My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

L.A Banks' story is awesome. It is funny, sad and fast paced. Sherrilyn Kenyon's contribution is terrible. This story almost made me give up on the DarkHunter series. As a Black woman, I felt slighted. Finally, a black DH and his story bites. A couple more were pretty good, but half sucked. Read at your own risk.

If you enjoy paranormal romance - this collection of short stories will delight you. Although there's a central wedding theme, each of the stories is vastly different - which makes the book a really fun read. My personal favorites were the engaging "Spellbound" by L.A. Banks, Jim Butcher's action packed "Something Borrowed", the hysterical "Tacky" by Charlaine Harris, and the enchanting "Or Forever Hold Your Peace" by Susan Krinard.

Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of my favorite authors, but her story disappointed me. The plot was akin to the Dark Hunter series, but it seemed like a barebones story missing all the zest and great character development of her novels. But overall, I am happy to have this book in my collection and it introduced me to some new authors - which is the best part! I'd recommend this book without hesitation.

I didn't like one story in this book other than Kenyon's, and even that wasn't her best. The book was actually so bad that I resent the money I paid for it. And to add insult to injury, the other book I bought that was a compilation including Kenyon was even WORSE. Just a total waste of money. Two of the stories are written in the first person -- and come on, are you a 12 year old writing a story for composition class? -- and all of them are hokey and, to be blunt, lame.

Severely disappointed is the only way to describe my reaction to this anthology. I ran right out to buy this book because of all the positive reviews. Save your money and buy it used.

To say that I was looking forward to this book for the authors that I already know and love is an understatement. I couldn't wait to read L.A. Banks' story and Sherilyn Kenyon's. However, I have to say that I not only enjoyed the stories from the authors that I am already familiar with and love, but I enjoyed the stories from the authors who were previously unknown to me as well. What a great introduction to something new! I am definitely going to be broadening my book collection with some new authors and of course will continue on with the ones I love and know already. This was a book filled with interesting, romantic and exciting tales and I would recommend it to anyone. KUDOS to these writers for a capital accomplishment.

P.S. It was nice to get a story about a Dark-Hunter with some ethnicity and I agree with another reviewer's sentiment - An expansion on this couple would be really nice!