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Feb 27, 2011
Although I own quite a few anthologies, The Eternal Kiss was the first I actually read. It was difficult initially, just being shown this short look into what could be a fantastic story and having it end all too soon. Thankfully by the third short story, I was addicted to these little samples of fang-tastic tales.
I loved the variety of writing styles. There were some authors I was familiar with and some ones I was introduced to. I always enjoy reading new authors and divulging in the More...
I loved the variety of writing styles. There were some authors I was familiar with and some ones I was introduced to. I always enjoy reading new authors and divulging in the More...
Sep 20, 2010
Tatiana
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As always, only read Kelley Armstrong's short story Kat. Kat - a subject of the experiments performed by the Edison Group - has been on a run for over 10 years. Now, when the group is closing in, will Kat and her vampire guardian be able to escape once again?
Kat is a great addition to the world of Dark Powers. I hope she will be featured in the future books, I'd love to know more about her. Kat makes another appearance in the upcoming anthology Kisses from Hell in a story titled Hun More...
Kat is a great addition to the world of Dark Powers. I hope she will be featured in the future books, I'd love to know more about her. Kat makes another appearance in the upcoming anthology Kisses from Hell in a story titled Hun More...
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Oct 26, 2010
Carolyn F.
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Anthology - vampire stories - YA. I'll give my overall review here. Most of the stories were okay, some a little better than okay some worse than okay. I think this anthology is more geared toward a 15-16 ish reader and I found myself struggling mostly from boredom to finish it. I think my daughter would enjoy it but she's made a pledge to never read anything I've read first. So if I can pretend surprise, "Oh my gosh, this book sure looks interesting honey. I wonder what it's about?"
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Dec 10, 2011
Nicholas
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An interesting collection of short stories. I'm not really that much into modern vampire fiction, my taste is more Stoker than Meyer, but this was an entertaining collection of snapshots. The difference in writing styles means that there is a good chance to find one that you like, and the stories are titillating without being excessively graphic.
As with most short stories, there is little to be said about characterisation and development, most of the stories in this volume don't las More...
As with most short stories, there is little to be said about characterisation and development, most of the stories in this volume don't las More...
Sep 19, 2011
Jennifer
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The Eternal Kiss: 12 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
Edited by Trisha Telep
Age Range: Young Adult
ISBN-13: 9780762437177
Authors included: Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Tithe)
• Libba Bray (A Great and Terrible Beauty)
• Melissa De La Cruz (Blue Blood)
• Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)
• Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires)
• Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie (Wicked)
• Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof, Q More...
Edited by Trisha Telep
Age Range: Young Adult
ISBN-13: 9780762437177
Authors included: Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Tithe)
• Libba Bray (A Great and Terrible Beauty)
• Melissa De La Cruz (Blue Blood)
• Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)
• Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires)
• Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie (Wicked)
• Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof, Q More...
Aug 04, 2011
Casandria
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Yes, I'm a freak. But I read all of these for work, I swear! It's nice to get paid to read YA vampire short stories... I have no complaints!!!
Anyway, these stories for the most part really impressed me. In fact, I had to take breaks between stories since the alternate universes took a while to shake off, in order to move on to another.
Cassandra Clare had an awesome twist in "Other Boys". Shy, sheltered Jennifer finds herself strangely attracted to a new b More...
Anyway, these stories for the most part really impressed me. In fact, I had to take breaks between stories since the alternate universes took a while to shake off, in order to move on to another.
Cassandra Clare had an awesome twist in "Other Boys". Shy, sheltered Jennifer finds herself strangely attracted to a new b More...
Feb 16, 2011
Allify
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A mixed bag anthology with some gems that made it worth the read.
1. Falling to Ash - Moth receives a mission from her master and runs into complications. Kind of a weak start to the anthology, but it still manages a hot scene in between.
2. Shelter Island - Hannah is disturbed by a mysterious presence in her room, evidenced at first by a blinking light. This story felt very disjointed, like it had been rushed through. The characters felt very wooden. Meh.
3. Swo More...
1. Falling to Ash - Moth receives a mission from her master and runs into complications. Kind of a weak start to the anthology, but it still manages a hot scene in between.
2. Shelter Island - Hannah is disturbed by a mysterious presence in her room, evidenced at first by a blinking light. This story felt very disjointed, like it had been rushed through. The characters felt very wooden. Meh.
3. Swo More...
Apr 27, 2010
Gabrielle
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It was much better than I expected. I don't usually like short stories but there were a few in here that I really like. Unpredictable. Others, not so much. They were still kind of interesting, though.
(Three stars, because, though I did not enjoy all of the stories... I really liked the ones that I did.)
My favorites:
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" by Holly Black-- I REALLY want more of this. It was horrid and awesome. I really like how it wasn't fuzzy-bunny More...
(Three stars, because, though I did not enjoy all of the stories... I really liked the ones that I did.)
My favorites:
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" by Holly Black-- I REALLY want more of this. It was horrid and awesome. I really like how it wasn't fuzzy-bunny More...
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Apr 26, 2010
Rydia
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I am sorry.
I hated this book. I can't believe it but I didn't like it at all. It's 13 different stories from different writers, all of whom have awesome books and I couldn't love um more... Cassandra Clare?! Come on I would die for another installment with Jace and Clary. This book though, plain awful. In capital letters.
I know it's small segments of stories so we are not gonna get a lot of background but I still hated it. This was rough. All the characters were More...
I hated this book. I can't believe it but I didn't like it at all. It's 13 different stories from different writers, all of whom have awesome books and I couldn't love um more... Cassandra Clare?! Come on I would die for another installment with Jace and Clary. This book though, plain awful. In capital letters.
I know it's small segments of stories so we are not gonna get a lot of background but I still hated it. This was rough. All the characters were More...
Feb 19, 2010
Izlinda
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I picked up this book because I've read/heard of several of the authors, and short story anthologies are pretty cool.
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney - It wasn't a strong as a beginning to the anthology as I would have liked. I did like reading her "About Author" snippet at the end of the book. Yeah, I agree with wanting to be Buffy so you could kiss both Angel and Spike. :-P Though I wouldn't have minded being Tara, either. She's a sweet person and though she go More...
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney - It wasn't a strong as a beginning to the anthology as I would have liked. I did like reading her "About Author" snippet at the end of the book. Yeah, I agree with wanting to be Buffy so you could kiss both Angel and Spike. :-P Though I wouldn't have minded being Tara, either. She's a sweet person and though she go More...
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Aug 20, 2010
Amanda
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I really enjoy anthologies. For the record, I feel like it's a good platform for the author to establish their writing ability and let readers have a sample of their work. It's also great exposure, if you ask me. As a whole, this book is not bad and gave a great variety of stories.
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney- 1 star.
I really did not enjoy this. The writing was amateur at best, the protagonist was rather unlikeable and was really boy crazy. This sentence is stil etched More...
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney- 1 star.
I really did not enjoy this. The writing was amateur at best, the protagonist was rather unlikeable and was really boy crazy. This sentence is stil etched More...
Nov 22, 2009
Lexie
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For the record, I really don't like the back cover blurb. It wouldn't interest me at all if I wasn't already a fan of most of the authors herein. Stories are reviewed individually as well as an overall comment at the end.
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney
Moth is a (fairly) new vampire returning home for her mother's memorial service. Unfortunately her sire, Theo needs her to do a job for him that involves reclaiming the ashes of a dead vampire master from a deadly vamp More...
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney
Moth is a (fairly) new vampire returning home for her mother's memorial service. Unfortunately her sire, Theo needs her to do a job for him that involves reclaiming the ashes of a dead vampire master from a deadly vamp More...
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Apr 06, 2011
Falling to Ash- Karen Mahoney
Moth gets rejected by her birth family, then takes refuge in the love of her new family, who immediately sends her to steal from a Vampire hunter. Sounds to me like BOTH families are abusive.
Overall- Poor, poor Moth. Please don't kill me, Moth.
Shelter Island- Melissa De La Cruz
I like the voice! Much more than I expected, actually. I hope Dylan made it to the mainland.
Sword Point- Maria V. Snyder
The Coldest Girl More...
Moth gets rejected by her birth family, then takes refuge in the love of her new family, who immediately sends her to steal from a Vampire hunter. Sounds to me like BOTH families are abusive.
Overall- Poor, poor Moth. Please don't kill me, Moth.
Shelter Island- Melissa De La Cruz
I like the voice! Much more than I expected, actually. I hope Dylan made it to the mainland.
Sword Point- Maria V. Snyder
The Coldest Girl More...
Aug 05, 2009
Christina
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Probably more of a 2.5, but I'll give it a three because I'm nice like that. I reviewed each story as I read them. You might be able to pick up when I got fed up with vampires.
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney: Moth has returned home for her mother's memorial service. Her sire, Theo, decides to take advantage of the situation and send her on a little mission. Action packed and an easy page turner, but the drive behind her family's beliefs did not feel real at all. Added detail that pr More...
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney: Moth has returned home for her mother's memorial service. Her sire, Theo, decides to take advantage of the situation and send her on a little mission. Action packed and an easy page turner, but the drive behind her family's beliefs did not feel real at all. Added detail that pr More...
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Nov 04, 2010
qingling
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The Eternal Kiss (by: Trisha Telep) - This book is a collection of vampire tales that were written by many different authors. There are many great tales in the book, but all of them are as great as I have hope for them to be. Some is just so boring with not so much actions in it that it will make you fall asleep sitting on the chair. However, the good part is that this book does contain some tales that are worth reading. I choose to read this book because some of the tales are written by authors
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Feb 08, 2010
Thoughts while still reading the book:
The stories I've read so far are less like short stories and more like background information on characters that feature in the authors' novels. This is very disappointing because it leaves me feeling, so far, that the anthology is a means of selling novels rather than an attempt to entertain a reader.
EDIT: Now that I've finished the book, here are the short stories that I consider the best in the anthology:
The Coldest Girl in C More...
The stories I've read so far are less like short stories and more like background information on characters that feature in the authors' novels. This is very disappointing because it leaves me feeling, so far, that the anthology is a means of selling novels rather than an attempt to entertain a reader.
EDIT: Now that I've finished the book, here are the short stories that I consider the best in the anthology:
The Coldest Girl in C More...
Feb 21, 2010
Kat at Book Thingo
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This is an excellent sampler of the range of writing talent in young adult horror fiction. Some authors clearly excel in the short story form. Holly Black, in particular, has been a find. Her story, “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown', had me almost in tears. I was both enthralled and devastated.
There are other revelations. In 'Wet Teeth', Cecil Castellucci challenges the reader to pick up on the barest hints to construct the relationships between characters. It’s fantastic to find an aut More...
There are other revelations. In 'Wet Teeth', Cecil Castellucci challenges the reader to pick up on the barest hints to construct the relationships between characters. It’s fantastic to find an aut More...
Sep 05, 2010
Tijana
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First of all, this review contains one teensy weensy spoiler.
It's safe to say I won't be reading anymore anthologies anytime soon.
I'd like to say that I enjoyed it, but the truth screams otherwise. I was somewhat bored throughout most stories, and I just wanted it to be over. And I wasn't exactly thrilled about the stories from authors I'd already read from.
I was fairly dissapointed in Melissa De La Cruz's short story "Shelter Island". I thought it w More...
It's safe to say I won't be reading anymore anthologies anytime soon.
I'd like to say that I enjoyed it, but the truth screams otherwise. I was somewhat bored throughout most stories, and I just wanted it to be over. And I wasn't exactly thrilled about the stories from authors I'd already read from.
I was fairly dissapointed in Melissa De La Cruz's short story "Shelter Island". I thought it w More...
Aug 11, 2010
Meagan
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The Eternal Kiss is a total of 13 short stories by well known authors including Cassandra Clare, Holly Black and Rachel Caine. Edited by Trish Telep this book is a range of short stories designed to give the reader a taste of different authors’ style of writing
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney
Moth is a new vampire returning home for the first time in a few months. Her sire demands she reclaiming the ashes of a dead vampire master from a vampire killer. This story ha More...
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney
Moth is a new vampire returning home for the first time in a few months. Her sire demands she reclaiming the ashes of a dead vampire master from a vampire killer. This story ha More...
Jan 09, 2012
Sandy J.
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I really this dislike this anthology. I'm not bad at reading short stories, actually I really aprecciate them and I consider them good they have good endings and the reader feel complete with what he had read, but in this anthology I barely found 3 good ones.
Let's start with the beginning, ok? (There are SPOILERS here)
1.FALLING TO ASH: What the hell? Very slow and stupid story to be placed as the first one of the book. The plot really sucks! The only good thing about it was M More...
Let's start with the beginning, ok? (There are SPOILERS here)
1.FALLING TO ASH: What the hell? Very slow and stupid story to be placed as the first one of the book. The plot really sucks! The only good thing about it was M More...
Oct 30, 2010
Annie the Destroyer *Leather Lust*
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The Eternal Kiss has an amazing variety of authors. This one is a good one to pick up if you like vampire short stories in the YA genre.
My favourite was the Morganville Vampires short story “All Hollows” by Rachel Caine. Even though I haven’t read all of her books from the series, I found myself totally loving this one. It’s told from Eve’s perspective and is much more entertaining than reading from boring old Claire’s point of view.
Another one worth mentioning is Cassan More...
My favourite was the Morganville Vampires short story “All Hollows” by Rachel Caine. Even though I haven’t read all of her books from the series, I found myself totally loving this one. It’s told from Eve’s perspective and is much more entertaining than reading from boring old Claire’s point of view.
Another one worth mentioning is Cassan More...
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Jan 20, 2011
Christena
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Phew! Im glad i finished this! I was having second thoughts about whether i wanted to even finish this book. Some of the stories we just plain stupid and i would have given them a one or two stars...but there were two that i absolutely loved and i would have given them a four or five stars. So i decided to go for the middle and give this book an overall three stars.
I think that i like the werewolf and angel stories much better than vampire stories and this book helped me to see that more More...
I think that i like the werewolf and angel stories much better than vampire stories and this book helped me to see that more More...
Oct 24, 2009
Purplycookie
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This collection of original tales comes from some of the most popular, and best-selling YA writers, including:
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney >> Contains the start of a possibly good paranormal romance story between a reluctant vampire (who still feels the need to be accepted by her puritanical human family) and the son of one of the most feared vampire hunters.
Shelter Island by Melissa de la Cruz >> A succinct short story featuring a vampire literally maki More...
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney >> Contains the start of a possibly good paranormal romance story between a reluctant vampire (who still feels the need to be accepted by her puritanical human family) and the son of one of the most feared vampire hunters.
Shelter Island by Melissa de la Cruz >> A succinct short story featuring a vampire literally maki More...
Feb 20, 2010
Nina
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This anthology is full of high-quality fiction that mixes some well-established authors of vampire stories with some new ones. The selections have diverse story lines, some strong on the horror component but including lighter fare with some comedy and romance, and an array of writing styles. Vampires are portrayed in a variety of ways along with their history and lore, making this an entertaining read.
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The Eternal kiss is the first book I have read that is contri More...
My review:
The Eternal kiss is the first book I have read that is contri More...
Jan 19, 2011
Kit
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This was a very interesting book, with a nice sampling of vampire tales. A very good read.
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney * * * * *
I've never heard of this author before, but her short story has left me wanting more. This story depicts an encunter between the son of a vapire hunter, and a young vampire compelled (by her creator) to steal somethin at the hunter's residence. It had multiple elements that could have out me off, but she wove them in with ease.
She More...
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney * * * * *
I've never heard of this author before, but her short story has left me wanting more. This story depicts an encunter between the son of a vapire hunter, and a young vampire compelled (by her creator) to steal somethin at the hunter's residence. It had multiple elements that could have out me off, but she wove them in with ease.
She More...
Mar 14, 2010
Shelleyrae
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This is one of the better anthologies I have read in this genre. They are mostly are complete stories rather than scenes/outtakes from the various writers series. The stories all offer something different, with varying tones, and even though written for YA should please adult fans also.
My favourites were all by authors I haven't read anything by yet:
All Wounds by Dina James .
With this choice I contradict myself because this read as it could be an introduction to a More...
My favourites were all by authors I haven't read anything by yet:
All Wounds by Dina James .
With this choice I contradict myself because this read as it could be an introduction to a More...
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Nov 18, 2009
I really like vampires, mostly I think I like vampires because they have a fixation with blood and also there are so many different ways of portraying vampires. I found The Eternal Kiss to be a really good book filled with short stories about different vampires.
I also thought of The Eternal Kiss as a good way to find new authors. I was most impressed with most of the authors and their short stories. A good example of this is that there is a story in here that I think is based on the More...
I also thought of The Eternal Kiss as a good way to find new authors. I was most impressed with most of the authors and their short stories. A good example of this is that there is a story in here that I think is based on the More...
May 13, 2010
Stacey
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I used to love, love, love short story collections - it was how I got into Neil Gaiman in the first place - you never knew what you'd find and you might come out the other end with a favorite author.
Unfortunately, that's not the case with this exceedingly tame collection of seemingly unfinished tales. A good short story should make you care about the people in it, and, at best, make you want more - either from that author, or from that world. One of my very favorite story collectio More...
Unfortunately, that's not the case with this exceedingly tame collection of seemingly unfinished tales. A good short story should make you care about the people in it, and, at best, make you want more - either from that author, or from that world. One of my very favorite story collectio More...
Sep 03, 2011
I read the Holly Black, Sarah Reese Brennan, and Cassandra Clare stories in this, and honestly I'm unlikely to read the rest because I'm not a huge vampire fan and I don't know the other authors.
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown": I want to call this "gritty." Dammit. I hate that adjective. Anyway this is a good anti-sparklepire story, with a badass female protag who does what she has to. 4/5.
"Undead Is Very Hot Right Now": Hilarious, heartbreaki More...
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown": I want to call this "gritty." Dammit. I hate that adjective. Anyway this is a good anti-sparklepire story, with a badass female protag who does what she has to. 4/5.
"Undead Is Very Hot Right Now": Hilarious, heartbreaki More...
Sep 04, 2010
K
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The Eternal kiss includes 13 short stories by leading YA authors. I can't say exactly why I chose to read this book, but I recognized, and have liked, some of the authors' other works, so gave it a chance. And although I liked some of the stories, the rest were only okay for me which is why I'm only giving it three stars. In particular, I liked the stories by De La Cruz, Rachel Caine, Kelley Armstong, Karen Mahoney, Maria V. Snyder, Dina James, and Debbie Vigue. Although I liked those stories
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