I gave up reading this book because instead of being a series of short stories it appears to just be the start of a book by each author. If I wanted to read those I'd read the full book, not just several chapters. Thankfully I got this from a book swap so it didn't cost me a penny. ( )

Blood Upon My Lips by Laurall K. Hamilton - 4
Anita is living with Micah and Nathaniel but hasn't become Nathaniel's lover yet. Anita has to work through who Nathaniel and Damian are to her and how they will work in her life and feeding the Ardeur.
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Out of the four novellas here, I most enjoyed MaryJanice Davidson's "Dead Girls Don't Dance," which presents a romance between a dumb jock and a cranky undead young woman that's about as believable as you could hope for, with a good amount of sarcastic humor. Meanwhile, Rebecca York's "Burning Moon" is a pretty good suspense tale with interestingly complex characters. "Originally Human" by Eileen Wilks is so-so on the supernatural elements and tiresome in the plot, leading to a pretty indifferent impression. And finally, this book is supposed to be built around the lead story by the famous Laurell K. Hamilton, but fans have complained that the "novella" contained here is merely an excerpt from one of her Anita Blake novels. That's painfully obvious here, as the "story" begins and ends inconclusively, and features characters and plot elements that are so under-defined that they have obviously been introduced more fully elsewhere. I gave it 3 stars but my suggestion would be to find the individual books by these ladies and skip this. ( )

3 stars to Dead Girls Don't Dance by MaryJanice Davidson. I haven't read the other stories yet. ( )

Synopsis: All four of these stories focus on love among the paranormals; one also has to do with tracking down a murderer.
Review: The order of stories is, thankfully, from weakest to strongest. The last story is also the one that requires solving a murder. ( )