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Dates from Hell
by
Kelley Armstrong, Kim Harrison, Lori Handeland, Lynsay Sands
It is part of the The Hollows #0.5, Women of the Otherworld #5.2 series and is a paranormal fantasy, urban fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by Avon Publications on March 28, 2006 and has 416 pages.
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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Broken, Personal Demon , Living with the Dead, Men of the Otherworld, Tales of the Otherworld, Frostbitten, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, The Reckoning, Spell Bound, The Gathering, The Awakening, "Hidden", The Calling, Aftertaste, Kisses from Hell, The Rising, Omens, Wild Justice, Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, Visions, Deceptions, The Masked Truth, City of the Lost, Empire of Night, Forest of Ruin, Betrayals, A Darkness Absolute, Indigo, Rituals, The Unquiet Past, This Fallen Prey, Stolen, Rough Justice, Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic, Haunted, Broken, Waking the Witch, Portents, Missing, Alone in the Wild, Watcher in the Woods, Otherworld Secrets, Wherever She Goes, "The Case of the Half-Demon Spy", "Escape", Otherworld Chills, A Stranger in Town, "Bargain", Hex on the Beach, "Recruit", "Checkmate", "Framed", Cursed Luck, High Jinx, Bitten, Driven, "Forsaken", The Deepest of Secrets, "Dead Letter Days", Men of the Otherworld, The Boy Who Cried Bear, Pale Demon, Unbound, Something Deadly This Way Comes, The Good, the Bad, and the Undead, Every Which Way But Dead, A Fistful of Charms, For a Few Demons More, The Outlaw Demon Wails, White Witch, Black Curse, Black Magic Sanction, A Perfect Blood, "Pet Shop Boys", "Trouble on Reserve", Into the Woods, Holidays are Hell, Ever After, The Drafter, "Waylaid", The Operator, The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death, "Sudden Backtrack", Hex Appeal, A Quick BIte, The Bite Before Christmas, Eternal Lover, Love Bites
An anthology of four short stories that you’ll hope you never have to experience on a date!
Series
“Undead in the Garden of Good and Evil” (Hollows, 0.5 although Harrison claims it as 2.5)
“Chaotic” (Women of the Otherworld, 5.2)
The Stories
Kim Harrison‘s “Undead in the Garden of Good and Evil” is a prequel to Harrison’s paranormal Hollow series and provides a good bit of background as to Ivy’s thoughts and feelings which lead to her encounter with Rachel as well as her relationships with Kisten and Picardy.
Lynsay Sands‘ “Claire Switch Project” is a fun read of two souls who have loved each other for years finally taking that step but in a truly unusual way as the girl of Kyle’s dreams does a double-date with his sister at their class reunion. A satisfying one-two punch to the class bitch and her Lothario date.
Kelley Armstrong‘s “Chaotic” provides the background on how Hope and Karl meet up. Hope thinks the interracial council has hired her chaos-demon powers to help the supernaturals but it all goes wrong when she’s set on the trail of Karl Marsten, werewolf jewel thief (think of a shapeshifting Cary Grant).
Lori Handeland‘s “Dead Man Dating” was my least favorite of the four and pits a demon hunter, Chavez, against an unsuccessful book agent, Kit, whom demons will not leave alone. Ah, the perils of online dating…
