two storys needed only one
339915
They took what should have been the most important part of WWII and made it into two stories. One was the true story about Macarthur and the Emperor of Japan, and the second a love story about a soldier and a Japanize girl he met during college in the US. I enjoyed the first and could have done without the love story.
4761826
I only read one story so far and it was great.  I have to finish a few others and will definitely finish the whole series.
260431
A smooth blending by two authors into one story.  You won't get the story behind the story unless you read Someone Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead.
3805250
Why did I have to buy 2 books to read one story?  The must be some trick by the publisher.
373185
The stories were okay, although I did not read the last story.  As one commenter said, these are stories about soldiers and some wounded, but that did not make a difference to me as to whether I read the story or not.  There was some sexual tension, but I don't remember any actual sex scenes, so either there were none, or they did not impress me in a good or bad way because I didn't remember them.

I liked the first story the best, and after reading another book before writing this review, I don't really remember much about the other two stories.  I would consider a reread of the stories sometime in the future - maybe next Christmas when I will look for Christmas stories again.

I borrowed it as an unlimited, so I feel it was very worth my reading time.
4679675
If you read the first book and the second book in one setting you get a decent short story.  The was twice as long as the first story but is still way to short. I enjoyed the story but it's like reading a couple chapters. I'm going to wait until the series is completed before reading any more.
3504173
The story of the Franklin is actually two stories and these two stories should, absolutely, be told separately. One story, the best story, is one of heroism and self sacrifice. The other, the lesser story, is one of a man, guilty in my estimation of several court martial-able offences, who distracts the navies notice with that old magicians trick, misdirection. Simply, for me, they should have left out the captains story. The captains personal story of incompetence and pettiness, mingled with the magnificent story of a ships company fighting to save their ship and each others lives, like candy and pickles eaten together, left a bad taste in the mouth.
Just have two stories. Have one story about that "best story" I mentioned and another about the "How the hell did the captain get away with that?" story.
By the way, that best story? It's a great, elevating story, that I enjoyed learning about very much..
3746493
Not much of a story.  Short stories are fine but this was just getting started when it left you.
1579761
It's interesting to me that the compilation of these two stories got higher ratings than the individual stories.  I enjoyed both tales though they were not without their shortcomings.  The positive: I enjoyed the author's writing style. He does know how to create suspense and I felt his descriptions at times (ex., during the blizzard) really placed me in the scene.  That being said, I felt at times there were subplots in Dismember that went on too long (the mall scene) or didn't need to be included at all (the attack scene in the mother's house).  Remove or at least pare down those scenes and there would be ample space to give us more critical information. For example, what was Mr. Boots motivation in taking Davey and what happened to Davey over those twenty years?  And, in Freeze, what is the origin or at least some explanation for the ice monsters?  For me, these monsters are so out of the ordinary that some explanation of their existence is a requirement.  But my biggest complaint, with both stories, are the abrupt endings. I'm guessing the author prefers to leave the endings open to the reader's interpretation but with Freeze in particular the ending is so abrupt it almost seems like the story went unfinished.  Or maybe the idea is to leave these stories open to enable sequels.  If so I'd like to know that I'm reading the beginning of a series before I commit my time to the first book.

Again, I enjoyed the suspense and if some readers feel I'm being too critical it's because I do see a lot of positives and I'd like to see even better stories down the road.  I'm not sure, though, I can commit to reading more from this author if the stories all end the same way.
816657
So, first of all, this reads as one story that has been split into two stories.  There are two couples whose stories do not mingle until the second story.

After only reading the first story, I was left disappointed and wanting more from the Pantera (a type of shifter) story. The sex scenes were steamy, but nothing super special, the characters were fun and interesting, but a bit short-lived in the short story format. The Pantera storyline/people was super exciting but needed more time and exploration to satisfy my new found wonder at their world.

Parish's story changed all of that. The sex scenes were steamy and satisfying, the characters from the first story tied in and became more whole, and the whole book was just tied together in the second story. I fell in love with the Pantera people and their world! The first story felt rushed, but the second story really helped to fill in a lot of blanks.

What I overall loved was the world and the people. I loved the setting and the steamy scenes (of course). What I would have loved to see changed/improved:

I think it would have felt like a through and through great book, rather than a much better second story than first, if it had been combined into one story with both couples involved throughout or flashing back and forth and then combining them. Also, I know these are short stories, but I really felt that the first story was rushed and incomplete. We didn't really see any sort of conclusion to the dark magic symbol issue (such as them taking it up with the "village elders" or something along those lines).

The book rated 3 stars with my above feelings/conclusions about the stories. It was good enough to keep me reading the series, but not great enough to necessarily have me on the edge of my seat, ready to one-click as soon as they are released.
3130979
I liked it. It was two stories at least in one. I thought it was a little slow in the middle as the first part of a series it does make me want to go on to the next one!
4537280
The book was cheap, I only wanted the one Mark Twain story in it anyway.
I love the mark twain story.
4651091
THERE WERE THREE STORIES IN THIS BOOK, BUT THE FIRST BY ANNE STUART WAS THE ONLY ONE I REALLY ENJOYED.  I GUESS I  AM JUST AN ANNE STUART FAN AND EVERYONE ELSE COMES SECOND.
4227657
I think the author could have made one book instead of breaking this story into mini sagas. Already reading Tangled because otherwise you would feel like the story was cut short. My preference is to put the three parts together and pay more for ONE good novel. I still would recommend this book with one precaution and that is there  is a part that is like devil worship which I feel could have take taken a better direction and been left out.
2786251
Didn't like the two stories found it very off putting
3157043
This has been a great story, but being a 2 part story my advice is GET THEM BOTH . THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE IT STOPS IN A WAY YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I'm fixing to get the rest right now if I can. It was good enough I want to continue it now.
2607377
Ty and Sean are center stage in this pair of threesome tales. Ty finds his match in a geologist he is working with temporarily on an oil rig, while Sean reconnects with an old flame to find his match in Abby. Lucky Sean gets to be involved in both of the stories and both threesomes.
This was a good pair of tales. Admittedly, this reviewer is partial to this kind of threesome so it was just the right thing for me to read. The only problem I had was that, at times, the characters from the first story carried over into the second, making things a little confusing. It could have been a blonde moment on my part, but Ty's mentions were the most confusing part of the second tale.
Lenore Lovecraft at affairedecoeur.com