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Making Love
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256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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Melanie Tem
117 books51 followersMelanie Kubachko was born and raised in rural northwestern Pennsylvania. She received a degree at Allegheny College and went on to earn a master's degree in social work from the University of Denver. Apart from a varied career in social work she has published short fiction in numerous publications, including Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Skin of the Soul, and Final Shadows. Her work has also been included in such anthologies as Women of Darkness and Women of the West.
Married to Steve Rasnic Tem.
Married to Steve Rasnic Tem.
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May 17, 2012
Loooove this one, crazy but I just couldn't put it down.
November 13, 2025
Well, I gave this horror romance a shot, reading over a week on my exercise bike (the best place to read smart trashy novels, particularly since the time moves so slowly there), and, while I admired the steamy pluck and the often seductive prose of this genre mashup, I honestly thought Phanes (the creation of Charlotte) became a bit tiresome in his role as the "ideal lover." I wish there had been more of a forthright examination of Charlotte's loneliness and needs, but no such luck -- even though there are a few hot scenes in this. But have no fear, handful of Goodreads visitors who read my reviews, this hardcore reader does need to get back down to his fighting weight after putting on a few pounds after quitting smoking months ago. So the exercise bike and more romance novels await this largely literary fellow's attention!
June 4, 2019
This is a modern (-ish, I suppose; this book is 26 years old, after all) retelling of Frankenstein, but with more eroticism and dread. Charlotte is a 40-year-old woman, single and desiring love, and in a moment of desperation and sadness, she creates her perfect lover, almost out of a dream. Seemingly perfect, he begins to drift away, not as one lover may lose another, but in a way that suggests she's losing control of him. In a way, though, she's really losing control of herself.
Charlotte is a cliche of sorts: She's middle-aged, frumpy, of a stocky build, and dreams about love and lovers. She's not just all that -- she has more depth than it suggests -- but her initial presentation is familiar, and a little trite. As the story grows, so does Charlotte, but it feels like the authors wanted us to feel a particular way about Charlotte, and resorted to the spinster image to do it. It feels a little cheap. She plays multiple roles throughout the book, but it's hard to shake that initial image of her.
The book is brilliantly suggestive in places, while being vulgarly explicit in others. It's an odd dichotomy, but the authors use those differing styles to elicit the right reaction from the readers. I much prefer this way of manipulating the readers' emotions than the use of cliches.
The prose is fantastic. My favorite example is the authors describing two flighty characters as "two kites on the thinnest of strings". If only I could find more of that kind of writing in my genre reading.
Charlotte is a cliche of sorts: She's middle-aged, frumpy, of a stocky build, and dreams about love and lovers. She's not just all that -- she has more depth than it suggests -- but her initial presentation is familiar, and a little trite. As the story grows, so does Charlotte, but it feels like the authors wanted us to feel a particular way about Charlotte, and resorted to the spinster image to do it. It feels a little cheap. She plays multiple roles throughout the book, but it's hard to shake that initial image of her.
The book is brilliantly suggestive in places, while being vulgarly explicit in others. It's an odd dichotomy, but the authors use those differing styles to elicit the right reaction from the readers. I much prefer this way of manipulating the readers' emotions than the use of cliches.
The prose is fantastic. My favorite example is the authors describing two flighty characters as "two kites on the thinnest of strings". If only I could find more of that kind of writing in my genre reading.
July 23, 2011
Stephen King endorsed the entire Dell Abyss Horror line. Here is his blurb:
"Thank you for introducing me to the remarkable line of novels currently being issued under Dell's Abyss imprint. I have given a great many blurbs over the last twelve years or so, but this one marks two firsts: first unsolicited blurb (I called you) and the first time I have blurbed a whole line of books. In terms of quality, production, and plain old story-telling reliability (that's the bottom line, isn't it), Dell's new line is amazingly satisfying...a rare and wonderful bargain for readers. I hope to be looking into the Abyss for a long time to come."
"Thank you for introducing me to the remarkable line of novels currently being issued under Dell's Abyss imprint. I have given a great many blurbs over the last twelve years or so, but this one marks two firsts: first unsolicited blurb (I called you) and the first time I have blurbed a whole line of books. In terms of quality, production, and plain old story-telling reliability (that's the bottom line, isn't it), Dell's new line is amazingly satisfying...a rare and wonderful bargain for readers. I hope to be looking into the Abyss for a long time to come."
November 11, 2022
I first read this book when I was 14 years old. I was totally engrossed by it. It helped shape me (and my love of gothic horror romance) just as much as the creatures in the book were shaped by their creators. I will always have a place in my heart for this book.
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