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63rd out of 163 books
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Just One Sip (Dark Ones #4.5 (Bring Out Your Dead))
by
Katie MacAlister (Goodreads Author),
Jennifer Ashley (Goodreads Author), Minda Webber (Goodreads Author)
A perfect cocktail of pure paranormal fun!
Mass Market Paperback, 338 pages
Published
October 3rd 2006
by Love Spell
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This was definitely a mixed bag...
1st story was by an author I have never read before (Jennifer Ashley) and was about an author visiting a vampire hotel in Vegas. I enjoyed the story and may go on to read other stories by the author.
The 2nd story was by one of my favorite authors, Katie MacAlister. I speak french fairly fluently, but I imagine that one of the characters in this story would become very annoying to a reader who didn't have any knowledge of french. Every sentence out of her mouth i...more
1st story was by an author I have never read before (Jennifer Ashley) and was about an author visiting a vampire hotel in Vegas. I enjoyed the story and may go on to read other stories by the author.
The 2nd story was by one of my favorite authors, Katie MacAlister. I speak french fairly fluently, but I imagine that one of the characters in this story would become very annoying to a reader who didn't have any knowledge of french. Every sentence out of her mouth i...more
I enjoyed two of the short stories in this collection.
The 1st story in this book is Viva Las Vampires by Jennifer Ashley. Stephan is a vampire master who is declining and needs to find his life mate. Meredith's research for her 2nd non-fiction book on vampires has brought her to Stephan's hotel in Las Vegas, Transylvania Castle. We discover that there are two types of vamps; those who are turned while alive and those who are turned once they are dead. This was a cute story... I'd not hesitate t...more
The 1st story in this book is Viva Las Vampires by Jennifer Ashley. Stephan is a vampire master who is declining and needs to find his life mate. Meredith's research for her 2nd non-fiction book on vampires has brought her to Stephan's hotel in Las Vegas, Transylvania Castle. We discover that there are two types of vamps; those who are turned while alive and those who are turned once they are dead. This was a cute story... I'd not hesitate t...more
I bought this book for the Katie Macalister story "Bring Out Your Dead" and that story is fun like all her Dark One stories and has a very cool zombie named William. I do think it's not a very good standalone novella though. You need to have read at least book two and three of her Dark Ones series to grasp all of this story.
Take note: "Bring Out Your Dead" has also been printed in another anthology called "My Zombie Valentine".
On to the other two stories:
"Viva Las Vampires" is quite an entertai...more
Take note: "Bring Out Your Dead" has also been printed in another anthology called "My Zombie Valentine".
On to the other two stories:
"Viva Las Vampires" is quite an entertai...more
I think that these stories were written to be shorter than they are.
I only enjoyed the first story, Viva Las Vampires. It was the story of a vampire on the verge of "dying" and needed to find himself a blood slave to stay a warm blooded, living vampire. Nice love story, sexy even.
The other two...not so much. All three stories center around vampires but I kept forgetting that the Dark One was a vampire (Bring Out Your Dead). It spent a lot of time talking about zombies (reverants), I thought the...more
I only enjoyed the first story, Viva Las Vampires. It was the story of a vampire on the verge of "dying" and needed to find himself a blood slave to stay a warm blooded, living vampire. Nice love story, sexy even.
The other two...not so much. All three stories center around vampires but I kept forgetting that the Dark One was a vampire (Bring Out Your Dead). It spent a lot of time talking about zombies (reverants), I thought the...more
The first two stories in this anthology were okay.
I barely made it through the second one because the Franglias-speaking Spirit Guide was *extremely* annoying. And if I didn't know some French, it would have been even worse.
The third was better, but it still tried a little too hard to be funny. There were a few good lines in the third story, though.
"Campbell women didn't back away from danger... Campbell women embraced danger, they ran toward it. Of course, Campbell women often had short life s...more
I barely made it through the second one because the Franglias-speaking Spirit Guide was *extremely* annoying. And if I didn't know some French, it would have been even worse.
The third was better, but it still tried a little too hard to be funny. There were a few good lines in the third story, though.
"Campbell women didn't back away from danger... Campbell women embraced danger, they ran toward it. Of course, Campbell women often had short life s...more
This is a book of pure paranormal fun you get three different stories. With a Twist is about a Vampire Hotel owner in Vegas? Meredith Black is a writer and she is writing a book about Vampires. On the Rocks The dark one named Sebastion must take on a horde of unhappy Zombies and an obnoxious know it all teen Vampire if Sebastion wants to win the hand of the one women who can make him whole. Straight up Lucy Campbell has made a career of interviewing Druid witches, trolls, and an occasional gobli...more
This is a 3 story novella by different authors:
"Viva Las Vampires" by Jennifer Ashely
Synopsis: A sunbathing vamp in Vegas? No way! Meredith Black is absolutely positive the tanned god with the gorgeous smile couldn't haven't possibly made her his for eternity with just one glance. But he'll sure have fun proving it.
Pretty entertaining and easy read.
"Bring Out Your Dead" by Katie MacAlister
Synopsis: Battling a demon lord is all in a day's work for the Dark One Sebastian. But now he must take on a...more
"Viva Las Vampires" by Jennifer Ashely
Synopsis: A sunbathing vamp in Vegas? No way! Meredith Black is absolutely positive the tanned god with the gorgeous smile couldn't haven't possibly made her his for eternity with just one glance. But he'll sure have fun proving it.
Pretty entertaining and easy read.
"Bring Out Your Dead" by Katie MacAlister
Synopsis: Battling a demon lord is all in a day's work for the Dark One Sebastian. But now he must take on a...more
This book was okay, but really I can only say that because of one story in it.
The first story, Viva Las Vampires, by Jennifer Ashley has some interesting points to it. Vampire Master has to find the one to fall in love with him or he will die. Also there are two kinds of vamps - one hot, one cold. The warm vamps are more human and can go out in the sun and are warm. They are willing to become vampires and are turned while still alive. The others are like the typical vampires were all know with n...more
The first story, Viva Las Vampires, by Jennifer Ashley has some interesting points to it. Vampire Master has to find the one to fall in love with him or he will die. Also there are two kinds of vamps - one hot, one cold. The warm vamps are more human and can go out in the sun and are warm. They are willing to become vampires and are turned while still alive. The others are like the typical vampires were all know with n...more
This is a collection of three short stories about vampires. The reason I picked this book up was for the Katie MacAlister "bring out your dead" short story, but it turns out that is #5 in the Dark Ones series so I will only be reading the other two stories for now.
10/26/09 "Viva Las Vampires" by Jennifer Ashley - This was really good. It wonder if she has spun off books on any of the other vampires in this story. They were all such amazingly interesting characters. You really liked the good one...more
10/26/09 "Viva Las Vampires" by Jennifer Ashley - This was really good. It wonder if she has spun off books on any of the other vampires in this story. They were all such amazingly interesting characters. You really liked the good one...more
Story 1: Viva Las Vampires by Jennifer Ashley
Merideth Black heads to Las Vegas to research her next book on Vampires and stays at Transylvania Castle Hotel - a hotel themed around Vampires and things that go bump (or is it Boom Boom Boom?) in the night. She is hoping to get an interview with the elusive hotel owner Stefan Erickson for her book - a request that has been denied about 20 times before she came to the hotel. Lucky for her Stefan spots her on a security camera when she walks in and is...more
Merideth Black heads to Las Vegas to research her next book on Vampires and stays at Transylvania Castle Hotel - a hotel themed around Vampires and things that go bump (or is it Boom Boom Boom?) in the night. She is hoping to get an interview with the elusive hotel owner Stefan Erickson for her book - a request that has been denied about 20 times before she came to the hotel. Lucky for her Stefan spots her on a security camera when she walks in and is...more
the 1st story was: Viva las vampires-Jennifer Ashley. it was an excellent Vampire/romance story. From the very first page i was enthralled. all of the characters were all very well written. Meredith and stephan what a couple. i think i have read her stories before. But WOW definitely loved this one. she described 2 different breeds of vampires; the living dead and the dead vampires. and how they were different. very good story.
The 2nd story: bring out your dead-Katie Macalister. i really love al...more
The 2nd story: bring out your dead-Katie Macalister. i really love al...more
Three short stories that prove all it takes is Just One Sip to fall in love with a vampire.
I originally picked up this book because it featured a story by by Katie MacAlister and her "Dark Ones" called Bring Out Your Dead. I'm not a zombie fan,but I still enjoyed it, but I've most of the "Dark Ones" series, truth be told. This is Ysabelle and Sebastian's story - zany and fun! Worthwhile read - but I would recommend reading the "Dark One" series in order as knowing back story makes it more fun. T...more
I originally picked up this book because it featured a story by by Katie MacAlister and her "Dark Ones" called Bring Out Your Dead. I'm not a zombie fan,but I still enjoyed it, but I've most of the "Dark Ones" series, truth be told. This is Ysabelle and Sebastian's story - zany and fun! Worthwhile read - but I would recommend reading the "Dark One" series in order as knowing back story makes it more fun. T...more
My favorite was the first one, Viva Las Vampires by Jennifer Ashley. Bring Out Your Dead by Katie MacAlister was okay, but I'm not a zombie fan, still, I like spending time with her Dark Ones. As for the last one, well, nah, not my cup of tea. Ignoring the head hopping, which is hard to do, I just didn't connect with either the hero or heroine. I'm already a Katie fan, but I'll be looking for Jennifer Ashley too.
Mixed bag indeed. Katie Mac is, as always, enjoyable.
One of the other stories was just fine. I would read another by this author in the future. The third was horrendous. It read like some fan fic written by a 14 year old. I don't understand the inclusion f this story at all. They would do well to give up writing and become, oh I don't know. Maybe a goat herd or something useful like that.
One of the other stories was just fine. I would read another by this author in the future. The third was horrendous. It read like some fan fic written by a 14 year old. I don't understand the inclusion f this story at all. They would do well to give up writing and become, oh I don't know. Maybe a goat herd or something useful like that.
I only read Katie MacAlister's story "Bring Out Your Dead". I enjoyed it - but I've most of the Dark Ones series [though nothing beats Katie's dragon books]. This is Ysabelle and Sebastian's story - zany and fun. Worthwhile read - but I would recommend reading the Dark One series in order as knowing back story makes it more fun. :)
Three short stories that prove all it takes is one sip to fall in love with a vampire.
I picked this book up because it had a short story featuring Katie MacAlister's Dark Ones in it. The stories by Jennifer Ashley and Minda Webber are just as good as MacAlister's story. If you love a good Vampire Romance then read this book.
I picked this book up because it had a short story featuring Katie MacAlister's Dark Ones in it. The stories by Jennifer Ashley and Minda Webber are just as good as MacAlister's story. If you love a good Vampire Romance then read this book.
This Book is part of the series - it has 3 books in one and the middle story is by the author Katie MacAlister. I want to keep reading all the books in order so that I do not miss any of the history of each character or new comer to the plot.
I have finished this book and it does fill in the blank with Sebastian and his Beloved on the Katie MacAlister Chapter. I did find two other authors that I will find out what other books they have writen (Jennifer Ashley & Minda Webber)
I have finished this book and it does fill in the blank with Sebastian and his Beloved on the Katie MacAlister Chapter. I did find two other authors that I will find out what other books they have writen (Jennifer Ashley & Minda Webber)
I am not into romance books, and when this one started talking about "swollen members" and other things I was pretty freaked out. The book ("Just One Sip") had three different stories in it, but I couldn't force myself to swallow any more vomit so I stopped reading. Worst vampire book EVER.
This is a compilation of short stories by various authors. I liked them all, but Katie's was the best. Though I would have probably enjoyed it more if I spoke french, as one of her characters decides to mix french with her english to make a (apparently) horrible combination of the 2.
just one sip is a collection of three stories:
viva las vampires by jennifer ashley was okay
bring out your dead by katie macalister was a waste of paper
lucy and the crypt cassanova by Minda Webber was fun
viva las vampires by jennifer ashley was okay
bring out your dead by katie macalister was a waste of paper
lucy and the crypt cassanova by Minda Webber was fun
Jan 13, 2011
Brandi
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Sarah
Shelves:
story-collections,
romance
I liked all three of the stories, but I think the first and last were my favorite. Even though I love Katie MacAlister, her story involved zombies as well, and I just wasn't as interested in the revenants.
Bring Out The Dead:
It hurts my heart to say this but I hated this story! I felt it rushed and kind of annoying. I love Katie but was very disappointed because I was expecting this one to be better or really I as just hoping. I hated reading anything about the stupid Zombies, which I feel was a complete waste of page because the story was so short to begin with. I mean yes I am glad that Sebastian got his Beloved, and I found a few things that I smiled at but only just. I don’t recommend this one...more
It hurts my heart to say this but I hated this story! I felt it rushed and kind of annoying. I love Katie but was very disappointed because I was expecting this one to be better or really I as just hoping. I hated reading anything about the stupid Zombies, which I feel was a complete waste of page because the story was so short to begin with. I mean yes I am glad that Sebastian got his Beloved, and I found a few things that I smiled at but only just. I don’t recommend this one...more
Not bad for a paranormal book (something I don't read a lot of). It felt like I learned a lot about paranormal creatures. I did enjoy all 3 stories by the different authors.
This was a set of 3 novellas by different authors that all involved vampire love. All were a bit corny and fun, but still entertaining.
Ok, so I didn't read the whole thing - just the Katie MacAlister story.
Jun 17, 2010
Melissa Wehunt
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Just One Sip (Dark Ones 5) by Katie Macalister (2006)
3 short stories. Katie MacAlister's is fun; it features Noelle and Sebastian from Sex and the Single Vampire (Dark Ones #2).
The stories in this book was not interesting for me.
The second story in the book was better. It was surprisingly fun.
i only read the first story bc the others didnt stand out to me!!!!!1
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For as long as she can remember, Katie MacAlister has loved reading. Growing up in a family where a weekly visit to the library was a given, Katie spent much of her time with her nose buried in a book. Despite her love for novels, she didn't think of writing them until she was contracted to write a non-fiction book about software. Since her editor refused to allow her to include either witty dialo...more
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“Okay, Lucy, what did you want to talk to me about?" he asked.
"Us."
"There is no us," Val reminded her firmly—although he had gotten misty just a moment before while holding her hand. She had given him both the best years of his
life and the worst.
"There used to be an us," she suggested, "which was a good us, a great us. Now there isn't an us, but that doesn't mean there can't be an us again. And a great us, not just a
good us, because without us, I do okay and sometimes not even okay."
Val's eyebrows wrinkled and he stared hard at her.
"That didn't come out quite like I imagined," Lucy said. Romantic it certainly wasn't.
"I meant to say, I'd like us to have a second chance.”
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"Us."
"There is no us," Val reminded her firmly—although he had gotten misty just a moment before while holding her hand. She had given him both the best years of his
life and the worst.
"There used to be an us," she suggested, "which was a good us, a great us. Now there isn't an us, but that doesn't mean there can't be an us again. And a great us, not just a
good us, because without us, I do okay and sometimes not even okay."
Val's eyebrows wrinkled and he stared hard at her.
"That didn't come out quite like I imagined," Lucy said. Romantic it certainly wasn't.
"I meant to say, I'd like us to have a second chance.”
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