Pretty terrible. Changing it to one star. Can't fathom why I gave this two.

I don't really remember much about this, but my overall impression was not that great.

Love is Hell was a compilation of five short stories revolving around a sci-fi/fantasy version of love, and how, generally, it is hell. I ranked each short story separately. First, Sleeping with the Spirit by Laurie Faria Stolarz was... cliche. I felt myself predicting the ending long before it happened, and it was only 50 pages. I gave it two stars. Second, Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld had an interesting concept of a future world that just didn't hold up the way I wanted it to. The

These are not your grandma's love stories :P

2 stars I own this book, but never bought it. I picked it up from the "Free: Please take me home" section in my library.Well.I now know why it was free. I took this book because I thought it would be this passionate, but not too intense, fun loving book. It wasn't. Boy was I disappointed. This book was five short stories in one book.1. Sleeping with the Spirit: 2/5Boring.2. Stupid Perfect World: 1/5Barefooted bordom (if you read the book, that would be funny!)3. Thinner than Water: 2/5 Magica

Read for Popsugar Reading Challenge prompt #3 “heart, Diamond or club on the cover”This YA anthology has five different short stories themed around paranormal and fantasy dark romances. Sleeping With The Spirit by Laurie Faria Stolarz- teenage girl moves into a a house haunted by a ghost of a teenage boy with unfinished business. Cute story, 3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld- in a school like the one from The Uglies a group of kids have to do an assignment where they live li...

Surprisingly good. Out of the five stories I liked four. That's good for an anthology. In contrast to others, I enjoyed the Westerfeld-story the most. But I have to admit, it stands out a bit, because it is the only Science Fiction story in the midst of urban fantasy: In a future classroom students attend "scarcity class" and have to chose a self-experience project lasting for two weeks. It is a future in which hunger, illness, long-distance between places, exhaustion and other problems have bee...

You know that book that you really liked a long time ago but forgot what it was called until recently? Yes it took me an awful lot of brain churning to finally find this book

3.5 11-19-16 Re-reading.Rounded up to 4 this time because Melissa Marr's story was so sweet. It was my favorite of all of the other short stories in this book.

I would give this book a 3. It's hard when it comes to anthologies, to rate the book as a whole, so here is what I thought of each story. 1. I never really liked Laurie Faria Stolarz's writing or stories, and that hasn't changed. Her contribution was bland, things were too cheesy or coincidential. I'd give it a D. 2. Scott Westerfeld has the most brilliant plots, but his writing is only okay. I'd give his story a B- or C+. 3. Justine Larbalestier owned this anthology. Her writing was surreal and...

Melissa Marr 5 starsScott Westerfeld 5Laurie Stolaz 4Gabrielle Zevin 3Justine L..... 2.5As with all of these compilations, some of the stories were great and others okay. I liked the happy endings better, and some of the stories were just weird.

Sleeping With The Spirit by Laurie Faria Stolarz: I thought it was just okay, but didn't stand out.Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfield: I loved the world-building, and I wanted it to be longer just so I could learn more about a world where sleep doesn't exist and people can teleport to Mars in a manner of minutes. This is my favorite of the 5. Thinner Than Water by Justine Larbaleister: It was just okay, and it's one of my least favorites.Fan Fictions by Gabrielle Zevin: It's definitely th...

"Blue is For Nightmares" is about a girl in a new home that turns out to be haunted. It's rather sweet."Stupid Perfect World" is about teens taking a class called Scarcity in which they must commit to live two weeks under one of the hardships that used to assail people. Amusing look at teen romantic drama, with a side of Shakespeare's Hamlet."Thinner Than Water" is an ominous love story, in which a girl falls in love with an outcast as she plans to escape her ruthlessly traditional village for t...

I picked this book up not quite knowing what to expect. It was remarkably thin for a collection of short stories, and I wasn't quite sure if each author would have enough time to completely develop their stories. As has been mentioned in past reviews, it is extremely difficult to rate an anthology, but all said, I really liked this book. Before obtaining this collection, I'd already read works by several of the authors, both short stories and full length novels, and was pleasantly surprised to f...

I borrowed this from the library but I also own two physical copies of Vacations from Hell and Prom Nights from Hell which I shall be reading as part of my June TBR list.This anthology is made up of five short stories, written by five well-known and talented writers. The theme of the anthology was love but with dark and sinister twists. It was overall, an easy read. I finished reading it in under two hours in two separate sittings. Out of the five stories included in the anthology, three of them...

All right, this anthology should be easy to sum up. First off, the quaint title is completely misleading. Three out of these five stories were disturbing or sad and certainly not happily-ever-after. Scott Westerfeld and Melissa Marr's stories are among the lighter of the bunch, and I get the feeling that lot of readers were more dismayed about the sad tone to the stories in this anthology than anything else. To rate each one...Sleeping with the Spirit by Laurie Faria Stolarz: Ghost love. The wri...

This was okay.Sleeping with a spirit - about a girl living in a haunted house. It seemed getting rid of the ghost was ridiculously easy though.Stupid perfect world - about some teens in a future world doing things for a class which included sleeping, and turning off your hormone balancers.Thinner than water - about a girl who fell in love with a fae boy, and the people in the village where she lived killed him because of it.Fan fictions - about a girl whose whole life was written in a book.Love

sooo...have to admit that this would be the lest favourite of the 'hell' books so far.'Sleeping with a spirit', was basically about a girl who had warped dreams with a ghost. It's an interesting idea -- sad -- but I did enjoy it. I'd give it a 3/5 stars.Scott Westerfeld wrote an intriguing short story called 'Stupid Perfect World'. This is located in a dystopian world, where like is literally perfect. As a class project, students are required to experience what being a 'human' in the past would

I picked this up pretty much entirely for the fact that it includes a story by Scott Westerfeld. I've also read Justine Larbalestier's How to Ditch Your Fairy, so she was a draw too. I'm not sure what I was expecting, since I'm not much of a fan of short stories and I didn't know any of the other three authors, but I was pleasantly surprised!A brief rundown by story, without any spoilers if I can help it:"Sleeping with the Spirit" by Laurie Faria Stolarz - Not quite your typical ghost story. I l...

I've heard of all these authors, or noticed their books around my library at some point or all. I've never read anything by them, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to get a feel of their writing style. Most of these miss the mark. The one story that amazed me saved this anthology from getting a two star rating. Sleeping the Spirit (2/5 stars)The plot has been done, and better, with better writing, and more memorable characters. Stupid Perfect World. (4.5/5 stars)I need a full length