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A review by sup3r_xn0va_maya
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong is the first novel in her Women of the Otherworld series of paranormal romance stories. The book was okay, there were some things I didn't like and there were some things I liked.
Bitten is the story of a female werewolf named Elena. She has a pack that she used to run with but she's been trying to live more like a human so the book starts off with her a Canadian city. She lives with her boyfriend and works for a popular news paper. One day Elena gets a call from the pack leader tell her that he needs her back in the area, because there have been a few murders in their territory. The story goes on from there.
I found the main character to be a little dim in some situations.At one point Elena is being held at gun point by a known child molester. She had previously broken his wrist in the scene before and she did it to prove a point to him and now he is angry with her and threatening to kill. For some dumb reason Elena doesn't believe that this man will kill, let alone shoot her. She doesn't believe it until...you guessed it, until he finally shoots her.
The book was entertain in certain parts and boring in others, I don't think it needed to be over 500 pages. There wasn't enough going on for there to be 500 pages worth of entertaining story, unfortunately. There was also a scene at the beginning of the book, with the main character and an ex, where there is a dubious consent sex scene. It was really unpleasant to read. The the main character begins to blame herself for "cheating on her boyfriend". This part was terribly outdated, he basically assaulted her and she blames herself and there's no one to help her through the self blame.
Because of the dubious consent at the beginning of this novel, even though there were consensual sex scenes later in the novel they felt uncomfortable. I'm giving this 🌶️🌶️ two chilies out of five chilies worth of spice, I don't care if the later scenes were supposed to be sexy, they just weren't because of the initial dubious consent.
This novel was honestly too long and I didn't like that there was dubious consent, so I can't give this any higher than 3 stars out of 5.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 Stars
I read this for free on [Libbyapp.com]
Bitten is the story of a female werewolf named Elena. She has a pack that she used to run with but she's been trying to live more like a human so the book starts off with her a Canadian city. She lives with her boyfriend and works for a popular news paper. One day Elena gets a call from the pack leader tell her that he needs her back in the area, because there have been a few murders in their territory. The story goes on from there.
I found the main character to be a little dim in some situations.
The book was entertain in certain parts and boring in others, I don't think it needed to be over 500 pages. There wasn't enough going on for there to be 500 pages worth of entertaining story, unfortunately. There was also a scene at the beginning of the book, with the main character and an ex, where there is a dubious consent sex scene. It was really unpleasant to read. The the main character begins to blame herself for "cheating on her boyfriend". This part was terribly outdated, he basically assaulted her and she blames herself and there's no one to help her through the self blame.
Because of the dubious consent at the beginning of this novel, even though there were consensual sex scenes later in the novel they felt uncomfortable. I'm giving this 🌶️🌶️ two chilies out of five chilies worth of spice, I don't care if the later scenes were supposed to be sexy, they just weren't because of the initial dubious consent.
This novel was honestly too long and I didn't like that there was dubious consent, so I can't give this any higher than 3 stars out of 5.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 Stars
I read this for free on [Libbyapp.com]
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail