Love Is Strange: An Anthology of Paranormal Romance Stories

by Martin H. Greenberg, Rosalind M. Greenberg

Book in very good condition. Minimal signs of shelf ware on dust jacket.

Genres: Paranormal, Anthologies, Fantasy, Short Stories, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Horror

385 pages, Hardcover

First published July 29, 2011

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Julia Putnam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this because I love a few of the contributing authors, but I totally fell in love with several more and am eager to read their books. There are a few that are total misses for me, but I'm excited to be able to have some new authors to add to my shelves!

[Kacchan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Um....yeah, so I have read 7/13 of the short stories so far and hated all but one of them. The Gardener by Mary Rosenblum is the only semi decent story that didn't make me want to gouge my eyes out, but the ending was still dogshit. Don't get me wrong some of them had great premises, like the tempation of Robin Green, but they were delivered so poorly that they are simply unreadable. If I ever wanted to torture some body I would force them to try and read these stories back-to-back to which they would be begging for their death at how cringy these stories are.

After reading the 8th short story I find myself being slightly intrigued of what that story could be, but of course the story that seems promising is ruined with smut. Now normally smut isn't a bad thing, but when its written as "causing her to purr louder", "his brain turned to mush and his body into one horny sex machine", and " archer could suckle one breast", to name a few. it's like I am just torturing myself over here. The premise of a supernatural being losing their powers and living as a mortal is very promising, but this one just does not deliver. On the bright side it's not nearly as cringey as the other stories so far:)

[Lynnaurya · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's always nice when I can read a collection of works with some of my favorite authors contributing to it. Although there were some stories I had to skip over because I couldn't get into them, others held my interest fast and I was eager to see if there would potentially be more to expand on the story. It also allows me to become interested in other authors and their works based off the story submitted to the anthology. It's a great way for authors to get their name out there if they're just starting out or trying something new.

[Izzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fascinating collection of paranormal romance from a wide arrange of authors. I love that this collection includes modern stories like the one of a researcher who falls in love with her subject and historical fiction like "The Morrigan's Daughter." Though I didn't love every story in this collection, I can say every story was well-written. Well worth the read if you enjoy romance and paranormal tales.

[Chandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some stories were good, some I didn't like. There were lots of typos, particularly of character names, that I found really off-putting.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

For every good tale is this collection, there is a bad one. As always, a collection like this is a good way to get exposed to a wide variety of authors for one reasonable price. The standout stories for me were Kelly Armstrong's "Paranormal Romance Blues," for which I bought the collection as I've enjoyed Armstrong's novels, Holly Black's "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown," Mary Rosenblum's "The Gardener" and Holly Lisle's "Last Thorsday Night." However, did I love any of these stories enough to seek out a full-length novel by that author...unlikely.

[Mariah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good mix of stories written by talented authors. There were a couple I couldn't bring myself to finish but that is understandable. The views upon vampires changed throughout between stories. Oh, they stayed wicked creatures of the night but were also soulless killers, people with an infection, people with attitude like any other - just happening to be a blood sucker. I really enjoyed the story with the selkie. It called to me. I also enjoyed the post-apocalyptic ones as well. They definitely bred ideas in me. The succubus story shall be one of my favorites!

[Cecilia Rodriguez · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of paranormal romances. Several have been published in other collections, however, there were two short stories that stood out. The first one is by Mary Rosenblum and titled: "The Gardener." When Carey is depressed, and contemplating suicide, she finds a garden and its caretaker.
The second story is by Cheyenne McCray and is titled: "Succubus Seduction." The story is both sexy and funny with a great ending.

[Melanie's · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with many anthologies there were some good and some bad. A few of the stories I think I would have enjoyed more had I read their previous work but there was one that I had never read that I enjoyed so much I am goign to hunt out her work. That for me is one of the best things about short story collections..... insight into characters you love and occassionaly finding a new gem V""V

[Angela]

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[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would say that is average rating for the whole book, based on all the various stories. Some were great, some were really NOT great, and most were so-so.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was good but some of the stories are not school aproprate

[Laine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of the stories are fun and well written. Several authors I'd like to read and a good heads up on a couple to avoid.