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Stolen: A Novel (Otherworld) Review

This is a really hard one to review. I think my opinion was skewed because of unmet expectations. I think if I gone into this book cold I would have enjoyed it a lot more. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it, but my opinion teeter-tottered throughout it. I finally decided on a four star grade because the end did pick up and once I was able to put aside my reasons for reading it immediately after Bitten I got caught up in it. I'd say that Bitten is a high four star while this one is a low four star.

When Bitten ended we left Clay and Elena on a hopeful note. Nothing was really worked out, but the promise that they would try was given. I was so excited to pick up this one and watch their relationship heal itself. For me, that's half the fun of reading about a couple. I don't just want to see them together, I want to watch them get together and strengthen their relationship.

When I started this book I was shocked to find out that approximately six years had passed since the last book. I was pretty pissed off about it too. All my expectations about watching them build their relationship collapsed. I was pretty surprised to see that even though she was still with the Pack and still with Clay, she wasn't really with Clay the way that a six year commitment implies to me. They're still in basically the same spot spinning their wheels. It was actually kind of sad for both of them. I guess I didn't miss as much as I originally thought...

The beginning of this book was very slow going. My attention kept wandering and I had to struggle to make myself focus. The attention is no longer focused on just the werewolves. For a good chunk of the beginning half there's barely any werewolf interaction at all. The focus is all on the new type of supernatural creatures we meet and the organization hunting them. I did enjoy learning about the different groups, but what caught me most in the first book was the feel of the "otherness" of the werewolves and their interactions together. I felt that that aspect was really toned down in this book. Yes, there were gruesome moments, but the mentality of it felt different.

Around page 200 is where the pace started to pick up for me. We were still focused on only Elena, but her personal demons started to come into play. It seemed like her captivity and isolation dug beneath her skin enough to break through her persona. We got to see the despair and the insecurities and the depression. It was great getting that raw view. I loved how Elena admitted she wasn't over her past and probably never would be.

When Elena was back with Clay I found it extremely irritating that they never talked through anything. Their mode of operation seems to be to ignore everything and move on. It drives me nuts. You'll get to see how they solved the issue of his betrayal of her 12 years ago, and you'll see why I feel that way. I don't understand how they could have been back together the last 6 years and never have sat down and talked these things through.

I loved the glimpse we got of Clay's point of view (sort of). I felt it added nice perspective for that time period. I loved Clay in this book. Even though we saw him infrequently his presence was still felt. I hear the next book is about Paige. I hope, for both her sake and mine, that she isn't as irritating in that book as she was in this. I was on Clay's side about her and I loved the nickname he gave her. Xavier and Adam seemed like interesting characters and I hope to see more of them in the series.

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Stolen: A Novel (Otherworld) Overview

"A taut, sensual thriller that grips from the first page. Elena Michales is at once sublime and sympathetic, a modern heroine who shows that real women bite back." -Karin Slaughter, The New York Times

Elena Michaels is back-and she has company. Lending a mission of vampires, demons, shamans, and witches, Elena is lured into the net of ruthless Internet billionaire Tyrone Winsloe, who is well on his way to amassing a private collection of supernaturals. He plans to harness their powers for himself-even if it means killing them.

For Elena, kidnapped and imprisoned deep underground, unable to tell her friends from her enemies, choosing the right allies is a matter of life and death.

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Customer Reviews

Loved It! - Liddlshortydemon -
After coming to terms with who and what she is, Elena Michaels is back living at Stonehaven with her mate, Clay. However she hardly has time to settle before her world is turned upside down when she finds out there are many more supernaturals in the world besides just werewolves. Witches, Half-Demons, Shamans, and Vampires are just a few of these races, and they have a governing body called the Council. Someone is kidnapping supernaturals and the Council calls on the werewolves to help. However reluctant they may be to get involved, Elena's conscience in the end prevails. The Pack sets out to investigate these kidnappings, and find a few of the thugs. However, Elena soon finds herself in the hands of the captors and it becomes a fight for her life as well as some new friends along the way.

This book touches on things that I think would be a real issue for supernaturals if they existed. The first thing humans would want to do would be to experiment on these supernaturals, and that is exactly what the captors in this book are doing. The leader of this project wasn't quite enough of a menace for my tastes, but in the end his arrogance does make his character believable. The book was mostly lacking the great dynamic between Clay and Elena from the previous book. This is of course understandable considering they were apart most of the book, but I found I missed it. Elena hold true to her strong kick-ass character throughout this book and even in the roughest of situations she never breaks down. I absolutely love the cover because it fits Elena perfectly; its mysterious, but sensual as well.

Great book, great listen in audio...wish narrator were same as book 1 - khodel - Woodstock, GA United States
Book 1, Bitten, was fantastic. This, Book 2, was also fantastic, but I was often distracted by the change in narrators during the first half of this book. The narrator for book 1 was perfect as the main character, and this one just seemed like she was much older than the character. It was hard to listen and not feel like I was being cheated a little.....by the time the pace really picked up (just about half-way through) I began to notice less of the narration as the story is so great by itself. I STILL wish for the original narrator though, would've made the book so much more compelling and believable. I now find, with book #3 that the narrator has changed AGAIN......but do notice that this 3rd narrator now seems to remain consistent (checked through book 6 and she is the same).

I hope the publisher realizes that this type of change in an audio-format (with a good series) is just not OK, and will loose some of the listeners if they really liked the 1st book on audio. Stick with the same person, please!

Good Addition to the series - Athenna R. Grissom - San Jose , Ca
Elena has finally accepted what she is, and the fact that she loves and can't live without Clay. She is just settling in and doing her job for the Pack. She has gone off to investigate a Werewolf story. She had found an ad in the paper selling information on a Werewolf story. Jeremy checked out the story of the attacks and they were legitimate, so Elena set off to squash this story before too much exposure came to them and the pack.

Once she got there she got something very different instead. She met a very pushy young woman and a very nice old lady who knew that she was a Werewolf. Then they told her that they were a couple of witches, that claim to be part of an origination of supernatural beings that get together and discus stuff that concerns them and their secretes. But wail there, she sees some suspicious men lurking around and follows them to find that they are trying to attack or kidnap these women, so Elena steps in to help. Only to find out more of what these women had not told her.

There is a secret group of military trained men out there ordered to find and capture supernatural beings and that a Shaman and another witch have already gone missing. Once Elena tells Jeremy about this he urges them to go to this meeting and learn more. After the meeting the same military style men came to the cabin that Jeremy rented and of course Clay took care of them. But it made Jeremy very uneasy about the situation so upon returning to the meeting to see who might have snitched and gave up there location. They needed to take two cars and since Clay's natural reaction is to protect his alpha they thought it was best if Jeremy rode with Clay and Elena take the other car with the promise to stay within eyesight. But of course Elena get cocky and speeds ahead only to crash and be kidnapped.

Once awake Elena see she is in a facility that has cells for their captives with one way mirrors so they can be observed. She learns that they are keeping other supernatural beings here, a demon with telekinesis, a young witch about 12 years old, a half demon who has been helping the men get their captives, and can disappear and reappear at will, A shaman who is also helping them but nobody seems to know who he is or have ever seen him, and last but not least a mutt. Elena gets a taste of what this facility is for very quickly once they have Elena they no longer need the mutt, So the Internet Billionaire Tyrone Winsloe , the one backing this whole operation. Takes Elena out and tells her to help them make the mutt change so they can hunt him. She is appalled by the way this man is treating these captives as if they are nothing better than pets solely for his entertainment. She realizes she will have to enlist some help to get out of here and that things are going to get a lot worse before it get better, but how much worse can this get?

This book did not move as quickly for me as the first one but I loved the story line. I like the introduction to all the new supernatural beings in this series. I think there are a few new characters that will make good main characters in the coming books if they are in them. As always I loved Clay but was disappointed that he was not in this one as much as I would like to have seen him. But Elena is such a strong character that she does not need him to get through these tough situations, so I think she did well. I am still waiting for her to tell Clay how much her really means to her. I know that he knows but I want her to tell him, he deserves to hear it, with all that he has been through with her. Any way I am excited to read the next installment of this series and see who it will be about.

Great Book - Katie -
I love this series! I have read alomost all of them and havn't found one that I didn't like

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