Bitten: Kelly Armstrong

I do like Kelley Armstrong and her world and Bitten is the book that brought me into the world. Elena Micheals is the only female werewolf in the world and this book follows her struggle between her 'normal' life and her life with the Pack of werewolves who are her family. As befitting a werewolf character, Elena is reasonably strong, even though her back story is ludicrous (no one thought to take her to therapy for screaming like a loon every night? and lets not get into the insta-angst of 'rape as backplot') The main character can also be really annoying on occasion. She picks all the wrong times and situations to assert her independence and her desire to be 'normal' seems idiotic, given that she has no clue what 'normal' is and she admits that she's happiest with the pack. All of her 'I want to be normal' whining seems idiotic when she really doesn't have a great 'normal' life to return to. 

Clay, her lover and person that made her a werewolf never quite comes across as real either, how can he be so inept around people yet teach at college? And I'm not really into 'Alpha-Male-knuckle dragging' characters either.

The other characters made up for any deficiencies with the main pairing and despite my issues with the main characters, I loved Bitten. The plot was fast paced and I loved the world Kelley put me in. Even though Elena annoyed me, I wanted to know more about her and her life, I wanted to see her and Clay get together. I adored the secondary characters and the writing kept me hooked.


Heartily recommend.


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