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    Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite

    By Heather Brewer, Rachel Caine, Claudia Gray and

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    The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the House of Night series presents stories of vampires and romance by today’s top authors!
     
    Claudia Grey delves into the history of Patrice, from her bestselling Evernight series, and her doomed affair with a mortal World War II soldier.
     
    Strange Angels author Lili St. Crow takes us to St. Mary’s Catholic prep school, where one disaffected girl can’t seem to stay away from the boy she believes killed her best friend.
     
    The author of the Wicked series, Nancy Holder reimagines Romeo and Juliet with an undead Romeo who’s waited centuries for his beloved Juliet’s return.
     
    Heather Brewer, author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, tells the story of a girl who wakes up kidnapped and locked in a freezing basement with the boy she loves, facing a monster she doesn’t dare put a name to.
     
    Rachel Caine returns to the setting of her bestselling Morganville Vampires series, where the latest supernatural threat isn’t to the residents’ lives, but to Eve and Michael’s bond.
     
    And Shade author Jeri Smith-Ready introduces us to a gypsy community that harbors vampires, a girl caught between her family and her dreams, and the boy who gives up everything to help her . . .
     
    This collection features all-new stories starring dark, romantic heroes and heroines that will enrapture fans of vampire romance—plus an introduction by P. C. Cast.
     

     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateDec 7, 2010
    ISBN9781935618348
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    Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite
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    Heather Brewer

    Z Brewer is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series, and more short stories than they can recall. Their pronouns are they/them. Z is also an outspoken mental health and antibullying advocate. Plus, they have awesome hair. Z lives in Saint Louis, Missouri, with a husband person, one child person, and three furry overlords that some people refer to as “cats.” Visit Z online at zbrewerbooks.com.

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    • 4/5
      I really liked this book it open up an intrest in authors I never really thought twice about looking into but after this book I'll be pick up some of those authors books...
    • 3/5
      Anthology meant for teens...very quick reads
    • 4/5
      Some of the short stories in this collection are much better than others, but overall it is a very enjoyable book.First, you have "Haunted Love" by Cynthia Leitich Smith. A combination ghost and vampire story, it's not the best I've ever read, but definitely held my interest and had quite a twist ending. It's an enjoyable short story."Amber Smoke" by Kristin Cast was the one I personally cared for the least in the set. It wasn't a bad story, but wasn't my kind of story. I don't want to spoil it by revealing the new twist on vampires, so I'll just say it's a very different vampire story."Dead Man Stalking" by Rachel Caine was by far my favorite short story in the book. A great introduction to the Morganville Vampires universe for me, since I've never read them, it prompted me to immediately add the books to my wish list. It is very well written and makes for one of the more well-developed and enjoyable short stories I've read."Table Manners" by Tanith Lee is another new twist on the vampire story. It's not great, in my opinion, but isn't bad either. I considered it to be somewhat interesting, but nothing to get excited about."Blue Moon" by Richelle Mead was another very good story that made me interested in the author's other work (the 'Vampire Academy' series). It could easily work as a full-length novel (which I would love), but works well in this short form too. A world run by vampires, a world-changing prophecy, excitement, what else do you need?"Changed" by Nancy Holder is nothing less than an old-fashioned gore fest in print. Lots of blood, bleakness, a love story, all in all it's quite an interesting combination. Think Armageddon via vampires, and you'll have a pretty good idea what this story is."Binge" by Rachel Vincent is one where it takes a while to really find out what's going on. An interesting, if tragic, storyline combined with good writing talent make it worth reading, even if I wouldn't call it a favorite."Free" by Claudia Gray is another favorite from this collection. With a lead character you can easily connect to, a good story, and a real ability to grab and keep your attention, I'll definitely be picking up the 'Evernight' books.
    • 1/5
      Not worth the purchase. Just take the strol or ride to some local library or borrow this book from some sucker like me who foolishly paid money for this work. Should you get your hands on this book of short stories just read Racheal Cain 'Dead man Stalking' only one worth reading. I would like to read more written in Shane perspective I guestimate this short takes place after Lords of Misrule before Carpe Corpus. I can thank this book for reminding me why I never bought into the House of Night series The authors have a short in this book and its garbage like most of the stories in here. I mean Table Manners was just a waist of trees and printing ink.
    • 4/5
      Like any collection of short stories, there were some I loved and some I didn't like at all. Free by Claudia Gray made the whole book worthwhile to me; any fan of her Evernight series should check it out. It deals with how the somewhat minor character of Patrice became a vampire, and honestly I could have read a full length book about it. The entries by Kristen Cast, Rachel Vincent,and Richelle Mead were also among the good stories. I guess it's no coincidence that I enjoy their books as well! The rest were forgettable, if not downright bad, but overall this is a very good collection and worth wading through the so-so stuff to get to the excellent storytelling!
    • 4/5
      I found some new, excellent authors to read, so I am excited. Lee was so interesting and idiosyncratic. I have never read her, but will be sure to now. Gray and Holder- their stories had real lessons to ruminate on over the next few days. Definitely good for teens to consider. The others are just fluff, but Kristin Casts' story is almost unreadable IMHO. But with the editor being her mother, there was little chance editorial tough love would be provided.
    • 4/5
      Immortal, edited by P.C. Cast, is worth buying even if just for P.C. Cast’s initial essay on that thing teenagers seem to have with vampires. Not just lust nor raging hormones, she identifies some fascinating points of contact between teen reader and vampire lore, and leaves this long-gone teen thinking yeah, that does make sense. And then there’s the stories.I enjoyed this introduction to a fine mix of authors: Kristin Cast writing on her own to combine vampire and other ancient myths into an intriguing whole; Tannith Lee viewing the stranger at the party through strangely well-trained eyes; Rachel Caine creating a curiously disturbing little world in Morganville; Cynthia Leitich Smith’s truly haunting Haunted Love; Nancy Holder’s scarily post-apocalyptic New York; Richelle Mead’s odd story of vampires and men with its underlying commentary about the fate of the “different”; and finally Claudia Gray’s strange trip to New Orleans.The stories are fun, nicely collected, neatly disturbing and intriguing. And okay, I’m not a teen and never will be again, but I really enjoyed the book.
    • 3/5
      Courtesy of Allthingsurbanfantasy.blogspot.comReview:"Haunted Love" by Cynthia Leitich Smith kicks off the anthology with Cody, a new male vampire who re-opens a haunted movie theater in his sleepy Texas town, but he never planned on an All-American human girl maneuvering her way into a job and possibly his heart. I was surprised at how strong Cody’s voice was almost from page one, especially his accidental transformation into a vampire after ordering a strength potion off the internet. I wish he’d been given a full length novel to play around in, but even in his 30 or so pages, I cared about him. I cared less about the twist at the end. It was sudden and not at all in keeping with the rest of the story.vSexual Content: NoneReview:"Amber Smoke" by Kristin Cast is probably my least favorite story in this anthology, now granted I’m only halfway through Immortal, but still. This story is the reason I’ve mostly avoided reading YA. 18 year old Jenna (who comes across more as a vapid thirteen year old) is a shallow, self-absorbed high school senior when she meets hottie son of The Furies/vampire Alek who helps her transition into her new nonhuman existence. Dripping with pop culture references in an attempt to be ‘teen friendly,’ this story is mess of unlikable characters who are nothing like any teenagers I’ve ever known. I’ve been looking forward to starting the House of Night series, but if they are anything like this…ugh. Sexual Content: NoneReview:"Dead Man Stalking" by Rachel Caine revisits characters from her Morganville Vampires series. Shane gets abducted by a zombie controlled by his estranged father seeking to enlist Shane’s help in eradicating the vampire species. I’ve enjoyed Rachel’s Weather Warden series, so I knew she was a good writer, but I only got Glass Houses yesterday, so this was my first visit to Morganville (although I’m now planning an extended stay), and there were characters with back stories I didn’t know, but my ignorance didn’t in any way diminish my enjoyment of this story. If anything it made me want more of this series. Sexual Content: NoneReview:"Table Manners" by Tanith Lee is an odd story written in an odd way. It feels like a regency period story except for the occasional modern reference (cell phone, elevator etc.) A girl meets a Brad Pitt-esque vampire at a ball and tries to help him realize his vampiric weaknesses are all in his mind. The writing was very unique and sentence structure was often haphazardly ordered. I’m not sure what effect the author was going for, but the story was generic enough that it doesn’t really matter.Sexual Content: NoneReview:"Blue Moon" by Richelle MeadThis short story takes place in a world where vampires rule and humans live as second-class citizens. Lucy, the daughter of the most powerful vampire in Chicago, suddenly finds herself being hunted by her own kind and must rely on the help of a cute human guy who's spent his whole life hating the vampires who rule his city. –RichelleMead.com This is the best story (so far) in Immortal. The new spin on the vampire/human relationship was immediately intriguing and one that I hope Richelle plans to explore in a more books (pretty please). Vampire Lucy is just beginning to see life from the perspective of the humans living in servitude to her kind, while human Nathan has been fighting against a lifetime of hatred for the monsters who destroyed his family. When these two are thrown together, sparks fly in more ways than one. The story is set up in such a way that while the ending isn’t a complete cliffhanger, it leaves a lot left unresolved. I’m hoping that is because, like me, Richelle realizes this world is too good to be used only once.Sexual Content: NoneReview: “Changed" by Nancy Holder (who I loved from her work on Buffy) pens a pulls no punches diatribe this time out. On just about every single page of this story (sometimes several times per page) the author reminds us that Eli, the unrequited love interest of the main character Jilly, is gay. Eli’s stereotyped Jewish parents throw very un-politically correct insults at him, whereas Jilly’s parents let him and his boyfriend Sean be together at her house. Jilly, a reformed ‘slut and drug addict’ is the character we’re supposed to identify with and root for, yet she has so little self worth that she doesn’t care that her former boyfriend Eli, who left her for the jerk Sean, consistently takes her love for granted and even taunts her, I think, by kissing and showering with her and then dragging her into almost certain death to get to Sean. There is a vampire takeover going on in the background, but its far from the focus of the story. I don’t know, maybe if the author had taken a less heavy handed approach with her message (a la Buffy) I wouldn’t have felt like I was being lectured for 30 pages on homosexuality and the bigotry of Jewish people.Sexual Content: two 16-year-olds take a shower together.Review: "Binge" by Rachel Vincent is the bonus story included only in the updated version of this anthology. You’ve heard the expression ‘worth the price of admission’? Well Binge is it. Whether this is you’re first introduction to the Soul Screamers series or not (and don’t worry if it is), this story about a siren and a leanan sidhe will hook you. The girls struggle believably with envy, jealousy and above all loyalty. These rarely explored creatures from folklore are a refreshing addition to the paranormal cast and Rachel writes them with aching realism. "Binge" takes place in Kaylee's world, but features characters/creatures she will (probably) never meet in the series. Although one of them is mentioned, in My Soul to Lose, I think. Originally Nash had a cameo (he knows one of the characters in this story) but his small part got cut to make room for more actual story. This is a YA vampire romance anthology, but my "vampires" are very, very non-traditional. And non-literal. There's no blood sucking at all, and no fangs, and they aren't dead. Their vampirism is more... symbolic. But the girls in this story have some pretty scary abilities, and a fascinating (at least to me), twisted kind of relationship. –Rachel VincentSexual Content: NoneReview:"Free" by Claudia Gray is a prequel of sorts to the Evernight series. This story focuses on Patrice (Bianca’s roommate in the main series) and explains how she became a vampire in pre Civil War New Orleans. Claudia Gray lists on her website that Gone with the Wind has had an influence on her writing, and while I can’t vouch for that in the main series, that influence is very apparent in this period story. The characters are very strong and vividly portrayed, however if you need the urban factor in your fantasy you might want to skip this prequel and jump right into Evernight.