I really can't believe someone said they were "disappointed" in this book.

I hated it. I'm extremely sorry I paid money for it. I should have used the money to line my cat's litter box.

Okay, story by story this is how it goes.

The Kenyon story: Is she holding a contest for weird made up names of people and species and sub species and sub sub species. Holy cow. I've read all of her books. (Except Acheron which is upstairs waiting.) I've read them and I still had to think. Okay, what in the hell is a limani or a katagaria. I swear I spend half my time trying to work through her newest funnest word.


The Ward story: I love JR Ward's books. She is my ultimate guilty pleasure. They are so much fun to read. Except this one. Don't get me wrong. This is the best short story in this book. That is a dubious honor akin to being the valedictorian of summer school. I didn't like the ending. Honestly I didn't think it made a lot of sense. I found myself questioning their morals. In a vampire romance story. Seriously.

The Squires story: Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring. Snore. I haven't read any of her other work and if I ever develop a major case of insomnia: I certainly will rush right out. The entire premise left me completely incredulous. The stupid villagers think she is a ghost who can bite people. Puh-leeze.

And finally, last but not least, the Love story. After having made myself read this story I can say with certain confidence I would rather walk on my own lips than ever try to read another by her. Ever. I cannot even begin to tell you the premise of this story. It made no sense. Gods, witches, a group named (of course) VIPER. Telekinesis and possession. It is a hot mess. Yuck.

To sum up: do not order this book.

Immediately take it off of your wishlist. You'll thank me for it later.

I'd heard this wasn't very good, but ordered it anyway. Mistake - or maybe it was just a mistake to read the last two stories.

The Sherrilyn Kenyon story is decent, but only if you're already familiar with her Dark-Hunter universe. Fury Kattalakis, a Katagarian, is the main character. We get catch up a bit with Vane (Fury's brother) and Bride, the couple from Night Play, as well as a few other characters from the series.

I thought I was going to be getting a new Black Dagger Brotherhood story from J.R. Ward. While this is probably set in the same universe, the BDB is not involved at all. I didn't particularly enjoy the story, but perhaps that was due to it not being what I was expecting.

The Susan Squires story was just boring.

The Dianna Love story I gave up on after the first twenty pages. I flipped through the rest of it, read the last few pages, and it didn't look like it got any better.

This was a good book. I love the hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon which is why I originally wanted this book. However the best for my was the story by J.R.Ward. It really pulled me in for being so short. It could have been expanded and made into a great full length book. I found myself wanting answers about who is father was and if there were any others like him. I felt it has huge potential for a great series. The story by Susan Squires was ok. Take it or leave it.

Loved this book! Or rather I loved half of it!

Shadow of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon was exactly what you would expect from her. If you're following the Dark-Hunters then its a must read, and does not dissapoint. This is Fury's story.

The Story of Son by JR Ward was my FAVORITE tho! I cant tell you how many times I've re read this one! This is completely seperet from the Brotherhood books, although the same rules still seem to apply. I loved it!

Beyond the Night by Susan Squires was OK. Im not really familiar with her books, but it wasn't bad. About a ghostly vampire.

Midnight Kiss Goodbye by Dianna Love.... acutally I never even finished this one. Didn't hold my interest at all.

All in all, this book is worth reading just for Ms. kenyon and Ms. Ward.

I am normally a fan of J.R. Ward but The Story of Son which I really bought the book for - is an odd, odd story with ends hanging all over the place - who is this guy's father? Why is the butler evil? Locked up for 50 some years???? By his mother???? It's strange for a lot of reasons plus really long hair on a guy is just off-putting for me. While this book is obviously placed on the "fringe" of her usual setting of Caldwell, N.Y., it is like a bad, fan fiction knock-off of her usual full-length novels.

The other stories are forgetable.

The only good read was Kenyon, the rest I couldn't really get into.
Ward story seemed like the roles were reversed!!!!!!!
Squires' story was rushed. & Love's story was confusing!

I was disappointed in this book. Out of 4 stories, not one held my interest. They weren't awful - just not in the least entertaining to me.

The only one of these stories that I liked was J.R. Ward's. The others were confusing. The Kenyon story requires you to understand her other books (not a bad thing, but I am not too familiar with her books). The other stories were just OK.

Very disappointing book. Without all of Kenyon's world building her story is hard to follow. The story by Ward is probably the best of the lot but there are several things about the plot that seem to jar with her Caldwell, NY world. Didn't read the story by Susan Squires at all. Don't think I will be picking up any books by Dianna Love. Again if you are not familiar with all of these author's previous books, I found the stories hard to follow.

2 of my fav authors are of this book:

Sherrylin Kenyon adds to the Dark/Were-Hunter saga starring Fury. Someone from his past is taking out Katagaris with a dangerous weapon. someone from his ex (Arcadian) pack.

I liked the story, it was short but sweet. We get to see whats going with Vane and Bride, and i was taken TOTALY off guard by the suprise guest star.
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JRWard adds to her BDB Vampire universe, with some new characters. Claire, while finalizing a document with a client, is taken hostage to feed said client's half-vampire son.

"Son" is a tortured spirit, imprisoned because his mother doesnt understand what he is. it's a compelling story, and while not part of the baseline of the BDB, (no lessers) it was a very good read. The only bad part is that there are a few unanswered questions.

i did not read the other 2 stories because they just didnt apeal to me, but im sure theyre just as god.

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I really enjoyed all of the short stories except for the last one by Dianna Love. The other stories were super sexy and hot but the last one just dragged on. I felt bogged down with too many characters and too many details. Very confusing. I just lost interest and stopped reading halfway through the story.

kenyon and ward stores are great. enjoyable read

loved "the story of son" it could have beed a stand alone book- i read the whole book twice!
glenna

I love the short stories by SK and JRW. They pull all of the elements together to make a satisfying tale without leaving you feeling like there should be more pages once you reach the end.

Prior to reading this book I have read all but the newest J.R. Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood series, as well as some of Sherrilyn Kenyon's books. I normally do not enjoy anthologies as much as full length novels because the stories are generally underdeveloped. Perhaps it is trouble to combine a limited page requirement with fantasy novels, because they are generally more confusing and require a lot of set up.
Kenyon's book: If you are an avid reader of her series, then you will have no trouble with the terms she throws around. I, on the other hand, had forgotten who was what race/ why these people hated these, etc. It was confusing at first, but I was able to follow later on. The characters had some substance, but the plot could have been carried further.
Ward's book: Normally I expect the male character to be the dominant Alpha-male in Ward's books. However, in the situation that this vampire is in, the female plays the more "aggressive" role. It was a bit off putting, but I wasn't overly perturbed. Also, Ward did not tie up some loose ends, and it made me wonder about some of the specifics of why? how? for what reason? I still enjoyed this book. If you swap for this novel, I think that Ward redeems some of the others that are to follow.
Squires: Eh. This novel was kind of silly in a way, and wasn't very strong. I thought it was odd that they described her first as a ghost, when they also say she is draws your blood. C'mon villagers, put the two together! It was kind of stupid that the male stubbornly wanted to take revenge even after 15 years or so- he just could not let that go. I did not hate this book, however it wasn't particularly memorable.
Love: This was probably the worst of them all. I found the story to be confusing and contrived. The characters held no appeal to me, and I did not finish this one, despite having read about half of the story.

Very glad that I got this book at the library so that I did not waste a credit. I could not get into the Kenyon story at the beginning of the book - a bad sign when the "lead off" short story is weak. The next story was more engaging "Son" by JR Ward, but had a weird/creepy child abuse feel to it. I read the Susan Squires story "Beyond the Night" with some hope that at least something in the book would be good - it was written okay, but once it got shoehorned into the series with all the weird species, it fell apart for me. The last story in this book was not worth skimming - I read part of the first two chapters and called it quits.

I wish some of these authors that keep writing in their own little universes would get over themselves and take the opportunity to write a real short story, that can stand on its own. Kenyon had so many characters in her story, it would only make sense to a diehard fan of the series. The other stories had a lighter hand, more like short stories with fewer characters. The Squires story was okay, and would have been better if you weren't jolted with all manner of unnecessary supernatural contrivances based on her other books.

Save your money and your time. All the stories were average or below average in this book.

The Kenyon is a Were-Hunter story and the JR Ward is an [unrelated to BDB as yet:] vampire story set in the same city as the Black Dagger Brotherhood books. The other two are good reads but not outstanding. [Of course they didn't come with a built-in 'gotta read' for the followers of the other two series...:]

I'll mark this a 4 because of the other two stories, but the Kenyon and Ward stories are 5s.

Some great short stories by some great writers. I was mainly looking forward to this book because of the Kenyon and Ward stories - which were awesome! Kenyon's story goes with her Dark Hunter series while Ward's is set in Caldwell and goes with her Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I look forward to seeing both sets of characters in future books! The other two stories by Squires and Love were okay - not as good as the first two, but definitely readable and enjoyable. I recommend this book.

As usual I was dissapointed that more than one of the stories didn't capture my attention. Kenyon and Ward's stories were good; the other two I did not read, which in my book, is a waste of money.

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