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Get ready to give in to your craving for something exquisitely dark. Hotter Than Hell gathers together a baker's dozen of today's boldest and best authors of supernatural fiction and paranormal romance in a breathtaking anthology that blends black magic with red-hot desire.
From the tantalizing tale of a conflicted psychic vampire driven by a powerful, savage love to the strange saga of a Greek warrior woman battling to save the world, these are stories outside the limits, as hypnotic as the full moon. Gathers together a baker's dozen of today's boldest and best authors of supernatural fiction and paranormal romance in an anthology that blends black magic with red-hot desire. Home Groups Talk Zeitgeist. I Agree This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising.
Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms. Greenberg Editor Other authors: Keri Arthur Contributor , L. Members Reviews Popularity Average rating Mentions 18 25, 3. Add to Your books. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book is a collection of fairly typical paranormal romance stories. The shorts were okay, none of them making me crave a full length novel out of them. Half of this anthology was really great, while the other half was just meh. I read these anthologies strictly for filler between books.
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The Hollows Novella "Dirty Magic". Hotter Than Hell Anthology in Music Hath Charms by Tanya Huff. Minotaur in Stone by Marjorie M. Demon Lover by Cheyenne McCray. Ride a Dark Horse by Susan Krinard. To Die For by Keri Arthur. Brother's Keeper by Lilith Saintcrow.
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Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Hotter Than Hell Dante Valentine 5. Liu Goodreads Author contributor. Cheyenne McCray Goodreads Author contributor. Keri Arthur Goodreads Author contributor. Hotter Than Hell The Hollows, 4. Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies.
Here passion has a face and form both titillating and terrifying—and love has teeth and claws. Get ready to give in to your craving for something exquisitely da Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Get ready to give in to your craving for something exquisitely dark. Hotter Than Hell gathers together a baker's dozen of today's boldest and best authors of supernatural fiction and paranormal romance in a breathtaking anthology that blends black magic with red-hot desire. From the tantalizing tale of a conflicted psychic vampire driven by a powerful, savage love to the strange saga of a Greek warrior woman battling to save the world, these are stories outside the limits, as hypnotic as the full moon.
Mass Market Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Hotter Than Hell , please sign up. Lists with This Book. I love reading anthologies, so I never really got why a lot of romance readers don't care much for anthologies. Well, I tend to read fantasy and horror anthologies for the most part. This is probably one of the first bigger romance ones I've read. I get it now! It gets pretty dull to read sex scene after sex scene.
The only thing that broke the monotony were the paranormal elements, and seeing how each author created a story out of that starting point. Some authors did a better job than others o I love reading anthologies, so I never really got why a lot of romance readers don't care much for anthologies. Some authors did a better job than others of engaging me. Overall, I would say I'm leaning towards being mildly disappointed with this anthology, but it's really for the reasons of what appeals to me.
I love the tension and the emotion of seeing a couple meet, fall in love, and decide they want to spend their lives together. It's kind of hard to do that in a very short story, especially the ones that are supposed to be very steamy. I either ended up feeling like the couples had some hot chemistry, but not really buying the true love, or wanting more because things ended too quickly. In general, the stories that leaned towards urban fantasy made more of an impression on me, because the focus was on the plot and the worldbuilding. I'll give a basic recap of my feelings on the stories.
More of a sexy urban fantasy story. I wanted a different ending than the one I got, but I'd give it four stars because she used the Greek sirens myth to such good effect. I absolutely loved this story. It shows the potential of a well-done paranormal romantic short story.
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All the mythic aspects, the longing, the feeling of a couple falling for each other and striving for their happy ending. It was unique and really took a different spin on the Greek minotaur myth. What a joy to read. I have mixed feelings about this story. I thought the use of incubus lore was well done. The language was too raunchy for me and it was too focused on the sex acts.
However, I have to admit this was a romantic story at its heart. The theme of self-sacrifice moved me. More than anything, I don't go for this kind of steam level, I think. Readers who like more erotic fare would enjoy this one more than I did. I've found I tend to enjoy LA Banks' short stories very much. But, I think this is my least favorite. It didn't quite come together very well. I couldn't tell if she was going for a humorous tone or not. I liked the concept, Artemis coming to the modern world with her nymphs to punish those who destroyed the environment.
She drew in the story of Artemis and Acteon, the human she changed into a stag for watching her bathe naked, and shot full of arrows as punishment. In this case, she changed executives of companies that were raping the environment into stags. It was a very good idea. I liked the hero, who was a special forces guy. It was great seeing black characters in this setting. Who said Artemis couldn't be Black?
This story had a lot going for it, but it just felt a little unpolished and hurried in the execution. All and all, I'd say this was a four star story. Being horse-mad, I did appreciate that aspect of this story. However, it felt kind of ho-hum, like a hundred other paranormal romances.
The ending was a bit rushed as well. I could see readers loving this story. I didn't think it was romantic. It was more of a "we're hot for each other and have been for a while, so let's see where this is going" kind of execution. I don't like the whole HFN thing, so that left me cold. Plus the love scenes seemed disruptive in the sense that they were in the middle of finding their boss's missing nephew and hunting a very scary, evil killer. The sex interludes seemed unwise and disruptive. Arthur is a good writer, and it was a pretty scary story, so I'd give it a four stars on those terms, even though it failed as a romance for me.
I think her writing doesn't work for me. Let's have lots of hot sex and maybe we can figure out how to reverse the curse. It didn't do much for me. This is my first story by this author, and I like her imagination. This story had very hot chemistry, and it was dark and kind of disturbing. The only thing that made the execution flawed was the internal monologue of the heroine. Selene would talk to herself in her head, and because it was 3rd person, it just seemed intrusive. I really think this should have been a 1st person story. I'd like to read more of these characters. Great premise muddied down by too much sex.
Pretty cool how they worked time travelers into the King Arthur lore. I think if there was less sex and more story, this would have been close to five stars. As it was, more of a 3. This woman can write. She took the paranormal premise and created a literary feel to this story that sucked me in. Emma's a fledgling vampire who is going on her first hunt. You feel all her sadness, the impasse she faces as she confronts her old life, where she doesn't belong anymore, and embarking on a new life as a creature of the night. It was poignant and also evocative.
The sensuality was well-incorporated and fit the mood of this story about Emma's awakening to her life as a vampire. This story had a humorous element, as a young woman investigates her neighbor, who she believes to be a vampire. It helps that he's sexy, and seems interested in her. I liked the twist in this story. Mia the Banshee deals with her forbidden love for a young musician. His love is an irresistible lure to a creature who is drawn to and who feeds off the emotions of humans. I didn't really like the way this ended, but it was superbly-written.
I was tired after finishing this volume. I definitely needed a break from the paranormal sex motif. As I do with most anthologies, this would have worked better if I read it on and off. But, reading the stories back to back made some of the lesser-involving ones a chore to read. Nothing truly bad, just some that didn't work for me. Marjorie Liu's story definitely was the shining star in this collection. View all 18 comments. Feb 05, Rhianna rated it liked it.
At just under pages, Hotter Than Hell, collects a dozen short stories from some of the biggest names in paranormal romance and urban fantasy into one nice little beach ready tome. Because there are a dozen that need a review let me do my best here and give you a very short bit on each one in the order from the book! Music Hath Charms by Tanya Huff is a quicky about a talent scout for a music studio and her sultry adventures to sign a hunky pair of country-rock musicians who's sound has a m At just under pages, Hotter Than Hell, collects a dozen short stories from some of the biggest names in paranormal romance and urban fantasy into one nice little beach ready tome.
Music Hath Charms by Tanya Huff is a quicky about a talent scout for a music studio and her sultry adventures to sign a hunky pair of country-rock musicians who's sound has a magic all its own. I hate to say this was my favorite since it was the first story but I loved Huff's crazy concepts for it. Liu is a darkly fantastical fable about a lonely young woman who is haunted by sensual dreams of a monsterous minotaur made of stone.
The concept was great, the present tense narration was awful. Very sexy but not typical Liu. A little too cutesey and cliche for me to love but well written and a good example of McCray's writing. Banks is a modern mythology of the goddess Artemis' campaign to protect the forests of the world but a group of elite soldiers gets involved and vows get broken.
Another excellent story, Banks at her finest and very sensual as always. Never read Krinard before that I know of and I loved this story and her style, another favorite. This was one of my least favorite stories. Too abrupt, lacking chemistry and it was more focused on the sex than the story. I've never heard of Betts and I don't plan to look for her after this sloppy story, too many inaccurate details of the culture of Scotland.
I've not read Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series but I am pretty sure this takes place in the same world. I wasn't impressed and didn't like the characters though the author writes very well. A little cheesy and poorly plotted but fresh and fun. Fans of the Kitty Norville series will recognize Alette and the story is a good representation of Vaughn's writing but it falls flat otherwise.
I've read one of Jones' trilogies and I love her writing, she's got a way of making things light and fun but still solid enough stories and it shows with this one. Very cute and sexy. I hate to say it but this one totally lost me.
I was so confused by the story I can't give a proper description and I felt it was not Harrison's best despite how much I love her Rachel Morgan series. Overall I think that this is a good book for someone looking to dabble into the realm of paranormals to pick up so they can try these authors and the concepts of vampires, weres, icubi, time-travel and the like.
At the very least check it out at the library and try some of the stories for their unusual faire 'cause stories about banshees, minotaurs and men cursed to be horses aren't your typical everyday paranormal fantasy. Jul 07, Tricia rated it did not like it. I've read 3 of the stories so far. Tanya Huff's "Music Hath Charms" was an ok read, but forgettable. Majorie M Liu's " Minotaur in Stone" seriously sucked. If her name wasn't attached to it, I wouldn't believe she wrote it. Cheyenne Mc Cray's "Demon Lover" was cheesy, but predictably entertaining. Over all I'm not impressed, and were I a "new" reader to these authors, there is NO WAY in hell I'd look for their other books, and that would've been a serious loss considering I would've missed out on " I've read 3 of the stories so far.
Dirty Magic - The Hollows, 4. The only thing I learned was that Mia the Banshee from Black Magic Sanction is an unreliable narrator and perhaps as big a psychopath as her husband, Remus. View all 3 comments. Jul 12, Janice Janicu rated it it was ok. The one thing that gets me with this book is how different it seems from the rest of the "In Hell" anthologies that came before it.
It really strikes me that Hotter than Hell is more paranormal romance than it is urban fantasy, because the premise in all the stories is sex with a paranormal twist. Pretty much all of these stories have a relationship with sex included, which makes it more romance than not, which isn't the case as much in the other books which makes them more "urban fantasy".
I The one thing that gets me with this book is how different it seems from the rest of the "In Hell" anthologies that came before it. I feel somewhat disappointed in a lot of the stories in this anthology. In most of them I found too much of the sexual attraction, not enough to make me believe in the relationship.
I think that to some extent choosing to make the stories require sex and then making them short was shooting everyone in the foot - there simply is very little space to have a story, have crazy sex, and also make me see a believable relationship developing, a relationship where I can buy into a HEA.
Not enough room for it all, and something lost out. All the stories that managed to keep the three things balanced plot, sex, believable relationship - those where the stronger stories in the anthology. I think that most of the ones that had sex but didn't try to make the story have a fully formed romantic relationship occur within the short story were stronger - Tanya Huff's "Music Hath Charms", Lilith Saintcrow's "Brother's Keeper" which still has a flaw - it threw the reader in without much information about the world.
I recognized characters in her Dante Valentine series though , and "Dirty Magic" by Kim Harrison also shares a world with her Hollows series, but this one didn't feel confusing. The best romantic one I think was "Moonlight Becomes You" by Linda Winstead Jones because the heroine was funny in a cute way, though I didn't see much from the hero's personality.
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Liu was also good because of the lyrical writing, but there is something a bit off with the relationship there, I guess I found it hard to believe the heroine would go so far for someone she just met, but then she's isolated and so is he. That could be their bond, but I felt it could have been more cemented than it was. More of this review - http: Jun 23, Heather rated it really liked it Recommended to Heather by: Liu and many others have changed my mind after reading Hotter Than Hell. Here are a few of my favorites: Music Hath Charms by Tanya Huff is about a woman named Ali that works as a recruiter for a music label.
When she hears great things about two brothers that sing in a band called NoMan she decides they are worth checking out, even if they are playing the county fair circuit. When Ali sees them, she is blown away! Their music is so erotic and sexy, before long, the entire audience is completely enthralled… writhing around being overtly sexual. She knows she has to be the one to sign them. However her ex, and competing music executive Tom also wants to sign the band, however, does NoMan want to be signed?
In fact, no one can really find out anything about them. Are the brothers who they really say they are, or are they something more? Demon Lover by Cheyenne McCray is about a woman who has sexy dreams. Ericka studies mythology and writes books about Incubae and Succubae for a living. Can Ericka save the man she has come to love in her dreams, or will he be banished to live a lifetime of torment for fulfilling her desires? Life Is The Teacher by Carrie Vaughn tells the story of a newly turned vampire named Emma learning how to find blood and feed for herself.
A rogue vampire turned her, but her mentor Alette took her under her wing and helped her come to grips with her new life. Now Emma is ready to venture out on her own and claim her new existence. She decides to go back to the college bar she used to frequent when she was still in school, where she runs into Chris. He is attracted to her, and she can tell right away, however she is nervous and before anything can happen she flees!
The next night she calls Chris and puts as much compulsion in her voice as she can to get him to see her again and he agrees. She shows up at his apartment on the pretense of sex, however she needs something else entirely. Will she be able to embrace her new life and her new craving, or will she have to run back home to Alette for help? Hotter Than Hell was a really fun book to read, and most of the stories are slightly spicier than most romance novels. Not quite erotic, but slightly more than romance.
I highly recommend picking up this book for a highly romantic, supernatural, entertaining read. View all 4 comments. Jun 22, Julie jjmachshev rated it really liked it Shelves: What a stellar lineup! These stories are not sweet and tender. They feature the darker side and include love, hate, betrayal, and redemption. If your heroes have h There really is something for everyone in the "Hotter Than Hell" anthology edited by Kim Harrison.
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If your heroes have horns, occasionally fur, hooves, a dark side, and special powers Jun 29, The Listmaker rated it liked it Shelves: The good thing about anthologies such as this is that they give you the opportunity to discover new authors you may otherwise never find. The bad thing about anthologies such as this is that you have to wade through stories that don't appeal to you at all. Sadly, this anthology had more stories that fell into that second category than the first. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good book, just not one where every story is great. Jan 14, Cindy rated it liked it.
The title is obviously intended to hook the 'Dates from Hell' fans - but frankly most of the stories work too hard at the 'Hotter Than' part and very few of them contained anything 'hellish'. All contained some paranormal aspects but most were the 'usual' vampires and shifters. Sep 15, Christy Stewart rated it really liked it Shelves: I love Marjorie M.
Every time I read one of her short stories I am taken with her style; beautiful prose, emotionally gritty, and original. In her story, Minotaur In Stone, she does a great job of using the Minotaur and labyrinth myth into a stereotypical paranormal-romance story. She doesn't do anything especially out of the box, but her style makes it seem like the first time you had read something with the dream-lover premise. Sep 13, Erin rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Recommended to Erin by: This was really nice for me as a college student because it was short stories that I could get into.
Each short story does have sex in it though so its a 'at home reading. I really enjoyed most of the stories.
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Mar 24, Charlie rated it liked it. I read this story in the Hotter than Hell anthology. It was okay but I didn't love it. In this case, she changed executives of companies that were raping the environment into stags. I think if there was less sex and more story, this would have been close to five stars. As it was, more of a 3. Emma's a fledgling vampire who is going on her first hunt.
She faces an impasse she as she confronts her old life, where she doesn't belong anymore, and embarking on a new life as a creature of the night. Mia the Banshee deals with her forbidden love for a young musician.