Kayote B. (kayote) reviewed on 1/2/2009 + 254 more book reviews

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This is a collection of short stories. I giggled. The sex was hot, the characters were fun, and I giggled. These stories are full of hot sex (well, except for one), so if that isn't your thing find a more traditional romance.

Kauffman's "Making Waves" was a good story, the longest in the book. I enjoyed it, but it hadn't pulled me in yet. It is one of the two weaker stories in the book--but given I still enjoyed it, the collection is pretty good.

Warren's "Let It Snow" started out with the "camerameanie" which made me laugh, and everytime it came up I laughed again. Kudos to the author for figuring out a reasonable way to get them stuck in the snow in the middle of Chicago. I was reading this during really cold weather too.

McCarthy's "You, Actually" reaffirms the fact I enjoy the author. Attacking reindeer, bad jokes (what's the difference between snow men and snow women? Snow balls!). The reader knows the big misunderstanding between the two of them from the start, but it works to watch them figure it out.

Davidson's Undercover Claus wasn't bad. It was much better than the collection of hers I read earlier. She doesn't write sex scenes--she hints at them then skips over them. Which isn't nesc bad, but is distinct in this collection. Ding-dong-ding-clank was cute. This is the other weak story. The back of the book has the name of the hero & their first interaction wrong, though!

Monroe's Silver Bella takes on a different type of world. Good story, but one of the earlier ones had also had the "wanna be a housewife" vibe and that bothered me a bit. Fortunately most have women who enjoy what they are doing (or at least have a goal to change to something better). I never quite figured out Bella's goal here, but then again, neither did she I think! The cowboy's were both a nice touch and a distraction.

Carr's Snow Day was...odd. I liked the characters, I liked the setup...but it jumped a bit. She was in the car then back in the living room, then they were going home but were next to the same tree they had been? Discontinuities were in there somewhere. I just skimmed that and kept reading. This is maybe the worst edited story, but it was cute enough one can skip the problems without too much issue.

Overall, much fun. I giggled, I laughed, I'd read most of them again.

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