hemloc's review
4.0
Two reasons to read Truth and Consequences:
1) It's interesting seeing Elena from an outside, non-supernatural perspective.
2) I love the final scene, Elena flicking gore from her hair and calmly explaining to humans that werewolves don't exist.
One drawback to Truth and Consequences:
1) The threat Jose Carter poses isn't threatening enough. He doesn't feel dangerous and the proof he shows isn't all that convincing, so Elena's reaction feels unwarranted.
1) It's interesting seeing Elena from an outside, non-supernatural perspective.
2) I love the final scene, Elena flicking gore from her hair and calmly explaining to humans that werewolves don't exist.
One drawback to Truth and Consequences:
1) The threat Jose Carter poses isn't threatening enough. He doesn't feel dangerous and the proof he shows isn't all that convincing, so Elena's reaction feels unwarranted.
readingrenbo's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
a_h_haga's review
3.0
An OK enough short introducing the events that leads to Elena leaving the Pack. It doesn't really introduce any new info on the event, although it was fun - as a fan - to read the first story about Elena ever written.
sherrios's review
2.0
This seemed to have a lot of inconsistencies, and the ending didn't really make a whole lot of sense.
lpcoolgirl's review
5.0
Great short story of Elena keeping the secret of werewolves, and killing a con artist to do so, and why/an excuse for why she's not with the pack at the beginning of Bitten. Loved it! And her line about cowering while she chased after him? Great!
si0bhan's review
3.0
Truth and Consequences is an okay addition to the Otherworld series, yet it is not a necessity to read. It adds more to the world, but you’re not missing out on anything vital if you don’t read it. It works as a small introduction to Elena as a character, yet having read it after Bitten and Stolen I found it did not add that much.
vegancleopatra's review
3.0
Kelley Armstrong first created the character of Elena in this short story, the story which eventually led to the book [b:Bitten|11918|Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, #1)|Kelley Armstrong|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1306101770s/11918.jpg|2606334]. Bitten is one of my favorite books so it comes as no surprise that I thoroughly enjoyed the story which led to a component of it. The story is short and "sweet" but definitely in Armstrong's style. I loved how after "disposing" of a problem as a werewolf, Elena becomes human again and is calm and collected when she tells her work associates: "Get it through your heads, boys, there's no such thing as werewolves."
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