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A review by booksuperpower
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side by Charlaine Harris
2.0
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries From the Darkside ( The Southern Vampire Mysteries) Short Stories and Novellas #11 is a 2010 Berkley publication.
My husband bought me this book several years back because he recognized Charlaine Harris' name and knew I enjoyed her Sookie Stackhouse series. However, once I took a closer look at the book I realized my sweetheart of a husband had been duped by unscrupulous marketing tactics. Charlaine Harris writes the forward and is the editor, but she only has one short story in this 20 author anthology. While Charlaine Harris' name is boldly and prominently displayed on the cover in HUGE letters, the other authors listed on the cover are not as obvious. So, as an impulse buy my husband did not understand what he was actually getting when he bought the book. I really don't like it when publishers do that, but enough of my whining.
This book has languished on my shelf for some time now and I meant to get to it, but it kept slipping down the old TBR list. Finally, I decided it had gathered dust long enough. A collection of short stories should be easy reading. When I went down the list of authors who contributed stories for the book, I was blown away. Twenty authors, twenty stories with names such as Carolyn Hart, Max Allen Collins, and Margaret Maron just to name a few. So with such heavy hitters as these, I was sure I was in for a treat. Well, not so much.
There was not one single story in this collection that was great. One or two were good. A few of these stories made no sense at all. I forced myself through each story because I kept thinking that surely one of them had to be worth my time. But, sadly that never happened. I wish I had let this one gather dust indefinitely. 2 stars
My husband bought me this book several years back because he recognized Charlaine Harris' name and knew I enjoyed her Sookie Stackhouse series. However, once I took a closer look at the book I realized my sweetheart of a husband had been duped by unscrupulous marketing tactics. Charlaine Harris writes the forward and is the editor, but she only has one short story in this 20 author anthology. While Charlaine Harris' name is boldly and prominently displayed on the cover in HUGE letters, the other authors listed on the cover are not as obvious. So, as an impulse buy my husband did not understand what he was actually getting when he bought the book. I really don't like it when publishers do that, but enough of my whining.
This book has languished on my shelf for some time now and I meant to get to it, but it kept slipping down the old TBR list. Finally, I decided it had gathered dust long enough. A collection of short stories should be easy reading. When I went down the list of authors who contributed stories for the book, I was blown away. Twenty authors, twenty stories with names such as Carolyn Hart, Max Allen Collins, and Margaret Maron just to name a few. So with such heavy hitters as these, I was sure I was in for a treat. Well, not so much.
There was not one single story in this collection that was great. One or two were good. A few of these stories made no sense at all. I forced myself through each story because I kept thinking that surely one of them had to be worth my time. But, sadly that never happened. I wish I had let this one gather dust indefinitely. 2 stars