Armstrong has a very accessible, straightforward and conversational style.

I didn't expect much better from Bitten, but I picked it up simply because I love werewolves. But other than those three films, good werewolf stories seem to be slim pickin's. The original Howling did it An American Werewolf in London was a classic, despite its camp, and An American Werewolf in Paris to this reviewer's mind was a very underrated werewolf film. I'm not sure why it is, but nobody seems to be able to really nail the heart and soul of the werewolf story. First, I needed something to read on the bus ride home from the mall second, well, I love werewolves and it's so painfully rare to find a half-decent werewolf story.

I'll be honest this book snared me as an impulse buy for 2 reasons. In Bitten, Armstrong puts a not-so-clever twist on the theme that for some reason nobody else has thought of yet: her heroine, Elena Michaels, is a tough-as-nails werewolf. These women all seem to have 2 things in common: they're tough as nails and they are either part-vampire or spend a lot of time killing vampires. Over the past ten years or so in the genre of modern gothic fantasy (you can't really use the term 'horror' anymore) there have been an influx of popular female characters: Anita Blake, Sonja Blue, Magiere (of the Dhampir series), etc. I will endeavor not to give away anything major, however. Oh, Before I go any further I should clarify that this review will contain minor SPOILERS, both thematic and plot-based. Ends Sunday April 18th at 6 pm EST.Bitten is the first novel by Canadian author Kelley Armstrong, and if it's any indication of works to come, she's a superstar in the making. ** Remember you still have time to enter the giveaway for a spankin' new copy of Bitten. Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author and one of the pioneers of the paranormal genre. The book was a definite page turner - I'll be picking up the next book in this adult series. I became enamoured of the characters - they were well drawn. Bitten is a combination suspense/thriller/mystery with yes - some romance thrown in. The storyline is solid and doesn't depend on 'glances and moments'. Armstrong's writing is sharp, crisp and intriguing. I was easily caught up in the story from the first few pages. She'll help them, but then she's done with them - for good. But when the Pack calls on her to help with a dangerous rogue bent on destroying them, she reluctantly agrees. She isn't happy, has turned her back on her Pack and is trying to live a normal life in Toronto. I had heard Kelley speak at a library conference and was impressed by her.īitten is the story of Elena, the only female werewolf. But when I was offered the opportunity to read Bitten, the first book in Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series, I bit. I haven't really gotten into reading the paranormal genre.

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