"Dates From Hell", a compilation of short stories

Back from my cruise and finished the book "Dates from Hell" upon the Veranda deck.   This book is another compilation of short stories by some popular authors.  The authors include Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Kelley Armstrong, and Lori Handeland.  

I purchased this book mainly for the story by Kim Harrison about Ivy and Art. As you know, Kim Harrison is one of my favorite authors.  The story in this book about Ivy is from her early days in the I.S. under the authority of her boss Art and her trials and tribulations with her job there.  It is a great inside look to the Ivy's early days pre-Rachel.  It provides a little more understanding to how torn Ivy is with her past.  I would recommend any one following the Hollows series to pick this one up.

Lynsay Sands has a story called "The Claire Switch Project" , which is a neat little story that is ends in a sort of "wrapped up with a bow on the top" sort of way.  A good little read though, with a different approach in the "paranormal". I liked it.

The story called "Chaotic", by Kelley Armstrong was one that I found very intriguing.  It follows a heroine by the name of Hope, who is demon who feeds off of chaos and find herself involved in a situation she did not expect to be in alongside a werewolf.  This is the first thing I have read by Kelley and plan to look up some of her other work. I am not sure if this story about Hope is an anthology from another series or not, but it seems like it could be.  I will look Kelley up, this story peaked my interest.  

The last story in the book, was called "Dead Man Dating", by Lori Handeland.  This story also was a good read. I probably found this one my second favorite besides the one by Kim Harrison, of course.  I found the heroine in this story to be someone I could relate with more , and found I wanted to know more about her and what the outcome was.  Kit and Chavez are the main characters in this story, and you will be hooked on wanting their story to go on and on.  Again, this is the first thing I have read by Lori , and am not sure if it is an anthology of another series involving Kit or Chavez.  It could be a much bigger story and I will be looking this author up also.  Great story with a somewhat happy ending, but there could be a future there.  

So, all in all, I would recommend getting this one for the Ivy story for sure, as well as some added bonuses of other authors that may intrigue you.

Until next time , remember..."You cannot open a book without learning something."

xo Val