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

Making love in the blood of an unknown attacker

I listened to the first book which I fought to get through then finally the last 1/3 of it was great so I thought I would give number 2 a shot. I'm probably about half way in and can no longer listen. Switching the narrator from one book to another is jarring enough but this narrator is very nasally nothing like the other. I'm constantly guessing is the main character a woman or a man. The story line has potential but it just falls flat half way in and I'm bored. When they suddenly hunt down a man for play for a while and then make love in his blood after the hunt that was too much, even if he is the enemy. The writer keeps comparing real wolves to them which in my opinion doesn't even match up. They are still fully aware of themselves anyways when they are wolves so what excuse do they have?

Not her best work

I cannot recommend this book except to fill in some of the gaps in the storyline of future books in this series. At times the characters seem to have lost any intelligence or deductive ability that they may have had. The narration is horrible. Just not a good book. It’s a great disappointment. I love this author, but this is just not good.

Bad Change of Narrator

Elena makes a great protagonist! The mediocre narrator could not capture the other characters. Worth enjoying even given that caveat.

Why change the narrator?

Story was good. Narrator’s voice is terrible in this! Clay had an accent from New Orleans. Not the deep woods of of a southern state where trucks go mudding. He is supposed to be intelligent and slower. It was completely distracting from the story.

Narrator sounds geriatric

New narrator is terrible. Doesn’t seem like the same series. Well, not terrible, but just way too old sounding to read for the character.

amazing story

Great story if you READ it! Don't waste $ or a credit. UNLESS... you imagine this story told by the cast of The Simpsons. For real. Male narrator makes Elaina sound like Bart, and youu WILL hear other Simpson characters. Especially Marge. LOL

Not correct voice for story

The reader is evidently an older woman and main character is a20 something woman. All voices were basically the same. Ruined book

Loved the book but didn’t care for the narration!

I have to agree with the others who rated this book: that the narration wasn’t good. The story was good but not the story telling. I feel bad saying this but I was disappointed.

Great story not great narrative

The first narrator in bitten was so much better. This book feels like elaina should have sultry tough voice not goofy like this one.

I should have read the reviews.

The change in narrator was a horrible decision which made me return the book. I haven't even gotten to Jeremy or Clay yet. Neil Canning just ruined Elina that much. Anyways fun books but ill just read this instead I guess