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The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire (13 Tales)
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Trisha Telep ,
Rachel Caine, Cecil Castellucci (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author), Melissa de la Cruz (Goodreads Author), Karen Mahoney (Goodreads Author), Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
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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,
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Published
July 28th 2009
by Running Press Kids
(first published July 28th 2008)
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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 their literary...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 their literary...more
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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 Hunting Kat.
Kel...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 Hunting Kat.
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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?" I may get h...more
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1. Falling to Ash (Moth) by Karen Mahoney - Moth returns to her hometown for her mother's memorial and her master asks her to steal an urn at a vampire hunter's home...
2. Shelter Island (Blue Blood) by Melissa de la Cruz
3. Sword Point by Maria V. Snyder
4. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - Matilda has been bitten by a vampire while at a party and if she can hold out for 88 days, she can sweat out the infection, but if she bites anyone she'll automatically die and turn into a vampire.....more
2. Shelter Island (Blue Blood) by Melissa de la Cruz
3. Sword Point by Maria V. Snyder
4. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - Matilda has been bitten by a vampire while at a party and if she can hold out for 88 days, she can sweat out the infection, but if she bites anyone she'll automatically die and turn into a vampire.....more
solid 3.5
Anthology about vampire stories. This was an anthology that I really loved as a teenager and was less crazy about as an adult; nonetheless there are some pretty great stories in there that more or less make up for the flops.
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney. Part of a larger series: Moth is a vampire whose trying to establish some independance from her master Theo who's strong-armed her into stealing an urn. There's some attraction with the son of the vampire hunter; and some scenes with...more
Anthology about vampire stories. This was an anthology that I really loved as a teenager and was less crazy about as an adult; nonetheless there are some pretty great stories in there that more or less make up for the flops.
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney. Part of a larger series: Moth is a vampire whose trying to establish some independance from her master Theo who's strong-armed her into stealing an urn. There's some attraction with the son of the vampire hunter; and some scenes with...more
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 making his way back home--as...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 making his way back home--as...more
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney - read first 5 pages then skipped...i really wasn't interested.
"Shelter Island" by Melissa de la Cruz - skipped, i can't stand melissa's writing
"Sword Point" by Maria V. Snyder - Synder is an awesome writer, so of course her short story around fencing and vampires was great.
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" by Holly Black - a descent short story on how vampires are glamorized when really they are just creepy monsters.
"Undead is Very Hot Right Now" by Sarah Rees B...more
"Shelter Island" by Melissa de la Cruz - skipped, i can't stand melissa's writing
"Sword Point" by Maria V. Snyder - Synder is an awesome writer, so of course her short story around fencing and vampires was great.
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" by Holly Black - a descent short story on how vampires are glamorized when really they are just creepy monsters.
"Undead is Very Hot Right Now" by Sarah Rees B...more
The Eternal Kiss is an interesting collection of vampire tales brought together in one brilliant volume – twelve of which are original to the anthology.
I occasionally enjoy reading short stories, so I sometimes find myself buying anthologies like this one to satisfy the craving. On the whole I really enjoyed the stories in this collection. They are all, in their own way, incredibly brilliant and whilst some left me cold others made me laugh out loud (really) and wish that I’d thought about vampi...more
I occasionally enjoy reading short stories, so I sometimes find myself buying anthologies like this one to satisfy the craving. On the whole I really enjoyed the stories in this collection. They are all, in their own way, incredibly brilliant and whilst some left me cold others made me laugh out loud (really) and wish that I’d thought about vampi...more
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 last long enoug...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 last long enoug...more
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, Queen of Cool)
• Kelley Armstrong (Women of Otherworld)
• Maria V. Snyder
• Sarah Ree...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, Queen of Cool)
• Kelley Armstrong (Women of Otherworld)
• Maria V. Snyder
• Sarah Ree...more
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 boy who claims to be a vampire. But there...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 boy who claims to be a vampire. But there...more
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. Sword Point - Ava goes to a school that...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. Sword Point - Ava goes to a school that...more
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 vampires. There should be more. Because...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 vampires. There should be more. Because...more
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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 got screwed over majorly, she was...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 got screwed over majorly, she was...more
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The Eternal Kiss
I chose to read a few stories from this anthology because it has a couple of my favorite authors, and to get an sort of entertainment from them, I’m definitely game. I immediately went to Clare and Caine’s stories because they are my standout favorites in this group of writers. Overall, they were entertaining, but not quite to the caliber that I know these ladies are capable of. Fun, but I still wanted more.
Other Boys by Cassandra Clare
3 Stars
This story definitely felt a bit dif...more
I chose to read a few stories from this anthology because it has a couple of my favorite authors, and to get an sort of entertainment from them, I’m definitely game. I immediately went to Clare and Caine’s stories because they are my standout favorites in this group of writers. Overall, they were entertaining, but not quite to the caliber that I know these ladies are capable of. Fun, but I still wanted more.
Other Boys by Cassandra Clare
3 Stars
This story definitely felt a bit dif...more
This is a very entertaining collection of short stories for young adults. Here's what I thought of the stories:
Falling to Ash – Karen Mahoney: I liked the way this story was written, but it didn’t really feel like a complete story. Just little snippets put together that didn’t make a whole. A vampire is asked to do a favor for her sire. 3.5
Shelter Island – Melissa De La Cruz: Very good. A vampire boy comes to visit and has a favor to ask. A complete story that left me wanting to know more. 4.5
Sw...more
Falling to Ash – Karen Mahoney: I liked the way this story was written, but it didn’t really feel like a complete story. Just little snippets put together that didn’t make a whole. A vampire is asked to do a favor for her sire. 3.5
Shelter Island – Melissa De La Cruz: Very good. A vampire boy comes to visit and has a favor to ask. A complete story that left me wanting to know more. 4.5
Sw...more
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 in my brain: "He was ju...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 in my brain: "He was ju...more
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 vampire killer. I really liked M...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 vampire killer. I really liked M...more
By appearances, this book is atypical for me. (The cover and title? Ugh.) However, following the work of favored authors and reading their recommendations means I go where they go. The cool part about that is that I get to be pleasantly surprised more often than not... hence the following. And hey, why not vamp things up for Halloween?
This cover is pretty blatantly designed to lure in the Twihards, but maybe that's a good thing because it'll lead them to discovering different types of vampires....more
This cover is pretty blatantly designed to lure in the Twihards, but maybe that's a good thing because it'll lead them to discovering different types of vampires....more
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 In Coldtown- Holly Black
And THERE is the darkness that...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 In Coldtown- Holly Black
And THERE is the darkness that...more
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 probably could...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 probably could...more
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To be honest I am thoroughly disappointed. I have read some GREAT free anthologies lately here on goodreads and so I was all excited for this one when I purchased it at the local library. Several of the authors I have read some of their works before and so I thought this would be a sure success. Let me tell you I enjoyed only 2 of the stories, most of the others were tolerable and some were just plain horrid. I liked "Falling to Ash" and "All Hallows" . Honorable mentions were "Undead is very ho...more
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...more
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 Coldtown by Holly Black.
The be...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 Coldtown by Holly Black.
The be...more
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 author who trus...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 author who trus...more
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 was boring and I didn't find the fact that she...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 was boring and I didn't find the fact that she...more
Aug 11, 2010
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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 had a lot of potential, I reall...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 had a lot of potential, I reall...more
"Falling to Ash" by Karen Mahoney: **1/2 A vampire is ordered to steal ashes for her creator, and runs into a complication. Mostly felt like part of a larger story; ended up feeling very unfinished.
"Shelter Island" by Melissa de la Cruz: *** A girl's home is haunted. Potential, but not very meaty, even for a short story.
"Sword Point" by Maria V Snyder: ***1/2 A girl goes to a bad side of town to learn fencing, and learns more than she bargained for. Good story
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" by Ho...more
"Shelter Island" by Melissa de la Cruz: *** A girl's home is haunted. Potential, but not very meaty, even for a short story.
"Sword Point" by Maria V Snyder: ***1/2 A girl goes to a bad side of town to learn fencing, and learns more than she bargained for. Good story
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" by Ho...more
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 Moth. Not even the ti...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 Moth. Not even the ti...more
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 Cassandra Clare’s “Other Boys”...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 Cassandra Clare’s “Other Boys”...more
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Trisha Telep was the romance and fantasy book buyer at Murder One, a London crime, mystery, and romance bookstore; she's now co-owner of the virtual bookstore www.murderone.co.uk and an editor of romance and supernatural anthologies for Mammoth. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, she now lives in London.
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