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kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Where Angels Fear to Tread, Love Bytes,
Carly Phillips' Naughty Under the Mistletoe was cute and homey.
Patricia Ryan's Santa Baby was good...a complete story well-executed.
Kathryn Smith's A Christmas Charade was another rush job without continuity...no, no, no.
Carly Phillips' Naughty Under the Mistletoe was cute and homey.
Patricia Ryan's Santa Baby was good...a complete story well-executed.
Kathryn Smith's A Christmas Charade was another rush job without continuity...no, no, no.
jazzrizz's review against another edition
3.0
As with most anthologies, I have trouble giving them more than 3 stars.
Sherrilyn Kenyon is the reason I checked out this book . . . and as always, I loved her story.
I enjoyed the other three authors, in fact I'll probably check out Kathryn Smith in the future. I enjoy Regency stories.
Sherrilyn Kenyon is the reason I checked out this book . . . and as always, I loved her story.
I enjoyed the other three authors, in fact I'll probably check out Kathryn Smith in the future. I enjoy Regency stories.
shan198025's review against another edition
2.0
The Kenyon story was excellent. The Shay story was decent. The other two were not so swell. I didn't read the Philips one more than 10 pages.
suzannalundale's review against another edition
3.0
The good and/or bad thing, or maybe just the thing, depending on the story in question, about these collections of long short stories/short novellas is that, with limited pages, the author either has to get to that secure happy ending in fewer pages, or employ the X Months Later tool. (The other option being to forego the secure happy ending by leaving things at a satisfying one-nighter, or a promising beginning to something the reader won't ever see, but that seems pretty rare.)
In this collection, we find some instalove, a long-time megacrush fulfilled, and one instalove followed by X Months Later. It may have been my mood, but I let myself enjoy the instalove, for the most part, though I admit there were aspects of the first story I found off-putting. (Frankly, I would almost advocate skipping the first, unless you're a completionist.) I enjoyed the second and third stories quite a bit. The Regency, being the fourth and final was...fine. The characters were pretty good, and the connection between them believable. I felt the anachronisms less than I might have because the story was short. I'm not a total control freak about historical accuracy (If I were, I think I couldn't bear more than 2% of historical romances and mysteries!), but had this been a full-length piece, I suspect I'd have stronger Views on that front.
In this collection, we find some instalove, a long-time megacrush fulfilled, and one instalove followed by X Months Later. It may have been my mood, but I let myself enjoy the instalove, for the most part, though I admit there were aspects of the first story I found off-putting. (Frankly, I would almost advocate skipping the first, unless you're a completionist.) I enjoyed the second and third stories quite a bit. The Regency, being the fourth and final was...fine. The characters were pretty good, and the connection between them believable. I felt the anachronisms less than I might have because the story was short. I'm not a total control freak about historical accuracy (If I were, I think I couldn't bear more than 2% of historical romances and mysteries!), but had this been a full-length piece, I suspect I'd have stronger Views on that front.
missylynne's review against another edition
5.0
The price of the book alone is worth it for the Sherrilyn Kenyon novella "Love Bytes".
Heroine is actually a bigger girl.
Heroine is actually a bigger girl.
asmyr42's review against another edition
3.0
The good and/or bad thing, or maybe just the thing, depending on the story in question, about these collections of long short stories/short novellas is that, with limited pages, the author either has to get to that secure happy ending in fewer pages, or employ the X Months Later tool. (The other option being to forego the secure happy ending by leaving things at a satisfying one-nighter, or a promising beginning to something the reader won't ever see, but that seems pretty rare.)
In this collection, we find some instalove, a long-time megacrush fulfilled, and one instalove followed by X Months Later. It may have been my mood, but I let myself enjoy the instalove, for the most part, though I admit there were aspects of the first story I found off-putting. (Frankly, I would almost advocate skipping the first, unless you're a completionist.) I enjoyed the second and third stories quite a bit. The Regency, being the fourth and final was...fine. The characters were pretty good, and the connection between them believable. I felt the anachronisms less than I might have because the story was short. I'm not a total control freak about historical accuracy (If I were, I think I couldn't bear more than 2% of historical romances and mysteries!), but had this been a full-length piece, I suspect I'd have stronger Views on that front.
In this collection, we find some instalove, a long-time megacrush fulfilled, and one instalove followed by X Months Later. It may have been my mood, but I let myself enjoy the instalove, for the most part, though I admit there were aspects of the first story I found off-putting. (Frankly, I would almost advocate skipping the first, unless you're a completionist.) I enjoyed the second and third stories quite a bit. The Regency, being the fourth and final was...fine. The characters were pretty good, and the connection between them believable. I felt the anachronisms less than I might have because the story was short. I'm not a total control freak about historical accuracy (If I were, I think I couldn't bear more than 2% of historical romances and mysteries!), but had this been a full-length piece, I suspect I'd have stronger Views on that front.
heidibetts's review against another edition
I only read the Ryan and Smith stories this time around, but both were very good. I *adored* Kathryn Smith's "A Christmas Charade"!
jacqueline1989's review against another edition
5.0
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Love Bytes story...? AMAZING! This was such a cute, heartwarming love tale that had me smiling from Chapter One to epilogue. I adored it, truly, and really liked both Adrian (the hero) and Sam (the heroine.) It's a surprisingly neat story that gives you a dose of a true heroic man and is enjoyable to read whether it's Christmas eve or the dog days of summer.
At this time, I have no immediate plans to read the remainder of the stories enclosed in this anthology, and base my rating solely off of Kenyon's story alone.
At this time, I have no immediate plans to read the remainder of the stories enclosed in this anthology, and base my rating solely off of Kenyon's story alone.
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