Men of the Otherworld (Otherworld Stories, #1) in Into the Forest

Jan 26, 2009 Danielle The Book Huntress rated it it was amazing

Shelves: part-of-a-series, favorite-or-autobuy-author, urban-fantasy, 2020-action-adventure-aficionados-c, asian-folklore, werewolf, 2020-dhasg-challenge, found-family, asian-hero-or-heroine, hero-to-die-for

I literally cannot get enough of Clay and Jeremy. This book is jammed packed with them both. Oh, my heart couldn't hardly stand reading about young Clay and his survival struggles as a young wolf. Expect Clayton fan art soon. I think this was some of Kelley Armstrong's best writing, how she showed the world through a young Clay's eyes. Clay is my favorite character in her books if you hadn't noticed. Seconded by Jeremy. I do love Elena, but I love these two the most of all.

Reading Jeremy's back I literally cannot get enough of Clay and Jeremy. This book is jammed packed with them both. Oh, my heart couldn't hardly stand reading about young Clay and his survival struggles as a young wolf. Expect Clayton fan art soon. I think this was some of Kelley Armstrong's best writing, how she showed the world through a young Clay's eyes. Clay is my favorite character in her books if you hadn't noticed. Seconded by Jeremy. I do love Elena, but I love these two the most of all.

Reading Jeremy's backstory with his terrible, awful father, and the difficult life he had trying to navigate around a father who hated him because he was different, and trying to follow his grandfather's stipulations. Jeremy and Clay were the real family, in my opinion. I do love the fact that Jeremy and Clay have Antonio and Nick and the other pack, to a lesser extent as well.

While I am a cat person, I adore wolves. I love reading books about wolf characters. It's such poetic writing, and it shows the brutal, but beautiful natural world at its most elemental. The manner in which Armstrong writes her werewolf dynamics is very real world and brutal, and shows the ugliness of human nature through the lens of werewolf fiction. The idea of a human having a wolf nature is so intriguing to me, I continually gravitate back to these books.

One of the smartest things that Armstrong did was to keep Elena out of this book. I say that because in the overall story, it's more about Elena, and you don't get a sense of Clayton having a world or life without Elena. While it's obvious that she is so centered in his life, this book shows who and what Clayton is, intrinsically. His extreme loyalty, and how pragmatic but elemental he is in what he feels and does. It was such a pleasure to read about young Clayton and how he grew up into the amazing man that he is. Is Clay perfect, nope. But is he a perfectly fantastic character? Yes. Definitely in my top ten of all time favorite characters in literature. Jeremy might not make the top ten, but he definitely makes the top thirty or forty.

I think I read this audiobook faster than I've ever read one, or if I have, there are few that I've read this quickly. I was so captivated with it. I decided to read No Humans Involved next, just for more Jeremy time. ...more

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May 19, 2015 Serena rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The Otherworld history of three generations of men, Malcolm, Jeremy, and Clayton, the side of the Pack which Elena and readers of the Otherworld series have largely gone unseen. I quite enjoyed Clayton's sense of dry wild humor, Malcolm's ruthlessness, and Jeremy's logic amidst so much upheaval, and the truth of his - and his mother's nature. ...more

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Jun 27, 2009 Christine rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-urban, diverse-and-women-authors, kitsune, short-stories, weres-and-shifters

This isn't quite a three, and I'm rounding up due to the use of Kitsune, which I love.

The collection is really three tales, tale that are more about the development of Jeremy. It's technique true that the middle story is split into two stories, but it is really one long story told in mini stories, which gets kinda boring after a bit.

If you are a Clayton fan, you will like the story of Clayton's early years. If you're a Jamie fan, she's in the last story. The stories aren't bad, but just good. ...more

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Oct 26, 2009 Rebecca rated it it was ok

Ok,so i'm only on page 86 out of 368,but it is really good so far.The story is centered around werewolves and a very complex hierachy as well as one ,er,"hybid" in particular.Still reading to find out what signifigance he plays,but it is very good so far! :-) ...more

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