I only read this book for Jeanine Frost's Cat and Bones story. I am not familar with Lynsay Sands' work unfortunately. 
 I will say that Frost's book is wonderful. I'm almost liking this story more than the recently released full-length books in the series. I would have been interested in this short fleshed out into a full-length. 
 Fans get a sneak peek at Vlad's book which will be released I believe in Summer 2012.