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Summary: Laurell Hamilton is very smart
Review: I got this book because of Maggie Shayne. I liked this book because of the excerpt by Laurell Hamilton. The anthology is not the sexiest nor the most interesting. All of the novellas except for Hamilton's and Shayne were difficult to get through. Skip this book and buy the Anita Blake series or the Twillight series by Maggie Shayne.
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Summary: Not real bad but disappointing
Review: I had been looking forward to this book and was a little disappointed in it,but they can't all be great I guess. If you don't have anything else to read and you want to kill some time it will work.
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Summary: What a Great Group!!
Review: I just got this last night, and I loved the J.D. Robb anthology. I just wish it were longer, but it will have to do until Seduction in Death next month. Eve and Roarke were great, snappy dialogue. Brief appearances by the others, but for once it is Roarke who dreams of the past instead of just Eve. Excellent!!!! The Laurell K. Hamilton was not it's own story, which is why I did not give this 5 stars. I was disapointed that it was the beginning of 'Narcissus in Chains'. It sure starts w/a bang, but you might be lost if you have not read any of the Anita Blake series. It is one of her more hard core works, (you will understand after you read.) I was really disapointed, and felt tricked because they gave this story a different name than the book. I guess we just have to wait until October to find out what happens. Susal Krinards was great as always, not only did she give us a very different type of story from her normal works(this deals w/people w/esp) they also gave us a preview at the end for her 'Wolf' series in October. Anyway, I loved it overall!! Happy Reading ...
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Summary: These stories are Out of This World
Review: I love romance and anthologies are so perfect for a little relaxing night time reading before your beauty sleep. Add to that the mystery of alien worlds, telepaths and good ol' detective work... no matter what the environment... and you are going to get an intriguing mix. The cherry on top is that all of these stories are well crafted by experienced storytellers... and often inspire you to hunt down some of their other works. A definite for any fan of sci-fi / fantasy who also likes the romance genre.In fact the only draw back that I can recall is from Harding's Anita Blake installment. We get a wonderful mini-story of an interesting love triangle but the rest of the plot is left unfinished... thus you have to hunt down the appropriate book in the Anita Blake series to see how the rest of the situation works out.
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Summary: Tangy with a touch of tart
Review: I love romance and anthologies are so perfect for a little relaxing night time reading before your beauty sleep. Add to that the mystery of alien worlds, telepaths and good ol' detective work... no matter what the environment... and you are going to get an intriguing mix. The cherry on top is that all of these stories are well crafted by experienced storytellers... and often inspire you to hunt down some of their other works. A definite for any fan of sci-fi / fantasy who also likes the romance genre. In fact the only draw back that I can recall is from Harding's Anita Blake installment. We get a wonderful mini-story of an interesting love triangle but the rest of the plot is left unfinished... thus you have to hunt down the appropriate book in the Anita Blake series to see how the rest of the situation works out.
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Summary: A good buy; a fast read
Review: I purchased this book because i knew it contained an excerpt from narcissus in Chains, Laurell Hamilton's next novel. This particular excerpt was as good as I as expecting, and, of course, just made me want the actual novel to come out even sooner. That said, I did enjoy the other 3 short stories. JD Robb made a respectable showing, as did susan Krinard. I did expect more out of Maggie Shayne, but this story is not bad, just not up to the showing of the other three. In all, a pretty good anthology.
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Summary: Danger Danger Will Robinson -Foul Play!
Review: I thought this would have four short stories instead it only has one (J. D. Robb) the rest are excerpts of up coming books (some not coming out until October)! Why would I spend 8$ for the first chapter of a book and then wait 2 more months to get the rest. If your that eager go ahead, the J. D. Robb may be worth it alone. But you were warned
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Summary: J.D. Robb is great--The others aren't worth the time.
Review: If you are a fan of the J. D. Robb "In Death" series with Eve Dallas as the main character, then you will probably want to get this book just to read the short story featuring Eve Dallas by J.D. Robb. The other three stories will probably be an ever-increasing disappointment to you. The final story in this book was about a menage a trois and ended with absolutely no resolution of any of the plot points whatsoever. I rate it a complete waste of time and money. But I love Eve Dallas' character so I would have bought the book if only for her story.
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Summary: Fantastic Worlds
Review: J.D. Robb, Laurell Hamilton and Maggie Shayne wrote wonderful stories featuring worlds they had previously established. They were a delight and a joy to read. All three of these stories were up to their usual standards. Susan Krinard's fantastic world was quite a treat. With such a short number of pages available, she did a beautiful job of creating a whole new world. The story was fun to read and left you hoping that a book in the future would feature this wonderful new world. What a great book!
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Summary: Nora's story is ok but the rest of the collection is NOT
Review: Nora's new short story with Eve Dallas is ok but nothing to get really excited about. The story's plot and characters are well developed but it is almost a thrown together effort. There are too many characters in this short story for them to develop as completely as they usually do in this series. But my main complaint is with the other stories in this anthology. "Kinsman" by Susan Krinard is a good idea but is too complex for a short story (there are too many new things to be explained) and the writing isn't up to the task. Maggie Shayne's "Immortality" narative is very jumpy and the ending is totally weird. But the really odd one in the book is Laurell K. Hamilton's "Magic Like Heat Across My Skin". I really wasn't expecting a story about a dead hunter, vampires or various "werewolves/leopards/rats" etc. Maybe people who have read her other books would be interested, but I found the whole concept silly and that was before she got into the deep revelations about bondage clubs, submissives etc. My main question is why Nora's story is with these other obviously inferior ones? I don't expected all of the stories to be up to Nora's standards but the other stories were a definite dissappointment.
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