Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions

Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (The Morganville Vampires: Extras)

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A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, and Melissa Marr return to the beloved worlds of their bestselling series, while others, like Claudia Gray, Kami Garcia, and Margaret...more
Paperback, 443 pages
Published September 20th 2011 by HarperCollins (first published September 1st 2011)
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Ashleigh Paige
Also appears on my blog, The YA Kitten!

Sixteen short stories by some of the most popular YA authors of now full of paranormal goodness, romance, and journeys. It sounds like a good recipe, huh? Not so much. I expected this to be a very good anthology, but it's a middling anthology with only a few good stories, and even those aren't good enough to make me want to keep this book.

The best of the stories for me was Sarah Rees Brennan's "Let's Get This Undead Show on the Road" for its funny set-up of...more
Jasmin
omg almost all of my favourite authors are involved in this one. I honestly CANT WAIT ... I would have bought it just for kelleys story but no
Melissa
Note: This rating is only based on Kelley Armstrong's story "Facing Facts". I haven't read any of the other authors books so there is not really a point to read the short stories, because I probably wouldn't understand them completely.

A SPOILER... for anyone who hasn’t read Kelley Armstrong’s Darkest Powers trilogy, which in includes The Summoning, The Awakening and The Reckoning.

This is a short story written about what we already have found out in the trilogy, which is that Kit is not only Si...more
Lucy
Since Kelley Armstrong announced this anthology I've wanted to get my hands on it and now that I've finally read it I can say that it more than met my expectations. I'm usually wary of buying anthologies, because they always seem to be a mixed bag - some stories leave you wanting so much more while others leave you wondering why you bothered to read them in the first place. But with such a fantastic line-up of authors, Enthralled was perfection from start to finish. Here's my (non-spoilery!) tak...more
Gracie
Just received my ARC. Can't wait to be enthralled by this book ;) And indeed, I was ^_^

Giovanni’s Farewell by Claudia Gray
It was a sweet, innocent story that melted my heart and kept me wishing for a longer story.

Scenic Route by Carrie Ryan & Red Run by Kami Garcia
These short stories were full of thrilling action-packed scenes and unexpected turns that kept me on the edge of my seat.

Things About Love by Jackson Pearce
Just like the title said, this story was on the things about love that...more
Lainy
I'd give it somewhere between 3.5 and 4/5 stars

At The Late Night, Double Feature, Picture Show by Jessica Verday
4.5 stars
I really liked this story. It had cannibal girl scouts and defanged
vampires wearing feather boas obsessed with The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I would definitely like to read more about Jane and her hunter family.

Scenic Route by Carrie Ryan
4 stars
I haven't read the Forest of Hands and Teeth yet but would like to after reading this story. I hope Margie and Sally are in the bo...more
Annie
What finally decided me in picking up "Enthralled," a collection of short fantasy stories, is that it was dedicated to smart girls everywhere. I remember being a "smart girl," one who read fantasy novels partly because high school sometimes felt like one endless pep rally. There is a posse of fantasy authors for young adults, and I get the feeling that they felt the same way, and as adults have found each other and bonded together over the Internet.

"Enthralled" is a respectable collection. I rea...more
Miss Amby
Let me start off by saying that I'm not a huge fan of short stories, so this rating is probably a bit more subjective than I'd like to admit. That being said, when I saw Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr teamed up to edit this, and there were stories from many of my favorite authors in the book, I thought I'd give it a try. I checked it out from the library just in case I didn't like it, and I'm glad I did.

Authors that I usually love wrote stories that I wasn't too fond of. Rachel Caine's story...more
Alexandra george
I really liked this anthology of paranormal stories.
I will write my impression on each one of them, and rate them separately, as well as the whole book.
Let me just say before I begin that most of these stories are based on series, or books, previously published by these authors. Of these, I have only read As You Wish by Jackson Pearce and Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr, but I had no trouble enjoying most of the short stories.

Giovanni's Farewell by Claudia Gray
I liked this ghost story, although...more
Reading Teen
This review is for Carrie Ryan's story, Scenic Route!


I can't tell you how much I love Carrie Ryan's writing. If you have read The Forest of Hands and Teeth, you will recognize the setting of her story in Enthralled. This story, however, is about Margie and her younger sister, Sally. These two girls have been devastated by what we can assume was the "zombie apocalypse" that Carrie's Forrest series centers around. Margie and Sally have found refuge in a small abandoned cabin in the mountains, but...more
Deborah
This is a charmingly packaged anthology published by Harper Collins. Whom, it must be said, is just outstanding in its choices of YA literature and authors. Harper consistently publishes books of the highest quality and content, so with their novels you can almost guarantee a good read. The cover of this (and most of Harper's books) is wonderful and appropriate for the content. What I like about it is the nod to the sophistication of the young adult reader. There's no scared little girl looking...more
MaryBookSwarm
I wasn't expecting to like the stories in ENTHRALLED as much as I did. Sure, there are some absolutely fabulous authors who contributed to this anthology (including Kelley Armstrong, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Sarah Rees Brennan, Rachel Caine, Ally Condie, Kimberly Derting, Kami Garcia, Claudia Gray, Melissa Marr, Jackson Pearce, Mary E. Pearson, Carrie Ryan, Jeri Smith-Ready, Margaret Stohl, Jessica Verday and Rachel Vincent), and I knew I couldn't go wrong -- there was sure to be something I'd like...more
Vicky
This is an anthology with stories by sixteen "Smart Chicks" authors including Jeri Smith-Redy, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Rachel Vincent, and more. The stories run the gamut from sweet to creepy, from funny to serious, but all are well crafted and interesting.

Like all anthologies, there were stories I liked, and others, not so much. But even the ones that didn't top my "favorites" list were still good. All of them contained paranormal aspects. The crafting of Jeri Smith-Redy's story "Bridge...more
Gecky Boz
Delightful Diversions
*ARC read via Around The World ARC Tours


Overall this book gets a grand 4 gnomes and a gnome hat out of 5 gnomes for having a great mix of stories and having characters in the stories that the reader will really want to know more about.

I don't normally review anthologies but this one sounded intriguing so to review it I decided to go through story by story rating and saying a little bit about each one. I used a 4/4 scale for these reviews and most of the stories were outstand...more
Christine
Maybe this wasn't a good choice for me to read because seven of the sixteen stories were from the author's series, most of which I haven't read.

Let me give you the break-down.

Giovanni's Farewell by Claudia Gray
Original short, as far as I could tell. It was cute and could be turned into a successful full length book (or series) should Claudia decide to pursue it.

Scenic Route by Carrie Ryan
Based in the same dystopian world as The Forest of Hands and Teeth series. It was gritty and sad and a little...more
Tammy
Mar 28, 2013 Tammy is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Scenic Route (Forest of Hands & Teeth series) by Carrie Ryan:
I love this series. One thing I really liked about this story is it is set early on after The Return. Gives us an early look into this universe. The tone of the book is different, more modern feel to it, being it's closer to our present then the other books which I have felt have a more archaic tone, even tho it would be in future but makes sense to me as our present day is so foreign to them. I would think any apocalyptic world w...more
Alexa
I strongly believe that a short story should stand alone, an entity unto itself. I find few things more annoying than stories that are so immersed in the author's "universe" that they require paragraphs of back-story to understand, or that are clearly a prequel and therefore end up seriously lacking in content. Too many of the stories in this collection suffered from one of these flaws. I understand the market for such stories, but please, tuck them away into a collection of “stories from the xy...more
Aldi
3.5 stars - some of these stories I enjoyed greatly (especially Red Run, Things About Love, Niederwald and Let's Get This Undead Show on the Road, while others left me lukewarm. I think Merely Mortal and Facing Facts especially suffered from the fact that they were taken out of the context of their existing novel/series 'verses; they seemed to spend most of their allotted space trying to explain backgrounds and established characters and relationships rather than actually telling a story (also,...more
Sara
Super fun anthology of paranormal authors' short stories. Very much enjoyed it. Also a nice change of pace from novels. I enjoyed the fun stories the best—several of them were quite funny.

Favorite stories (four stars):

"Things About Love" by Jackson Pearce. It's a story about first kisses and falling it love. Of course I loved it. Juliett the genie is adorable. I'd really like to read more from this world.

"Giovanni's Farewell" by Claudia Gray. Another cute story about first kisses. These twins ar...more
Rosy
Reviewed for 'The Review Diaries' http://reviewdiaries.blogspot.com/

So I love anthologies but I hate short stories (most of the time.)

The anthology aspect is what made me want this book – the idea of a collection of some of my favourite authors and some new ones all in one place makes me hyperventilate with excitement. It’s like an all you can eat buffet where you can have a little bit of what you know and love, and then be daring and try something completely new that you’ve always looked at and...more
Alex
As with any collection of short stories, I liked some and loved others. I find that usually there is at least one dud in anthologies like this, but surprisingly I can't pinpoint a single story I disliked. Of course there are some I liked more than others, but none at all that were bad.

I've read books by almost every author in here, which definitely helped my enjoyment. (The only ones I was unfamiliar with were Carrie Ryan, Jackson Pearce, Sarah Rees Brennan and Kimberly Derting, all of which I a...more
Fala19
Enthralled was one the better anthologies I've read. Like all short story collections there are the good, the bad and the blah stories, but Enthralled had more good than I was expecting.

Some of my favorite stories were: Automatic by Rachel Caine. This was an awesome addition the the Morganville series, that I really enjoyed. Gargouille by Mary E. Pearson was a beautiful story that I wished would've kept on going. The gargoyle mythology was fascinating. Let's Get This Undead Show on the Road by...more
Christina Madison
Full review here:

http://zodiacbookreviews.blogspot.com...

Every story in Enthralled, as the summary states, takes the characters and readers on a journey of some kind. Whether it's a journey of survival, love, hope, forgiveness, or any number of other things; every story, some more than others, will leave it's mark.

I really enjoyed reading the stories like "Niederwald" by Rachel Vincent and "Facing Facts" by Kelley Armstrong that return to the worlds of their bestselling series. We get to see wh...more
Patricia
I loved the short stories that I read in this book.

I found Jeri Smith-Ready's, Bridge, to be particularly wonderful. I loved how it was written in a musical stanza form as it is from Logan's POV. Although I am firmly Team Zachary, I couldn't help but feel for Logan. This a must read whether you are Team Zach or Team Logan because if you don't you'll surely be missing out.

The next novella that I read was short and very teaser-y and just in time for me to read the next book in the Soul Screamers...more
Day
4.5 STARS- This is one of the BEST anthologies I have had the pleasure to read. Featuring some of my favorite authors in the genre like Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan, Ally Condie, Jennifer Lynn Barnes…I knew from the moment I laid eyes on it that I would at least like half of the stories. What I didn’t factor in (and probably should have) was the fact that another couple of authors who continuously put out work I adore were behind the anthology and co-edited it. Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong are...more
Jenny
Enthralled is a truly beautiful collection of short stories, a veritable buffet of paranormal entities with varying mythologies and gloriously crafted worlds that keeps us flipping the pages with unnatural speed and groaning outwardly upon reaching concluding pages of each individual tale. Some stories are snippets set in the world of an already existing series–granting us quick glimpses through the eyes of a secondary character and gifting us a few extra blissful minutes with some familiar favo...more
Hayley
I don't normally read all the stories in short story anthologies, and I didn't intend to read all of them here. I just wanted to read Kelley Armstrong's Facing Facts and Rachel Caine's Automatic, but I was between books and was pleasantly surprised. This is a great way to introduce authors. I am definitely going to look up some of their books. Aside from the above, my favourite stories were Mary E Pearson's Gargouille (so romantic, but not cheesy); Scenic Route by Carrie Ryan (never thought I'd...more
Katie
Jun 06, 2012 Katie rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: 2012
Usually, I am not a big fan of short stories. Authors seem to feel that they must try to be excessively clever, mysterious, or symbolic to make up for the short nature of the stories that they have written. I ,in general, been thoroughly disappointed with every short story collection that I've ever picked up, so I was rather skeptical when my sister insisted I read this book - even though it had stories written by a bunch of authors that we love.

Imagine my surprise when the stories were all good...more
Brandy
I didn't enjoy this anthology as much as I assumed I would, and I think there are two reasons for that. One, I read this immediately after Welcome to Bordertown which was just amazing, and it was probably an impossible act to follow. Giving myself a bit of time before picking up another collection of stories might have worked out better. Two, I'm familiar with most of these authors by name only and haven't read their novels, and I felt like I might be missing something in some of the stories bec...more
Kristie
For a book of short stories, I have to say it was surprisingly good. I read anthologies like this expecting to only enjoy about half of the stories, but I enjoyed almost every single one! I've read books by most of the authors that wrote for this book, and some of the short stories were continuations or spin-offs of the authors' other books. For the most part, I liked that, it was nice to read more stories about characters I know and like. However, if you hadn't read the original stories, I'm no...more
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5 stars= If I love you, I'll buy you a copy from this list of books. (Pls note, if you are my family or dearest friends, feel free to remind me to do so. I am lousy w remembering birthdays/holidays.)

4 stars= Don't even ask to borrow it. You should prob buy it though.

3= If you borrow it, you better not lose it, mangle it, or keep it too long.

2 or 1 star= I don't use these. If it's not a 3 star or...more
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