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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876608
EAN: 9780515147285
ISBN: 0515147281
Label: Jove
Manufacturer: Jove
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
Publisher: Jove
Studio: Jove
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The bonds of love...
The bonds of matrimony...
The bonds between husband and wife...
Let's face itâsome bonds are made to be broken.
Here, for the first time ever, are four stories from today's most provocative authors that take the classic idea of the "faerie tale wedding" and give it a swift kick in the bustle.
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This is quite a different sort of short stories. At first I did not think I would like it, but it actually was a very good read!
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It's nice to see that LKH can write something other then Anita or Merry, and while I did enjoy reading it, I still think that she really needs to take a break from writing and do something else for a bit.
Yasmine's story was wonderfully writen and I loved finding out more about one of the other people of her Otherworld series and look forward to more from her in the anthology, Inked.
The other two stories on the other hand, I couldn't finish Marjorie's and couldn't read Sharon's at all. I just couldn't get into either one. If you want to read this one, I'd recomend getting it used.
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Other reviewers have done a great job with recapping the stories so I'm just sharing my opinion about the book.
I enjoyed Hamilton's story a lot. It was short but it was a great story with a great theme. I do enjoy Hamilton's books and no, it doesn't fit in with her Anita Blake or Merry Gentry stories. This one is more along the line of Nightseer and the stories in Strange Candy. I hope she continues to come out with more of this flavor.
I really didn't care for Galenorn's story. I found it and its heroine tedious and the plot contrived and only finished because it wasn't long enough that I felt like I would waste too much of my time to see how it ended. It's my first story by her and I don't anticipate reading another.
I enjoyed Liu's story. She's a great writer. I've read several of her books and although I chose to stop reading them due to disliking her typical story arch, I quite enjoyed this one and the (slightly foreseeable) twist at the end.
Sharon Shinn's was probably my favorite story because of the character development of the heroine and how each of the other supporting characters and their stories are revealed with perfect timing to keep the story moving forward.
So definitely worth the price of the book and I'm sure I'll be reading it again.
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The focus of the stories in these anthologies all involve girls who are being forced to wed against their will. Laurell K Hamilton headlines the book, but unfortunately her story is both the shortest as well as the least enjoyable. The first story in the book, it ends at the 11% mark on a Kindle - and that includes all of the title pages before the story. The rest of the stories are actually quiet good and make the book a worthwhile purchase.
Laurell's story is more along the lines of a fable. To prevent her father from announcing her betrothal to a lecherous old man, Elinore declares that she's going to rescue Prince True, an arrogant prince taken captive decades ago by a sorceress. Challenges must be met to proceed to the next test to get close to freeing the prince and no one who has ever returned from the attempt. Elinore goes in expecting to die, preferring death to the marriage. The story isn't long enough to feel anything for this rather stiff character, but Elinore does make some rather smart, if unexpected decisions.
Yasmine Galnorn's story focuses on a Selkie who had run from a marriage 100 years ago and is now pregnant and with a man she loves when her former, very dangerous fiancé catches up with her. The story involves the D'Artigo sisters from the Sisters of the Moon series where we had earlier met this story's heroine.
Majorie M Liu provides the story of a princess who runs away looking for answers in a magical but dangerous forest a week before meeting with her intended, a fabled Warlord. The kingdom needs this man, the son of her mother's best friend, as their ally as roving bands cause havoc and destruction. She is rescued barely in the forest by a troupe of wandering performers and gets to be just Sally, keeping her identity a secret and falling for the leader of the group. This is the most emotional story in the book.
Sharon Shinn's story takes roughly 40% of the book. It involves a princess who refuses her father's demands to marry a neighbor who she's known all of her life but finds boring. So to find a suitor and marry her off, he holds a series of challenges involving fighting ability, courage and wisdom; the winner gets to marry the princess. Princess Olivia grows quite a bit in this story as she finds things aren't always as they appear.
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I loved the twist in Laurell's book. I thought that Yasmine Galenorn's was one that was hard to put down. I certainly enjoyed the rest of them.
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