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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.08508
EAN num: 9780425216590
ISBN number: 0425216594
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: August 07, 2007
Publishing house: Berkley
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These all-new paranormal romances from today's hottest authors feature a female werewolf who comes into her own; a Lord who crosses paths with a fiery mage; a mixed-blood Child of the Moon who faces an uncertain future; and a woman whose sixth sense proves to be a dangerous talent.
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I enjoyed this book, specially the story of Alpha and Omega, but I didn't like the fact that the short stories were publicity for you to get the book if you wanted to know how they ended. I think that a book of a short stories is a book where the stories should end, not to have a "If you want to know how it ends, read..."
That's the only thing that I didn't like.
About the plots I'm not going to talk as there are other reviews who offer nice insight on them, but there are four stories, the very first one, ALPHA AND OMEGA is about werewolves by Patricia Briggs. That's one of the stories that are to be continued on a book.
The second one is about a Hellbound of the Fey, tittled INHUMAN and written by Eileen Wilks. That one also continues on the fourth book of the Lupi by Eileen Wilk.
The third one is about the Fey, tittled BUYING TROUBLE written by Karen Chance, and that's one of the stories that actually concludes in this book.
The fourth one MONA LISA BETWINING is written by Sunny, and is also auto conclusive, but it reccomends you some books in case you want to know more about the world of the Monere or about the demon Lucinda.
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Overall a great combination of short stories.
Patricia Briggs really wet my appetite for more with Anna and Charles story. I can't wait to find out more about their story. Especially since I just finished the Mercy Thompson Series which ties in with their story. Karen Chance did a fabulous job, her characters were totally likeable and you were rooting for them all the way. She wrapped up their story nicely, but I hope to hear more about them later. Just finished up her last 3 books. Check on the Cassandra Palmer Series. Eileen Wilks had my heart pounding. Nathan and Kai deserve a longer story. I already have her other books in my wish list. I'm still not completely decided about Sunny and her Mona Lisa, there seemed to be more sex than story, and that doesn't do anything for me. To be fair I will read the very first book.
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I bought this book for the Patricia Briggs story, and it was great! I'm ging to be buying everything she publishes in this universe. The other three stories in the book weren't as good. Two of them were OK, but not good enough for me to want to read anything else by the authors. But the last story! By someone named "Sunny." It's a good thing she's using a pseudonym. It was so bad that I almost tore that story out of the book before I put it on my bookshelf. (I may still yet.) There were entire sections of pages that I just skipped over. If you like soft porn, you might enjoy this, but not if you're looking for a good shapeshifter story with likeable characters and some kind of plot.
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I had to go right out and buy novels from each of the authors. A couple of stories continue on into full novels. I am a great fan of Patricia Briggs anyway. I havn't read the other authors before. But after reading these stories I went and purhcased their books.
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I, like many other reviewers of this anthology, LOVED the very first story, LIKED the second two more or less, and grimaced my way through the last story. But for more detail:
I'm a great fan of Patricia Briggs. I've re-read the two Mercy books (Moon Called and Blood Bound) a number of times, and was thrilled to hear about 'Alpha and Omega'. I rushed out and bought the book and was not at all disappointed. Her writing flows, the characters are believable, deep, and real. Her language flows, her settings are entirely credible for those who know the area (especially the Tri-cities area of Washington State) and I can't wait for the story to be turned into a full-on novel.
I had never read anything by the authors of "Inhuman" or "Buying Trouble" although I will willingly seek them out after this taste of their writing skills. They both felt a little rushed and frenetic, with things happening too fast to follow - let alone develop the way I would prefer - but I liked the twists to the plots and the sexual tension.
Which brings us, I'm sorry to say, to 'Mona Lisa Betwining'. I have not read anything by this author, and I was expecting more along the same lines - fantasy, maybe a bit of magic, some sexual tension....what I got was an endeavor to shoehorn every sort of sex you can get, including the kind that can get you arrested in some states, described in tawdry detail. To hold it all together? The shakiest of threads of plot.
Buy the book. Read the very first three stories. I've re-read 'Alpha and Omega' several times now. But the give the last story a miss. You'll be glad you did.
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