Rach's Reading Club

"Heroic Hearts" by Jim Butcher, Patrica Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kerrie L. Hughes and more

Amazon isn't letting me do a WDC review, so here's an informal one.

I enjoyed this collection of heroic short stories. Most of the stories were good and a couple were even great, in my opinion. Though there were a couple I just couldn't get into. That's normal for me for anthologies though. It's probably hard to gather a group of similarly-themed yet different enough to stay interesting stories for such a collection.

My favorite story in this book was Patricia Brigg's story. It helps that it built on a series that I follow, I'm sure, as I was already invested in the hero's character. I really liked the heroine too, even though she was a new introduction.

I don't think I'd read Kerrie L. Hughes before and I was pleasantly surprised with her altruistic troll story. I loved the hero theme throughout. I think there's at least one story for everyone in this book, though I doubt every story would appeal to every reader. I'm glad I borrowed it from the library.

I already follow Charlaine Harris and Patricia Briggs on Amazon and was originally notified of the book because I follow Ms. Harris. Surprisingly I didn't get any notifications regarding Ms. Briggs being part of the book. This makes me want to go to Briggs' page after this to see if I'm missing anything else by her.

This is from Amazon: " An all-star urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more . . .

In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes—ordinary people who do the right thing—bravely step forward.

But running toward danger might cost them everything. . . .

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s “Little Things,” the pixie Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden . . . and in order to defeat it, he’ll have to team up with the dread cat Mister.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s “Dating Terrors,” the werewolf Asil finds an online date might just turn into something more—if she can escape the dark magic binding her.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s “The Return of the Mage,” the Britlingen mercenaries will discover more than they’ve bargained for when they answer the call of a distress beacon on a strange and remote world.

And in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s “Comfort Zone,” the necromancer Chloe Saunders and the werewolf Derek Souza are just trying to get through college. But they can’t refuse a ghost pleading for help.

ALSO INCLUDES STORIES BY Annie Bellet * Anne Bishop * Jennifer Brozek * Kevin Hearne * Nancy Holder * Kerrie L. Hughes * Chloe Neill * R.R. Virdi"