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bodebeabay's review against another edition
4.0
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4 Stars
Nalini Singh's story, Angel's Wolf gets 5 stars. Well written. Perfect flow. Great character build. Like a perfect melody. Left you well satisfied.
Ilona Andrew's story, Alphas: Origin gets 3 & 1/2 stars. Main characters needed more personality building. A good story, but not great. Left you feeling like something was missing.
Sharon Shinn's story, Nocturne, gets 3 & 1/2 stars. Was interesting. The main characters were fun & likable. But there were elements to the story that left me a bit unsettled.
Meljean Brook's story, Ascension, gets 3 stars. Was okay, but seemed a bit to staid. Started well, but too many rules for the hero/heroine that I found off-putting. They weren't allowed to protect themselves against humans.....really.
Which brings the book to a 3.75 stars in total. I rounded up to 4 stars. It's worth reading for the Nalini Singh story. Otherwise, its a take it or leave it kind of thing.
4 Stars
Nalini Singh's story, Angel's Wolf gets 5 stars. Well written. Perfect flow. Great character build. Like a perfect melody. Left you well satisfied.
Ilona Andrew's story, Alphas: Origin gets 3 & 1/2 stars. Main characters needed more personality building. A good story, but not great. Left you feeling like something was missing.
Sharon Shinn's story, Nocturne, gets 3 & 1/2 stars. Was interesting. The main characters were fun & likable. But there were elements to the story that left me a bit unsettled.
Meljean Brook's story, Ascension, gets 3 stars. Was okay, but seemed a bit to staid. Started well, but too many rules for the hero/heroine that I found off-putting. They weren't allowed to protect themselves against humans.....really.
Which brings the book to a 3.75 stars in total. I rounded up to 4 stars. It's worth reading for the Nalini Singh story. Otherwise, its a take it or leave it kind of thing.
bookstuff's review against another edition
Alphas: Origins - like this. At first I thought it was part of The Edge world but I guess it is a new world. I want to find out what happens to Emily as she grows up.
I like the Shinn story too.
I like the Shinn story too.
nola2london's review against another edition
4.0
Really enjoyed these short stories ! I think they all were great stories, probably my favourite was Sharon Shinn, who I will definitely read more of her books.
redhairedashreads's review against another edition
3.0
Rating is the average of all the stories within the anthology.
Angel's Wolf by Nalini Singh: 4/5
Alphas: Origins by Ilona Andrews: 2.5/5
Nocturne by Sharon Shinn: 3.5/5
Ascension by Meljean Brook: 3.5/4
Angel's Wolf by Nalini Singh: 4/5
Alphas: Origins by Ilona Andrews: 2.5/5
Nocturne by Sharon Shinn: 3.5/5
Ascension by Meljean Brook: 3.5/4
ethoslost's review against another edition
3.0
Didn’t finish. I have a hard time getting into anthologies. I prefer full length novels to short stories that are obviously pulled from an author’s larger book series. It makes these anthology stories feel lacking substance.
gijanechosen's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed all four of the stories. They were all very different despite the common thread that made placed them in the same book. Obviously I like the first two authors as evidenced by the fact that I’ve read several books by each of them at this point and that was part of the reason I picked up this book to begin with. That being said, I think I nearly equally enjoyed the last two stories whose authors I’ve only read a small smattering of.
dipanjali's review against another edition
2.0
this book was disturbingly kidnap-y overall. nu. no thanks. hard pass.
escalla's review against another edition
only read the ilona andrews short so far, will get back on the rest later...
nutti72's review against another edition
4.0
While I didn't read all four stories in this book. I did enjoy the two I read "Angel's Wolf" by Nalini Singh and "Nocturne" by Sharon Shinn. I'm sure the other stories were fine too, but they aren't series I read.