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Bezig met laden... Dead after dark (editie 2008)door Sherrilyn Kenyon (Medewerker), J. R. Ward, Susan Squires, Dianna Love
Informatie over het werkDead After Dark (Shadow of the Moon / The Story of Son / Beyond the Night / Midnight Kiss Goodbye) door Sherrilyn Kenyon (Contributor)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Well, it only took me a year and a half to get around to finishing this. I'm giving it an overall four stars, because I LOVED Kenyon's and Ward's contributions - they are both excellent. The other two were fine, I didn't get super into them but to be fair, I haven't gotten into the series they were from so that probably had a bit to do with it. While I do read paranormal romance, I had never read any of these authors. I'm familiar with the names Sherrilyn Kenyon and J.R. Ward, so I expected those stories to be well-written, at the very least, even if not my style. Yes, the stories were well-written and a couple appealed more to me than other. Or at least parts of them. The first story by Sherrilyn Kenyon seemed to be pretty typical werewolf material, but she had some nice twists in there. In this world there are two types of werewolves - those that start out human and turn wolfy, and others whose primary state is wolf, but turn human. Surprisingly these two sides hate each other and here is where the conflict lies. It was obvious to me that this was part of a larger series, but I was able to catch on pretty quickly. Personally, I thought there was more than enough material in this romance to make an entire novel and I wondered why this hadn't been a full novel in the series it so obviously fits within. There are SO MANY characters in this story that it seemingly would have been easy to double the length of this to create a book instead of a novella. It was interesting enough to me that I would consider reading other books with these characters. --- The second story by J.R. Ward was unlike any I've read before. It involves kidnapping, seclusion, escape, and rescue, but not in the way you would think! The story has different paranormal rules than I'm used to, but the author is talented and I really enjoyed the story. --- The last two stories I found that I was really into them for the first 20-30 pages, but then the rules the authors created in their worlds veered from what I was expecting and it took me out of the story a little bit. The third story was still enjoyable, though. When the fourth story began, I thought it was going to be my favorite. It reminded me a little bit of the world of The Hollows (Kim Harrison) and a little bit of the New Orleans world inhabited by Jane Yellowrock (Faith Hunter), and the male and female protagonists seemed really interesting. The description of their abilities intrigued me and I was super interested in following their story. Then the fantasy world intruded. See, I like my paranormal romance more in the urban fantasy realm - I like the world to be as close as possible to the world we inhabit. This seemed like it would be that way, then everything changed. The conflict came from time-traveling gods and Hindu warriors??? There was this whole world populated with beings I hadn't heard of and didn't fully understand. This definitely lessened the enjoyment of the fourth story for me. But what really took me out of it were the editing mistakes. The rest of the book was flawless, but in this story there were several continuity errors. For example: they would make plans for "this evening" and say they were "leaving at 5:00" and two sentences later, ten minutes after they've left, "the park was quiet at midnight." I was scratching my head, wondering what happened to the 7 hours in between. And in one scene, the character was described wearing a leather skirt and lace top. The man loved seeing her in the leather skirt. Ten minutes later, he's removing her leather PANTS. These mistakes drive me up the wall because your brain has to play catchup, you wind up re-reading paragraphs, and it ruins the flow of the story. There were several such continuity errors in this one. Overall a good collection that some will enjoy more than others, depending on how "fantasy" you like your paranormal romance. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Shadow of the Moon" by Sherrilyn Kenyon: Angelia has fought her entire life to make herself strong. Now, with her patria under fire, she has to protect her people from Fury and his werewolf clan. Vowing to bring him to justice, Angelia sets out alone . . . until the hunter becomes the hunted, and the only way for her to survive is to trust the very wolf she's sworn to kill. "The Story of Son" by J. R. Ward: Claire Stroughton is a beautiful lawyer who would rather spend the night with a legal brief than the man of her dreams. Then a routine client meeting turns dangerous-and deeply sensual-when she is held captive by a gorgeous man with an unworldly hunger . . . "Beyond the Night" by Susan Squires: When Drew Carlowe returns home to win back a lost love, he is quick to dismiss rumors that his estate is haunted by a stunning young ghost . . . until one passionate encounter leaves him mystified-and aching for more. "Midnight Kiss Goodbye" by Dianna Love: Trey McCree possesses an insatiable desire for Sasha Armand-and supernatural powers that could endanger her life as a human. But when they team up to stop an evil warlord, Trey discovers that Sasha can do way more than drive men wild . . . Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Shadow of the Moon
Angelia
Fury Kattalakis
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Story of Son
Claire Stroughton
Michael
Caldwell, New York
Manhattan, New York
Beyond the Night
Drew Carlowe
Freya Rozonczy
Cornwall, England
Midnight Kiss Goodbye
Sasha Armand
Trey McCree
Atlanta, Georgia ( )