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1001 Dark Nights: Bundle One by Shayla Black, Heather Graham, Liliana Hart & Tina Folsom

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Overview

Title: 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle One
Author: Shayla Black, Heather Graham, Liliana Hart & Tina Folsom
In: 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle One (Shayla Black, Heather Graham, Liliana Hart & Tina Folsom)
Rating Out of 5: 3 (On the fence about this one)
My Bookshelves: Contemporary romance, Paranormal romance, Short story collections
Pace: Slow
Format: Anthology, eBook
Year: 2015

Thoughts

Of the four novellas, I actually only enjoyed reading one. And only read one from beginning to end. Yet, it was worth the read, and I will dive into more of these bundles. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with trying something and then just finding that it doesn’t quite work for you.

One of the things I really liked about this anthology is that each of the stories has a bit of steam and romance. All of them have vastly different flavours and it is definitely a good way to dip your toe into not only different authors and series, but also different kinds of romances. I’m getting to a point in my romance reading that I tend to know what I like, but if I was new to the genre? It would be a fantastic way to give things a bit of a try.

I enjoyed reading this anthology, it’s not necessarily anything to rave about, but it was still enjoyable.

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Silent Bite by Tina Folsom

Book Review,
Overview

Title: Silent Bite
Author: Tina Folsom
In: 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle One (Shayla Black, Heather Graham, Liliana Hart & Tina Folsom)
Rating Out of 5: 0.5 (Couldn’t get past the first sentence)
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2015

Thoughts

I couldn’t get past two pages of this story. I just don’t seem to like Folsom’s writing and find it a bit clunky. So onto the next story.

<- Captured in Surrender1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Two ->

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Crimson Twilight by Heather Graham

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Overview

Title: Crimson Twilight
Author: Heather Graham
Series: Krewe of Hunters #11.5
In: 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle One (Shayla Black, Heather Graham, Liliana Hart & Tina Folsom)
Rating Out of 5: 4 (Really good read!)
My Bookshelves: Paranormal romance, Romantic suspense, Urban fantasy
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2015

Thoughts

This was a brilliant novella, I’ve read one other short story (Santa’s Mortuary) in this series, so I was looking forward to finding more out about this world. And I most definitely wasn’t disappointed. I’m seriously intrigued by this series and author, and have finally splurged to actually buy Phantom Evil, the first full-length novel in the Krewe of Hunters series.

This is a fun little paranormal whodunnit. I mean, ghosts are implicated, and romance also abounds (mostly a lot of passion and love in the case of this story), but they are not immediately assumed. I like that there are totally human and plausible reasons for the murders that are running rampant. Which, in the end meant that there were two mysteries – the one of the ghosts, and the one of the murders. Both made it really hard to put down this book and not keep diving into the pages.

It was really fun having a wedding and happily ever after implications as the backdrop to a murder mystery. I like that it’s not quite as cutesy and adorable as many of the stories that I read, but still kind of sweet. Particularly the idea that it doesn’t necessarily matter where you get married, just the commitment to one another and the future. Plus, there are so many moments that I just want to know who the psycho is running around killing people! And why there are ghosts. And there’s just so much death…

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Captured in Surrender by Liliana Hart

Book Review,
Overview

Title: Captured in Surrender
Author: Liliana Hart
In: 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle One (Shayla Black, Heather Graham, Liliana Hart & Tina Folsom)
Rating Out of 5: 2 (Managed to read it… just)
Pace: Slow
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2015

Thoughts

I started off liking this novella, but it very quickly lost its sparkle. So I won’t write too much about it. Mostly I think that what I didn’t really love about this was the sex scenes… they just tried way too hard. And kept on repeating the same thing. Like, one ended, and the next pretty much immediately began. It was definitely not my cup of tea. I got about halfway through and just gave up to be honest.

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Forever Wicked by Shayla Black

Book Review,
Overview

Title: Forever Wicked
Author: Shayla Black
In: 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle One (Shayla Black, Heather Graham, Liliana Hart & Tina Folsom)
Rating Out of 5: 0.5 (Couldn’t get past the first sentence)
Pace: Slow
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2015

Thoughts

I really didn’t love this novella. I struggled. Probably because it was an erotic romance that featured the DomSub cohort. Something I just can’t really get into.

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