Four Times the Holiday Joy
As I have noted before, I recently read HOLIDAYS ARE HELL, a quadology with stories from Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Marjorie M. Liu and Vicki Pettersson. I bought it for a couple of reasons: One, I really enjoy these author; and two, I love the holiday anthologies that come out every year with four stories in them.
My first holiday anthology was Silhouette's 1991 CHRISTMAS STORIES with stories from Phyllis Halldorson, Peggy Webb, Naomi Horton and Heather Graham Pozzessere. Looking at this book now, I am happy to see names that still mean something to me 16 years later. This was one of the first romance books I ever read - I think I got it from a garage sale or something. I still remember pieces of the stories and I think it's time for a re-read.
However, I was disappointed with HOLIDAYS ARE HELL. I liked each of the stories on their own, but overall the book felt lacking to me. Ms. Harrison's story is part of her Rachel Morgan series, taking place before the first book in the series DEAD WITCH WALKING. Ms. Harrison was wonderful, as usual. Ms. Sands' story is the sequel to her short story in DATES FROM HELL and was just as much fun. Ms. Liu's story was different, but intriguing. And Ms. Pettersson's story filled in some gaps in the backstory from her Zodiac books and was a wonderful addition to her series.
Somehow, even with all this, I didn't like the book as much as I wanted to. Maybe it was the combination of the stories that didn't work for me, I don't know.
I am still looking for suggestions for books to add to my Christmas wish list. So far, I have had Sally MacKenzie's THE NAKED MARQUIS recommended to me, as well as REQUIEM FOR THE DEVIL by Jeri Smith-Ready and THE OBJECT OF LOVE by Sharon Cullars. Do you have any other books to recommend me? I promise to read them and report back!
Nicole
My first holiday anthology was Silhouette's 1991 CHRISTMAS STORIES with stories from Phyllis Halldorson, Peggy Webb, Naomi Horton and Heather Graham Pozzessere. Looking at this book now, I am happy to see names that still mean something to me 16 years later. This was one of the first romance books I ever read - I think I got it from a garage sale or something. I still remember pieces of the stories and I think it's time for a re-read.
However, I was disappointed with HOLIDAYS ARE HELL. I liked each of the stories on their own, but overall the book felt lacking to me. Ms. Harrison's story is part of her Rachel Morgan series, taking place before the first book in the series DEAD WITCH WALKING. Ms. Harrison was wonderful, as usual. Ms. Sands' story is the sequel to her short story in DATES FROM HELL and was just as much fun. Ms. Liu's story was different, but intriguing. And Ms. Pettersson's story filled in some gaps in the backstory from her Zodiac books and was a wonderful addition to her series.
Somehow, even with all this, I didn't like the book as much as I wanted to. Maybe it was the combination of the stories that didn't work for me, I don't know.
I am still looking for suggestions for books to add to my Christmas wish list. So far, I have had Sally MacKenzie's THE NAKED MARQUIS recommended to me, as well as REQUIEM FOR THE DEVIL by Jeri Smith-Ready and THE OBJECT OF LOVE by Sharon Cullars. Do you have any other books to recommend me? I promise to read them and report back!
Nicole
posted at 1:30 PM
1 Comments:
How about a classic like Amanda Quick's Ravished?
I find those are comfort reads during this time of year.
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