“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” 
― Charles William Eliot

Rogue is a German Giant x Citrus bearded dragon. She's twenty months old and I've had her for roughly two months. She's settled in so well! She always greets people when they enter my room and if she associates you with food she is your best friend. At the moment she's shedding and constantly asks for scratches to relieve the itch. Rogue is my first reptile and I can now understand why people become addicted to owning them, they really are a joy to keep.

Kelley Armstrong - Bitten

Kelley Armstrong review - Bitten.
(Women of the Other World novel.)

***SPOILERS***

A story about the only female werewolf, Elena Michaels, who wanted to live like the human she was before she was bitten. But the pack is in danger and she has been brought back to help and become the wolf she wanted to leave behind.

This is a fantastic first book! Kelley set the bar high straight off with this book. I couldn't put it down! It had the perfect level of romance, humour and action. What can I say? It was written beautifully. There is a real sense of connection with the characters, you can feel the happiness, the frustration and the loss. I also didn't feel like I was reading a 'God-moded' heroine that I find are in so many other paranormal romance novels.

Since I have finished this book I have gone on to read the rest of the Women of the Other World novels. I would recommend these books to anyone looking for a gripping read that lets you escape the hum of reality and jump right in at the deep end.

Plot: 

 Elena had managed to settle into a 'normal' existence, living with her architect boyfriend and ignoring her wolf side as much as possible. However, Elena is also the only known female werewolf in the world. This gives her a very special place in the werewolf world, and especially with the werewolf pack. After Elena learns that a local woman was found murdered on Stonehaven's land, (the country estate of the pack Alpha) and that she had been savaged by what authorities thought to be a dog. However, the Pack has determined that she was murdered by a rogue werewolf otherwise known to the pack as a 'Mutt'. Elena has to make the agonising decision whether to leave the human life behind - that she had tried so hard to build - Or to return to the pack and her former lover, and the man that bit her, Clayton Danvers.

After finding two pack members dead, Logan and Peter, Elena finds herself back in the arms of Clay for comfort and consequently strikes up a complicated romance. Once Jeremy (the pack Alpha) had been attacked, the pack figures out that the "mutts", tired of being rule by the Pack, are trying to free themselves from under the packs shadow. To do this one mutt in particular, Daniel, who has reason to hate Clay from childhood, has started recruiting human killers and other escaped convicts and turns them into werewolves to fight the pack.

As the novel reaches it's end, time swiftly runs out on Elena. Does she resume her 'normal' life with her architect boyfriend? Or does she rekindle her life with the pack?

The general idea is...

It's safe to say I am obsessed with books and my pets.

I caught the writing bug around early March and since then I have been working away quietly on my own novel. So far I am only a third of the way through, but I decided that now is a good time to start writing about my experience in the hope of helping novice writers.

I may even post up some of the art pieces I am working on. I will never consider myself as the next best thing to sliced bread. But I believe art is important and runs adjacent to literature.

I'm also very close with my younger sister and together we have been working on a couple of projects including a children's book and teen novel.

In addition, I will be reviewing some of the books I have read giving a fair critique. If you're looking for Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey reviews, make a u-turn at the next exit.