false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255581155m/6382952.jpg 6382952 4 There’s an allure to vampire tales that have seduced readers for generations. From Bram Stoker to Stephenie Meyer and beyond, vampire stories are here to stay. For those fresh-blooded fans of paranormal romance or for those whose hunt and hunger never dies, these stories have what readers want! This collection of original tales comes from some of the hottest, most popular, and best-selling YA writers, including: 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, Queen of Cool) Kelley Armstrong (Women of Otherworld) Maria V. Snyder Sarah Rees Brennan Lili St. Crow Karen Mahoney Dina James They will make everyone a sucker for eternal kisses. 6570974 book 27 7 2009 The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire total:218|5:23|4:27|3:25|2:10|1:5| 218 812 896 37 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 16:44:41 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 22:28:11 -0800 2009
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney
Moth is a (fairly)...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 07:54:25 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 00:32:05 -0700 2009
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney: Moth has returned home for her mother's memorial service. Her sire, Theo, deci...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 07:19:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 16:23:18 -0700 2009 1
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 h...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 22 23:42:38 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:46:52 -0800 2009
I also thought of The Ete...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:21:17 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:35:19 -0700 2009 1
There was one story that was an exception to that, about a rock ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 15:22:14 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 15:26:44 -0800 2009
The closest this collection comes is Cassandra Clare's entry and tha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 12 21:06:43 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 21:43:49 -0800 2009

Each individual story takes a diff...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 18:54:30 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 07:55:48 -0800 2009 There are 13 short stories in this book:
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney - This is great and definitely made me want to read more of what I felt was a longer story
Shelter Island by Melissa de la Cruz - This story is pretty uneventful, much like her other writing the 'Blue Bloods' series,...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:17:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 16:41:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 19:29:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 12:01:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 19:53:24 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 19:07:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 07:35:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:25:56 -0700 2009
All Hollows by Rachel Caine - 3 stars. Eve (POV) and Michael. Good story, but I'm not all that interested in Eve and Michael's story. Now, if it were Shane and Claire, I'd probably have given it more stars. It was a quick glance into life after Bishop. Can't w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:42:57 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:58:08 -0700 2009 http://janicu.livejournal.com/77854.html...

I actually tend to like anthologies because it gives me a chance to "try out" or find new authors I may not have tried out on my own. Usually there are always hits and misses, but what I liked about The Eternal Kiss was that although it...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:52:25 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 15:26:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 29 07:57:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:08:37 -0700 2009
The stories were fascinating, and some rather interesting; however, the main flaw to this was that, each story all ended rather abruptly.

The main reason why I even picked out this book was because, most of the authors that wrote a story in this...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:10:41 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 25 17:20:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 11:07:43 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:19:38 -0700 2009 1
I finally finished it...not that it was a struggle to read, I have just been so busy.
I loved the book. So many good stori...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 02:16:50 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 02:16:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 12:25:06 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 12:26:56 -0800 2009 ]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 18 01:06:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 01:08:10 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6382952