Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Dec 25, 2010 Thenia rated it it was ok

Shelves: reviewed, series, vampires, paranormal, 2012, shifters

I did not remember Elena being this stupid in the first book! She's practically useless for most of this book. (view spoiler) I did not remember Elena being this stupid in the first book! She's practically useless for most of this book. (view spoiler) I won't even mention her insecurity issues with Clay especially.

It's not just her, either. What can I possibly say about Sandra..? (view spoiler)

Finishing this book was painful. There was a whole lot of nothing happening for long intervals and some things had no reason for happening (and not in a good 'this is life, bad things happen' kind of way). The main "bad guy" was like a half-witted hormonal spoiled teenager who was supposedly intelligent but showed no evidence of the fact anywhere in the story and whose sadistic tendencies were out-staged only by those of his employees.

The only redeeming character is Jeremy, who was the voice of logic in the chaos and maybe Adam, who displayed a bit of humor. Xavier might have been an interesting character but we don't get to see all that much of him. Also, the sorcerer's identity was a surprise which is a good thing considering that I'd forgotten all about him and his "importance" up until his appearance.

All in all, I did not enjoy this book and I'm probably not going to read the next in the series. ...more

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Jan 05, 2010 Samantha rated it liked it

Shelves: ebook-own, 2010

Not as intriguing as the first in the series, but a good read nonetheless. This installment felt a little like a cop out for introducing the other supernatural beings with minimal effort. While I appreciate the educational introduction to the new world of characters that the author is bringing into the series, I thought this wasn't quite the interesting premise it could have been.
For the majority of the book I didn't feel a connection to any of the other captives and I was waiting for something ...more

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