But even the ones I wasn't crazy about, I still liked well enough. There are some great stories in this anthology, and a couple my particular tastes didn't care for. There are a bunch of really good reviews of this anthology, most I agree with totally. And sometimes, even the best spun spells can lead to complete and utter mayhem. But as our conjurers are about to discover, it's all fun and games until someone gets hexed. Spellbinding stories featuring bigfoot, albino vampires, professional wizards, resurrected boyfriends and even a sex droid from the twenty- third century named Silicon Lily. In this bewitching collection, nine of today's hottest paranormal authors tell all-new, otherworldly tales.

But what if you're the unlucky soul who falls victim to a conjurer's curse? And if you had the power to cast a magic spell of your own, would you use it?

And they're not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss-or raise him back again. In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. Think you’re husband may kill you in a dystopian reality? Take out a retribution clause to ensure that he follows you into death… these ideas are such exaggerated versions of our reality that they truly make you think about the world that we all live in today.Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal… Drugging someone to rob just seems wrong, but make it a horny vampire and it is much more realistic. Each tale consisted of a multi-dimensional setting in which fighting to survive allowed for acts that would not necessarily be accepted in today’s society and reality. The name hints beautifully at this though, Hex Appeal, both appealing and potentially damaging – like all of the leads in these nine very diverse stories.įinishing this collection left me wanting more, more of these not-quite-good characters that thrived in worlds that ran beautifully parallel to our own. In each tale there was no good or bad guy, but rather someone who was working at surviving with the cards that they have been dealt. This was a slightly dark and definitely morally questioning collection of short stories.

Hex Appeal by P.N. Elrod