The Magical Christmas Cat
by Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh, Linda Winstead Jones
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Author: Erin McCarthy, Linda Winstead Jones, Lora Leigh, Nalini SinghEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-07
ISBN: 0425223558
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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- ISBN13: 9780425223550
- Condition: New
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Book Review: 2 were GREAT the others - not so much
Summary: 3 Stars
OK - I'm a new fan of Nalini Singh and have been a fan of Lora Leigh for a long time - since she only wrote on ebooks - so I was excited to see what the two other authors could contribute. I was rather disappointed.
Anthologies to me, are a way to introduce established readers of some authors to new, truly great authors. This pairing of McCarthy and Winstead Jones is lacking in the introductory sense. They are clunky and I don't know whether it was the editing, but neither story flowed either in plot or character development. I like my stories to flow like a movie in my head and I was feeling rather like I needed to walk out of this movie and get a reimbursement for my trouble.
Nalini Singh continues with her Psy/Changling story and it's a good one. I've only read the first one (Lucas and Sascha) and have the others on order - so was pleasantly surprised at the depth and content in the short story.
The Lora Leigh story is a continuation of the feline breeds series. I had just finished Mercury's War (excellent) and was looking forward to reading it. So I skipped to the back. Now I know why the other two authors are in the middle...because they are not nearly as accomplished as the other two.
The second story (Winstead Jones) barely has enough meat (in the plot and character development people - geez!) to have kept me interested - as a matter of fact the writing felt clunky and didn't flow - conversations were contrived and it was difficult and uncomfortable to read...I like to sink into my stories. This one was a floater and needed to be thrown back - not enjoyable to me in the least. I tried people - I did, but wasn't able to finish it - kind of like a bad movie rental - you take it back and say "it was horrible."
The third story (Erin McCarthy) was a little better - about the cat statuette that houses a soul eating demon - but again, the character development was not what it should be in comparison to both Singh and Leigh. The heroine was wimpy and fought the developing romance and the hero who was trying to save her - I hate that - you can be strong and fight but not a weak character and fight and that's what I was faced with...I hate that.
So - with two out of four of the stories being excellent I give it 3 stars.
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