Bitten
Women of the Otherworld
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4.5 • 127 Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
An erotically charged, addictive thriller from the future queen of suspense.
Living in Toronto for a year, Elena is leading the normal life she has always dreamed of, including a stable job as a journalist and a nice apartment shared with her boyfriend. As the lone female werewolf in existence, only her secret midnight prowls and her occasional inhuman cravings set her apart. Just one year ago, life was very different. Adopted by the Pack when bitten, Elena had spent years struggling with her resentment at having her life stolen away. Torn between two worlds, and overwhelmed by the new passions coursing through her body, her only option for control was to deny her awakening needs and escape.
But now the Pack has called Elena home to help them fight an alliance of renegade werewolves who are bent on exposing and annihilating the Pack. And although Elena is obliged to rejoin her "family," she vows not to be swept up in Pack life again, no matter how natural it might feel. She has made her choice. Trouble is, she's increasingly uncertain if it's the right one.
An erotically charged thriller, Bitten will awaken the voracious appetite of every reader, as the age-old battle between man and beast, between human and inhuman forces, comes to a head in one small town and within one woman's body.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's not easy to find a fresh angle for the werewolf theme, but this debut novel from a Canadian writer proves that solid storytelling and confident craftsmanship can rejuvenate one of the hoariest of all horror clich s. Elena Michaels is a self-described "mutt," a werewolf who left her secretive pack in upstate New York for a life among humans. In the year since she relocated to Toronto, she's embarked on a career as a journalist and begun a pleasingly mundane relationship with a decent man. All this is jeopardized when she agrees to help her old packmates hunt some troublesome mutts who are converting common criminals to werewolves and leaving a trail of conspicuous carnage. Reunited with her former lycanthrope lover and forced into brutally predatory confrontations, Elena finds the call of the wild subtly reasserting itself. Armstrong prepares readers for her tale's twists with several key revisions of werewolf lore the werewolf taint is mostly hereditary, and werewolves can be killed as easily as any human or wolf. Her true achievement, though, is her depiction of werewolf nature in believably human context. Elena's feral sensibility, like her psychological vulnerabilities, seems a natural outgrowth of her abusive childhood, and her relationship with the pack is that of any prodigal child to a close-knit family. The sensuality of Elena's transformations and the viciousness of her kills mesh perfectly with her tough personality. Filled with romance and supernatural intrigue, this book will surely remind readers of Anne Rice's sophisticated refurbishings of the vampire story.
Customer Reviews
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I wish I could have read this book before watching the tv show. Loved the read but didn’t like the show and couldn’t help but compare the two.
This novel changed my life….
I first read this novel when I was 16. I didn’t understand why, but the character of Elena really struck a cord with me. Kelley Armstrong has done for werewolves what Anne Rice did for Vampires.
A MUST READ!
If you watched the TV show you have to read the book, the TV show sadly does not do this book any justice. If you have not watched the show, don’t…. Read this book and the rest in the series. They are all amazing. But the books where Elena and Clay are the main characters have always been my favourites. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve read this book series, yet every time I do I can always find something new.
Well written and flows from character to character. Very consistent storyline one book to the next. It makes me sad the books are over. But we have been treated to a few books that will take place well past the series finale. While there is the occasional romance the books focus more on action and story than chapters devoted to only sex. It’s not like the later books in the Anita Blake series. If you read them then you know what I’m talking about.
She has also created a few teenager books that take place in the same world as Bitten. If that’s more your cup of tea.