REVIEW: Teeth - Vampire Tales Anthology

Description

 Sink your teeth into these bite-sized tales exploring the intersections among the living, dead, and undead. Features stories by Neil Gaiman, Melissa Marr, Cassandra Clare, Garth Nix, and many more. 

About the Author

Ellen Datlow was the fiction editor at Omnimagazine for seventeen years. She is now editor of the web zine Event Horizon She has edited numerous successful anthologies, including Blood Is Not Enough, Little Deaths, Off Limits, Twists of the Tale, and Vanishing Acts. With Terri Windling she has edited the popular anthology series The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror for thirteen years. A multiple World Fantasy Award-winner, she lives in New York City.

Product Details order HERE

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (April 5, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061935158
• ISBN-13: 978-0061935152

SOURCE:  BOOK IT FORWARD ARC TOURS

 MY THOUGHTS
LOVED IT

Wow, this one is packed with adventure.  This one is best suited for older teens since there seems to be a bit more violence, sexual situations and language than the average vampire tale.  Three stories really stood out for me: 
Best Friends Forever by Cecil Castelucci which is a twisted tale about a girl who is allergic to the sun becomes BFFs with a vampire when they meet at night school.  Both yearn for a normal life and seem to find a bit of happiness in each others company.

Transition by Melissa Marr in which a newly minted vampire learns the way of her new world and with a lot of wit and sarcasm finds a new path.

The Perfect Dinner Party by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black is almost a Victorian short story with a wicked twist at the end.  I guess when you look at who the writers are, it completely makes sense.  


I received this book from Book It Forward ARC Tours at no charge in exchange for my honest review.