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Title: Fantasy by Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries, Emma Holly, Elda Minger ISBN: 0-515-13276-4 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A lip smacking read!
Comment: I bought this book because of Christine Feehan but was pleasently surprised with 3 out of 4 of the stories.
Since Ms. Feehan is a favorite author of mine, I will start with her! :) If you have read any of her previous books, you should be familiar with her Carpathians. This novella is a bit different whereas we are in the jungle, in Borneo, and we are dealing with wereanimals. Mmmm! Here we are introduced to Maggie Odessa while she is on her way into the deep jungle to claim her inherited properties from her biological parents (she was adopted). While there she learns a little secret that changes her life forever and along the way meets a man.... :) Yummy!
My next favorite would have to be Elda Minger's story about a female reporter who goes undercover to get a story about an all male seminar concerning seduction. While doing this, she is introduced to the bachelor of her dreams but is forced to continue her role as a man...for a while that is.
After that it would have to be Sabrina Jeffries' story about a young beautiful widow who heads a council at an all boys school. She and a rivel always bicker about what is best for the school. Things finally come to a head and the council has to choose between either her plan or her rivals plan concerning a factory at the school. This throws her into a "mood" and her friend, who is also on the council, attempts to help her experience a little JOY in life. The friend offers to take Isobel to a Widows Auction where women are "sold" to the highest bidder for a night of passion. Her rival, Lord Justin, just happens to be there and wins her for the night. He tries to be a gentleman about it but we all know they were just PRETENDING to be rivals.....right?
My least favorite was definatly Emma Hollys story about a woman named Luisa who travels to the far off land of Tibet to find out if the monks can cure her of her need for blood. While at the temple, she meets a monk who is about to make his final vows and finds something that she has been without her whole life. But will he give in to her or follow through with his vows..?
It was definatly a great book. Every anthology has its weak point and its strong point for each individual reader. If any of the authors in this book is a favorite then you definatly need to read it!
Rating: 4
Summary: engaging anthology
Comment: "The Widow's Auction" by Sabrina Jeffries. Widow Lady Isobel lives a proper life until the boredom finally convinces her to sell herself at a club's widow's auction. Lord Justin buys her for an evening of pleasure that turns into much more. Though straight out of the sub-genre guidebook, this is a fun Victorian romance that fans will enjoy
"Luisa's Desire" by Emma Holly. In the seventeenth century Luisa the vampire treks to a Tibetan monastery to learn spiritual techniques to control her need for human blood. Martin the monk helps her, as he loves her. Though a bit too serious in tone for this type of tale, this supernatural romance is worth the bite.
"Mr. Speedy" by Elda Minger. Female reporter Miranda poses as a man to attend a "how to seduce women" seminar. She plans to write an expose, but her weekend roommate Jake plans to do the same thing. Though not a fantasy, this speedy tale is an amusing story.
"The Awakening" by Christine Feehan. In Borneo, Maggie and Brand are cat people who love each other. However, poachers endanger their relationship as the two endangered heroes rumble in the jungle with the deadly outsiders. This tale is an exciting fantasy suspense.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 4
Summary: Good variety, for what it's worth
Comment: Despite the uneveness of the stories in this book, it's really nothing you don't expect from compilations. Some of them are better written than others, Christine Feehan's being ironically the most dissapointing, but the book does have a lot going for it.
One thing you can say about this collection that you cannot say about a lot of others is that there is actually a decent breath of variety here. Each story has different types of characters in completely different situations. You basically have all the typical romance novels all in one book-- Regency England plot, girl dresses up as boy plot, sultery jungle plot, and vampire plot.
If you're like me, and you get sick of these collections that are all basically the same stories written by different authors, you might like Fantasy. It's not like all our fantasies are the same---why should the stories all be the same?
And for being all novellas, the stories actually seem suprisingly complete.
It's not deep, it's not literature, but wow, is it fun!
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Title: After Twilight by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, Ronda Thompson ISBN: 0505524503 Publisher: Love Spell Pub. Date: 10 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lover Beware by Christine Feehan, Katherine Sutcliffe, Fiona Brand, Eileen Wilks ISBN: 0425189058 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dark Melody by Christine Feehan ISBN: 0843950498 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Very Gothic Christmas by Christine Feehan ISBN: 0743442717 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Wild Rain by Christine Feehan ISBN: 0515136824 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 27 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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