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Title: No Gratuitous Bodice-Ripping; Only Good Old-Fashioned Monster Killing and Strong Female Heroines!
Review: This collection of short stories is perfect for those of you who loved the first installments of Anita Blake and/or the NightSeer novel. For those of you who have never had the pleasure of experiencing these books, this would be an excellent introduction to the best of what Hamilton offers: strong female lead characters; paranormal realism and heroic fantasy settings; an intoxicating mix of well-written magic, courage, monsters, and sometimes humor.As an old-school Hamilton fan, I regret her last few years of weak-plotted, bodice-ripping romance weakly disguised as fantasy. This collection reminds me of why I wrote down her name years ago after reading the short story "Geese" (featured in this collection, btw) in one of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress compilations.
