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Praise for the KISSES FROM HELL authors:
"…These books will have the reader laughing hysterically and sobbing unreservedly -sometimes all at once."
- VOYA on PC Cast and Kristin Cast's Marked and Betrayed
"…A mesmerising tale of teenage angst, love and sacrifice with plenty of crossover appeal ."
- Publishers Weekly on Alyson Nöel's Blue Moon
"The second instalment of the Darkest Powers series hits the ground running, leaving readers tripping, stumbling and racing to keep up."
- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Kelley Armstrong's Awakening
"Teens able to handle to edgy elements will speed through this vamp story and anticipate the next instalment."
- Booklist on Richelle Mead's Shadow Kiss
"A true original…"
- Booklist (starred review) on Francesca Lia Block's Pretty Dead
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Praise for the KISSES FROM HELL authors: "!These books will have the reader laughing hysterically and sobbing unreservedly -sometimes all at once." - VOYA on PC Cast and Kristin Cast's Marked and Betrayed "!A mesmerising tale of teenage angst, love and sacrifice with plenty of crossover appeal ." - Publishers Weekly on Alyson Noel's Blue Moon "The second instalment of the Darkest Powers series hits the ground running, leaving readers tripping, stumbling and racing to keep up." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Kelley Armstrong's Awakening "Teens able to handle to edgy elements will speed through this vamp story and anticipate the next instalment." - Booklist on Richelle Mead's Shadow Kiss "A true original!" - Booklist (starred review) on Francesca Lia Block's Pretty Dead
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
YA anothlogy of 5 vampire stories from different authors.
Sunshine by Richelle Mead - 4.5/5 - This short story is set in Richelle's Vampire Academy series and is the story of how Lissa Dragomir's parents met (for non VA fans, Lissa is the best friend of the protagonist). I loved getting to meet these two characters who we've heard very little of and never met (they died a couple of years before we meet Lissa in VA). For those up to date on the VA series, you'll understand why I was so curious to see Eric and Rhea together. It's a really good short story that I loved, a great 'extra' for VA fans, but I would hope that non VA fans would enjoy it as well. Really wished it had been longer!!
Bring Me To Life by Alyson Noel - 2.5/5 - Danika has travelled to England from the US to go to an exclusive art academy, an escape from her inattentive father, her ex-best friend and ex-boyfriend who hooked up. But what she finds is a mansion more than a little creepy. And no other students around. I kind of liked this story, I liked the start a lot. Danika was likable, and the crazy situation she found herself in was interesting. But I didn't particularly like the outcome. It wasn't a bad story, but it wasn't to my taste.
Above by Kristin Cast - 0/5 - This story was...one of the strangest I've read (or tried to read) in a long while. Above and below don't mix, they hunt and kill each other, and in theory there is a star-crossed love story in here, somewhere. It was twisted, strange and I could barely figure out what was going on.
Hunting Kat by Kelley Armstrong - 4.5/5 - I loved this short story a lot! It's another short story set in Kelley's YA world, which started with her Darkest Powers trilogy and will continue with her Darkness Rising one next year. Kat was first introduced with a short story in The Eternal Kiss anthology. Kat's stories are (for the moment at least) completely unconnected to the main novels, just in the same world. This short story is set about 6 months after Kat's first short, though you wouldn't have to read it to understand this one. I actually enjoyed this a lot more than Kat's first short, and wished it was a lot longer. Kat is being hunted again, but this time, she's not alone.
Lilith by Francesca Lia Block - 1/5 - bit of an odd story. A boy who spends most of his time living in a fantasy world of his own creation suddenly has the attention of a girl who's far too beautiful to be human. He welcomes her unnaturalness, the chance to be strong, if only he has her by his side he feels he'll be just fine. I didn't like the way things went in this story. Didn't really like anything about the main character and thus didn't care what happened, and what happened all worked out kind of strange.
So I only liked two of the five stories, but those two, Hunting Kat (Kelley Armstrong) and Sunshine (Richelle Mead), made it worth buying for me. I wish they'd been longer, but for short stories they had a lot of detail and depth to them, very enjoyable and great additions to the series/worlds they're set in. Or I think they'd make good introductions to the authors if readers haven't read anything by them yet. Shame about the other three, but anthologies are always hit and miss. Wouldn't be surprised to see others thinking a lot of the stories I didn't enjoy.
Sunshine by Richelle Mead - 4.5/5 - This short story is set in Richelle's Vampire Academy series and is the story of how Lissa Dragomir's parents met (for non VA fans, Lissa is the best friend of the protagonist). I loved getting to meet these two characters who we've heard very little of and never met (they died a couple of years before we meet Lissa in VA). For those up to date on the VA series, you'll understand why I was so curious to see Eric and Rhea together. It's a really good short story that I loved, a great 'extra' for VA fans, but I would hope that non VA fans would enjoy it as well. Really wished it had been longer!!
Bring Me To Life by Alyson Noel - 2.5/5 - Danika has travelled to England from the US to go to an exclusive art academy, an escape from her inattentive father, her ex-best friend and ex-boyfriend who hooked up. But what she finds is a mansion more than a little creepy. And no other students around. I kind of liked this story, I liked the start a lot. Danika was likable, and the crazy situation she found herself in was interesting. But I didn't particularly like the outcome. It wasn't a bad story, but it wasn't to my taste.
Above by Kristin Cast - 0/5 - This story was...one of the strangest I've read (or tried to read) in a long while. Above and below don't mix, they hunt and kill each other, and in theory there is a star-crossed love story in here, somewhere. It was twisted, strange and I could barely figure out what was going on.
Hunting Kat by Kelley Armstrong - 4.5/5 - I loved this short story a lot! It's another short story set in Kelley's YA world, which started with her Darkest Powers trilogy and will continue with her Darkness Rising one next year. Kat was first introduced with a short story in The Eternal Kiss anthology. Kat's stories are (for the moment at least) completely unconnected to the main novels, just in the same world. This short story is set about 6 months after Kat's first short, though you wouldn't have to read it to understand this one. I actually enjoyed this a lot more than Kat's first short, and wished it was a lot longer. Kat is being hunted again, but this time, she's not alone.
Lilith by Francesca Lia Block - 1/5 - bit of an odd story. A boy who spends most of his time living in a fantasy world of his own creation suddenly has the attention of a girl who's far too beautiful to be human. He welcomes her unnaturalness, the chance to be strong, if only he has her by his side he feels he'll be just fine. I didn't like the way things went in this story. Didn't really like anything about the main character and thus didn't care what happened, and what happened all worked out kind of strange.
So I only liked two of the five stories, but those two, Hunting Kat (Kelley Armstrong) and Sunshine (Richelle Mead), made it worth buying for me. I wish they'd been longer, but for short stories they had a lot of detail and depth to them, very enjoyable and great additions to the series/worlds they're set in. Or I think they'd make good introductions to the authors if readers haven't read anything by them yet. Shame about the other three, but anthologies are always hit and miss. Wouldn't be surprised to see others thinking a lot of the stories I didn't enjoy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of those times when you really shouldn't judge a book by its cover. The tales within are great horror stories with just a touch of romance. One or two things let the collection down a bit, but not in such a major way that a reader should be put off buying the anthology. A great way to get into the work of the writers as introductions to their longer novels without having spent much to find out if you like what they're doing. Urban horror fantasy that should appeal to lovers of Supernatural, Buffy, Hex, et al.
Format:Paperback
Kisses from Hell is an anthology is done by, Kristin Cast, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Richelle Mead, and Francesca Lia Block.
This anthology has a mix of all sorts! It has fugitive vampire who ends up having to trust a boy that could easily turn him in to a group who wish to destroy her. It has a romance that is between two immortals , their love compels them to risk anything and everything for their love. As I have said this book has a good mix of light and dark, and of course romance too.
I did actually read all the short stories in the book, which sometimes i just read certain stories that catch my interest in them. I enjoyed it and quickly read through it. It had one of my favourite authors in it, Kelley Armstrong so was worth it just for that story to me. Like I have repeated I enjoyed it but it didn't wow me either.
This anthology has a mix of all sorts! It has fugitive vampire who ends up having to trust a boy that could easily turn him in to a group who wish to destroy her. It has a romance that is between two immortals , their love compels them to risk anything and everything for their love. As I have said this book has a good mix of light and dark, and of course romance too.
I did actually read all the short stories in the book, which sometimes i just read certain stories that catch my interest in them. I enjoyed it and quickly read through it. It had one of my favourite authors in it, Kelley Armstrong so was worth it just for that story to me. Like I have repeated I enjoyed it but it didn't wow me either.
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