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A review by desiree_mcl
Night Shift by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin
4.0
I got this anthology for Ilona Andrews and Nalini Singh's contributions but I also decided to read the other 2 short stories in this collection. I read the 2 I got the collection for and I unfortunately DNF'd the last two but the last story I'm willing to try again w/, I just wasn't in the right mood to try and read it.
In general anthologies aren't my thing. I only get them when an author I love is included and I rarely love the story, I'll usually like it but end up feeling a bit ambivalent toward the story in the general. Loving them or hating them are rare for me, usually short stories like these fall into 'ok' territory.
Secrets at Midnight (Psy-Changeling #12.5): 4 stars.
I read this one a while ago I never wrote a review, bad Desiree', but here's what I remember. Bastien, one of Mercy's brother's, had scented his mate a few weeks back but had yet to find her. Until he's driving Vera (an elderly woman from the pack) some place and he finally finds his elusive mate.
I do remember enjoying this one but it not reaching love status. Which I wish wasn't the case because I was looking forward to Bastien's story. I still liked it but I wanted more out of it.
Magic Steals (Kate Daniels #6.5) 5 stars. I know, from reading other reviews, that this one wasn't everyone's cup of tea, which is completely fine, but I loved it. Yes, there were some things that did irk me but it didn't lower my star rating at all. I loved diving back into the world and I loved Jim and Dali so much.
Jim and Dali! <3
It took me a long time to read this one. Jim is one of my favorite (top 3 for sure) secondary characters in the Kate Daniels world and I had fallen in love with Dali as well. I was so nervous that I wouldn't love this, they are just such beloved characters for me, that I didn't want to dive into a story I might not like.
Thankfully the Ilona Andrews writing team has never let me down. I should know that by now.
When Jim showed up for their date my heart melted.
So many moments that I loved in this short installment. I want more with these two so bad.
Hope to get to Magic Binds soon.
Lucky Charms (SPI Files #0.5): DNF'd. I was interested in this one because it sounded like a fun, silly, short read. I ended up only reading about 30 pages of this, in those 30 pages it didn't feel like anything was happening. I need a short story (unless it's with characters/in a world I already know and love) to be moving quickly and not spending 20-30 pages dealing with the first day of a new job. Yes, the job is quirky, interesting, there's a weird case going down but I didn't feel like it was moving along.
The Beast of Blackmoor (Barbarian #1): DNF'd but I will be trying again in the future. I read about 30 pages of this one. Within those 30 pgs there was a hero who is a warrior...new warrior, he's only 15 at the time, and he was cocky and did something...not good in the temple of a deity and was cursed/given a little insight into his future. Jump ahead many years and we have a heroine that is tasked with taming the "beast", there is a battle with some vicious creatures and she's fought them before. So it's a story line I would normally be interested in but other books were calling my name and it was feeling like a chore to read it.
In general anthologies aren't my thing. I only get them when an author I love is included and I rarely love the story, I'll usually like it but end up feeling a bit ambivalent toward the story in the general. Loving them or hating them are rare for me, usually short stories like these fall into 'ok' territory.
Secrets at Midnight (Psy-Changeling #12.5): 4 stars.
I read this one a while ago I never wrote a review, bad Desiree', but here's what I remember. Bastien, one of Mercy's brother's, had scented his mate a few weeks back but had yet to find her. Until he's driving Vera (an elderly woman from the pack) some place and he finally finds his elusive mate.
I do remember enjoying this one but it not reaching love status. Which I wish wasn't the case because I was looking forward to Bastien's story. I still liked it but I wanted more out of it.
Magic Steals (Kate Daniels #6.5) 5 stars. I know, from reading other reviews, that this one wasn't everyone's cup of tea, which is completely fine, but I loved it. Yes, there were some things that did irk me but it didn't lower my star rating at all. I loved diving back into the world and I loved Jim and Dali so much.
Jim and Dali! <3
It took me a long time to read this one. Jim is one of my favorite (top 3 for sure) secondary characters in the Kate Daniels world and I had fallen in love with Dali as well. I was so nervous that I wouldn't love this, they are just such beloved characters for me, that I didn't want to dive into a story I might not like.
Thankfully the Ilona Andrews writing team has never let me down. I should know that by now.
When Jim showed up for their date
Spoiler
right after he'd been challenged and really hurt, all because he didn't want to disappoint Dali,So many moments that I loved in this short installment. I want more with these two so bad.
Hope to get to Magic Binds soon.
Lucky Charms (SPI Files #0.5): DNF'd. I was interested in this one because it sounded like a fun, silly, short read. I ended up only reading about 30 pages of this, in those 30 pages it didn't feel like anything was happening. I need a short story (unless it's with characters/in a world I already know and love) to be moving quickly and not spending 20-30 pages dealing with the first day of a new job. Yes, the job is quirky, interesting, there's a weird case going down but I didn't feel like it was moving along.
The Beast of Blackmoor (Barbarian #1): DNF'd but I will be trying again in the future. I read about 30 pages of this one. Within those 30 pgs there was a hero who is a warrior...new warrior, he's only 15 at the time, and he was cocky and did something...not good in the temple of a deity and was cursed/given a little insight into his future. Jump ahead many years and we have a heroine that is tasked with taming the "beast", there is a battle with some vicious creatures and she's fought them before. So it's a story line I would normally be interested in but other books were calling my name and it was feeling like a chore to read it.