This collection consists of 5 stories by the YA authors out of which I am familiar with 3 - I admire Kelley Armstrong, I am fairly disappointed in Richelle Mead, vowed not to read Alyson Noel again - never read anything by Kristin Cast and Francesca Lia Block. First I thought to only read Mead's and Armstrong's stories, but then decided to give 3 other writers a chance, out of the goodness of my heart and because the book is fairly short. Well, I shouldn't have bothered."Sunshine" by Richelle Me...

Sunshine—Richelle Mead 2 starsThe very first sentence was a complete turn-off. Idk how “romantic” it’s supposed to be when the guy says “Emma wasn’t Eric Dragomir’s first girlfriend. Nor was she likely to be his last.” And his dad asks him how many more girls he’s going to go through. How romantic and sweet!Emma was impossible to like, and I thought that was who he was going to get with, until Rhea came into the picture. Emma complained about how long the boat was taking, and then made an insens...

I just read the Sunshine story, from part of the Vampire Academy series. The story was just so-so though...

The book is a collection of five short stories:- Sunshine : The plot was good and the story was well written. Was a really nice read. Bring Me To Life : It was another good story. The suspense was maintained till the very end. The whole setting and everything about the book was pretty nice and interesting. I totally loved the story. Above : Even though this was the third story, I read it at the end. Or rather tried to read it. But something about it seemed just so wrong that I gave up in the

Read years ago. I own the book but I don't remember them.Short Anthologies, Paranormal

I would have to say if you are really into romace and vampiers you should 100% read this book it was amazing.

Kisses From Hell is a book of Anthologies dedicated to one of my favorite genres...vampires! I love Paranormal in general but vampires are a favorite of mine, so this was right up my alley.There are 5 different stories written by 5 different talented YA authors. The first story Sunshine by Richelle Mead is the story of Lissa Dragomir's (from Vampire Academy) parents, Eric Dragomir and Rhea Daniels, meeting for the first time.Bring Me to Life by Alyson Noël is a story of a girl named Danika who i...

Sunshine--Richelle MeadOne Star.I didn't like Rhea. She was so incredibly insecure and bitchy. There was no way anyone could talk to her without walking on egg shells. Don't call her on it though, that just makes her talk down to you like you're a piece of shit.And what the hell..? Why was this about vampires? A human suffering from blood loss could take them out. Why did Rhea have a fire ability when she didn't ever use it? Not even to defend herself?A tug-of-war between two people is not what

This book is five stories by five authors. I didn't enjoy this book as much as the others in this "series". Alyson Noel's story saved it for me. Kelley Armstrong's was also good.Sunshine by Richelle Mead ***A story about a bunch of vampire teenagers. They are born vampires called Moroi. They aren't out of control monsters - those are Strigoi. Moroi can become Strigoi by draining a human of blood.Eric is a player. His father wants him to find a girl and settle down to carry on the family line.Rhe...

Maybe one day I'll read the rest of the stories...but not today. So without further ado: Sunshine by Richelle Mead:A strange, wondrous feeling rose in her chest, and this time, she was the one who kissed him. It seemed so strange to be kissing in a place where death had just occurred before their eyes, and yet…it also seemed right. They were alive. The kiss was alive.It is complicated to make reviews of mini-stories like this, 'cause it is really easy to give out all the details of the plot,...

Ok, I only read two stories in this book. The Richelle Mead story - which is a Vampire Academy story about how Lissa's parents met - was good and interesting and now makes me want to read the books again! I'm pretty sure that the other characters in this story are also the parents of VA characters, and I need to figure out who is who! The story seems to shed some light on part of Lissa's story that is revealed at the end of Spirit Bound.The book also contained something by Kristin Cast (of House...

Star rating by story:Sunshine (2 stars) - Read the Vampire Academy series so the family names and writing was familiar. Thought it ended a bit abruptly. Wanted one more (epilogue-y) chapter.Bring Me to Life (3 stars) - Felt the most YA out of all but it also felt like an homage to Dracula, and that I can always appreciate. Nice little twist. Cute.Above (1 star) - Ugh. I get it was supposed to be poetic-y but it was bad. I didn't get the point of it all. Most disappointed since this was one I was...

I loved atmosphere in couple of the stories: they had really awesome gothic vibe that I love. There was only one story that wasn't that good, couple were really good and couple average. It was really nice to read stories by different authors and enjoy some darker shades.

DNF@35%.Sunshine by Richelle Mead:It isn't bad but the plot is weak and not very 'together', the characters are all very 'Meh', so 2 stars.Bright Me to Life by Alyson Noel:Skipped after reading the first 3 pages because the writing and the plot don't look interesting to me, I will try again later... No star.Above by Kristin Cast:Skipped after reading the first 2 pages, I couldn't handle Cast's writing when my head was aching. No star.Hunting Kat by Kelley ArmstrongThe author brought up interesti...

Decent but really wanted and expected more from these ladies. 1. "Sunshine" by Richelle Mead - Okay I love her books so I was a bit biased returning to the world of V.A. I liked seeing how Lissa's parents met and all but this story was a bit cliche.2. "Bring Me to Life" by Alyson Noel- Potential was her but I think it needed to be fleshed out a bit more. It just felt...lacking.3. "Above" by Kristin Cast - *HISS* Boo! Utterly dissatisfied. Wanted my time back. Long, lengthy and pointless.4. "Hunt...

Fourth in the Hell anthology series with a theme of paranormal romance for young adults.Series: "Sunshine" (Vampire Academy, 0.5)"Hunting Kat" (Darkest Powers, 3.5)I would be remiss in not mentioning that "a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this collection will be donated to College Summit" to aid in college enrollment for all students, and especially those from low-income backgrounds. Proceed at your own risk.My TakeYeah, it was reading from hell as well! I'd suspect that part of the ma...

I was really looking forward to reading this book for two reasons: 1. I absolutely LOVED a previous paranormal anthology belonging to the same series(?) as this one, Vacations from Hell. 2. Contains short stories from tow of my favorite authors of the moment, Kelley Armstrong and Richelle Mead. I read this book from cover-to-cover in basically one sitting, and was severely disappointed, because it wasn't at all what I thought it would be. Although I was only familiar with three of the authors (A...

'Sunshine' by RICHELLE MEAD - 4 stars“This time, she was the one who kissed him. It seemed so strange to be kissing in a place where death had just occurred before their eyes, and yet…it also seemed right. They were alive. The kiss was alive.She wanted to keep kissing him forever.”- Rhea Daniels * * * “Your hair. Even in moonlight…it looks like sunshine. I’d never have to go outside again if I was with you.”- Eric Dragomir ------'Bring me to life' by ALISON NOËL - 3.5 stars “Paint your dreams,”

Kisses from hell is a collection of five short stories by five popular young adult authors. I have previously read works by four of the five authors. Kristen Cast, Richelle Mead, Alyson Noel and Francesca Lia Block. I am not a huge fan of these authors’ accept for Richelle Mead, she was the sole reason I picked this novel up.Sunshine by Richelle Mead. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I love reading back round stories of characters, and I quite liked this one. I have read many bad reviews