The Reckoning

Overall I liked this trilogy, but something about the pacing, the characters and the (lack of) worldbuilding rubbed me the wrong way from the start. It's all from the viewpoint of Chloe, who starts out knowing nothing about the hidden sides of the world she is a part of, and the revelations are painfully far apart. Of course, having read Armstrong's other books I would have had a lot of knowledge about the magical side to her world if I'd known that this story takes place in the same universe, but for some reason I thought this was more stand alone and came at it more from the angle of someone without that knowledge, and for that me the lack of information was a constant annoyance.

4.5

I NEED MORE

I love Kelley Armstrong's werewolves and this was no exception with the addition of an adolescent werewolf, going through his first change. Although not the main subject of the trilogy, I thought Derek was one of the stronger characters. Reading this knowing about the 'Otherworld' probably makes you see situations differently, like the knowledge of the pack and the cabals. I really hope Chloe and Derek appear in one of her other books. They're definiately set up to cross paths.