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The Glassheart Chronicles edition by JL Bryan Courtney Cole Nicole Williams Tiffany King Amy MaurerJones Wren Emerson Fisher Amelie Literature Fiction eBooks

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The Glassheart Chronicles edition by JL Bryan Courtney Cole Nicole Williams Tiffany King Amy MaurerJones Wren Emerson Fisher Amelie Literature Fiction eBooks

I mainly picked up The Glassheart Chronicles because one of my favorite authors has a story in it. (Not telling, you guys can guess which one if you want) Altogether I did enjoy the anthology, but some of the stories frustrated me. Don't get me wrong they were all well written. They all to one degree or another drew me in and kept my attention. I think if I had previously read the authors works that related to the short stories I would have enjoyed them more. If I had already read the authors work I might have been able to say "oh that's this characters back story" or "oh, yeah, now that whole reason for her being a crazy sociopath kinda makes sense". But because I hadn't some of the stories just seemed too short.

As I said above the writing is good and the stories did draw me in and hold my interest. I did add a few books to my wish list based on the authors work here so it didn't turn out all bad. If you are a fan of any of the authors I would definitely recommend picking this one up. But even if you aren't familiar with any of them I think the collection provides a nice introduction to these authors, their styles and their novels and is worth the read.


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The Glassheart Chronicles edition by JL Bryan Courtney Cole Nicole Williams Tiffany King Amy MaurerJones Wren Emerson Fisher Amelie Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

A great collection of sweet and interesting short stories.
I purchased this for only one story and it was well worth it. I love add on material for books that i am reading, especially when it shows the story from a different characters perspective. I read the eden trilogy by nicole willams and this book had a very nice story from williams view. A must read if you have read any of the books that go along with the short stories inside this one.
Some of these stories I really enjoyed and some I didn't. I have a feeling I would have enjoyed some of the stories more if I read the series that is attached to it, but honestly some authors couldn't captivate me. Since I have only read The Saving Angels Trilogy by Tiffany King I was very hooked on her story story. Some authors had me wondering what happens next. Lets just say that now I have more books to add to my TBR.
I guess these are taste test stories to see if you like an author. They don't seem that effective since the author I like and read it for wouldn't have gotten my attention here. I do want any eggs fresh from chickens I have met...
authors like S.L. Baum is awesome, one by JL bryan is also very good. one about angel and protectors are pretty good... but some of them are out of whack, the writing style are not smooth out, just gets me re reading the paragraph to make sure I got what was going on, I never liked to have to do that.. But it is benefit for me because I go out searching for those authors I liked and avoid those I didnt liked.. and that this book was free, so it did not cost me anything to get the sample feel of each author writing styles. ;)
The only reason I downloaded this book onto my is because I wanted to read Nicole Williams' short story that provides the male POV from her Eden Series. And it was totally worth it!

However, I also read all the other short stories in this anthology, and they weren't all consistently as entertaining with some that were frankly dark and somewhat disturbing (from authors Emerson and Bryan). All the other stories were more in line with what I was expecting, which were either related excerpts from existing paranormal romance series or a short story along these lines. The reason I'm giving this an overall rating of 3 1/2 stars is due to the fact that though I didn't enjoy all the stories, I enjoyed most of them and liked the opportunity to get a sampling of potential new authors.
So, I read this anthology ages ago - and never got around to writing a review. This book was the start of my adventure with some amazing authors.

The first short is from Fisher Amelie and is entitled The Wonderboom. This is an extension of her amazing novel The Understorey. We are introduced to Sawyer "Tut" Tuttle who makes an appearance in the novel The Understorey as a classmate/friend of Elliot and Jules....withouth giving too much away, Sawyer undergoes a very similiar and CRAZY WILD connection with Elliot's baby sister, Madeleine. He calls Elliot to confide and explain to him what he's experiencing. Since I read this before The Understorey I wasn't quite sure what it all meant. I definitely recommend reading The Understorey first, but this is a nice taste of the awesomeness that is Fisher Amelie.

The second short is The Monster in the Garden by J.L. Bryan. I found this a rather intriguing story and it made me anxious to read his Jenny Pox series which I have heard WONDERFUL things about. This was a nice taste of what I expect will be an epic series.

The third short is "Wicked Enchantment" by Courtney Cole. Oh MY WOW!! This was an awesome short. I have sinced read the related series "The Bloodstone Saga" and out of all the series that I've read, this still rates as one of the tops!! I went back and reread this after I read the series and it brings so much clarity to some questions that I had during the series. Courtney is a talented writer and this is a great introduction to her amazing writing style.

The fourth short is by Wren Emerson called "The Second Daughter's Second Daughter". This was a good read with an ending that I wasn't really quite expecting. I have Wren as an up and coming on my TBR list.

The fifth short is by Amy Maurer Jones and is called "Tunnel of Love (or Heartbreak)". I really enjoyed this story and loved that there was a shout out to my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA!!! I do look forward to exploring some of her other work specifically The Soul Quest Trilogy.

The sixth short is by Tiffany King and is entitled "The Dark Angel". Now this really really really was a great story and I am ashamed to say that I haven't had a chance to explore any of Tiffany's novels. This was one of my favorite's in the anthology and I had a hard time putting it down. Good thing it was a short!! Or I would have been up all night trying to finish it!! I have heard amazing things about Tiffany and I think that this was a good introduction to her writing style.

Ok - and they surely saved the best for last in this anthology. "The Woman in My Dreams" by Nicole Williams is an absolutely amazing addition to this. It is related to her Eden Trilogy. This short caused me to buy the Eden Trilogy and to this day it is at the TOP of my list. Nicole introduces us to the studliness that is William and is oh so hunky sounding brothers. It gives us the point of view of the first time he meets Bryn...which we hear from her side in the actual series. William and Bryn's relationship turns out to be epic...I'll just leave it at that.

To sum this up - for anyone that's looking for a nice introduction to several AMAZING authors - this is a great read. I give it 5 stars!! Awesomesauce for sure!!

Katie
I mainly picked up The Glassheart Chronicles because one of my favorite authors has a story in it. (Not telling, you guys can guess which one if you want) Altogether I did enjoy the anthology, but some of the stories frustrated me. Don't get me wrong they were all well written. They all to one degree or another drew me in and kept my attention. I think if I had previously read the authors works that related to the short stories I would have enjoyed them more. If I had already read the authors work I might have been able to say "oh that's this characters back story" or "oh, yeah, now that whole reason for her being a crazy sociopath kinda makes sense". But because I hadn't some of the stories just seemed too short.

As I said above the writing is good and the stories did draw me in and hold my interest. I did add a few books to my wish list based on the authors work here so it didn't turn out all bad. If you are a fan of any of the authors I would definitely recommend picking this one up. But even if you aren't familiar with any of them I think the collection provides a nice introduction to these authors, their styles and their novels and is worth the read.