Here's my interview with the main character, John Charming.
Tell us a bit about yourself.
My name is John Charming, but that’s really not my
fault. I’m a Leo. I like long walks on the beach, sunsets, hot
fudge sundaes, and jazz. Well, okay, I
don’t really like jazz. I do love big band music though. Oh, and I come from a long line of witch
hunters, dragon slayers, and enchantment breakers, which is where my family
name comes from. On the one hand,
villagers were saying “These guys ward against evil” and on the other they were
saying “Lock up your daughters, these wandering knights with short life
expectancies and stories of far-off lands are coming through town.”
What
is your relationship like with your parents?
Both of my parents died when I was an infant, so I honestly
don’t know if my relationship with them is better or worse than average. My father was a monster hunter, and it came
back and bit him on the ass. And the
throat. And the shoulder. And the elbow. In any case, I grew up in an orphanage that
was really a front for the secret order of knights that my father belonged
to. I’m still connected to my parents in
odd ways though. I have some werewolf tendencies because my mother was bitten
by a werewolf when she was pregnant with me, and I inherited a geas - a kind of
magical blood oath - from my father. It
compels me to hunt down any monsters who are violating the Pax Arcana, a
magical truce between man and monsterkind.
How
would you describe the path your life is on right now?
Dangerous curves ahead. No, seriously, I’m in a relationship and it’s weird. The person I’m with is a Valkyrie. She speaks to the dead fairly regularly…well,
irregularly, but she does it a lot. And
she’s also a monster hunter, and caring about a lover who gets in danger a lot
was supposed to be my mate’s job. Also,
there’s a very real chance she can kick my ass. So I guess what I’m saying is, I’m having to
explore personal growth in ways I never anticipated.
What
is the most unique, or unexplainable, thing that has happened to you?
I
travel a lot, and everywhere I go, someone has gotten there before me and put a
Bible in an end table drawer. I can’t
make up my mind whether this freaks me out or whether I find it comforting.
Without
going into too much detail (we don’t want spoilers!) can you tell us a little
bit about your thoughts on this Kevin guy?
Kevin is kind of what Harry Potter would be if Harry Potter
was Asian American and psychic and never went to Hogwarts. Kevin has a supernatural and homicidal family
history that he has spent most of his life completely unaware of.
Do
you have any idiosyncrasies, or quirks?
I
have a sarcasm problem. I would love to
go to an anonymous help group for it, but for some reason nobody wants to host
one. I can’t sing, but I do anyway, and
when I start to forget lyrics I just keep going. So I’ll be hunting a monster and start
singing that Sting song “I’ll Be Watching You” in the car. “Every breath you take, every clam you bake,
every milk you shake, every claw you rake, I’ll be watching you. Every single day, and every shade you grey,
every will you sway, every town you prey, I’ll be watching you…”
Last
question: what is your favourite season?
I’d have to say winter. I actually kind of get that whole argument about how we would never
truly appreciate good things without bad things, because one of my favorite
things in the world is to get cold and then go inside and get warm. Just like with the good/bad thing though, you
have to be very careful about the emphasis. I’m currently reading this book called “Into the Wild” about this kid
who went off into the Alaskan wilderness and froze to death. And I really like the kid the author
describes, which I didn’t expect, and I can’t help thinking how different the
book would be if it was called “Into the Hot Bath.”
FEARLESS
When your last name is Charming, rescuing virgins comes with the territory -- even when the virgin in question is a nineteen-year-old college boy.
Someone, somewhere, has declared war on Kevin Kichida, and that someone has a long list of magical predators on their rolodex. The good news is that Kevin lives in a town where Ted Cahill is the new sheriff and old ally of John Charming.
The attacks on Kevin seem to be a pattern, and the more John and his new team follow that thread, the deeper they find themselves in a maze of supernatural threats, family secrets, and age-old betrayals. The more John learns, the more convinced he becomes that Kevin Kichida isn't just a victim, he's a sacrifice waiting to happen. And that thread John's following? It's really a fuse...
FEARLESS is the third novel in an urban fantasy series which gives a new twist to the Prince Charming tale. The first two novels are Charming & Daring.
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