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Product Description: These all-new paranormal romances from today's hottest authors feature a female werewolf who comes into her own; a Lord who crosses paths with a fiery mage; a mixed-blood Child of the Moon who faces an uncertain future; and a woman whose sixth sense proves to be a dangerous talent.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Could have done without the 4th story
The first few stories in are okay. I'd give the story by P. Briggs 3 stars and recommend reading it before reading Cry Wolf - not that I am suggesting you should.
The story by E. Wilks also gets a 3, and the story by K. Chance a 2.5.
However, the story by Sunny was TERRIBLE. I am not sure why the other authors agreed to include this story. I am still not sure what the plot was and could see this story included in an "adult" magazine for sci-fi/fantasy fans rather than in a compilation of short stories. It seemed to me that Sunny was writing a story around her "fantasies," rather than writing a fantasy story. I won't read anything else by her, but would imagine that the book would probably include one situation after another where the protagonist finds herself in struggling to fight off the "demon dead" inside her, requiring the men in her life to satisfy her in other ways.
Rating: - Not worth buying
This book is an advertisement, the stories don't stand alone, and they aren't even particularly good examples of their authors works. I bought this after being told in an Amazon.com review for "Cry Wolf," that you HAD to read "Alpha and Omega" in this novel to enjoy "Cry Wolf." I had already highly enjoyed "Cry Wolf," so I decided to read the pre-story. What a rip! It's only 50 pages, and if that was all I knew about the "Cry Wolf" series, I would have decided that Patricia Brigg's only series worth reading is the Mercy Thompson one, and left her other works well alone.
So. Do not buy this book. Buy "Cry Wolf" instead, or, if you haven't read them, check out "Moon Called," which is totally awesome.
Rating: - Mostly worth the money....
Someone at a bookstore put me on to Patricia Briggs and she's mainly the reason I picked this one up. On the whole I was happy with it, but only because I knew going in what to expect. As some of the other reviewers have said, at least three of the stories are partials or starter stories with the full story in novel form to come. After saying that, two of those stories could really 'almost' stand alone in that they meet and fall in love with a mate. THe full novels (and I can only speak for Briggs story as that's the only one I've read) just extend out the rest of their story.
Okay, first off...despite the title and the cover art, not all of these books are about werewolves. Maybe I'm the only one who though they would be...anyway, they deal with werewolves, hellhounds, dragon/fae and a group of people who get their power from the moon.
Brigg's story was enjoyable, mainly, I think because I'm already familiar with her world and it's characters. This story is the beginnings of a new shoot-off series from her main "Mercy" books. It deals with the werewolf pack she grew up in. This story is Charles' and his mate. These werewolves are a mixture brutal (but without any gory details) and elegance. I mean that in the sense that Brigg writes them without the language and crudeness that are often found in paranormals nowadays. It's a good teaser story and the book (Cry Wolf) was pretty good too.
Wilks' story was interesting and could pretty much stand alone, though I think it's also part of a series. The characters were likeable and the story was okay until the twist with the murderer. It was a little hard for me to change gears. The romance was good, the world building was similiar to other authors worlds (paranormals out in the open but human groups resenting and hateful, religious persecution, that sort of thing). All in all, worth the read.
Chance's story was also a good read and could stand alone. I'm not a big fan of Fae stories, they tend to creep me out, but this one was well done and didn't have any of that drugged out, party all the time and steal babies that other fae stories do. I liked the set-up of different groups of fae and other magical creatures. I actually liked both the main characters, they had a sense of humor and the hero, while being very 'manly', could laugh at himself. Don't be put off by the auction scene in the beginning. The villains, while having bad intentions, never quite got to that creepy, evil villains often have. They seemed more comedy villains to me.
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Rating: - On the Prowl
Short Story #1: Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs
I started this during my lunch hour and could not put it down! There is something about the story of Charles and Anna that I really enjoyed and I picked it up again as soon as I was off work and finished it really very quickly and wanted more. I was happy to see that she has followed up with a book titled "Cry Wolf." I'll be checking that out of the library soon.
Anna has been living in Chicago as a werewolf for the past three years when she was changed against her will or knowledge of what was to come. Charles is a dominant alpha male werewolf and the son and second of the Marrok - the leader of all the alphas. He is sent to Chicago after Anna warned the Marrok about the murder of a boy by the alpha in her pack. Upon arriving in Chicago Charles immediately realizes that Anna is an Omega, a rare wolf that has the ability to calm those around her. Anna doesn't believe him at first since she is considered submissive (and therefore useless) in her own pack. That Anna was changed against her will and then beaten into the appearance of submission absolutely pisses Charles off and he sets out to find out what is wrong with Anna's pack.
It is a swift plot but sets the characters and scene for a much wider scale of possible events. And I liked Anna as a character quite a bit. Charles I could take or leave since most (romantic) male leads are alpha males anyhow. It is Anna that sets this plot apart.
Short Story #2: Inhuman by Eileen Wilkes
This was not such a great story from my point-of-view. There was so much potential! The otherworldly characters and friendship and love despite the differences are an excellent foundation for a story. It just didn't follow through or came out to be too trite. There was danger, sort of, in the creature that took on human form but even that was tamed. All in all the tale seemed so watered down it was hardly worth it...
Short Story #3: Buying Trouble by Karen Chance
I've now read Karen Chance quite a bit and like much of her Cassandra Palmer series. That series is so swift and complicated that the swift but uncomplex plot of "Buying Trouble" was a tad jarring. It does touch on the Cassie Palmer series very briefly but the plot is mostly just standalone. Our heroine in this novel is a 'null' human - one that by her very presence blocks magic. Nulls can be very powerful weapons in the magical world and Claire has narrowly avoided being sold by her family (her real father is unknown) by escaping ... Read More
Rating: - LIked Most of It
I liked Alpha and Omega by Briggs, also Buying Trouble by Karen Chance. Thought they were both good stories. Have followed up on Briggs story by reading the whole finished story of Anna and Charles. The other two stories were ok. I like books like these because I can finish a story in one sitting and if I don't have time to read more the others can wait.
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