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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!
Women of the otherworld 2 Stolen - Kelley Armstrong
Summary:
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:
Femmes de l'Autremonde (1/?) Morsure - Kelley Armstrong
Caractéristiques : Genre : Science-fiction Grand format : 432 pages / 22,00 € Format poche : 544 pages / 8,20 €
Résumé : Elena vit tranquillement avec Phillip... Tranquillement ? Pas tant que ça, puisqu'elle est un loup-garou. Et la seule femelle de son espèce, qui plus est ! Elle tente malgré tout de vivre une vie normale, cachant à son petit-ami la vérité et profitant de certaines nuits pour subir la mutation. Mais après une année loin d'elle, la meute fait appel à Elena. Des cabots - les loups-garous non liés à la meute - sont responsables de plusieurs meurtres sanglants sur le territoire de la meute au Canada. Elena n'a pas le choix : elle doit rentrer parmi les siens et être confrontée à Clayton : celui qui a consumé son coeur, celui pour qui elle aurait tout donné... Mais également le responsable de sa mutation : il est celui qui lui a pris le plus cher : une vie normale.
Avis : "Morsure" est le premier tome de la saga "Femmes de l'Autremonde" qui marche si bien en ce moment. Mais c'est également le premier roman de l'auteure. Et c'est un succès. Bien qu'écrit à la première personne (chose qui me rebute parfois), le style est impeccable. L'histoire est complexe, presque autant que son personnage principal est torturée : tiraillée entre une vie normale et rassurante, et la passion qui l'anime lorsqu'elle se trouve avec Clay et la meute. Malgré de rares passages un peu long, la trame est bien conçue. Les passages "chauds" de bit-lit sont particulièrement explicites (on aurait tôt fait de croire qu'il n'y a pas de relations sexuelles sans orgames pour les femelles loups-garous !). Beaucoup de cynisme, bref, un très bon roman ! |
