Bitten
by Kelley Armstrong
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Author: Kelley ArmstrongEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2001-08-31
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 352
Book Reviews of Bitten
Book Review: A strong heroine? Not in my opinion......
Summary: 2 Stars
I decided to pick up this book after amazon had recommended it and the average review was high. All reviews and the book descriptions said there was a strong heroine and those are the kind of books I like. There are several things wrong with this book, but I think the fatal flaw is the heroine, Elena.
Elena has an abusive background which is good for future character strength and development in most stories, but not in this one. It is mostly dismissed after it is described so it really has almost no value to the rest of the story other than to give you creepy vibes at her choices.
In my opinion a strong heroine would at least be somewhat accepting of her current situation. Not so with Elena. She cannot accept being a werewolf, being in a pack, that she has feelings for the man she was going to marry, or that she is lying to herself about almost everthing.
The heroine is self delusional, weak(not a good trait in a werewolf), winey, and extremely annoying. This book reminds me of a B-List horror movie where you are always yelling at the T.V. "Why are you doing that!" because there were so many times where that is exactly what I was doing.
The writer is extremely descriptive and that is good most of the time, but she takes a little after Laurell Hamilton in that some descriptions are just to much or are a second or third description of the same thing.
The secondary characters were fleshed out pretty good and intregal in the story line... in the beginning, but started falling short towards the end.
On a good note there were very few stupid editing issues to distract.
I finished this book with effort and high hopes for the second because I do like the ideas and creativity of the author, but who knows?
Summary of Bitten
'I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose ...Nature wins out. It always does.' Elena Michaels didn't know that her lover Clay was a werewolf until he bit her, changing her life forever. Betrayed and furious, she cannot accept her transformation, and wants nothing to do with her Pack ? a charismatic group of fellow werewolves who say they want to help. When a series of brutal murders threatens the Pack ? and Clay ? Elena is forced to make an impossible choice. Abandon the only people who truly understand her new nature, or help them to save the lover who ruined her life, and who still wants her back at any cost.Suspense Books
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