Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs - 5 stars 
 My purchase of this book was solely for this short, which is the prequel to Brigg's Alpha and Omega series. Many recommend reading it before Cry Wolf so I've been - rather impatiently - waiting until I could get my hands on this book. I'm happy that I managed, even when I saw Cry Wolf in the library waiting for me to read it, as I do feel that my enjoyment of Cry Wolf was increased by reading the prequel first; I think it has a lot of background information that really adds to Charles and Anna's story. After reading Alpha and Omega I immediately jumped on Cry Wolf and put this book down for quite a while, with only my determination to finish a book once I've started leading me to read the other stories. 
 Inhuman by Eileen Wilks - 2 stars 
 The writing in this made it hard for me to get into. The world has lots of potential and in itself is interesting, but it somehow fell short and failed to engage me. I didn't feel like the writing connected to the characters, and the perspective switches between the two main characters, Kai and Nathan, could have flowed better. Overall the pace was boring, it eventually picked up towards the end but it wasn't enough to counteract the slow beginning. The ending read like a blatant ploy to get you to read whatever book the characters are in next; I doubt I'll be reading it as I remain unconcerned about the characters. 
 Buying Trouble by Karen Chance - 5 stars 
 While I've read Karen Chance's Cassie Palmer series I've never had the desire to read everything Chance writes, something that has changed from reading Buying Trouble. It proved to be well paced and action packed as is usual for Chance. Claire was a great character and it was interesting to see the Cassie Palmer universe from her perspective; I've heard that she's in the Dorina Basarab series so I'll definitely be checking that out soon. Overall I think this is a light and fun read, and can stand alone. 
 Mona Lisa Betwining by Sunny - 1 star 
 I feel that this short would be enjoyable if one was already involved in the series. Unfortunately, I am not and after reading this I'm putting the series on a list to avoid. If you are interested in the series, I don't think this would be a good place to start as certain comments read like spoilers, e.g. character death, but I can't be certain about this. This short is really just not my kind of thing, I'm not interested in the language it uses or that nothing really seemed to happen but sex, with the plot just serving to link the sex scenes together. Additionally, I'm pretty sure that everything that happened in this could've been written in a fraction of the length if it weren't for the writing style. The whole thing just felt strange to me, like the characters didn't fully fit into how they thought or talked. 
 Each short is different enough in that I feel there would be at least one that would be enjoyable to someone, but it's a shame that the quality isn't consistent. Although it is ridiculously tempting to give the whole book five stars just due to my love for Alpha and Omega, I know I really shouldn't. It's a shame as I thought this book, as well as getting to read Alpha and Omega, would introduce me to some new shifter authors - ones that I'd love rather than know to avoid in future.