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    <body><![CDATA[This one's been hanging around for a while, since it was recommended to me sometime last year. I saw that kiwiria loved it and remembered that I had it, so thought I should get onto it sooner rather than later. To be honest, the fact that it's about werewolves put me off. I greatly enjoyed Kerri Art...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17681975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of authors tend to rely on supernatural abilities to make their fantasy and paranormal characters more appealing to us foolish mortals who seek our escapes amongst their pages.  But Kelley Armstrong’s werewolves in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11918.Bitten_Women_of_the_Otherworld_Book_1_" title="Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, Book 1) by Kelley Armstrong">Bitten</a> must rely on grit and personality alone, because aside from having the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38803894">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[You know when you don't really expect to like a book based on the fact that you're prejudiced to its contents? For example, thanks to Twilight, I am completely Team Vampire (and I'm terribly ashamed at having brought Twilight up, trust me) so anything Werewolf-ish automatically sets off some inner r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27598112">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, I came into <em>Bitten</em> having read nearly all of the other books in the Women of the Otherworld series. In fact, the books with Elena narrating are the only ones I haven't read. It was very interesting to read this one, knowing it was the first in the series and already knowing in broader strokes wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39057270">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elena Michaels is determined to go it alone. She doesn't need the pack. She doesn't need Clay, the werewolf who misled her, made her believe he loved her, and then turned her into one of them without her permission, without even telling her what he was. To make matters worse, it turns out she's the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15149906">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[#41 Bitten by Kelley Armstrong<br/>rating 4 of 5<br/>436 pp<br/><br/>This is the literary equivalent of eating potato chips. Not terribly filling or nutritious but lots of fun, and it sure is hard to stop once you get started.  I have already read the author's third and fourth books, Dime Store ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36543643">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll admit straight off that I am a sucker for supernatural stories with romance in them.  This one fits right in.  Elena Michaels is the only female werewolf in existence, making her something of a legend in the werewolf world.  But she was forced into it, having been bitten by her lover.  This boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21406067">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From a blog post I wrote in 2006:<br/><br/>I found a new author I really dig. Kelley Armstrong has a series of books out with supernatural characters. I whipped through Bitten, Stolen, Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic, Haunted and Broken in no time at all.<br/><br/>The first two and the last b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9490971">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[all the sci-fi girl's kicking butt fans.  This whole series should go perfectly there.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good read.  I can't complain.  Not necessarily on the top of my reread list, but definitely not not on the list at all.  Theories are all pretty sound.  The wolf stuff was all well done with obvious understanding of pack structure.  Suspense is good.  You'll definitely keep wanting to read, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47951541">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hah!  So, in a CRAZY coincidence, it turns out that book one is really a better starting point than <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11915.Broken">book six</a>.  I know.<br/><br/>I really liked about this book that both the hero and heroine were mildly fucked up, and the book and most of the characters knew that, and lived with it.  Elena, the POV...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46510002">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In Bitten, Kelley Armstrong introduces Elena Michaels.  Elena is one of the most promising female heroines I have ever had the privilege to read about.  As the only female werewolf she is literally living in a man's world, but stands far above the male characters.  She is a slap in the face to the l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39418626">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I will preface my review by saying that I do not like were stories. I find them brutish, dim, and dull. Naturally, upon discovering that this book was about weres, I placed it right back onto the shelves and kept walking.  Two years later I happened upon a marvelous new YA series called Darkest Powe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63311402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I could qualify this novel as page turning and quite engaging, there were also a few things that bugged me.<br/>The plot is well built and well paced but characterization is far from being satisfying. This might not have disturbed me so much if it had not concerned the main characters. I am a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45230240">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great debut novel. A strong plot with an edginess that really works &amp; great characters with realistic flaws. Kelley Armstrong's writing has personality &amp; character, and a darker tone than many paranormals I've read but Elena's childhood experiences and the betrayal she endured as an adult mak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44223555">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an enjoyable book and I do recommend it.<br/><br/>The story centres around the world's only female werewolf and her struggle between fitting in to the human world and accepting her werewolf nature.<br/><br/>Let's get the criticisms out of the way first. The writing itself is rather basic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37121922">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How could I not love a book about a female werewolf? But saying it that way makes it sound all cheesy and badly plotted like most horror novels are (not all, I said most). This was a fantastic book though!<br/><br/>Just how fantastic was it? Well, I read it in two days. That's unusual for me. I am u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30317554">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[You know I was a bit doubtful when I first saw this book, after all the first line of the blurb says “Elena Michaels is your regular twenty-first century girl: self-assured, smart and fighting fit. She also just happens to be the only female werewolf in the world…”<br/>Hmmm, I thought to myse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22489991">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted to like this book... I really did.  Even though there were some serious cliches that the author starts with (a super special heroine who happens to be the only female werewolf in the world was giving me flashbacks to the Anita Blake novels), she manages to avoid a lot of the pitfalls of tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20208967">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am so glad that I gave this book a chance!  There are so many werewolf/vampire books out today that it is hard to pick a winner and Bitten is definitely one of the best.  <br/>The book is centered around Elena, a woman trying to come to terms with her new life as a werewolf and the person who put...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67166733">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. Elena was such a riveting character. It's rare that I find a book where I am so drawn in to their personality, that I feel the same emotions as that character. She was strong, witty, and loyal. Throughout the story, she struggled with her dual desires: ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5416762">more...</a>]]></body>
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