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The Night Before Christmas
written by Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy, Jill Shalvis, Kathy Love, Katherine Garbera, Kylie Adams
Studio : Kensington
by Kensington
Publisher : Kensington
Released : 2006-10-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780758212153
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 15 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $1.71
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Good fun & a bit "hot" as well. Good reads. |
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I read some of these stories while traveling. Just the right length & they're not terribly silly. |
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The Night Before Christmas |
'THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS' is a holiday themed short story collection featuring some of today's hottest chick-lit authors such as Lori Foster and Erin McCarthy. Despite the promising theme and the highly praised contributing authors I found many of the stories in 'THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS' to be predictable at best. Not only did almost every story follow the same formula but there was little to no relation to the Christmas holiday in any of them. To my surprise, however, the two stand out stories in the book were by two authors that I knew very little about Jill Shalvis and Kylie Adams. Shalvis's 'MS. HUMBUG' (my favorite) and Adams' 'THE GOOD GIRLS GUIDE TO A VERY BAD CHRISTMAS' were the only two stories that strayed from the formula and delivered something that will leave readers wishing that they were full length novels.
If you are looking for a book to get you into the holiday spirit this is probably not it, however if you want a book full of steamy sex scenes and unbelievable & sappy endings than this is the book for you. For great holiday themed collections try 'THIS CHRISTMAS' or 'SCENES FROM A HOLIDAY' but do pick up a couple of books by Shalvis and Adams as these two authors certainly shined in this mediocre novel. |
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The Night Before Christmas |
In the spirit of kicking off the holiday season, I decided to start my December reading with some festive books, the first one being THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS a combination of six short stories by well known authors.
I was very excited to pick this one up particularly because I've never read a novel by best-selling author, Lori Foster and especially because Erin McCarthy is one of my favorite story-tellers. But, I must say the book wasn't as great as I thought it would be. I was surprised to find that I only really liked two out of the six stories which weren't even by the author's I predicted I would enjoy the most, but by author's I had never heard of, but will now be in search of more of their works.
My two favorites were MS. HUMBUG by Jill Shalvis and GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO A VERY BAD CHRISTMAS by Kylie Adams. These stories stood out from the others because they had much more promising and realistic characters and story lines that left you wanting more. The other four stories felt monotonous and very saccharine to say the least. 3 ½ stars.
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Enjoyable! |
This was a reread for me. I am usually not a fan of anthologies... They always seem so rushed to me.
I am not going to summarize each story as I'd give most of the story away.
This book contains 6 stories by 6 different authors. Each story averages about 50 pages, give or take. I think it's very good. Each story is unique and different. And I didn't feel like any of them were rushed. I think this book is nicely written and each story is beleivable, despite it's 50 pages. All of the "couples" were either long time crushes finally coming together, or coming together again. I liked that part, it helped make the stories seem more real.
My 2 favorite stories were by Lori Foster and Erin McCarthy.
This is a quick, fun read. Be sure to check your book shelves though before buying it, it was originally released in 2005, same title, purple cover. |
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Saucy Christmas Mix |
Ok, I admit it, I'm addicted to steamy anthologies. They're like a snickers bar for the libido -a guilty little pleasure you just can't resist. This x-mas anthology doesn't dissappoint either, six short and sexy tales of romance during the jolly season. Plently of steam in each of the stories. My favorite is the touching I'll Be Home For Christmas by Kathy Love. The hero returns to his small town for the season and bumps into his childhood sweetheart, who he dumped for a career. This one is really heart warming and packs lots of emotional punch for such a short story.
If you liked any of the bad boy anthologies, you'll like this one. I also recommend A Gift of Love anthology by Deveraux et. al for some exceptionally poiniant and romantic tales that'll have you believing in christmas miracles.
Do yourself a favor and either check this one out at the library or buy it used -so much cheaper. Anthologies tend to be quite expensive compared to regular paperbacks. They're are lots of excellent sellers here on amazon. Try it! (and no I'm not a seller :)) |
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