Spell Bound (Women of the Otherworld, #12) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Sep 06, 2012 Nairabell rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, 5-star, read-in-2012

Savannah Levine has made a mistake. In a moment of despair she offered up her powers in exchange for the happiness of a young girl. Unfortunely for Savannah someone - or something - was listening and took her up on her deal. Now she is stuck with no powers in the middle of a crisis the supernatural world has never seen before.

This is the twelfth and penultimate book in the Otherworld series (which started with Bitten) and picks up right where the previous book left off. This is the middle book i Savannah Levine has made a mistake. In a moment of despair she offered up her powers in exchange for the happiness of a young girl. Unfortunely for Savannah someone - or something - was listening and took her up on her deal. Now she is stuck with no powers in the middle of a crisis the supernatural world has never seen before.

This is the twelfth and penultimate book in the Otherworld series (which started with Bitten) and picks up right where the previous book left off. This is the middle book in a final trilogy that started with Waking the Witch and will conclude in the final installment 13 so if you are a new reader I definitely wouldn't recommend starting here.

The storyline builds on the last book, and begins to pick up threads from the previous books weaving them to create the beginnings of the final battle. Most of the previous Otherworld characters appear in this book, helping to grow the story in anticipation of the final book, although with the exception of the prologue Savannah remains the sole narrator. This means that the main storyline is focused on Savannah but the world building fits naturally with her understanding, rather than relying on info dumping the reader.

I really enjoyed that Savannah is made to grow up even more. She showed her maturity in the last installment, but when her powers are taken away she backslides a little and is forced to realise that her powers were not her entire identity. This aspect of the book is where the other Otherworld characters really add to the narrative as Clay helps her realise she needs to grow up. It also means that Savannah gets advice on her and Adam's changing relationship, forcing her to act as an adult.

This does feel a little like a needs to be done series book as a huge amount of ground is covered in a relatively short period of time. Some of the twists are a little predictable and the pace is slowed by the short period of time the book is set over. I still enjoyed the book and was glued to the page throughout as more and more is revealed about the bad guys and their mission.

All in all, this was another great read and I'm looking forward to 13.

Plot: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Ending: 10/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Cover: 9/10

Overall: 48/50 ...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Christal rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mind-bullets, demons, ghosts, magic, female-lead, vampires, weres-and-shifters, witches-warlocks-and-mages, zombies-and-ghouls, urban-fantasy

As a whole, Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld is one of my favorites series. Some books are stronger than others, my favorite being the Elena books, and I just felt like this was one of the weaker books of the series.

When I heard Savannah was going to be a narrator, I was excited. She was always so spunky and confident in other books as a side character. In Waking the Witch, I didn't get the same sense of character from her. I mention that book because this one picks up where it left of ...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Deyara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, char-shape-shifters, crime-paranormal, char-witches, crime-p-i, char-demons, char-magic-users, setting-america

Great series, and even though I prefer Elenas books I still enjoyed this one. Savannah and Adam are pretty annoying, but its all coming together for the last book, and we see lots of characters back in this book. (Clay! Jeremy! etc) Gross-out moment? Resuscitation in the dark. Ew.

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