Chelsea
Written on Jun 8, 2017
'A taut, sensual thriller that grips from the first page. Elena Michaels is at once sublime and sympathetic, a modern heroine who shows that real women bite back.' - Karin Slaughter, The New York Times
Sunday Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong captivated readers with her Women of the Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. In this new anthology, favourite characters return in stories of drama, danger and desire. Legendary werewolf partners Elena and Clay stalk the pages of this book, along with vampires, witches, half-demons and sorcerers.
Filled with fan favourites and rarities, Otherworld Nights concludes with a brand-new novella, 'Vanishing Act'. This thrilling longer story is set after series finale 13, and features much-loved characters Savannah and Adam as they begin a new life - and a mysterious new case - together.
Books by Kelley Armstrong:
Women of the Otherworld series
Bitten
Stolen
Dime Store Magic
Industrial Magic
Haunted
Broken
No Humans Involved
Personal Demon
Living with the Dead
Frost Bitten
Walking the Witch
Spellbound
Thirteen
Nadia Stafford
Exit Strategy
Made to be Broken
Wild Justice
Rockton
City of the Lost
A Darkness Absolute
This Fallen Prey
Watcher in the Woods
Alone in the Wild
Darkest Powers
The Summoning
The Awakening
The Reckoning
Otherworld Tales
Men of the Otherworld
Tales of the Otherworld
Otherworld Nights
Otherworld Secrets
Otherworld Chills
Darkness Rising
The Gathering
The Calling
The Rising
Cainsville
Omens
Visions
Deceptions
Betrayals
Rituals
- ISBN10 0748129804
- ISBN13 9780748129805
- Publish Date 7 October 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Orbit
- Edition Digital original
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 368
- Language English
Reviews
celinenyx
Written on Oct 6, 2014
When an author has written as many books as Mrs Amstrong has, a certain consistent style gets developed. Even though the books in the series have been published over a span of ten years, and the stories in Otherworld Nights come from different periods within that time-frame, their style and wording is incredibly consistent. Diving into this anthology was such a relaxing yet exciting experience; it's been a long time since I got to spend time with these characters, and they are real in a way.
As far as I can tell the stories are ordered chronologically - the oldest story first, the new novella last. Although it does make sense, the order bothered me a bit when we had two Elena/Clay stories back to back, and we were introduced to the same characters twice. That can easily be fixed by not reading the book back to back, but instead picking a story you feel like and going through them randomly. There is no consistency between them beyond being set in the Women of the Otherworld time-line, so they definitely don't need to be read in order.
Mrs Armstrong is quite an expert on the novella format. It's not my favourite form of fiction because it hardly allows for any complexity or side-plots, but I think these were very well done. All of them had enough twists to make them interesting, and they ended in ways that leaves the reader satisfied and with a smile on their face.
Otherworld Nights is a great book for Women of the Otherworld fans that haven't succeeded in tracking down all those obscure novellas that have been released throughout the years. The new Savannah novella was a welcome addition, though not my favourite (me and Savannah have a rocky relationship in general). If you're not familiar with the world, this might not be the best place to start, because there are heavy references to happenings in the series, and can also be quite spoiler-y if you haven't completed the series yet.