I was glad I read this book because it filled in the blanks for some of the series I've been reading by the various authors.

LAURELL K. HAMILTON - "The Girl Who Was Infatuated by Death": Also appears in her book "Strange Candy" so don't get this book if you're looking for something new. Occurs between "Blue Moon" and "Obsidian Butterfly." Basic plot: Mother wants Anita to help her find her daughter before she "goes vampire." Big Question: Will Anita have sex with Jean-Claude?

CHARLAINE HARRIS - "One Word Answer": A must for Sookie Stackhouse fans. This is the story that tells how Sookie found out about her cousin Hadley's death and her inheritance that causes her to go to New Orleans for the story in a full-length book. Helps explain things so you don't feel like you've missed a whole book because of all the references to this one short story.

MARYJANICE DAVIDSON - "Biting in Plain Sight": I was a bit surprised at how much I liked this story since I usually find this author's writing so vulgar. If you're looking for her usual method of inserting foul language every sentence or two for no reason, then you'll have to wait until Betsy the Queen shows up toward the end. This tells the story of how Dr. Sophie Trudeau (vet) and Liam Thompson became a couple. They are two characters who play prominent roles in one of the later books (Undead and Unpopular?). Cute story - I find I like her short stories about peripheral characters much better than the longer ones about the central characters who are so annoying.

ANGELA KNIGHT - "Galahad": Very interesting take on the King Arthur legend, making knights the vampires (Magi) who must feed from females who have magical powers (Majae). Of course, this feeding turns sexual. So, Galahad, a 1600-yr-old vampire, and Caroline, a brand new Maja, must join forces (and several choice body parts) to fight off the vampires conspiring to take over the Mageverse with their evil plot.

VICKIE TAYLOR - "Blood Lust": Evil vampire funds microbioligist's work to create a synthetic blood that would save countless lives. Evil vampire steals the formula and the doctor's girlfriend. Doctor decides to get even by becoming a vampire himself, killing the evil vampire and girlfriend (to free her soul), retrieving the formula for the good of the world, and then killing himself (the freeing-the-soul thing). Will he succeed in his noble endeavor? Will he have sex with the nearest female? Will there be a twist at the end? You'll have to read it to find out....

Ok, this is one of the FEW anthologies of this type and genre that I actually thought worthy of a place on my shelf. Unlike tripe like "My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding" and that sort of poor quality crap, this one actually didn't bite, if you'll pardon the poor pun.

Unlike in a similar anthology titled Cravings, in which the LKH Anita story is merely an excerpt from one of the novels in the series (the beginning of Incubus Dreams, in fact), in this volume, Bite, there's an actual original LKH story, a touching look at Jean-Claude & Anita's developing romance, that takes place between Blue Moon & Obsidian Butterfly. I believe this story also appears in the LKH anthology, Strange Candy (which I really enjoyed).

The Mary Janice Davidson story, while featuring them, doesn't focus on Betsy, the Queen, and her minions, but has a sweet side story about Dr. Sophie, a vampire veterinarian living in a small town. These two alone made this volume a keeper, if for no other reason than to complete the authors' regular series.

The Harris takes place as Sookie learns her cousin is dead, and meets the Demon Lawyer Catalaides for the first time...as he drops hints about Hadley's demise...and before Sookie goes to New Orleans to clean Hadley's apartment (events in the novel Definitely Dead) and is more of a short "fill in the blanks" story...good, but not really moving the storyline forward and therefore not something you'll miss really if you just stuck to the books.

The last two by lesser known authors Angela Knight (Galahad), and Vickie Taylor (Blood Lust)...well, Blood Lust was cute, just ok, but the characters were very likeable in a very short time. However, I thought Galahad was just terrible. Any story where a female character has to say, "Oh, Galahad! Oh, Galahad!" gets a big red X in my book.

This is a sexy vampire book, but it is not too much sex, just a differnt look at vampires. It was easy reading and fun.

This is a MUST read if you are a fan of the series by these authors. Especially Charlaine Harris' "Sookie" series and MaryJanice Davidson's "Queen Betsy" series. Both of their stories fill in gaps in the series.
LKH's story is not an esential part of the "Anita Blake" series, but a nice addition.
Angela Knight's story will make more sense if you have read her other Mageverse novels, but if you haven't read them, then this one might get ya hooked on them :)

One of the absolute worst anthologies I have ever read!

Contains sexually explicit scenes. VERY explicit.

Follow a vampire hunter who can be as deadly as her prey. Meet a downhome southern girl who's found out, much to her chagrin, that vampires are her type. Feel the euphoria of fear in the shadow of a reluctant Queen of the Undead. Step closer to the hot-blooded edge of passion as a strange new mythology of the night is unveiled.

A very entertaining anthology by today's hottest urban fantasy/paranormal romance authors.

This book had some good stories. Sometimes I was aggravated because they were short! I want more!

Four vampire stories by well-known authors, featuring sex and romance. Very funny in places.

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liked it alot. good stories

This book was great because it gave me a sampling of each authors style. I liked them all and tried to find other books written by each one.

Oh Yeah another Anita Blake story! These books with small stories help us find other authors to like, so here I found a Sookie story, and another by Angela Knight and the Mageverse. So erotic and well written! A keeper for my bookself to re-read and enjoy again.

It was very easy to sink your teeth into Bite. I am a big Charlaine Harris fan and that was the reason I purchased this book. All of the stories were enjoyable too. There was a lot of action and romance in almost every story. One of my favorite stories besides "One Word Answer" was "Biting in Sight" by MaryJanice Davidson. If you are a vampire fan or not you will really enjoy these short stories. It was definitely a fast read.

This book gave a nice variety of some of my fav authors, and filled in some gaps in some of the series I have read.

I feel gipped. Hamilton's and Harris' stories each were 1/8 of the anthology, while the other three were 1/4. There's less quality overall. Not to mention, manny typographical errors.

Hamilton's The Girl Who Was Infactuated with Death comes after Blue Moon, which I hadn't read yet, but nothing was spoiled, and the story was still fairly good. The only thing I saw that was new was the lack of Anita Blake's strong resistance to Jean-Claude--but like I said, I hadn't read the book it comes after nor the book before it.

Harris' One Word Answer was my favorite in the anthology. It ties up the loose ends about Sookie's cousin Hadley, whom Sookie mentioned often in the actual series but never fully explained her disappearance.

Davidson's Biting in Plain Sight started off well, but turned out to be absolutely terrible and annoying. Liam, a man with an unnaturally obsessive crush that started when he was a teenager, ends up in a situation with Sophie, the vampire which whom he has the crush on. I couldn't help imagine Liam to be this moronic hick--but then, I felt all of the characters were less than intelligent.

Knight's Galahad. Not bad, not bad. Until you realize how terribly written it is. But, as I've never read any of Knight's series, she writes without confusing about her Mageverse universe.

Taylor's Blood Lust. The writing wasn't bad. But this story made me remember how much I don't like short story romances--the "love" was so fake in this one, I cringed every time Daniel refered to Deadre as "my girl." Blegh.

These stories made for a quickie read... finished them in a night... They wet your appetite for more longer novels from each... With summer reading near, it's a must read.. for Charlaine Harris Fans.. as well as the others...

I am familiar with Charlene Harris and this fills in some details between books 5 & 6 Re: Hailey. I also enjoyed finding two new authors to investigate!

Oh man, this book is lousy.

There was *no* editing. There is grammar you would not believe and appalling punctuation errors. Those errors loom like a shadow over each story. I take it back: it may have been edited by marmosets.

It gives the clear indication that the publishing group/marmosets in charge of this project only heard the registers at Barnes & Noble opening and closing repeatedly. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Frankly, the only stories worth reading are Harris and Davidson's and they were good enough to earn the two stars for the whole book. The other stories were a little like porn: really weak plots strung along with semi-graphic, not very imaginative sex. If you like that sort of thing, this phoned-in book is for you. I don't ask for much: a plot that suspends my disbelief a little and maybe a well-crafted phrase here and there. With that much complaint laid out, I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy Davidson's story. I'm not a fan of her longer work; however, this author's story won some respect for her writing chops. It's not utter genius, but it was enjoyable.

By contrast, the first story was so poorly written, I gave up part way through. Did I mention that there was no editor within miles of this book? Unless you really like those bodice-ripping, hair-grabbing affairs, skip this book in favor of one cared about enough to be looked at before being lobbed at the public.

This book had a great "fill-in" story on the Sookie Stackhouse series. However, if you have not read the 3 other author's series, you are lost if you start to read them.

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