Book Review: Stolen

'Stolen' is the sequel to another novel called 'Bitten' written by the same author. Surpassing its predecessor by far, let's ignore 'Bitten' for now and focus on this one. The main character of both books is Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf in the world. Why? Well apparently, you can only become a werewolf by two different ways. One is by inheriting the gene from your parents, and apparently, this method is only available for males. The second is by, as you should know, getting scratched. Except the problem is that getting attacked by a werewolf and surviving with a scratch is damned near impossible, as the book claims. So how did Elena survive? She got scratched by her mate/boyfriend Clayton Danvers while she was at university. Who says werewolves can't be intellectuals?

Now where 'Bitten' was about a battle amongst werewolves themselves, 'Stolen' takes it one notch higher by introducing the fact that werewolves aren't the only supernatural beings in the world, which comes as a shock to Elena since she isn't exactly the most well-informed member of the Pack about affairs regarding other 'monsters'. Apparently, a covert government organization is tracking down and catching werewolves, vampires, shamans, sorcerers and witches to study.

As Elena puts it, yeah, it sounds like a badly written season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer but what makes this book worth the read is the suspense and the characters themselves. As the story is told in a first-person point of view, an insight into Elena's mind and how she looks at things make the book fun to read. The book also has its share of twists and betrayals, which only help strengthen my case when I say that this book is good!

Werewolves rule!

Overall rating: 8 out of 10.