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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.08508
EAN num: 9780061239090
ISBN number: 0061239097
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: November 01, 2007
Publishing house: Harper
Release Date: October 30, 2007
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This holiday, spend quality time with family and loved ones—living and dead . . .
There's no place like home for the horrordays—unless you'd prefer a romantic midnight walk through a ghost-infested graveyard . . . or a haunted house candlelight dinner with the sexy vampire of your dreams. The (black) magical season is here—and whether it's a solstice séance gone demonically wrong with the incomparable Kim Harrison, a grossly misshapen Christmas with the remarkable Lynsay Sands, a blood-chilling-and-spilling New Year's with the wonderful Marjorie M. Liu, or a super-powered Thanksgiving with the phenomenal Vicki Pettersson, one thing is for certain: in the able hands of these exceptional dark side explorers, the holidays are going to be deliciously hellish!
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This was a compilation of four novellas edited by Kim Harrison. Overall I thought it was a great set of stories. I zipped through this book so fast. My favorite story was the Kim Harrison one; my least favorite Six by Liu.
- Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel by Kim Harrison
This was a great prequel to the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison. It was a lovely stand alone story, but had more impact if you have read that series. It was fun to read about a younger Rachel who is still struggling to recover from Rosewood syndrome and trying to decide if she should join the IS or not. It was nice to read about a time in her life that helped get her to where she is at the start of the series. Great quality of writing, excellent, just like all of Kim Harrison's stories.
- Run, Run Rudolph by Lynsay Sands
This story was a surprise for me. It was funny, light-hearted, and I really liked it. I have never read anything by Lynsay Sands before. I liked her light writing style. There is nothing heavy or contemplative here, but it was a fun read all the same. I might check out more of her writing based on this story. Basically it tells about a woman who gets zapped by a molecular experimental machine and can change shape. She ends up being hunted from someone from her brother's past and what ensues is pretty funny.
- Six by Marjorie M. Liu
This was my least favorite story. I have never read anything by Liu before. This story was about a Chinese agent, your basic trained from birth assassin, and how she ends up getting involved in the paranormal community. Liu did a good job of switching writing style when she switched character perspective. Still, I didn't care for the writing style and I though the heroine was a bit boring.
The Harvest by Vicki Pettersson
This was a prequel to the Signs of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson. The story is told from Zoe Archer's (Joanna's mom) point of view. It tells us more about what happened to Joanna's daughter and gives interesting insight into both Zoe's relationship with the Tulpa and her relationship with Warren (the leader of the Light Zodiac). I am not sure how good of a stand-alone story this is; but if you have read some of Pettersson's books you will absolutely love this story. It explains so much about why Zoe did what she did and sheds a lot of Light on why Warren and Joann interact the way they do.
All in all a great combination of stories. I plan on ordering some of the other Hell compilations that have been edited by Harrison. Hopefully those will be as high of quality as this book was.
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If you are looking for holiday cheer, this is not the book for you. Light on romance and somewhat sad.
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I have only completed two of the four short stories, and am currently enjoying the third short story. The very first two were very intriguing though. But then Kim Harrison is a great author in the world of bizarre fiction.
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Except for Lyndsay Sands, the authors were selected well.
My favorite, Kim Harrison, did a bang-up job writing Rachel Morgan. Her writing gets stronger with every publication and our dear future witch/runner learns some valuable lessons. Her loss tugs at your heart and seeing her brother really added to the story.
Vicki Pettersson also turned in an excellent short story, complete with super spies and wizardly types. I plan on buying more stories from her after reading this.
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This is a set of nearly novella length shorts which overall rates a 4. The stories are:
Kim Harrison; Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel.
Here Rachel deals more with her family and some of her background. Her older brother wants her to move to the coast with him and take advanced classes in witch craft and she wants to join Interlander Security (IS). This book lacks the more detailed world building of the very first in the series but can be read as a starting point for the series. Good characters good plot with a decent twist; almost imposable to do better in a short. 4 stars+
Lynsay Sands; Run, Run, Rudolph.
Here the author is still having fun with her Molecular Destablizer (if you zap a human with it they become a chameleon able to change into any thing that they can visualize). But they have no information about that thing. Very funny and well written plot is pretty linear which is why it only rates 4 stars.
Marjorie M. Liu; Six.
This would make a great plot for a movie like "Crouching Tiger Sleeping Dragon" as it has all the characters. The orphaned super martial artist agent (shades of Rudyard Kipling), the mentally powerful mysterious guru, the grandmother etc. This would have gotten a 5 star rating as the plot is good as is the humour and characters. But the ending simply leaves too much up in the air with the organization.
Vicki Peterson; The Harvest.
This story uses a world with Zodiac characters that isn't really developed although the plot and characters are well done it is just too much for a short but is better than average and deserves 3 stars.
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