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I checked out Bitten from the library based on a reference to it in an onlike discussion about urban fantasy.
Elena is a werewolf, trying to make a normal life for herself in Toronto. She has a job, a live-in boyfriend, and drives to a deserted ravine in order to Change. One day, she gets a call from Jeremy, her Alpha to return to the Pack headquarters, as there appears to be a rogue werewolf, or "mutt" causing problems around the homestead. Once she returns, she has to deal with Clay, another w ...more
Elena is a werewolf, trying to make a normal life for herself in Toronto. She has a job, a live-in boyfriend, and drives to a deserted ravine in order to Change. One day, she gets a call from Jeremy, her Alpha to return to the Pack headquarters, as there appears to be a rogue werewolf, or "mutt" causing problems around the homestead. Once she returns, she has to deal with Clay, another w ...more
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80 pages in and I found the "I'm tying you up so you can't refuse the sex I want, but don't have to feel guilty for sleeping with me when you don't really want to" too icky to continue with the book. What can I say, rape fantasy is not my thing.
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The first book in the Women of the Otherworld series. Bitten introduces the characters of Elena, Clay, Jeremy and their small werewolf pack. It definitely presents a different angle on werewolves. Elena is the only woman werewolf, and she was bitten, not born a werewolf. She left her pack in New York, moves to Toronto where she embarks on a journalistic career, and is dating a very nice human. Soon she is forced by circumstances to go back to New York, and investigate some brutal murders, and al
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I guess I'm not really a werewolf fan.
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I didn't like this as much as I wanted to. That seems to be my experience of the first book of many paranormal romance series', but it's still disappointing. I found Elena pretty unsympathetic and didn't really connect with any of the other characters either. It wasn't a bad story, and I'll probably continue with the series at some point, but I was expecting more from what seems to be such a popular series.
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Pretty good werewolf book. Not my favorite, but I would read the sequel. AFTER catching up on the Kitty novels. :-)
Apr 25, 2008
Lucija
marked it as to-read
Jul 14, 2008
Adelle Rich
marked it as to-read
Mar 16, 2011
Heather
marked it as to-read
Oct 02, 2011
Erin
marked it as to-read
Jul 31, 2014
Jennifer
marked it as dnf
