendoing. Even a good Classical composition allows the audience to take a breath now and again. This story doesn’t.
I did find this intriguing, Wolfgang is s soldier of God and keeps asking, where is he? Which I can completely understand since his family, servants and the entire town, with the exception of the church have been wiped out and burning. I can see where it would be easy to lose one’s faith under such circumstances. He finds some solace from Father Bronin, but not all is at it seems.
Wolfgang returns to where he believes all of this new evil is residing: Egleason’s castle. Even though it is nothing but a collapsed pile of rubble, something or someone must still be there.
If you read Dante’s Hell or played Dungeon and Dragons you know how deep one can descend before having a chance at redemption.
Wolfgang is obsessed with finding his son Dorian. He believes, if he’s alive, he’s somewhere in the ruins. His dead wife comes to him urging him on. I’ve never read anything like this. He suffers more injuries, fights more creatures and evil than the law allows. I keep wondering when he’s going to rest, eat and tend to his wounds. It never happens and that is what watered down the story for me. He is a medieval superman!

Who will like this? Anyone who enjoys the macabre. It is packed with it!

Three and-a-half stars rounded up to four.
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Sep 06, 2018 Raegan Dalton rated it liked it

I was given this book by the author in exchange for an honest review, and an honest, unbiased review I will give.

This book is a fun, fast read for a niche group. People who like gothic fantasy with action will enjoy the tone. The author did a great job of providing a story and setting on a large, epic scale. The world and maps were well thought out and engaging.

There was a heavy influence of video game story-telling throughout the novel. By that I mean that there was a considerable emphasis on ...more

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Jun 04, 2018 Anette rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

I received a copy of the eBook from the author in exchange for an honest review.

I did not enjoy the story being told in present tense - somehow it took away from the suspense. And there was a lot of it because this book is action-packed.

A vampire hunter seeking his lost family goes through hell. The descriptions of the nightmares he comes across are so vivid and at times so skillfully graphic that you cannot help but cringe. While vampires have been explored in many ways and I have read ...more

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May 09, 2019 Cynthia Raleigh rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was provided a free copy of Wolfgang in exchange for my honest review.

I love to see artwork/maps related to the story, so the illustrations pleased me right off the bat. This tale is immediately full of action and intrigue; a dark and murky type of intrigue. The story gallops along at a brisk clip through wild carriage rides, battles against and flight from enemies, and struggling through endless corridors filled with the unknown. I very much enjoyed reading about the character's history, ...more

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Jun 01, 2018 Leah Gunter rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Well that was a fun read! There was just so much action! I do this thing when a lot of action or an exciting scene is happening where I read too fast and then I'm not sure what just happened, I just feel I had to go fast to keep up the characters. So a couple of times I had to tell myself to chill out and slow down. I loved the traditional horror in this, as well. I wouldn't say it is so much scary and more taking horror back to the basics. I also found it refreshing that the protagonist wasn't ...more

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Nov 22, 2016 Incog Nito rated it liked it

This is Van Helsing meets Conan, full to the brim with action and monsters from the warped mind of one F.D Gross.

The book starts at the end of a potential prequel, it throws you right into the middle of chaos and never slows down. The story then jumps forward 16 years where it follows Tenor Wolfgang after his home and town are destroyed by creatures of the night, in the midst of this attack his wife is killed and his teenage son is taken. With a few friends and his faith in God failing this ...more

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Dec 12, 2016 Jo rated it did not like it

I won this book in a Facebook competition.

First I'd like to say I didn't finish this book.
I really struggled just to start this book. The beginning seemed really confusing to me and it didn't really get much better.
It seemed to contain an over use of punctuation and the lack of distinction between who was talking just made the whole thing seem really muddled and confusing.

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Jun 05, 2018 Chromium Kitty rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy-and-sci-fi, horror, vampires

*grits teeth* I hate first person present tense narrative. I mean, I really, really hate it. I loathe it! I'll get back to that in a moment, though, because there are other things to say and if I linger on that hatred for too long, it'll consume my attention and I won't ever get to anything else! >_<

Anyhow... yeah. I think somebody likes Van Helsing! XD That's okay, I like Van Helsing, too. ;)

I felt like this was well written, though... yeah... that narrative... More later, really!

If you ...more

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Jun 19, 2018 Uku rated it it was ok

I would like to thank for Author for wanting honest review and having guts to approach me with their book. I also state that I'm unbridable and 99% neutral and brutally honest when it comes to giving up an opinion. Horror is my guilty pleasure and among fantasy and scifi my favorite thing.

I agrees to because chances were 50/50 to get something good to read. And now you need to remember that what fits for you doesn't nesessary fit for others. And vise versa.

Here we have world where you have to I would like to thank for Author for wanting honest review and having guts to approach me with their book. I also state that I'm unbridable and 99% neutral and brutally honest when it comes to giving up an opinion. Horror is my guilty pleasure and among fantasy and scifi my favorite thing.

I agrees to because chances were 50/50 to get something good to read. And now you need to remember that what fits for you doesn't nesessary fit for others. And vise versa.

Here we have world where you have to gather up the pieces by yourself and form up a world solely by yourself. I guess it's a medieval world but now I base this assuming to how others have categorised it. One thing to be sure it's fictious world with medieval things like castles and medieval weapons. Some more exotic than others.

Thing that I don't get along well it the good old I point of view. It can be made good or it can be made like bad like Twilight's. This is somewhere between that.

I can also tell by the way story it's been written and characters handled that it has to be author's firstborn. Most of the characters that are introduced are paper thin. At times seems that monsters only goal to excist in this world is to be killed or kill some other characters that really didn't matter more than to be reason to summon Vampire hunter to scene.

Thing that began to bother me was lack of details about the world and characters. Not much of a personal goals. Not much why vampires excisted in this world besides being put down by Wolfgan of course. It's a thing that you'll notice no doubt pretty soon while you read. You also begin to wander does this character who's potrayed to look something like Prince Charming enjoy killing the damned and the children of the night. I think he does. But he indeed is nobleman who gladly will let his henchmen do the dirty job for him too.

I give it two stars because I sinsirely think it has potential. This seems like a beta draft before polishing it to it's full glory. Thing is that only way to learn how to write is to keep on writing.

I feel like I let myself down but I quit after 41 pages. Sorry, but I couldn't read it further. It's a no go and I doubt it will get any better from there of what I have already seen by this far. I cannot force myself to like something that I don't. I don't fully hate it either. It's not that bad like Twilight was. I hoped that I had liked and it had been an enjoyable story. Sadly it's not my cup of tea. Though story tries to be but it just fails in all those places what makes a story rememberable and wanting to read it.

To who would no doubt enjoy from this book? I think it's safe to say that if you like Twilight, you would definetely enjoy this one too. ...more

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Jul 16, 2018 Amanda rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018

No one is more surprised than I—a renowned scaredy cat—that I have added another monster novel to my library. In the interest of transparency: I was invited to read and review Wolfgang by the author and was provided with a copy of the e-book to review, but my opinions are my own.

Wolfgang starts off with a promising prologue that establishes our hero, Tenor Wolfgang’s, prowess for his duty as a monster hunter and also introduces a relationship with his greatest nemesis that I hope is explored as No one is more surprised than I—a renowned scaredy cat—that I have added another monster novel to my library. In the interest of transparency: I was invited to read and review Wolfgang by the author and was provided with a copy of the e-book to review, but my opinions are my own.

Wolfgang starts off with a promising prologue that establishes our hero, Tenor Wolfgang’s, prowess for his duty as a monster hunter and also introduces a relationship with his greatest nemesis that I hope is explored as the series progresses. The prologue also did the job of pulling me in when I had more than just monster-related reservations of reading this novel. When the synopsis revealed that Wolfgang’s wife dies and his son is kidnapped to kick off the action, I immediately felt my fridging senses tingling. Luckily, Gross does not simply kill off Lady Diana and abandon her (the only female) character. More and more of Diana’s character unfolds as Wolfgang grieves her loss—and grieve he does! I was pleasantly surprised by how emotional of a character Wolfgang proved to be, and moments where he deeply explored his own feelings and motivations were welcome breaks from the ever-heightening peril.

(Hi, I’m the person who reads monster hunting novels and enjoys the introspection.)

The monsters and magic in Wolfgang are unique (in my admittedly limited experience) and frightening. There’s vampires, of course, but also zombie and ghoul-like creatures by the horde. My particular favourite encounter was with a sinister hall of paintings. Wolfgang faces all these demons with a rotating group of sidekicks, including a priest (and potentially Wolfgang’s original monster-hunting mentor?) who will certainly turn out to be a large character as the series progresses.

As with any horror-leaning story, the real trick is in how long you can sustain the scare factor. By the time Wolfgang is halfway through his endeavours in the castle, both the action and the horror start to sag. Though well written, each encounter in the search for Wolfgang’s son starts to feel like it’s holding the story back from the real action. Perhaps there will prove to be more to a few of these moments as the series progresses—maybe there were clues dropped along the way or some relic that was ignored at first glance—but as it stands alone, Wolfgang does suffer a bit from uneven pacing.

Wolfgang did its job of piquing my interest enough to read more—more about Wolfgang himself, more about his relationship with the mysterious and dark priest, and hopefully more of the story of the vampire Egleaseon. ...more

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Jun 28, 2018 Anastasia rated it really liked it

The world of vampire fiction has evolved into something either horribly cliche or a teenage romance of forbidden love but in some cases you can find a book that reminds you of what the vampire world can hold. F.D. Gross offers his readers a story that is not filled page to page with cliche but with a story that promises to evolve into something beyond the ordinary. The story of Lord Wolfgang is a nonstop, action filled story of loss and the otherworld.
There was a nice variety of monsters but The world of vampire fiction has evolved into something either horribly cliche or a teenage romance of forbidden love but in some cases you can find a book that reminds you of what the vampire world can hold. F.D. Gross offers his readers a story that is not filled page to page with cliche but with a story that promises to evolve into something beyond the ordinary. The story of Lord Wolfgang is a nonstop, action filled story of loss and the otherworld.
There was a nice variety of monsters but they seemed to be slightly modified versions of each other. They had different names and different physical appearances but all seemed almost like variations of a zombie. But I did enjoy how the author described them. There was lots of great description as well which helped form the setting in the reader's minds. I did feel for Lord Wolfgang as he suffered one loss after another. His fellow characters were also likable, even when you found you had to hate them later.
The only reason I did not give this story five stars was because of technical issues. As a fellow writer I tend to focus on things that the casual reader will often overlook. The opening chapter is narrated by Lord Egleaseon but the vampire dies at the closing of that chapter and does not reappear for the entirity of the book. That first chapter could have been eliminated and then added in bits and pieces throughout the book as flashbacks. There were also several other characters that are introduced but then fall out of the story with barely any concern to the narrator. The young child Mason is built up to a point where I felt he was going to play some larger role in the story and then just like that he is lost in a carriage accident but his loss does not seem to really affect Lord Wolfgang who had vowed so passionately that he would see the child live.
This is part of a series however so perhaps some of the questions that I still have will be answered as the story develops further. I will anxiously await the next installment and recommend that the lovers of a nice, bloody vampire novel give this book a try. ...more

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Feb 05, 2019 Kristi Bernard rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Lord Egleaseon, a vampire, has tormented, tortured and killed for more than a thousand years. There was only one man, Tenor Alvadine Wolfgang, who had the strength and stamina to hunt and kill him. With the Hand of God, a supernatural piece of glass that can turn a vampire mortal, Wolfgang watched Lord Egleaseon fade to dust.

Sixteen years passed and the town of Roland was freed from the terror of Lord Egleaseon. The weapon of the Wolfgang house has been handed down to Dorian, the son who has ...more

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Jun 02, 2018 Lucile rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Melanie, Catherine

Shelves: 2018

I have a new book to recommend to my favorite reading friends! I cannot say enough about “Wolfgang” by F. D. Gross. On the surface, it is a book featuring the undead but it is so much more.

Gross has created a whole world inhabited by monsters, priests, trusted friends, and people who do not deserve our trust. Using lyrical and meaningful language F. D. introduces you vampires, bogarts, lechers, and unusual life forms that are difficult to image.

I was impressed with the writing style F. D. ...more

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F. D. Gross is the creator and writer of The Wolfgang Trilogy series, Wolfgang and Inquisition, and is currently working on his third full length novel. Frank writes many different types of fiction and experiences the world for inspiration. Traveling is a passion and resting in haunted places is another. He also works in a haunted house for fun.

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