Reviews
Great anthology, I especially like "Ice Shards" by Yasmine Galenorn.
Actual rating: 3 ½ I like reading anthologies such as this one because they give me the opportunity to discover new series and find out whether I want to give them a try. There are so many fantasy series out there right now that it’s hard to figure out what to read or not to read and the novellas & short stories features in anthologies are a usually a great way to sort things out a bit. Magic dreams (I had already read it before buying this anthology, this is a copy of my original review): Only a few days left before Magic Breaks is finally released and I’m definitely getting restless. As a desperate measure I’ve decided to get my hands on anything Kate Daniels related hence Magic Dreams. I didn’t know this short story was about Dali & Jim and I can’t say I was very excited at first. In the series Dali pretty much comes across as a clumsy nutcase and Jim is the very serious and paranoid head of security for the Pack… I didn’t expect to have much fun reading Magic Dreams. Well I was very wrong, this is a very fun, entertaining read! I actually loved Dali as a narrative voice and it was great to see things from her perspective. Jim is definitely growing on me now and doesn’t seem to be the boring, ever serious alpha I thought he was. Nice! I really liked the interaction between Dali & him and it’s fun to see how different they are from the other couples in the series (Kate & Curran, Andrea & Raphael). A very fast-paced, entertaining read. Now I would love to read more about Dali & Jim, who would have thought?! Ice shards: I just couldn’t get into this story. I didn’t like the characters or the setting and the story itself didn’t do anything for me. I guess the Otherworld series is not for me. Double hexed: Now that was entertaining! A very weird yet very engaging mix of magic, gods, vampires, shapeshifters, dragons, American Indians… A fun novella that is intriguing enough to make me want to give this series a try and know more about its characters & original world. Anna strong: Although I’m not into vampires much this was enjoyable enough. I like Anna’s character and was thinking about buying the first instalment in this series but the reviews are pretty mixed so I’m not too sure. It seems the later books in the series are better than the first ones so I might give one of these a try. We’ll see.
Rating for Blood Debt by Jeanne C. Stein (Anna Strong series book 5.5) only.
