A review by elysareadsitall
Bespelling Jane Austen by Susan Krinard, Colleen Gleason, Janet Mullany, Mary Balogh

3.0

I was a little surprised by the collection. Mary Balogh's name is the biggest on the cover, and the introduction showed that Susan Krinard, who came up with the idea and got it together, was super hype to get her. It was Balogh's first paranormal story and the weakest of the group. She chose to do a resurrection story, which I thought was a neat idea, but the story was just the characters talking about their feelings for 90 pages. I almost didn't go forward with reading the rest.

I'm glad I did though because I enjoyed the other stories. I thought they were fun takes, and they were far more plot driven than the first one. I particularly liked Colleen Gleason's story and will probably check out her Gardella Vampire Chronicles now.

Each author wrote an intro for their story explaining why they picked their Austen novel and paranormal theme. I thought that was a great touch. The stories were all around 100 pages and super quick.