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Summary: Avid Reader & Reviewer
Review: Stolen is Kelley Armstrong's second installment in the Women of the Otherworld Series. In Bitten we are introduced to Elena and her fellow werewolves. Stolen introduces us to other supernaturals; witches, vampires, demons, voodoo practitioners, shaman, and so on. Someone is kidnapping supernaturals and they are never heard from again. Elena, Jeremy, and Clay are invited to a 'United Nations' for the supernatural world in an attempt to stop the kidnappings. Unfortunately for Elena, the council is unable to stop her abduction. Elena finds herself alone, cut-off from the pack, and held captive for study. An unstable, megalomaniac man with money has decided it would be 'fun' to study supernatural beings and when the study is completed - to have a little hunt. Elena must draw on all her resources to find a way to protect herself physically, mentally, and emotionally. As the hunt draws closer, Elena struggles to free herself and the other captives.
Stolen is one huge adrenaline rush that can be addictive. As the story unfolds, it brings us into the supernatural world deeper and deeper. We learn about demons and their offspring in our mists. While werewolves have many advantages over other supernaturals, they are still vulnerable. Each supernatural has abilities that must be harnessed for survival. This blending of beings evolves into a partnership and friendship between groups that have never cooperated with each other before. The supernaturals of Stolen are written with a great deal of care. Each being is unique and strong in their own manner. Kelley Armstrong has created a world where everyone is a mixture of good and bad - only a few are truly evil. Elena may be feral and a killer, but she is a moral sentient being. Her outrage at captivity allows the reader to identify deeply with her. Werewolves have considered themselves too strong to be held captive. Their experiences in Stolen show them just how vulnerable they are. Elena, Clay, and Jeremy are forced to rely on others, in contrast to their nature. Kelley Armstrong has published three books; Bitten, Stolen, and Dime Store Magic. A fourth in the Women of the Otherworld series, Industrial Magic is to be published late in 2004. She has an extensive website at http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/ On her website are two novellas from the Women of the Otherworld series.
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Summary: Stolen
Review: Stolen is the second book in the Women of the Otherworld series. Elena Michaels, Clayton Danvers, and Jeremy Danvers are back in this follow up book to Bitten. Elena and Jeremy are invited by Paige and Ruth Winterbourne, to a meeting that is the UN for supernatural beings. There they meet Cassandra the vampire, Adam the half-demon, and Kenneth the shaman. They find out that Ty Winsloe is kidnapping all kinds of supernatural beings and that they never come back. Ty Winsloe, an obsessed tycoon is putting a collection of supernatural beings together. He kidnapps Elena and holds her in an under ground facility. When she comes to she notices she has company: Katzan the sorcerer, Leah the telekinetic half-demon, Lake a werewolf but a mutt, and Savannah who is a witch. Elena must find a way to get out and stop Winsloe.
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Summary: Not on the same level as the first...
Review: The first one, Bitten, was good. Very good. This one was not nearly as good. The first book was about the only female werewolf, Elena Michaels, and her dealings with The Pack (a mini-society of werewolves living in upstate New York) which was very interesting and well written. Armstrong gave Elena a strength and a viciousness that was pleasing to read. In Stolen, Armstrong tries to make a grander, more exciting story and only succeeds in making a muddled, less believable story. Here, Elena's kidnapped (were-napped?) and locked in a secret underground lair with a witch, half-demon, voodoo priest and shaman who are all there because a Bill Gates type maniac wants to hunt them down and shoot them because he likes virtual shooting games so much that he has to have the real thing and, luckily, has the cash to make it happen... [sigh] Meanwhile, Elena's were-boyfriend is yapping at the compound's door, trying to get her out. It's all just... whatever. I'm angry I bought this in hardcover. If you want it, wait for paperback.
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Summary: Different but good
Review: This is the second book written by Kelley Armstrong. The first book (Bitten) featured only werewolves and was really fantastic.
In the second book she makes her world bigger: if there are werewolves, you also have to have other magical and preternatural creatures, right ? Like whiches, sorcerers, deamons, half-demons, vampires...
And what if you take people with loads of money and no new challenges who find out that these other races excist ? You get what they had on Buffy. Quote Elena: "Boring. I slept through half the episodes." But quite so boring when she's the one who gets kidnapped...
Of course, her captureres didn't take in acount her Pack (Clay in particular) and of course, Elena herself, who will not go down without one heck of a fight...
This book is a bit different from the first one. Not so many inner thought from Elena or finding her place in the world. This deals about what you're willing to do to make sure you get out alive... So it's different, but it's still great ! Looking foreward to read number three !
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Summary: Still The Best!
Review: This second book is even better than the first! It has more action in it. I was a little disapointed to not see Tonia or Nick in it. I liked though how she had half-demons,witches,vampires and other supernatural beings in it. There wasn't that much of Clay and Elana's relationship in it which are my favorite parts. I still think that Kelley Armstrong is the best and I hope to see a lot more Women of The Otherworld series.
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Summary: Creatures galore!
Review: Tyrone needs to leave Elena and her mystical friends alone. This book draws you into the story well, so well that you want to slap Tyrone around a bit! This is a must have for your personal library! Spooky, scary,and it gets your heart pounding! I also recommend "Eternal Undying Love" by Brett Keane
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Summary: MaryMaggie14
Review: When Elena Michaels was bitten by Clay Danvers, she couldn't have even come close to understanding the gift he had given her. Here was a young woman who had a terribly sad childhood (parents dead, numerous foster homes...)and the man she loved bit her and turned her into the only female werewolf. Sound awful?? Not on your life! Elena and Clay's relationship is the core in Ms. Armstrong's two wonderful books, Bitten, and Stolen, for me. The Pack is Elena's family (wonderful characters I want to get to know better) whose love and loyalty are given to Elena in every possible way. Clay and Elena's relationship add such fascinating and beautiful depth to Ms. Armstrong's two thrillers ....(well, my only complaint is that I want their firey, intense yet playful and very fierce love for each other *heavily* written about in hopefully many more books to come). I would love to be able to *see* Elena's world more often. If only Ms. Armstrong could write faster. I will think about her lovely lethal Elena, who makes me laugh out loud and love her every step of the killing way with her smart and *this property is condemned* self. I feel like a lucky person myself to have been Bitten by Kelley Armstrong's writing. Like one reader posted, you think about these characters long after the book has been read.
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