B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsAnthology / Lauren-Myracle / Meg-Cabot / Michele-Jaffe / Stephenie-Meyer / Young-Adult16 Comments
Prom Nights from Hell is a thoroughly entertaining collection of stories from five of the top teen writers in the business. The fresh and fully realized worlds will engage the entire spectrum of readers from tween to adult. While not all of the stories are self contained as some appear ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsAnthology / Dee-Davis / Julie-Kenner / Kathleen-OReilly / Paranormal7 Comments
Dear Ladies: Here’s the sttory behind how this book was chosen for the dueling review and why it’s late (it’s supposed to be a November dueling review). Jayne and I were tossing around ideas. I suggested Drop Dead Gorgeous but Jayne confessed to not having read Linda Howard in years. ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAnthology / Dee-Davis / Julie-Kenner / Kathleen-OReilly / Paranormal5 Comments
Ladies, I think most romance readers view anthologies as a mixed blessing. Readers get a chance to read favorite authors or try new ones in a short format. Sometimes the stories work but usually there’s at least one which doesn’t. I’ll cut short your suspense and say that in “To ... more >
B- ReviewsAnthology / Christmas Stories10 Comments
Dear Ms. Crusie, Foster and Phillips: I would have never thought the three of you were a good match in an anthology but, for the most part, it worked. For the readers edification, however, only Hot Toy by Jennifer Crusie is a new contribution. Christmas Bonus by Lori Foster was ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAnthology / Good-Dialogue / helenkay-dimon / Humor / kensington / Vegas2 Comments
Dear Ms. Dimon: After this book, I am on an anthology diet because as a general rule, I find them dissatisfying. Your stories, particularly your first two, were like a breath of fresh air through the stale anthology shelf. Viva Las Bad Boys is set, well, in Las Vegas, of ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C- ReviewsAnthology / Baseball / Julie-Leto / Leslie-Kelly / sports romance13 Comments
This whole “acknowledging your illness as the first step to recovery” is not working for me. I have already said that I don’t like anthologies but I keep buying them. I blame this mistake on the fact that I love sports and who can resist the ass on that guy? ... more >