Review: This is Why I don't buy Anthologies!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2011
I usually don't buy Anthologies because usually you're lucky to get 1 good story out of the entire book.  In the recent past, I purchased the anthology SUPERNATURAL for $5.24 and enjoyed all 4 stories so I thought I would give it a try again.I'm sorry that I did so because there are too many stories for the size of the book and that affected the development of each story.  I guess that it's just to give a reader a taste of the writing style of the authors but it really does not do a good job of that.  The reader still does not know if the author has the talent for developing characters, plot lines and action scenes that will draw you in to the story even if the story is a full length novel.The bottom line is that while some of the stories were able to overcome - somewhat - the lack of length, they all are under-developed.  An under-developed story is still an under-developed story.  There are 99 cents buy that are a better bargain so that makes none of these worth over a $1 a piece.  I gave this a 2 star rating because now I know after Volume 1 - I don't want to waste money on any more volumes.****SPOILERS ALERT*******The Addiction by Jaid Black was a narrative about John Calder (cultured pimp) and Shelli Rodgers (inept virgin stripper).  She has sex with him because he seems so lonely to her, he dumps her the next day because he's not good enough for her, and shows back up a year later to tell her he loves her, because after all Shelli did make him laugh because of her terrible strip act, and finds out that they have a baby from the one night stand they had.  Immediately they both declare their love for each other - THE END.  Just did not feel the love and seemed rather stupid.**END OF SPOILER**Captain of Nara's Heart by Laurann Dohner was actually one of the best of the six.  While it was short like the others, the author was able to develop the characters and actions more.  It was more show by dialogues and actions than just relating a tale.  The short story was a good indicator of what the author is capable of but still a few more chapters would have made this a more enjoyable story.Dangerous Addiction by Desiree Holt was the next best story and an indicator of how "HOT" Holt's works can be but again it was too short to make things believable.Highland Tryst by Eliza Knight just did not draw me in at all.  Everything was too contrived.  Way to short for any type of development and I'm not even sure that I would be interested in any of her longer stories.Tattoo Witch by Kathy Kulig was not too bad and had a lot of sex in the very short story but nothing to really draw me in to care.  Unique plot line with a paranormal twist.Dragon Heat by Mel Teshco was another too short good story.  The author was able to develop her characters more but had to throw in a lot of actions scenes to get to the quick end.