• Women of the otherworld 1 Bitten - Kelley Armstrong

    Summary:

    Elena lives with Phillip… quietly? Not so much, since she’s a werewolf. And the only female of a species, nothing less! Still, she tries to live a normal life, hiding to her boyfriend the truth about herself. Some nights, she undergoes the change. But a year after she left the pack, her former family calls for her. Some werewolf, unrelated to the pack are responsible for bloody murders on the Canadian pack’s territory. Elena has no choice but to come back to her true family... and so she has to face Clayton: the one who broke her heart... But also the one responsible for her change: he took everything away from her: a normal life.

     

    Review:

    “Bitten” is the first book of the “Women of the otherworld” series which is so hot right now. But it’s also the author’s first book. And it’s a success. Written in first person (which most of the times bugs me), the style is impeccable. The story is complex, almost as much as her main character. Elena’s torn between a normal and reassuring life and the passion that burns inside of her for Clay and the pack. Despite some rare pieces that went for a bit long, the story is well told. Some hot parts are quite precise (they want us to believe that there is no sex without orgasms for the female werewolves!). Very cynical… To sum it up: a very good book!  


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  • Waylander - David Gemmel

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    After his family was killed, Waylander became a murderer. Responsible for the death of King Drenaï, his own people is chasing him, along with their long time enemies: the Vagrians. But when he meets Father Dardalion, Waylander is going to change and try to win back his Humanity. Helped by Danyal, a strong young woman, he’s going to try and find the king’s armor which would give the victory to the Drenaïs. His dexterity and his crossbow will be his best weapons against his enemies, while Dardalion will use the powers of the Source, against his old principles… From hatred and despise, the feelings between Waylander and Danyal will turn into love… which also means “weakness” in those times of war.

     

    Review:

    Waylander is a fantasy novel written in 1986 which grew old very nicely. The writing is fluid and can be read quite easily. The text is very well split between descriptions and dialogues. The characters avec very endearing and humans, and they evolve through the story, being forced to make compromises. The strange phenomenae that leads Dardalion’s and Waylander’s souls to meet is very interesting and original. It’s even the pivotal part of the story, because they change after that… The relationship between Danyal and Waylander is less interesting: the feelings of the woman come all of a sudden without warnings. Too bad we didn’t learn more about the Drenaïs’ warriors, and we feel sorry for their tragic fate. The fights are great and the reader is right into the action. The last part of the book explaining what happened to each character is a great idea and allows the reader to know what happens to the heroes. To sum it up: Waylander is a great novel for everyone! There were many sequels to this book… 


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  • Alpha and Omega 1 Cry wolf - Patricia Briggs

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    Anna is an omega : a rare type of werewolf who has the ability to calm the members of the pack, making it stronger and more united. But Anna was part of a pack where Leo, the alpha, used her badly: sharing her in a sick manner with the members... Charles, the marrok’s son (alpha of all alphas), is going to save Anna and become a mate. Between the two of them, they’re going to find the one who’s responsible for stranges attacks and learn to trust each other.

     

    Review:

    Alpha & Omega is the new series of Patricia Briggs, who wrote “Mercy Thompson”. Unfortunately, here it doesn’t work. Briggs surely knows how to write and her style is nice, but her books lately are a lot alike and don’t offer any more suprises. Her themes are often the same and give a boring aspect to the text. It’s always about who dominates whom and who is dominated by whom, with an obvious romance... Mercy Thompson is a great series because its main character is strong and ballsy. She shouts louder than the others and yet she’s supposed to be dominated by all of them ! Here, Anna is weak, she’s a victim, and the other characters aren’t very nice... It would be nice for Briggs to get new stuff, just the way Kelley Armstrong did it !


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  • Women of the otherworld 2 Stolen - Kelley Armstrong

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    Elena Michaels is the only female werewolf in the world. And she thinks that her spieces is the only supernatural one... Until a witch named Paige invites her to a meeting. Elena, her alpha Jeremy and her companion Clayton discover that witches, half demons and vampires exist. A gathering is needed because someone is hunting down every supernatural spieces. A secret group chase them in order to lock them down in a guarded center. Inside, every kind of experiments are being made on those creatures... Their secret and therefore their only protection against the humans are being threatened. And things get even worse when Elena is captured... She will try her best to get out with the help of the other inmates. Meanwhile, Clayton, Jeremy and Paige will try to find the center in order to break in and save their friend. And they'd better hurry before she becomes a prey...

     

    Review:

    Once again, Kelley Armstrong is offering us a great book. Her writing is addictive. The author takes the characters she introduced in her first novel and adds new spiecies (which will be the heroes of her future books). The story gets more interesting with the addition of Paige and Savannah (the whitches) who are nice characters, unlike the lady vampire and her weird comments. As for Adam, the half demon specialized in fire, he's just awesome ! The idea of a lockdown in the center is quite good, and it makes you think of the fourth season of Buffy the vampire slayer (by the way, Elena has a funny comment about that !). The tone is then set, and has kind of a supernatural Prison break vibe, with all the creatures helping each other to try to find a way out. But the best thing about this book is that Elena is narrating.  She's a strong woman with a big temper. She's also very sarcastic, and the book gets very funny. The reader will see everything through her eyes. The love scenes between Clay and Elena will probably be appreciated by some, but I could do without. Thankfully, the story isn't completely about their relationship. I was sorry to see the second female werewolf die, it would have added some spice to a sequel. To conclude : the book is great and you should read it !

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  • The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien

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    Bilbo, as all hobbits, is a peaceful little person who doesn't like to be bothered when he eats ! But adventure finds him when Gandalf, a powerful wizard and thirteen bearded dwarves come to talk to him about a treasure. That's how he's going to go on a terrifying expedition, and meet Smaug, the dragon... which he's going to have to fight ! Bilbo has to go with them... and the most amazing thing is that he's never going to lose his sense of humor, no matter the danger ! But he will definitely be affraid...

     

    Aurélie's review:

    This is pure poetry ! An escape for your spirit which will fly away to the Shire. This is what you are going to find in this wonderful book. I didn't think it could capture the magic of my childhood, while it's been written in 1937 ! And this is the beauty of this book : it's out of our world, and out of our time... I'll promise you that you will forget the hours that will go by. You'll forget your worries and your issues.  (to sum up : you'll forget about work ^^). You will get attached to those characters and you might feel a bit nostalgic when you get to the end, I did anyway... Have a good book !


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