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Summary: BEST BOOK
Review: This book is really good. I would buy it or get from the library 'cause once you start the fun won't stop:) hehehe
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Summary: Strong female lead, if Anita Blake were furry
Review: This novel is a brilliant version of werewolf lore. This different take on werewolf mythology is brilliant, but I don't want to ruin it for someone who has not read it yet. This book is a romance, a mystery (albeit easily figured out), and part horror. The main character, Elena, has left her pack and is trying to live a "normal" life in Toronto. The pack's leader, Jeremy, calls her home. There are murders that implicate werewolves. The risk of exposure is a threat too real to ignore. The complexities of the characters were enthralling. Elena's relationship with Clay, her ex lover is perhaps one of my favorite parts of the story. Clay is also a complicated individual, but his love for Elena is beyond question. The interaction of the pack and their love for each other is also well worth the read. I can't wait until Stolen comes out. I hope that this is the beginning of a wonderful series.
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Summary: A NOVEL THAT CAN SINK ITS TEETH INTO YOU...
Review: OK, OK, that's pushing it a little, but I couldn't resist (you don't want to see the list of 'titles' I rejected...) -- but this really is a well-written, gripping story. The werewolf angle has been done again and again, both in print and on film -- mostly to eye-rolling, cliched effect -- but this is a refreshing take on the topic. Armstrong's heroine is a smart, savvy young woman who is a 'bitten' werewolf -- as opposed to one who is a werewolf from birth. The novel chronicles not only the 'present-day' events in her life (the main body of the story), but skillfully fills us in on her history as well, filling out her character very nicely. There are many psychological insights to be gleaned here -- by the reader and by the narrator as well -- and this is one of the greatest strengths of the novel. This is not some slash-and-gash, blood-spurting gothic/horror tale (although the reader should go into the book expecting a fair amount of gruesome violence) -- it has a lot more to offer than that. The young woman -- Elena -- has left the Pack, her nurturing and protective body in New York state, and moved to Toronto to pursue a 'normal' life among humans, complete with a promising career in journalism and a sensitive, caring boyfriend. He's so patient with her that he protests only mildly at her 2am 'walks' -- Elena simply has to undergo her Change from time to time and go for a run. Phillip is concerned for her safety in the city at such a late hour -- not knowing that the strength she possesses could easily overpower the strongest male human she might encounter. She is endowed with a heightened sense of smell as well (although not as strong when she is in human form as when she is a wolf) -- stronger than any of her wolf brothers in the Pack. A crisis threatens the Pack, and the Alpha, Jeremy, contacts her in Toronto, calling her back to New York. She is reluctant to go -- angry that the life she has tried to leave behind her is pulling at her so strongly. She makes the trip, and is plunged into a situation that endangers both the Pack as a whole and herself as an individual. The story moves along nicely -- the face-paced action sequences are neatly balanced by the more introspective ones. There is drama and humor and emotion here -- and a creative imagination working through the talents of this first-time novelist.
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Summary: Characters Left a Bur, but Fast Paced Read
Review: Bitten has already got a good synapsis written, so I don't want to waste anyone's time with retelling it. The book was a very fast paced read which can be easily compared to the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton. It's written from first person and has a generally strong willed female main character. Bitten was overall very well written, and it (much like Anita's books) as a "can't put it down" read. The characters were fairly 3 dimensional, and the plot easy to follow. I found the purchase worth the time and cost to read, but only once. What left the above mentioned "bur" with me was the main character's utter lack of fidelity. The novel begins with the classic conflict of a werewolf wanting their humanity (not a new concept in films or literature, but a good one, none the less.) By trying to live a human life, denying the beast within, the heroine settles down with a decent man who loves and cares for her. She claims the same love in return, yet the moment she's back with her pack, she has sex with an old flame. Now, where this is believable and part of the character's progress in no longer denying her beast and accepting who/what she is, I found it somewhat disturbing on her choice of a partner. There were a small score of mentally stable werewolves in the pack who would have been happy to usher a relationship meaningful or purely sexual with the heroine. Instead, she chose the most mentally unstable one of the group. The sex scenes and "romance" left a residual feeling of a fantasy to be with the "bad boy" instead of a solid, thinking, and rational character movement through a story. The sex scenes also tended to lend to that feeling of it being a female fantasy, instead of lending to the plot - a sort of "wallpaper" for cheap thrills. Overall, its worth a single read. For others, who either aren't bothered by this aspect, or even want to read a bit of fast, thrilling, and sometime erotic fiction about a werewolf, it would be well worth picking up.
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Summary: Simply fantastic
Review: This novel took me from the first page to the last without ever relenting it's stranglehold on my interest. It had all the themes of a classic novel: man v. man, man v. himself, and it simply took those and applied it to werewolves, and a strong heroine. The story itself takes the myths surrounding werewolves and turns them upside down, gone are the days of silver bullets and full moons, this reinvents the werewolf, convincingly, and with ease. The things we knew about werewolves are going to change, and the history of the werewolf has been altered thanks to Kelley Armstrong. If you need a gift solution for a friend pick this up, there is nothing wrong with a little horror/romance/thriller/comedy to end your day. Especially if Kelley Armstrong has anything to do with it.
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Summary: This book cost me a night of sleep
Review: I stayed up untill six in the morning to finish the book....I hope that this turns into a series. The writer gets you to care about the characters. A definite must read.
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Summary: Bitten
Review: Kelley Armstrong has a good chance of being as good
as Donna Boyd and LKH. The only problem that I had
with the book, is that Elena is a little to whiny. Don't become
the next Anne Rice.
The story line is good and the characters are also strong.
You get a good sense of the main players and well as the
villians.
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Summary: Smart, Sharp and WELL worth reading
Review: A new author takes us for a great reading adventure. Who ever said there was nothing new these days? Read Ms Armstrong! Her characters really reach out and bit you (sorry for the pun!) Elana grabs your interest but allows you to grow into the plot at a good pace. Sub characters you are not sure you should care about but end up doing just that! Written very believable not a horror or romance but a interesting story to follow. Good work with flashbacks telling us all the details needed. Looking forward to more work by author.
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Summary: I have read it 3 times in 1 week
Review: Unbelievable, Can't wait for Stolen in Nov. 2002.
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Summary: An Excellent First Novel
Review: "Bitten" is an excellent entry in the werewolf sub-genre. It's very well-written, with believable characters and an interesting premise--the life of the only female werewolf. Armstrong's reworking of the werewolf legend is extremely creative and the "crux" of the story--the battle between "the Pack," a group of werewolves that polices the others, and a renegade "Pack" member who has transformed several serial killers into werewolves to create his own rival organization--is well-thought-out in its concept and execution. "Bitten" is Armstrong's first novel--I expect better work to come.
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