In Immortal: Love Stories With Bite, edited by New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series P.C. Cast, seven of today's most popular YA vampire and contemporary fantasy authors offer new short stories that prove that when you're immortal, true love really is forever. Rachel Caine (the Morganville Vampires series) revisits the setting of her popular series, where the vampires are in charge and love is risky. Cynthia Leitich Smith (Tantalize) gives us a love triangle between a vampire, a ghost and a human girl, in which none of them are who or what they seem. Claudia Gray (Evernight) takes us into the world of her Evernight series, in which a pre-Civil War courtesan-to-be is courted by a pale, fair-haired man whose attentions are too dangerous to spurn. Richelle Mead (the Vampire Academy series) brings us the tale of a young vampire on the run from the rest of her kind, and the human boy who provides the getaway car. Nancy Holder (the Wicked series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) immerses us in a post-apocalyptic New York where two best friends are forced to make a choice that may kill them both. Kristin Cast (the House of Night series) introduces us to a new kind of vampire: one with roots in Greek mythology, and the power to alter space and time. And Tanith Lee (Black Unicorn) shows us what happens when a bright young woman with some supernatural savvy encounters a misguided (but gorgeous) young vampire.*Note* This is the new edition that includes the Soul Screamers story "Binge" by Rachel Vincent.
Review:
"Dead Man Stalking" by Rachel Caine revisits characters from her Morganville Vampires series. Shane gets abducted by a zombie controlled by his estranged father seeking to enlist Shane’s help in eradicating the vampire species. I’ve enjoyed Rachel’s Weather Warden series, so I knew she was a good writer, but I only got Glass Houses yesterday, so this was my first visit to Morganville (although I’m now planning an extended stay), and there were characters with back stories I didn’t know, but my ignorance didn’t in any way diminish my enjoyment of this story. If anything it made me want more of this series.
Sexual Content: None
*Dead Man Stalking is part of the Immortal: Love Stories with Bite anthology
Disclosure: I received this book for review courtesy of BenBella Books
Product Details
Reading level: Young Adult - Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: BenBella Books (October 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933771925
- ISBN-13: 978-1933771922
Rachel Caine is one of my favorite authors, and bother her 'Morganville Vampires' and 'Weather Warden' series are Urban Fantasy favorites of mine!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for you to review 'The Glass House' - you'll fall in love with the series, trust me!
I can't wait myself :)
ReplyDeleteGood review. This is the story I want to read the most right now. I love the Morganville series and it would be cool to read a story about Shane.
ReplyDeleteRachel Caine is unfortunately one of the mainstream Authors who have never managed to buy except in Anthology stories like this one you reviewed. I am definetly missing out and this has now convinced me to get the Morganville series books. Thanks for the review and making up my mind....
ReplyDeleteJackie B Central Texas