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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kelley Armstrong Keeps Getting better & Better, 28 Sep 2009
Each Women of the Otherworld installment is better than the last. The series now on it's 10th installment is like a pair of comfortable shoes, well loved and adored.
This was a book I picked up at the weekend and had trouble putting down to go to work Monday morning.
Elena Michaels and her lover/husband/mate Clay Danvers are back for this installment, with greater responsiblities (like twins) and more and more pressure put on both of them, their lives have become increasingly far more complex. Jeremy sends them to Alaska on the hunt for a mutt, but as usual things don't quite go according to plan. Jeremy has just informed Elena that she is his pick for the next Alpha of the pack. Couple this with the continuing story of Clay and his arm, and her troubled past making an unwelcome appearance. Add this to some very strange monsters going bump in the night in Alaska, and once again Kelley Armstrong has out done herself.
I'm a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong and this series, however, to get the best of this series I recommend starting with Bitten. I'm now eagerly looking forward to the 11th Book Waking the Witch 08/2010.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Back on form, 28 Sep 2009
After Living With The Dead, I was starting to get a little worried about the Women of the Otherworld series, but with Frostbitten KA is showing us she has not lost her edge at all. In a move back to her favoured 1st person narrative, and from the perspective of Otherworld favourite Elena, Frostbitten shows what KA does best.
The plot is action packed, with Armstrong manging to balance an butt kicking plot with many intriguing sub-plots. Whilst tracking a rogue Mutt to give him a warning Elena, ends up away from home. Jeremy asks Elena to check out some reported killings in Alaska, and sends Clay to help her. They uncover a group of European Mutts, who are intent in usurping the pack and a battle commences which puts Elena and Clay in terrible danger. We also see how Elena is dealing with Jeremy's decision to name her as Alpha ascending, and how Clay is coping after the incident in Broken that left his right arm near ruined. There are some interesting new characters, and some amazing new supernatural creatures.
The writing is fast paced and kept me hooked, and it was great to see Elena growing as a character, and her relationship with Clay growing too, there are some reminders of Elena's troubled past, and worries for both of their futures, and they need to work through them is Elena is to be alpha, and Clay to be her enforcer.
If there was one complaint, it would be that there wasn't enough Jeremy, but that makes sense given his decision to step down as alpha.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Elena book again, 30 Sep 2009
Frostbitten is the tenth book in the Women of the Otherworld series and is a return to Elena, the first and my favourite of Kelley's narrators. The previous book, Living With The Dead was the weakest book in the series by far, and I admit I was a little concerned that this would not live up to the usual expectations of her Elena books. But I needn't of worried. Frostbitten is a great return to form and may well be my second favourite book of the series, behind Bitten the first book.
Elena has been chasing a young mutt attempting to give him a warning, not from the Pack, but about a couple of other mutts. But he's doesn't want to hear it, he believes she intends to kill him. The chase leads her, and Clay her husband/mate/work partner, to Alaska. Once they arrive there though, they realise the scared, young mutt is the very least of their worries. They had been aware of a series of 'wolf' killings, but they hadn't realised just what they would be facing there. There are rouge mutts, former pack mates and some unknown giant beast to contend with, and none of them are happy to see the Pack members around.
I loved this book. The plotting was tight and the pace fast, as Elena and Clay dealt with many problems, old and new, in the form of the other creatures around and personal ones. Both characters have grown a lot since Bitten and it's great to see them back here, just as engaging as ever. There is a good balance here with action and dealing with the more personal problems, which consists of old history and future concerns for Elena and seeing how Clay's dealing with his damaged arm after the events of Broken, not to mention the troubles of parenthood.
There is also the introduction of several new characters I think, and hope, we'll see again. They were a great addition. It was also good to find out what had happened to the Stillwells after they'd left the pack in 'Ascension' a short story I originally read on Kelley's website years ago (and now appears in the collection 'Men of the Otherworld') and had often wondered about.
Overall, a great book with great twists and turns that stopped me putting the book down until it was done. I have two tiny complains, and that was how little we got to see of Kate and Logan, Elena and Clay's twins, and Antonio in particular. Nick too I suppose, though he got a couple good moments towards the end. Still, these are little things and it was still a great book despite them. I'm really looking forward to the Savannah book, Waking the Witch, which is out next year, after this.
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