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A review by astrodish
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
3.0
2.5 stars
wait! Quick mini rant about ratings:
Before you start to think that's a low rating I find myself hating the star ratings anyway. I'm not great at it. A five star books needs to be a favorite I would read over and over and love it forever and a 4 star should be up there with giving me all the feelings.
Unless I state I hate it and you would know if I did then it's fine. I don't think there's anything wrong with saying something didn't waste my time.
It's about being entertained. Or learning something. It's stepping outside your body and letting your mind focus on something outside of yourself. Books are these wonderful gifts that warm my heart. Seriously. They are incredible and humbling and exciting. They are other people's thoughts and ideas put to paper. They are words and opinions and imagery so outside of you, yet when you read it then it becomes yours and you decide what you want to do with it. It's magic.
Ok ok. End of rant and word appreciation.
Did I love it ? No.
Did I think this was terrible and
Would never recommend it to anyone? no. Of course I would.
Everyone's taste are different. We all have things that check our boxes and things that annoy us to no end.
This series has potential to be great.
I liked it.
The beginning was a bit slow, and I wasn't sure if I could get into it. The more time I spent on it the more I liked it.
I like werewolves.
Really any kind of shifter trope I like. They were my favorite folk lore growing up besides scary stories of changlings and fey. And I usually like them in romance novels.
So I find a book and the main character is a badass female werewolf? Neat.
Then you find out she's the only one ever? Super neat.
So I give it a try
I liked the pack interactions which I felt like they generally cared for each other . I liked that they had their own rules or code on how they hunt and work.
I even liked the love story with an established relationship. ( which I normally don't like because I like beginnings. Sue me ) it's hard to write a relationship that's already had history before we start our story because it's hard to write that kind of familiarity and it not feel forced. I want to believe. That's why love at first sight/ Insta-love bothers me so much. Build up is a good thing. But I think the author did a good job. I felt like it was complicated, that you didn't know if they were going to workout because it didn't before. It was interesting.
I started it as a audiobook but switched to physical copy soon after because I couldn't get into the narration. It did feel like I was being told a story instead of being shown if that makes sense. Show me don't tell me what's happening. I'm smart (kinda) I can figure it out.
I liked the characters enough where when they were idiots I could overlook it. The main character (Elena) was annoying with her being stubborn and downright prideful at times but she should have flaws. I don't want my main character to be a Mary Sue.
The main guy (clay) had faults and I they worked well together. And the "love triangle" wasn't nearly as annoying as I thought it would be. I did feel like Phillip wasn't needed except for a reason for Elena to feel tied to the human world. And that wasn't fair to him. I don't like cheating and it annoyed me. Like put on your big girl pants and either brake up with him or keep it in your pants.
Would I read it again ? Probably not.
But I am going to continue the series even if I don't know when I'll pickup the next book. I think I read its actually finished to so I don't have to wait for an ending.
I think it's worth a read if you can look past some of the negatives I've brought up and the tropes because of course they use some.
Thanks for reading
SJ
wait! Quick mini rant about ratings:
Before you start to think that's a low rating I find myself hating the star ratings anyway. I'm not great at it. A five star books needs to be a favorite I would read over and over and love it forever and a 4 star should be up there with giving me all the feelings.
Unless I state I hate it and you would know if I did then it's fine. I don't think there's anything wrong with saying something didn't waste my time.
It's about being entertained. Or learning something. It's stepping outside your body and letting your mind focus on something outside of yourself. Books are these wonderful gifts that warm my heart. Seriously. They are incredible and humbling and exciting. They are other people's thoughts and ideas put to paper. They are words and opinions and imagery so outside of you, yet when you read it then it becomes yours and you decide what you want to do with it. It's magic.
Ok ok. End of rant and word appreciation.
Did I love it ? No.
Did I think this was terrible and
Would never recommend it to anyone? no. Of course I would.
Everyone's taste are different. We all have things that check our boxes and things that annoy us to no end.
This series has potential to be great.
I liked it.
The beginning was a bit slow, and I wasn't sure if I could get into it. The more time I spent on it the more I liked it.
I like werewolves.
Really any kind of shifter trope I like. They were my favorite folk lore growing up besides scary stories of changlings and fey. And I usually like them in romance novels.
So I find a book and the main character is a badass female werewolf? Neat.
Then you find out she's the only one ever? Super neat.
So I give it a try
I liked the pack interactions which I felt like they generally cared for each other . I liked that they had their own rules or code on how they hunt and work.
I even liked the love story with an established relationship. ( which I normally don't like because I like beginnings. Sue me ) it's hard to write a relationship that's already had history before we start our story because it's hard to write that kind of familiarity and it not feel forced. I want to believe. That's why love at first sight/ Insta-love bothers me so much. Build up is a good thing. But I think the author did a good job. I felt like it was complicated, that you didn't know if they were going to workout because it didn't before. It was interesting.
I started it as a audiobook but switched to physical copy soon after because I couldn't get into the narration. It did feel like I was being told a story instead of being shown if that makes sense. Show me don't tell me what's happening. I'm smart (kinda) I can figure it out.
I liked the characters enough where when they were idiots I could overlook it. The main character (Elena) was annoying with her being stubborn and downright prideful at times but she should have flaws. I don't want my main character to be a Mary Sue.
The main guy (clay) had faults and I they worked well together. And the "love triangle" wasn't nearly as annoying as I thought it would be. I did feel like Phillip wasn't needed except for a reason for Elena to feel tied to the human world. And that wasn't fair to him. I don't like cheating and it annoyed me. Like put on your big girl pants and either brake up with him or keep it in your pants.
Would I read it again ? Probably not.
But I am going to continue the series even if I don't know when I'll pickup the next book. I think I read its actually finished to so I don't have to wait for an ending.
I think it's worth a read if you can look past some of the negatives I've brought up and the tropes because of course they use some.
Thanks for reading
SJ