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From today's most provocative authors come four tales of urban fantasy and paranormal romance exploring body art that is more than it seems - in a world of magic and mayhem that always leaves its mark. This captivating tattoo theme surrounds each author's popular characters and worlds: Karen Chance's war mage Lia de Croissets, Marjorie M. Liu's demon-hunter Maxine Kiss, Yasmine Galenorn's Otherworld Intelligence Agency and Eileen Wilks' Lupi world.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I love books written in the first person - I feel I can immerse myself in the character much more fully, almost as if I were her or him, so this book suited me very well, with all but the Eileen Wilks story written that way.
Each of the four stories vary in the amount of reference to tattoos - in some it's a minor issue and in another it's a large part of the story - really all the tattoo references do is draw the book together into a compilation. Fine by me, as the stories themselves are absorbing and really, really well written.
Usually I dislike overtly "erotic" inserts into a story, on the basis that if I wanted to read soft porn, I'd buy a book devoted to it, and for me it detracts from the storyline: I find myself skipping pages to get back to the "real" action. However the ending to Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn was pretty erotic rather than feeling like soft porn and didn't put me off at all, because it was very much a legitimite part of the story, and neither too explicit nor too long-lived.
I think this book will be a keeper for almost everyone who buys it, and I can't recommend it highly enough.
Each of the four stories vary in the amount of reference to tattoos - in some it's a minor issue and in another it's a large part of the story - really all the tattoo references do is draw the book together into a compilation. Fine by me, as the stories themselves are absorbing and really, really well written.
Usually I dislike overtly "erotic" inserts into a story, on the basis that if I wanted to read soft porn, I'd buy a book devoted to it, and for me it detracts from the storyline: I find myself skipping pages to get back to the "real" action. However the ending to Etched in Silver by Yasmine Galenorn was pretty erotic rather than feeling like soft porn and didn't put me off at all, because it was very much a legitimite part of the story, and neither too explicit nor too long-lived.
I think this book will be a keeper for almost everyone who buys it, and I can't recommend it highly enough.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
After reading the Cassandra Palmer and Dorina Basarab books by Karen Chance I bought this book specifically for her short story.
What a great read - four fantastic short stories, which I really wished were full length novels! Thanks to this book I now have another 3 authors to add to my list and 4 volumes of novellas/short stories to buy which have other Karen Chance stories in them - looks like I'll need some more book shelves and probably a bigger study to store them all in.
All in all, if you'd like a good read, that's not too heavy, that's difficult to put down - I'd recommend this.
What a great read - four fantastic short stories, which I really wished were full length novels! Thanks to this book I now have another 3 authors to add to my list and 4 volumes of novellas/short stories to buy which have other Karen Chance stories in them - looks like I'll need some more book shelves and probably a bigger study to store them all in.
All in all, if you'd like a good read, that's not too heavy, that's difficult to put down - I'd recommend this.
Format:Kindle Edition
this is a decent collection of novellas vaguely connected by the theme of tattoos - slightly random in my opinion, but hey. the individual novellas were:
Karen Chance
In the past I've found this author not really my thing, but I liked this one. It had interesting supportng characters and a likable heroine. The love interest wasn't that interesting (I liked his brother more) but there was nothing wrong with him either. It manages the rare feat of having sex scenes in a novella that didn't feel clunky and forced so credit for that. There was a lot of backstory and political background that was quite interesting and I felt could have been explained more, though the explanation was adequate and I think the characters might be from full length boks by the author?
Marjorie Liu
The only author here I hadn't heard of. Interesting and original story, though I don't tend to like time travel stories. It took itself a bit seriously. The main character and her grandmother were both likable, the demons are cool, the child is likable but overdone, the villain is a bit vague, and the love interest is a little too perfect - though in fairness this could be because he's in it so little. Pretty sure this is in a series - parts were quite badly explained.
Yasmine Gallernon
Slightly vague plot, slightly vague characters. What heroine and love interest see in each other not clear. Sex scene tagged on the end just for the hell of it. Least good of the four. Think it's a prequel to the author's main series? If I'd read that I'd probably like it more. Almost nothing to do with tattoos by the way.
Eileen Wilks
Fairly standard who-dunnit plot line. I like the characters, the solution wasn't obvious till about halfway through. The climax felt a little anti-climactic. Part of her main series.
Karen Chance
In the past I've found this author not really my thing, but I liked this one. It had interesting supportng characters and a likable heroine. The love interest wasn't that interesting (I liked his brother more) but there was nothing wrong with him either. It manages the rare feat of having sex scenes in a novella that didn't feel clunky and forced so credit for that. There was a lot of backstory and political background that was quite interesting and I felt could have been explained more, though the explanation was adequate and I think the characters might be from full length boks by the author?
Marjorie Liu
The only author here I hadn't heard of. Interesting and original story, though I don't tend to like time travel stories. It took itself a bit seriously. The main character and her grandmother were both likable, the demons are cool, the child is likable but overdone, the villain is a bit vague, and the love interest is a little too perfect - though in fairness this could be because he's in it so little. Pretty sure this is in a series - parts were quite badly explained.
Yasmine Gallernon
Slightly vague plot, slightly vague characters. What heroine and love interest see in each other not clear. Sex scene tagged on the end just for the hell of it. Least good of the four. Think it's a prequel to the author's main series? If I'd read that I'd probably like it more. Almost nothing to do with tattoos by the way.
Eileen Wilks
Fairly standard who-dunnit plot line. I like the characters, the solution wasn't obvious till about halfway through. The climax felt a little anti-climactic. Part of her main series.
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Karen Chance not up to standard!
I bought this book because of Karen Chance but her story was the most disappointing compared to her novels. Was this not edited by the same people? Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sands
5 stars - but only for Eileen Wilks!
I really only bought this book for Eileen Wilks' story of Lily and Rule. I have tried the other authors within this compilation before but find I just cannot get on with books in... Read more
Published on 24 April 2010 by LeoKA
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