Kelley Armstrong is one of my favourite authors, and not just because she's Canadian! Her Women of the Otherworld series has always and will always knock my socks off!

This novel follows Elena yet again, but as the title suggests - this time she is "Stolen". This book amps up the action, making it equal (if not better) to the original "Bitten" novel. I found this book so strong as a sequel, that it was really hard not picking up the third book immediately after this one! Elena and her pack, as well as the rest of the ladies that eventually lead this series, are a force to be reckoned with! Kelley knows how to write her characters strong and passionate!

This series is definitely for adults (although, there is a YA series if you're interested...), due to some of the brutality the story can get into. It's not an R rated novel, but the themes are better suited for adults (some mature YA audiences could easily read it, I know I originally read these as a teenager).

I also really enjoy Elena and Clay together. Their relationship isn't the smoothest, and it has it's rocky moments, but they work really well together. Knowing that their relationship builds well over multiple books, I can look back and be impressed with how Kelley built them over time. The other characters and their relationships are also very strong, but these two really shine in the Elena books.

Kelley will pull you in and have you hooked almost instantly. If you haven't read anything by her, get on it! I love this author, and she always meets my expectations and surpasses them!

If there was one series I'd highly recommend, it's this series! It has drama, action, adventure, romance and comedy all packaged into a fantastic Canadian series! It's well worth the read, and worth every penny I've spent on this series (even when I accidentally bought doubles and triples of the books, because I forgot the order...whoops!). If I did have one recommendation, try not to read this series far apart from each other. I find it's a great binge read, because the story is so full of lore and excitement!

And if you couldn't get enough of this series, there's a television show based off of the book (it's pretty close for first season, but second and third are loosely based - but it's still incredble!).

Five out of five stars! Can I make that six out of five? No? Darn. I guess it'll stick to five! ( )

So in this book we're introduced to other beings in this world witches, half demons, shaman, sorcerer, and rich jerks who think they can do whatever they want. ( )

Really good. So disturbing. I almost couldn't handle the tension. ( )

Great book, great to see the introduction of the next characters in the series and their intertwined stories ( )

TW/CW: Sex, sexual assault, violence, murder, brutality, fantasy violence

RATING: 4/5

REVIEW: Continuing with my reread of Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series! Stolen, while Elena Michaels is still the narrator and main character, is the beginning of the expansion of Armstrong’s world. It introduces witches, sorcerers, half-demons, and vampires to a world that had previously only been werewolves.

In this book, Elena is invited by the Winterbourne witches to brig the pack into the supernatural council, who are investigating the kidnapping of supernaturals by a shadowy underground group. When Elena is kidnapped, she will need the help of more than just werewolves to escape…

I really enjoyed this book! I love how it opens up Armstrong’s world to lots of other possibilities. This book really also captured me and I had a hard time putting it down…I really wanted to see the bad guys get what was coming to them. This book was definitely exciting, unique, and well written!

I recommend this series to all who love supernatural fiction and urban fantasy! ( )