Kisses from Hell

This book was really fun to read. You have so many characters to connect with and each tale has a different point to be made other that romance and vampires. HA! Each story is different. Different writing style, different place, different mood, different pretense all in one book. The one story I enjoyed the most was the second story titled Bring Me to Life written by Alyson Noel. The setting made me interested and craving more. This girl, Danika, starts out in a normal teenage hectic chaotic life and is swept away by her talent for art. When she arrives at the school all in not a seems. It is almost like a strange dream. She basically herself is thrown into a gothic romance. She is kind of the Rapunzel of all the stories. As she arrives, Danika, is locked in her room all the time only allowed to leave for dinner. Minus the fact that she does no have super long hair, she does share that in common with the princess. Another thing that was cool was she has a dream and each time she falls asleep new pieces are revealed. Because she is inspired and told to paint her dreams she does. Each time she picks up the brush she adds more to each picture. Later her destiny is revealed which is that she is the "savior" of the house and its masters. However she is torn between Lucian and Bram. We don't learn much about Lucian, he is kind of a mystery in short terms he basically wants Dani's soul to live forever. Bram on the other hand we know only what is given to us. In the short time we believe that he is another student of the art school and that is his mother is in a gothic band. No father, died. In the end though, we learn his brother is Lucian and that he is a vampire. Another thing we learn is that Danika is his lover,lily, from another time and in the end she becomes a vampire. "And they lived happily ever after" or so we think. Another short story told is titled "Above" by Kristin Cast. This one really makes you think. There are parts where you almost cannot distinguish between the two characters. They practically feed off of one another to survive. There are two "groups" Above and Below. If you have read the Ellen Hopkins books, this story is much like that style. When you read the story you get a creepy, skin-crawling, what the heck type vibe from the setting. The main character Rhena is not like the others Below. She does not live up to expectations nor does she look or act as her fellow people. She desperately wants to go Above She believes that if she goes there she will be wanted, loved, safe, and alive than in the hell-ish Below. While on the hunt, with the men, of the Others from Above she is taken captive. Discovered to be a woman Sol the man from Above, immediately falls in love with her. No surprise there. they each gain something neither has experienced before, emotion. In order to survive The people from Above must kill and devoure Below people. We do not discover they are vampires until this instance in the book where Sol is explaining the hunt to Rhena or Aurora. And in the end she is killed by a man from Below and Sol takes his vengence dying as well. In a way it is kind of like a vampyric Romeo and Juliet. Below is a hostile environment and Above seems to have a more peaceful enviornment with less focus on killing for survival. If I were to choose between the two I would definately rather live Above in the sunlight and music. Out of all 5 stories these were my favorites because they had an easy connection to me and were mysterious at the same time. These were less predictable and had contrasting imagery. Almost perfect.