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Reading the description of the book I thought that the story sounded intriguing, but I was also worried that it might be dragged out an slow at some points, considering we learned before even reading the book that Elena would be captured and held prisoner. Those scenes usually drags on and little can happen since a prisoner is, well, in prisoned. Not much to do and therefore very little excitement. I am very happy I was wrong though.

I don't know how but Kelley Armstrong somehow knows how to keep the readers interest through the entire story without losing it once. The scene that I thought was going to be boring and dragged out turned out to be eventful, exciting and kept me fully on my toes. Only an expert like Armstrong can make prison seem awesome, and that is really saying something. I mean, being contained in a cell with only some old books and your own mind, that can't be easy to turn into something enjoyable to read about and the author takes full advantage of that. She takes that scene to introduce new characters, give them life, personality and a purpose and agenda. She made it all fit together like puzzle pieces to the story and everything fit together perfectly. I don't know, maybe I've read to many bad books lately, but I was really impressed and amazed by this story. I even loved it more than the first book. That's expert work.

The one and only thing that I might have missed in this story that I was really hoping to see more of after finishing Bitten was more romance. There is of course moments with Clay and Elena and I absolutely loved that. However, being a big romance geek I wish there were more than it was. I understand though, that romance, although a big element, is not the only thing this series is about. I can see that the main focus is to show how strong, powerful and independent women can be. It is after all called women of the underworld and I really like the theme. It's just a personal wish from me that there would be more romance too.

I usually am not big on series with different main character for almost every book, but Stolen actually got me really interested to read the next book about Paige. Already introducing Paige and other characters I'm hopeful to read about in the future, is a great way to make the reader keep reading. I really want to know what's in store for Paige now and the Paige and Adam scenes in Stolen (although nothing romantic) made me hope for some romance between them. Please don't disappoint me Dime Store Magic!


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Stolen Women of the Otherworld Book 2 Kelley Armstrong 9780452285934 Books Reviews

The reread continues! One of the things I love most about this book is how explosively it expands the world. In book 1, we were shown werewolves. Period. Book 2 gives us MULTITUDES of new supernaturals and this little, niggling feeling there's so much more we HAVEN'T been shown yet. That's a beautiful feeling!

I had honestly forgotten how ...well, annoying Paige is when we first meet her. She's not the biggest people person and she has a tendency to barrel into things. The events in this book force her to grow up in a lot of ways, which is a good thing because we'll be seeing plenty more of her. We also get introduced to Savannah, who we get to see grow up as the series progresses. Again, it's interesting to see her as a child again instead of the confident young woman she becomes later.

But let's talk about Elena, shall we? She's settled into her life with the pack. She's happy. She has a family with Clay and Jeremy. She has a place within the social structure of the pack. Then she's kidnapped and she's back to relying on herself again. Honestly, it was hard to watch her force herself to go along with what her kidnappers wanted from her. You could feel her struggling against the desire to lash out and HURT these people constantly.

And the bad guys? CREEEEEEPY. I get the willies thinking of how they stopped seeing their subjects as thinking, breathing people and started seeing them as only experiments they could learn from.

I loved how far reaching the world building is in this book. I liked learning about the different supernaturals and how they fit together in the grand scheme of things. I just... like this whole series!

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
I read Bitten, but it wouldn't be fair for me to review it because I can't mentally separate the book from the tv series. I was expecting Bitten to be girly, but it really wasn't. Bitten was so well done that I was even able to look past Clay-- he has the body of a Greek god, a 160 IQ, and only has eyes for the plain-Jane Elena and because of his betrayal he waits patiently and without judgement at Stonehaven as she sexes other dudes. Yeah, okay.

What I liked about Bitten was the detail and the subtlety of the Pack's behavior and interactions, as well as the attention paid to the mythology of the werewolves. Bitten worked for me because I appreciate dogs and wolves and I saw a lot of humor in how Elena interacted with the all male Pack. I envisioned Elena not as a "sexy, strong, modern woman" but more like a cat in a house full of dogs. If a dog is raised correctly, it shouldn't be intimidated by a cat, but that doesn't stop the cat from trying to wrestle power away and be the dominant power in the house. My favorite parts of Bitten were the interactions between Elena and Jeremy...

Now with Stolen, there's no exploration of the characters relationships and the dialog is like something from an action movie. The little moments of Elena running through the woods as a wolf and thinking 'mine, mine, mine' at every trail, every tree, and every rabbit is gone. The exploration of the werewolf civilization is gone. The only Wolf/ Pack behavior is when Elena and Clay hunt someone down and have exhilirated sex afterwards. Why do so many people think that wolves get all horny after a kill?

So without all the little touches of Pack life, the story instead shifted to witches, demons, shamens, and vampires. These races are not at all fleshed out (at least not as far as I got in the series). The witches for instance, have all the depth and maturity of the coven in American Horror Story. There was a half demon named Adam who acted like a thirteen year old, and only the vampire seemed remotely interesting to me.

spoilers...

Despite the shift from wolves to generic supernatural entities, it was interesting and well written enough to be worth reading. Even the facility was interesting. But then two things happened that are making me take a hiatus from the book and the series. spoilers..

Dr. Bauer. She's one of those annoying women you hear on Oprah who utter the five most vile words a man can hear "I deserve to be happy." So because Dr. Bauer is a multimillionaire heiress who hit a glass ceiling, she had to get her jollies from mountain climbing and downhill skiing and other dangerous activities. She's a thrill seeker who, after talking to Elena a total of three times decides to inject herself with werewolf saliva just so she can have the ultimate experience in her Type A, tightrope walking while looking up at the glass ceiling, existance. Lame. But okay, I kept reading anyway.

Then there's Winsloe. One of Kelley Armstrong's strengths is that she doesn't write like a girly author. She also seems to understand sociology and psychology and there's a realism to her characters. This guy is a sexual sadist, and humiliates Elena by forcing her to wear certain outfits and constantly belittles her breasts. But he doesn't rape her. He hunts supernatural creatures and keeps comparing it to a video game. Hey, Kelley Armstrong.. No person is that developmentally stunted! He's the kind of villain an angry sixteen year old girl would think up after watching her kid brother pick on the dog and play Call of Duty with his friends.

In the near future, I plan on reading Men of the Otherworld. I like Jeremy's character a lot. I also like Clay, but not through Elena's eyes. A Greek god with golden locks who turns the heads of everyone he passes by and yet he would rather look like an average Joe... Yeah, hopefully Jeremy's description of Clay won't be so.. what's the word? And I don't think I can do anything with witches, shamens, or half demons. They kinda suck.
Reading the description of the book I thought that the story sounded intriguing, but I was also worried that it might be dragged out an slow at some points, considering we learned before even reading the book that Elena would be captured and held prisoner. Those scenes usually drags on and little can happen since a prisoner is, well, in prisoned. Not much to do and therefore very little excitement. I am very happy I was wrong though.

I don't know how but Kelley Armstrong somehow knows how to keep the readers interest through the entire story without losing it once. The scene that I thought was going to be boring and dragged out turned out to be eventful, exciting and kept me fully on my toes. Only an expert like Armstrong can make prison seem awesome, and that is really saying something. I mean, being contained in a cell with only some old books and your own mind, that can't be easy to turn into something enjoyable to read about and the author takes full advantage of that. She takes that scene to introduce new characters, give them life, personality and a purpose and agenda. She made it all fit together like puzzle pieces to the story and everything fit together perfectly. I don't know, maybe I've read to many bad books lately, but I was really impressed and amazed by this story. I even loved it more than the first book. That's expert work.

The one and only thing that I might have missed in this story that I was really hoping to see more of after finishing Bitten was more romance. There is of course moments with Clay and Elena and I absolutely loved that. However, being a big romance geek I wish there were more than it was. I understand though, that romance, although a big element, is not the only thing this series is about. I can see that the main focus is to show how strong, powerful and independent women can be. It is after all called women of the underworld and I really like the theme. It's just a personal wish from me that there would be more romance too.

I usually am not big on series with different main character for almost every book, but Stolen actually got me really interested to read the next book about Paige. Already introducing Paige and other characters I'm hopeful to read about in the future, is a great way to make the reader keep reading. I really want to know what's in store for Paige now and the Paige and Adam scenes in Stolen (although nothing romantic) made me hope for some romance between them. Please don't disappoint me Dime Magic!