Stolen

Women of the Otherworld, Book 2

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Nell Canning

Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

It was in Bitten, Kelley Armstrong's debut novel, that 30-year-old Elena Michaels came to terms with her feral appetites and claimed the proud identity of a beautiful, successful woman - and the only living female werewolf.

In Stolen, on a mission for her own elite pack, she is lured into the net of ruthless Internet billionaire Tyrone Winsloe, who has funded a bogus scientific investigation of the "other races" and their supernatural powers. Kidnapped and studied in his underground lab deep in the Maine woods, these paranormals - witches, vampires, shamans, werewolves - are then released and hunted to the death in a real-world video game. But when Winsloe captures Elena, he finally meets his match.

©2004 Kelley Armstrong (P)2009 Penguin

Stolen

The first time I felt the need to review an audiobook. The only reason I marked it down was because the narrator was totally wrong for the book. A lot of the time it sounded like she had a mouthful of marbles. Probably just the wrong narrator for the story. I did check the sample first but wanted to follow the story line. Aasne Vigesaa was much better.

agreed - not a good narrator for this series

I am just listening to this one because it was never made available to the libraries I use for download. I have read all other books except the latest (book 11), and I have to say Aasne Vigesaa then Laural Merlington are the only two who can rock the voices for all of the characters. I haven't listened to Johanna Parker for the 11th book yet, but I agree that Nell Canning sounds almost like a young Bea Arthur or something. I really had to push through this book simply due to the narrator. Overall, the book was good, and yes while it could have been a little shorter, it helped me fill in a big gap for the other "otherworld" characters that I've come to love (vampires, witches, warlocks, etc). Can't wait to listen to Waking the Witch.

Pretty good book

Recently my daughter got in to Kelley Armstrong's YA series. I always pre-read her selections to make sure it's appropriate. I liked them and looked into the author and realized that she had an Adult series too. I am now on the 7th audible book and am hooked! All of the characters are very vivid. This book was good, but I have to say that I didn't like the narrator's voice. I got used to it after a while, but her portrayal of Ellena made her seem too masculine. Other than that it was a good listen and so are the other 6 audio books.

the narrator it was awful

They should have used the same narrator as the first book! She was great In the first one This narrator couldn't even get the accents right ugh

good book but

I liked the narrator from the first book. this ones voice was difficult to apply to the physical description of Elena.

Stolen

I didn't like this story as much as the first one, Bitten. I also really, really liked Aasne Vigesaa, who narrated Bitten, and didn't really like the sound of Nell Canning's voice. That's a very subjective thing so take a listen yourself.

This story just didn't grab me as much as the first one. It felt like I had more of an emotional reaction to Elena's situation than Elena did. The characters seemed very one dimensional. Regardless, I'm looking forward to listening to the next book.

I'm not complaining.

After I finished this book, I read all of the reviews and was surprised by how bad the reviews for this book were. While I did think the narrator was a bit wrong in voice, and accents, she was not that bad, and got the inflections and tone right in my opinion. I might be the only one who liked this book better then the first. ??? I have no idea what makes me different from the majority of people, but there it is.

Monotonous in the Middle -- Listen for Continuity

This the second in a series by Kelley Armstrong. I especially like the werewolf world she has created. It is balanced, has ethics, rules and respect. Elaina is the central character in book two and you get to see her develop in her thinking an emotions on the positive side. On the negative side, the story drags on and becomes transparent in the final push to the end. Armstrong lost the central conflict in and the back half was an anti-climax.

Nell Canning was outright horrible. She made Elaina sound like a forty-year-old chain smoker. Often, I had trouble distinguishing who was speaking and her dialog skills were a mess. This is a big miss for her.

I liked the first book a great deal, and the second book brought forth some characters that also appealed. This is why I gave it three-stars. If not for the new characters, it would have rated lower. I appreciate the central premise and will continue with the series for now. Listen to this one for continuity purposes.

Stolen: cornerstone of the series

Unlike the "Bitten", "Stolen" launches the reader into the full Otherworld with all the various races being brought together, against their will, in an underground research facility. Their struggles to survive and get free brings some together while driving wedges between others. This makes Stolen the cornerstone of the rest of the series.

My only problem with this audio book is I didn't like the narrator's voice for the character Clay. It's a minor issue which I doubt most would notice.

Hard to get past narration

I enjoyed the story, but after Book 1, I had a hard time with the narrator. The characters just sounded so different, I have a really hard time getting past it. The story line was good and I enjoyed it, I just preferred a different narrator.