Bitten by Kelley Armstrong. Book of no action but long retrospection

Mass Market Paperback, 436 pages
Published September 7th 2004 by Plume Books (first published September 21st 2001)



Original Title
Bitten
Author
Kelley Armstrong


ISBN
0452286034 (ISBN13: 9780452286030)
My rating:
4,5/10

 

Elena lives in Toronto with her human boyfriend and tries to lead as normal life as possible. It’s not an easy task since she was bitten by a werewolf – she never is going to be normal.  But between changes into a wolf -she tries. One day she gets a phone call from the alpha of her old pack. They need her skills and help to catch the mutt that might put them all in danger. Even though she promised herself she’s not going back she can’t leave them on their own. Elena decides to visit New York for the last time, just for few days. She doesn’t know yet that few mutts might not be her only problem, there is also Clay- her sexy ex-lover who wants to stop her from leaving him again.

Now imagine you are going on a blind date. All you know is that the guy is handsome as fuck, his job is the most interesting you could ever think of and add to this his car- the newest version of Lamborghini. In red. Anything the girl could dream of, isn’t it? Then you go on this date all happy and excited but after 10 min you realize the guy is as boring as a tennis shoe and you cannot wait until the date is over (or fake emergency phone call from your friend. Upss… You didn’t set up one as you thought it’s gonna be just great). This is how I felt about this book… Idea, subject, characters even the plot all sounded so much like my type of a story and then I started reading it. So static that even a fight was just boring, no action whatsoever. Cut to the point girl!

Don’t get me wrong- it was very well written. Very well just not in a style that this book should have been written. It would suit better a diary or historical fiction not a paranormal romance that usually is full of action and changes (and if you read between all the retrospection going on you see that the author was trying to show it- unsuccessfully- at least for me). The monumental descriptions, all the retrospection made this so called ‘art’ just too heavy for a reader. That feeling when you read and read and read and read for hours and it’s only page 44… It took me almost a week to finish it and usually I like to get over a book throughout the night. It wasn’t a one night stand but neither a week long romance. More like a guest that starts to smell after three days. Even your favourite aunt- if she stays too long you just get annoyed that you cannot walk naked in your own space. Ok, maybe this was a very bad metaphor but you know what I mean?

I bought “bitten”- first book in a series- and I am not sure if I’m going to give a second chance to it. Elena as a nice character was quite bitter for me and poor Clay… I wish my boyfriend was as devoted to me as he was to her. 10 years of her fighting him and he still didn’t see a world… Just her. I understand he made her life ‘a hell’ but let’s be honest- she didn’t have the happiest childhood neither. At least with him biting her he gave her much more than just the werewolf power (and hello- isn’t that just so cool on its own??), he also gave her a family she never had before. Christmas like she never had before. My heart is melting while writing it… Maybe a little bit of appreciation would be in order? And what is wrong with you girl, going on two fronts? Oh, I decided to be a human so I’m gonna get myself a human boyfriend. And then you’re back not even 48h and you’re fucking the guy you supposedly hate so much? I smell a personality disorder… Make up your mind, please… I could feel she was looking for excuses for her behaviour but let’s be honest you can’t have everything! You can’t leave one fella to have another and then come back whenever you feel like it. Few sessions at the shrink Klaudia and we would fix you good :).

To be honest after almost 200 pages I was about to give up and get something else to read but I am quite happy this book didn’t win over me. The last part of it was quite interesting but I know a lot of people do not have enough patience to survive that long. Only if it was written like that from the beginning… It would make my rating way higher.

To finalize this already too long review I’m going to quote Lil Uzi Vert ‘If you’re you, it doesn’t matter if you’re the most boring person in the world: someone will like you.’ And this relates to this book. I didn’t really enjoy it but you might, so do not be discouraged and after reading- comment below. Maybe you’re be able to convince me to read the second book in the series “Stolen”. Or if you share my point of few please show me some love :).

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