Weddings from Hell
- ISBN13: 9780061472688
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Product Description
Some marriages are made in heaven . . . Some are not. What happens when “the happiest day of your life” turns into a nightmare? Forget the drunken best man or the bridesmaid dresses from the ’80s . . . none of these wedding day disasters can compare to a cursed bride determined to make it down the aisle, or a vampire who is about to disrupt your wedding. Join New York Times bestselling authors Maggie Shayne and Jeaniene Frost, USA Today bestseller Kathryn Smith, as well as Terri Garey in four unforgettable tales of unholy matrimony . . . where the grooms are dark, dangerous, and mostly dead, and to love and cherish till death takes on a whole new meaning. … More >>
Although I usually love these authors this is not really an outstanding anthology. The stories are bland and the first one by Maggie Shayne did not set a very warm example. It is readable if you have nothing else.
Maggie Shayne gives us a curse, placed by an ancestor whose husband was caught with a maid. It was mildly interesting, as soon as she met the lawyer, you knew they would get togather. There was no mystery but there is a twist when the curse is lifted. A so-so story.
Jeaniene Frost gives us a woman forced to marry a mobster to save her brother. However, her grandma calls in a favor from an old love who is undead.
Terri Garey gives us a short Nicky Styx story. It was OK. Nicky winds up a bride’s maid for her cousin. The missing bridesmaid turns up as a ghost and talks to Nicky.
Kathryn Smith gives us a story about a Vampire created by the Templars. The woman he loves, and has been trying to forget is getting married.
Each story is OK but none are great.
Rating: 3 / 5
Got the book, read it–I so wish Maggie had tied her story to the Witch series–the fact that it had a witch in it was misleading!
Loved Kathryn Smith’s “Blood Grail Vampire Payne—her story was fantastic.
A new author to me–one I plan to check out soon is Jeannie Frost—the story was very good–I liked it as much as Kathryn’s Smith’s story
And another author, Terri Garey, who I never heard of before really entertained me with her wit…..
[Till Death by Maggie Shayne] 3.5 stars
My disappointment came in I think because I was wanting this to be another leg to her Witch series–BUT IT WAS NOT–and I almost wish it had been Vampire—It was good, however!
[Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost] 5 stars
[Ghouls Night Out by Terri Garey] 3.5 stars
[The Wedding Knight by Kathryn Smith] 5 stars
Overall this was a really enjoyable anthology. I gain interest in a two new authors. I love it that Kathryn Smith’s tied in whith her Blood Grail Vampires. Maggie Shayne’s story is 9has to be) stand alone–nothing connected with her witch series–and truly far from her Vampire series–no mystery or suspense either. Just a romance– done in Maggie style.
Rating: 5 / 5
GOOD BOOK, FAST READING, HUMOROUS… TERRI GAREY IS ANOTHER SPECIAL AUTHOR, LOVE HER BOOKS…
SINCERELY, SHIRLEY Z
Rating: 2 / 5
I swore I wouldn’t read any more anthologies since I am usually disappointed with a couple of the stories in each one, but this one had strong, stand-alone novellas. I don’t think anyone will be disappointed with anything here. I especially enjoyed Terri Garey’s story about Nicki.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have read at least 3 or 4 other anthology books and was about to give up on ever reading an anthology ever again when I read this one. Dates from Hell had been so boring that I was hesitant to try this one since the title was so close.
This was a lot more fun, inventive and surprising.
I agree with the other reviewers that the last one was probably the weakest, but the first three by Shayne, Frost and Garey are so good that the last one was good enough to finish it.
If you have never read these authors before, this book is a great introduction to their work and styles. Frost remains my favorite author. Nobody does vampires as well as she does. Nobody.
Rating: 5 / 5