A collection of short stories from New York Times, USA Today, and PW Bestselling Author Yasmine Galenorn, starring the men of Otherworld. In this collection:
The Hunger: What really happened to Rozurial and Fraale when Zeus and Hera showed up at their house?
Blood Ties: Roman's brother is coming to town, and it's not a happy family reunion.
Ink Bonds: Trillian's love for Camille drives him to seek her out, even a world away.
Chasing Sharah: Chase and Sharah have the most unexpected first date ever.
The Purr-Fect Weekend: Shade relishes the idea of a weekend alone with Delilah, until cat-astrophe turns it into one long fuzzy disaster.
These are the stories that can't fit into the actual novels.
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New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and is the author of over 80 books & numerous series, including the Wild Hunt Series, the Moonshadow Bay Series, the Fury Unbound Series, the Otherworld Series, the Bewitching Bedlam Series, and more. She wrote for trad publishers for 20 years until she went indie in 2016.
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Amazing, funny, poignant and cannon stories involving the men connected to the D'Artigo sisters. My favorite was Shade/Delilah when a date weekend backfires but opens a new area in their relationship. My least likable was Chase & Sharah's first date which was just lame and uninteresting since they are characters that have always been "meh" for me anyway. Roz and Fraale's story was heart-rendering and I hope that someday they will have their HEA. Out of all of Camille's husbands, I have always favored Smoky over Morio and Trillian. But the history behind how Trillian tracked down Camille and all that he endured has made me like him even more. He is the one who has sacrificed the most to be with her and deserves to be numero uno.
This was quite entertaining and I am looking forward to reading volume two of this anthology.
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Short stories about Roz, Roman, Shade, Trillian, and Chase that fill in gaps in their lives but that don't fit into the novels.
The Hunger - Roz and Fraale are living their idyllic life until the day that Zeus shows up and decides he has the hots for Fraale. In the midst of her refusal and Roz's trying to decide how they can get away from the lecherous god, Hera shows up and is furious about Zeus's eye wondering yet again. This is the story that tells their story and how their lives were shattered by jealousy.
Blood Ties - Roman's brother has come to town and courtesy requires more of Roman than he truly wants to give and will prompt his brother to try and take more than is allowed. Menolly and Nerissa will be entangled in this but what about Blood Wine?
Ink Bonds - Trillian has taken a job to bring a message to his least favorite person in the world, Camille's father, on the hopes of finding a way to talk to her and try to repair their off-again relationship. Seraph takes great delight in informing him that she has been assigned Earth-side so now he must decide if he will pursue her across worlds or not.
Chasing Sharah - Chase has finally worked up the courage to ask Sharah out on a date but awkward does not even begin to describe it starting from his first step on the porch. It's a relief when work calls with an emergency.
The Purr-fect Weekend - Shade has been looking forward to a weekend alone with Delilah for ages but now that it has arrived, it is not quite going the way he envisioned. First she is subject to one of Camille's spell disasters and can't shift back from her cat form. Next, well, dealing with her in cat form is always, um, interesting.
A fun collection with a lot of fill-in stories that were nice. The second collection just came out and features the rest of the guys each getting their own tale.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A collection of short stories from New York Times, USA Today, and PW Bestselling Author Yasmine Galenorn, starring the men of Otherworld. In this collection:
The Hunger: What really happened to Rozurial and Fraale when Zeus and Hera showed up at their house?
Blood Ties: Roman's brother is coming to town, and it's not a happy family reunion.
Ink Bonds: Trillian's love for Camille drives him to seek her out, even a world away.
Chasing Sharah: Chase and Sharah have the most unexpected first date ever.
The Purr-Fect Weekend: Shade relishes the idea of a weekend alone with Delilah, until cat-astrophe turns it into one long fuzzy disaster.
These are the stories that can't fit into the actual novels. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I normally love her writing but lately it falls flat, is anticlimactic or does not further the story in some way. I loved Roz's backstory at first but then the end was so flat. Trillian might have been better if we saw his first days Earthside and finding Camille. Just not as excited by these books anymore.