The term this book brings to mind is "wickedly delicious." 
 It is the literary embodiment of my body's reaction to this gif: 
 UMPH. OKAY. 
 I originally put this off because I didn't feel like reading short stories that didn't have enough time to build a love for the characters or plot. 
 Oh how wrong I was. This was absolutely extraordinary. Laini Taylor is a mind-blowingly good writer with an insanely fantastic imagination. Each story (there are three as you may have guessed from the title) are vivid creative blendings of reality and fantasy, each with a single kiss that holds importance to the plot in some way. And no, it's not a cheesy romance type of kisses. They are dark and twisted and oh so powerful. The stories themselves aren't overtly sexual or explicit in any way, yet they have a very strong undercurrent of sensuality and physicality. 
 ~*~*This also may make it onto my "all-time-favorites" bookshelf. We will see.*~*~ 
 (I usually let the book sit for a day before I make a decision.) 
 P.S. Also, in my hunt to find the perfect gif, I also found this was suitable as well.