Tales of the Otherworld

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Mia Barron, Erik Davies

Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

Have you ever wondered how lone wolf Clayton Danvers finally got bitten by the last thing he ever expected: love? Or how the hot-blooded bad-girl witch Eve Levine managed to ensnare the cold, ruthless corporate sorcerer Kristof Nast in one of the Otherworld’s most unlikely pairings? Now, Otherworld readers can share these moments with some of their favorite characters—as well as catching welcome glimpses into the minds of some of the lesser-known players.

This Anthology contains "Birthright", "Beginnings", "Ghosts", "Expectations", "Wedding Bell Hell", "The Case of El Chupacabra" and a new story narrated by Eve.

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©2010 KLA Fricke, Inc. (P)2010 BBC Audio

A must for a fan

I have read most of the stories included in this anthology on the author's website, when it was posted there for free. It was nice to read them again and enjoy the background prospective of the characters in her books.

Stories:
Rebirth (How Aaron became a vampire)= interesting
Bewitched (How Eve and Kristof Nast met and became involved)=was really touching
Birthright (How Logan came to Stonehaven)=nice back story
Beginnings (How Elena became werewolf)
=for a fan this story is a must! gives good back ground to Elena and how Clay thinks
Expectations (A short story of Lucas)= nice!
Ghosts (A self reflection by Jeremy during Bitten)= kind of sad but makes you love Jeremy even more
Wedding Bell Hell (Paige&Lucas's wedding)=funny and insightful
The Case of El Chupacabra (Paige&Lucas's investigation)=interesting and gives background to how P&L got their office.


I especially loved reading Paige's wedding and laughed out loud at some parts. Now that I don't hate Eve after reading about her, it was nice to know how she met Savannah's dad.

I don't know if the first time reader will enjoy this book as much. Since the stories here were written for fans so that they can enjoy the added depth to the characters of her otherworld stories. For the fans of the series this book is a must for new comers. I recommend they read the main stories first. For the fans, I would strongly recommend this book!

You'll love it if you love the Otherworld

Rebirth (35.7 Minutes) - Read by Erik - Aaron POV on how he was turned into a vampire. We met Aaron at the end of Stolen. Bewitched (1.8 Hours) - Read by Mia - Eve's POV short on how she met Christoph and how she ends up pregnant with Savanah. I'm not a huge Eve fan so not sure I've listened to this yet. I need to give this a shot and then listen. Birthright (27.1 Minutes) - Read by Erik - Logan's POV - This is a short on how Logan first meets Clay and Jeremy and finds out he is a werewolf. Beginnings (5.1 Hours) - Read by Mia for Elena POV and Erik for Clay's POV - I love going back and listening to this short - one of my favorites for falling asleep to. This tells the story of how Clay and Elena meet, get together, and Elena gets bitten. To me, this short alone was worth getting the audiobook! It's also nice getting more of Logan and seeing how close he and Elena get. This story is told from alternating Clay / Elena POVs. Expectations - (27.4 minutes) - Lucas centric short with him tracking down a grimoire. Ghosts - (17.5 minutes) Wedding Bell Blues - (39 minutes) - Page & Lucas wedding. Case of El Chupacabra - (4.2 Hours)

Loved it!

I can't believe I put off buying this book.It was well worth the credit. I wasn't crazy about the male narrator but I loved the book anyway. I love Kelly Armstrong and all of her books that I have read so far. This whole series great.

Cool Anthology

I wish the narrator did more research on the characters. She made Cassandra sound like an old woman instead of a vampire still at the prime of her life (in looks and sound). I couldn’t finish because it sounded so bad.

Cortez

Senior Cortez is probably not from Transylvania so why is his accent from there?. Good short stories though

minor nitpicking

I love all the otherworld stories. I'm obsessed. the only nitpicking I have is that during Elena and clays story... the man narrator made Elena seem dumure when I never saw her as such. And he made Jeremy sound more abrasive then I ever thought in my own head. the female narrator was great.
also the guy who narrates lucas' part made cassandra sound like and old hag who smoked everyday. I always saw her as a curt high society type with a more feminine voice

I love how she goes into the history of the characters

Love this series she a great storyteller ! You need to check all her books out she entertaining and interesting. Love it

disconnected and not easy to follow

It seams there are 4, maybe 5 or more, stories going but they are spliced in pieces. Transparency, I have 4 hours left but am unable to continue. The way you get into a story only to be thrown into another story that has nothing to do with the prior.

Love it

This was a great listen I recommend it to anyone who loves sci-fi my family loves it also

Fills in gaps

I love collections of short stories like this that fill in gaps in a series!