Synopsis:
Elena Michaels, the only known female werewolf, cavorts on a more fully cultivated supernatural playing field in this sure-footed follow-up to Bitten (2001). While investigating a suspicious notice advertising information for sale about werewolves, Elena meets witches Paige and Ruth Winterbourne-and, to her misfortune, a team of mortal and supernatural commandos who abduct Elena and Ruth to a remote underground bunker in the wilds of Maine. There Ty Winsloe, "billionaire and computer geek extraordinaire," is collecting a menagerie representing all the supernatural species that coexist anonymously with humanity (vampires, werewolves, witches, etc.). While his scientists study such creatures in the hope of distilling their uncanny powers as salable commodities, Winsloe hunts those captives who have outlived their usefulness in cruel most-dangerous-game fashion. Elena's efforts to outsmart Winsloe long enough to apprise her Pack of her whereabouts are complicated by a werewolf wannabe among the captors. Though the tale is pretty much a prison-break story spiffed up with magic, Armstrong leavens the narrative with brisk action and intriguing dollops of werewolf culture that suggest a complex and richly imagined anthropologic backstory.
My Thoughts:
From only reading Bitten and Stolen, Kelley Armstrong has very quickly become one of my favorite paranormal authors, with the Women of the Otherworld being one of my favorite series. I'm not sure if it's Armstrong's writing or the story or a combination of both, but with each book I find myself completely drawn into the book and can't put it down. My favorite think about this story is that it not only focuses on the werewolves this time, although they are a big part of it. Armstrong sets up for future stories by introducing Witches, Wizards, Vampires, Sorcerers, ect. Stolen is a very intense and dark book, but I absolutely loved it!
Rating: A+
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