Alexa S. reviewed on 3/18/2010 + 7 more book reviews

I am a fan of both Berg and Shinn and was looking forward to collection. I did enjoy their novellas, but was not at all impressed with the other contributions. The Shinn and Berg stories were much better crafted in terms of dialogue, setting, plot and pretty much everything. Knowing what I know now, I still would have bought the book to read the Shinn and Berg novellas but I don't know if I would have wasted my time on the other two.

Shinn's piece was entertaining but did not compare with her novels. It was a sadder story but pretty. Berg's was my favorite. I've read the series that the universe is based on and enjoyed it so that might have influenced my opinion. I do find her to be a strong tight writer, and I know when I pick up a book by her that I will enjoy it.

The other two novellas were not at all to my taste. York's had very stilted "matter of fact" dialogue that annoyed me throughout the story, and Johnson's love at first sight sex slave story was poorly written and the story line was implausible.

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