Flynn manages to win the philosopher's stone at an auction and in the process, loses his girlfriend Katie, who has become tired of always playing second fiddle to the Library. This causes Flynn to have a little breakdown when he realises just how much he has given up for his job. Fearing the worst, Judson and Charlene suggest that Flynn take a little vacation. When Flynn decides to follow his dreams to New Orleans, he has no idea that rather than moving away from the mysteries he solves everyday, he is diving into an exciting search for the Judas Chalice.
I think of the movies to date, Cure of the Judas Chalice is easily the best. The special effects are still very cheap and the movie is completely a camp rip off of the Indiana Jones series but at least this installment is entertaining. To have a chance of enjoying Curse of the Judas Chalice, you have to go into it with the right frame of mind and you simply cannot take it seriously.
Once again, Flynn is without an official Guardian but he is however partnered with a very sexy vampire named Simone Renoir. Simone was turned against her well four hundred years ago and since then has determined to spend her undead life protecting the Judas chalice, sure in the knowledge that her sire would seek it out one day for the power it would provide. Simone is smart, funny and extremely capable. Flynn and Simone even have pretty good chemistry with each other and this time, I actually believe his awkwardness. Simone turned out to be an absolutely great foil to Flynn and was strong willed enough to walk away from him at the end.
The problem is that all of the female partners in this series have inevitably become love interests for Flynn. Sometimes the relationships are subversive, in that they become the brawn to Flynn's brains; however, it's still rather limited for them to fitted neatly into the love interest role. It's a trope and it's far from original but then if you're looking for originality, this is not the series for you.
