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Title: When Darkness Falls by Tanith Lee, Evelyn Vaughn, Susan Krinard ISBN: 0-373-21822-2 Publisher: Silhouette Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Romance Anthology
Comment: This is the annual Harlequin Halloween romance anthology. The stories in the book are written by two of the top paranormal romance writers in the genre ( Evelyn Vaughn and Susan Krinard) and one is by fantasy writer Tanith Lee.
These are romances with paranormal themes. The emphasis in these novellas is on strong sexual tension in the midst of otherworldly happenings......
Susan Krinard's werewolf tale is fast, sexy and dangerous- the heroine is drawn to her dark lover even though she does not trust him. Great gothic elements make this one stay with you long after reading.
Tanith Lee introduces us to a man in stone who watches over his garden..... this one has a good suspense story mixed with supernatural hauntings and a ghostly mystery. The romance is complicated and the conflict not readily dismissed. Well written- I look forward to more in the new LUNA line by Ms. Lee!
Evelyn Vaughn has written an outrageous supernatural tale with all the elements of a good and cheesy horror movie! I love the portal to hell opening in her closet and how she asks the sexy super in her building to help her get rid of it! Together they track down the source of her problems and exterminate them- sharing an intense attraction and some steamy sex along the way.... This one is actually pretty tongue in cheek- flies by!
For more paranormal books- I recommend THE CIRCLE series by Evelyn Vaughn, The Immortal Witches series by Maggie SHayne ( don't miss the 4th in that series- you need to pick up OUT OF THIS WORLD another anthology to complete it!)Also recommended- The Vampire Viscount by Karen Harbaugh.
Rating: 2
Summary: This really is the romance genre, not fantasy
Comment: I bought this book because I am a fan of (most of) Tanith Lee's fantasies (an exception is her vampire series, which shares some of the same problems). I don't like romance as a genre, but was willing to stretch a point for the Lee story.
But--Lee's story is really a romance despite a few fantasy trappings such as ghosts. Or perhaps reincarnations--I wasn't quite sure what was going on. It seems written for women who want relationships to entertain detailed fantasies of same. Complete with a mysterious, temperamental, dominant hero (he's a jerk) and lengthy kisses so ecstatic as to be absurd (it is just a kiss, after all).
I read most of the third story, and realized it was just another romance in the same predictable mold. Even though I almost always finish books, I gave up on the rest of this one--I never read the first story.
So, if you're primarily a romance reader, you'll probably like this book. If you're primarily a fantasy reader, probably not.
Rating: 3
Summary: a little bit of yes...and a little bit of no
Comment: Whoops! I swear I didn't know this was a romance novel when I picked it up! I definitely started to suspect it though, once I reached, (very early on) the gratuitous lust and [love] scenes in the introductory story by Susan Krinard, "Kiss of the Wolf". I'm not saying I'm opposed to [this] in my book, but, really, I think it goes not just too far, but uncomfortably far here. I felt like I was privy to a very private, (and not very smoothly enacted) moment for two people who should have been allowed a little dignity.
Besides that initial complaint, I found the characters vanilla. Each was a caricature of type, the successful plastic surgeon Dana St. Cyr, who drives into the swamps of Louisiana wearing Prada mules. Duh. The Man-About -Town, Chad Lacoste,(for heaven's sake!). And finally, the swamp monster, (ok, werewolf) Remy Arceneaux, with his tendency to speak untranslated French at people. Sure it's a romantic language, but not if we don't know what he's saying!
The characters seem ultimately false, though the plot is alright. Final analysis: I would have skipped this story.
Tanith Lee is the reason I originally chose the book. I have read her stories in several other collections, and have always enjoyed her writing. Again, this was the case, for more than the charming tale. I was so pleased to see that "Romance" can be written with style, and imagination. I feel that these characteristics set "Shadow Kissing" far out of the realm of the ordinary Harlequin offering.
It's a lovely story beginning with the main character Vivien Gray finding herself falling in love with a statue of an Adonis-like man. The plot turns when a ringer for the statue shows up in the person of Connor Sinclair, a moody and darkly handsome young man. As the characters develop, and begin to fall in love, they become more and more compelling. I was forced to stay up reading until 5:00 in the morning to find out what became of them! What I most enjoyed however, was the low-key, sweet conversation between the two. They seemed genuine and kind. Only one objection to this story could I find, and I suppose it's a necessity of the romance genre. The perfection and strength of Connor seemed all the more trite next to the 5ft. 4in. frame of Vivien, which I felt to be very unhealthy. Otherwise, it's a beauty of a story.
The final story, "The Devil She Knew", by Evelyn Vaughn, was both amusing, and surprising... The lead character, Marcy Bridges is even found to be, well say, unacceptable to the devil in her closet who desires her for his bride. The [story has] an interesting plot twist, and its definitely worth a read.
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Title: Midnight Pleasures by Amanda Ashley, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Ronda Thompson, Maggie Shayne ISBN: 0312987625 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 17 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: I Burn For You by Susan Sizemore ISBN: 0743467426 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Dance With The Devil: A Dark-Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon ISBN: 0312984839 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 07 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan ISBN: 074347628X Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: To Catch a Wolf by Susan Krinard ISBN: 0425192083 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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