Over the Moon

by Angela Knight, MaryJanice Davidson

Over the Moon

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Angela Knight

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by Berkley Senseation Book (first published January 2nd 2007)

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Three beloved bestselling superstars and one exciting new voice in paranormal romance in an anthology of startling seduction.

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Feb 06, 2008

TDF Pamela (The Discriminating Fangirl) rated it:

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bookshelves: fiction, paranormal-romance

Read in February, 2008

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Mar 05, 2010

BarkLessWagMore rated it:

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Read in February, 2007

I bought this for my local book group. I've always been a fan of werewolf stories and was hoping this book wouldn't bore me to death like so many of the romances I've recently read.

The first story is by Angela Knight. When a female werewolf in heat runs away from an arranged marriage to a brutish alpha wolf, she lands pretty much on top of a police officer who just happens to be a werewolf himself. Imagine the odds of that? She needs a baby in order to maintain her independence fr...more I bought this for my local book group. I've always been a fan of werewolf stories and was hoping this book wouldn't bore me to death like so many of the romances I've recently read.

The first story is by Angela Knight. When a female werewolf in heat runs away from an arranged marriage to a brutish alpha wolf, she lands pretty much on top of a police officer who just happens to be a werewolf himself. Imagine the odds of that? She needs a baby in order to maintain her independence from the alpha wolf but the reasons are so convoluted that I'm not even going to attempt to explain. I could see where this was going a mile away and really who couldn't? But it held my attention and there's a lot to be said for that.

The second story by Virginia Kantra seems to be a sequel to a story in an anthology released quite a few years ago which I never read. It's about a young lady who decides to go on an extended hike in the wilderness and ends up stumbling across the sidhe. I felt lost throughout most of it. The basis of the story relies on the previous story and all the references to the previous tale frustrated and confused me instead of clearing things up. The atmosphere is very well done but in the end I still felt confused and the love story didn't make all that much sense. This one needed to be longer or packaged with its prequel, if you ask me.

The pace picks up with MaryJanice Davidson's tale "Driftwood", an unlikely love story between a beta werewolf and a bossy female vampire who wants nothing to do with him. The two hook-up when he finds her stuck in a hole on the beach and attempts a rescue. The results are silly, sarcastic and a lot of fun.

The final story by new author known only as "Sunny" is giving me the same issues as the Kantra story. I feel like I've been thrown into a sequel of a book I haven't read. Are author's intentionally trying to make me worry if I have Mad Cow disease? Is this some sort of backlash for all of my bad reviews? Maybe I deserve it. Anyway, the story is about some sort of alien/paranormal/fatally attractive half-blood Queen and her two male lovers who are little more than Jean-Claude/Richard clones right down to their descriptions. It's almost as if the author took Laurell K. Hamilton's characters and wrote them a little fanfic piece in which they're a happy threesome. I'm kind of annoyed so far but will finish the story if only to complain some more about it here.

Well, I'm nearly finished with Sunny's story and despite the fact that it is a blatant rip-off of Laurell K. Hamilton's work as well Anne Bishop's "Blood" books, I kind of liked it. The characters were decently drawn and their motivation well explained despite the fact that the driving force of the story is pretty much sex for power, for healing, for kicks . . . I'll probably search out the other two books in this series. Just out of curiosity, of course.(less)

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Dec 29, 2009

Vale rated it:

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My rating only goes to Sunny's story.

I must say that I'm really enjoying this series, which I can't believe because it did not sound as any of my usual readings. But this new world of the children of the moon has got my hooked.Although I hope the next book in the series is better. Let's see.

I need some more Story development and not so much "bedroom action". LOL.

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Apr 18, 2009

Val rated it:

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Read in April, 2009

Four short stories by different authors. All with hot supernatural men-types in them. Yum! I'm only in the second story but I'm already giving the book 4 stars... sexy reading.
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OK now that I'm done reading the book...

Story 1:
'Moon Dance' - by Angela Knight
One word: corny. The love scenes were good but the rest of the plot was hazy. I felt like I started in the middle of a story with no background on the context. I won't bother reading anything else by ...more

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Apr 20, 2008

Kathrynn marked it as to-read-eventually (review of isbn 0425213439)

bookshelves: own, romance-paranormal, series-mageverse_knight, to-read-eventually

There are four stories in this book. They are:

1. Moon Dance by Angela Knight (Mageverse, #7)

2. Between the Mountain and the Moon by Virginia Kantra

3. Driftwood by MaryJanice Davidson

4. Mona Lisa Three by Sunny

One day, I'll get around to reading this book... ;-)

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Oct 24, 2009

Laurie rated it:

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Read in October, 2009

Angela Knight's story was great! I loved it. 5 stars. her werewolves are the best! I'm not sure I understand the rules to her Mageverse, though. The one in Shifter was sci-fi future-y. One was fae and dragons. This was present-day. A female blue-blood of the direwolf Chosen is used by her father to secure power in their council. He plans to marry her off to the cruel stephen, but she runs after he tries to rape her, and she enlists Lucas' help...a Bitten cop. They have great sex, beat t...more

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May 10, 2008

Jennifer Wardrip rated it:

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I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.

I've never read anything by Angela Knight before, but I really liked her story MOON DANCE. I was intrigued by her Direwolfs and the world they live in, and plan to look up more of her books.

BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MOON, by Virginia Kantra, was an interesting story, but didn't appeal to me simply because of my preconceived notions of the sidhe world. In this story they seem evil, and that threw me off, but the...more

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Apr 17, 2008

Gina rated it:

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Read in June, 2007

All parts of a series (somewhat), and not bad at all!

Now, let's face it, there hasn't been a story by Angela Knight that I didn't like. This one was alright. Not the best that I've read but not the worst. I wish there'd been a little more to it. The couple came together way too fast, way too easy. Both knew what they wanted in life. The sex scenes and action scenes were well played out. Not bad at all!

The next was Virginia Kantra. While the name strikes me familiar, I c...more All parts of a series (somewhat), and not bad at all!

Now, let's face it, there hasn't been a story by Angela Knight that I didn't like. This one was alright. Not the best that I've read but not the worst. I wish there'd been a little more to it. The couple came together way too fast, way too easy. Both knew what they wanted in life. The sex scenes and action scenes were well played out. Not bad at all!

The next was Virginia Kantra. While the name strikes me familiar, I can't remember if I ever read anything of hers. What I read here, though, I really liked. 'He' gives himself up to save the girl. Her parents should have been honest with her. She goes back to save him. The perfect story. It was well written, the characters strong, a fantastic read.

Story #3 was by MaryJanice Davidson. Now, I've read a couple of her 'short-stories/anthologies', and the more I read, the more I wanted to get some of her books. But I really didn't like this one. It held nothing for me at all, and I don't know why. I really didn't feel a connection between the two main characters at all. To me, it felt like they ended up together cause it was just the way it was; I didn't feel anything between them. And the end didn't suit. You understand why she's going after the vamp who turned her and killed her friend, but the end of this story turned off what spark I had. I wasn't impressed... and you have no idea how hard it is for me to say that.

The last, by Sunny, was pretty neat. I'm actually thinking of picking up her novels. I could have done without one of the sex scenes in the novel. Not that there was something wrong with it, and I like a menage-a-trois (written tastefully) as much as the next person, but this one really didn't do it for me. But the entire story was intriguing. I'd never read her before, but I do believe I'll be picking up the 'Monere' series. I thought the characters strong - sort of like Laurell K. Hamilton's 'Anita Blake' series, but not quite. It has its own breath, its own appeal. I liked it.(less)

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Jul 26, 2009

N. L. rated it:

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bookshelves: carbon-valley-library, maryjanice-davidson, read-in-2009, vampires, werecats-werewolves-shifters

Read in July, 2009

Still not a fan of short stories but I liked Davidson's contribution as the story seemed more 'fleshed out' than the other stories in the book. It helps that I have read Davidson's Undead series and her other contributions to the world that the series takes place in.

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Feb 18, 2009

Sonja rated it:

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Read in June, 2007

This was a fun little anthology. I especially loved Virginia Kantra’s beautiful portrayal of the faery kingdom and MaryJanice Davidson’s hilarious were-vamp match. Fun read, but be prepared for a huge cross-section of styles!

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Jul 14, 2008

Jessie rated it:

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Read in November, 2008

Loved Moon Dance, fun sweet read! Between the Mountain and the Moon was good but a bit confusing, so I know now that I have to read the prequel to that one. Skipped over the MJD story as it looked like I might be confused by her note at the beginning, and stared the Sunny story as she is new. Couldn't get into it. The charachters did not seem real enough to me, not enough explaination of who Mona Lisa is...and the first sex scene...EEEK! TMI for me...a bit too raunchy for my taste...I may t...more

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Sep 11, 2009

Marissa rated it:

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Read in June, 2009

One of my favorite paranormal romance anthologies, hands down!

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Sep 12, 2009

Christine Hayes rated it:

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Read in September, 2009

Was a quick read , I enjoyed all four stories.

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Dec 29, 2009

Amanda marked it as to-read (review of isbn 0425213439)

bookshelves: sunny, to-read

Read in September, 2009

Anthology

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Oct 30, 2008

Mya rated it:

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An interesting little guilty pleasure of an anthology that I read on the plane from Texas. For their compact sizes, each of the stories was sufficently spicy and compact enough to seem complete. While not a keeper, it defintitely works for a introduction or refresher for the paranormal genre. All of the tales revolve around shifters of some sort and 3 out of 4 are about werewolves. As a werewolf-lover, I was not blown away but I was pleased with the stories.

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Mar 24, 2008

Kimberly rated it:

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Read in February, 2007

While entertaining, I felt these stories were over before they even began. Sometimes it's surprising how fast these characters fall in love, but if I don't think about it, then it becomes a very enjoyable romance. :) I felt that Sunny, the author of Mona Lisa Three, used her page limit to it's best potential. I felt the novella was really developed. This could be because the story was a sequel and she had room to just continue from the original.

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Jan 28, 2008

Rachel rated it:

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bookshelves: chicklit-romance, paranormal, read-in-08

Read in August, 2008

ok so apparently i've never read "real" romance before, because i have never read anything with so much gratuitous sex. it's just not for me. a book needs to have at least SOME plot to keep it going...otherwise it's just reading a porno screenplay. maybe that's the point?? meh. i read this for the mary janice davidson story, and while it was the best of the bunch, it wasn't all that enjoyable. boo.

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Nov 11, 2008

Jennifer rated it:

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bookshelves: 2007, mary-janice-davidson, multiple-author, paranormal, sexy

Read in January, 2007

I picked this book up because Mary Janice Davidson had a story in it. I recently re-bought the book because I wanted to read the stories again. I know I liked Angela Knight and Sunny well enough that I looked for their books for awhile - but I haven't read anything by them since this book.

I am looking forward to re-reading this.

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Sep 14, 2009

Elli rated it:

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Read in October, 2009

Angela Knight was great; Virginia Kantra was good; the others not so

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Dec 20, 2008

Elaine rated it:

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bookshelves: 2009, october_09

Read in October, 2009

As usual with a collection of short stories, this was a mixed bag. One very good story (I will be looking for more from Angela Knight), two mediocre ones, and one rather lame offering I probably wouldn't have even bothered with except to just finish off the book.

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