Note:

In the interest of being better able to keep this list up to date, I'm no longer going to be posting my own synopsis/comments about the books I've been reading. Instead, I'm just going to post the blurb from the cover. To be honest, it takes a lot for me to not like a book, so you can pretty well bet that only the keepers make it to my booklist.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance

edited by Trisha Telep

Ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night. Twenty-four, never before published, short stories of paranormal romance.

Normally, especially in an anthology of this size, there’d be a few stories that stand out and a few that really . . . don’t. That wasn’t the case with this book. Twenty-four stories and not a bad one in the bunch. Pick a favorite? Not possible!

Two things surprised me about this book. First, that I enjoyed it so much despite being familiar with the work of only a paltry four authors. And second, that I didn’t see the same theme repeated over and over. A lot of books claiming to be paranormal seem to think paranormal is limited to vampires and werewolves. Not so with this book. Yes, there was a couple of werewolf stories and a vampire or two, but they were presented in unique ways and as a whole, this book contained an amazing array of paranormal themes.

Go out and buy a copy right now. You won’t be sorry!

1 comment:

Jamie D. said...

Okay, you twisted my arm. Or wallet, as it may be. Thanks for the review!