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|reviewer=Jill Murphy
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|pages=480
|publisher=Orbit
|date=July 2012
|isbn=1841498033
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On the other hand, the plot is so busy as to feel rushed and the overall effect is that of a continuation of [[Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong|Spell Bound]] rather than a novel in its own right. The structure is messy, with a repeat of the opening chapters of ''Bitten'', followed by the novel itself, followed by a note from Kelley dropping a heavy hint that she'll return to the ''Otherworld'' at some point, followed by a short story about the werewolves - and the short story reads as though it was supposed to get fitted in to ''13'' but even Armstrong didn't have the chutzpah to muddy its plot even more. Hmm. In terms of being a "good book", ''13'' is not that great. Three stars at best.
I doubt anyone who reads it will worry too much about my carping - by the time they've made it to the thirteenth instalment of this stonking urban fantasy series, they''ll just be happy that Armstrong wrote it.
See you soon, ''OtherwordOtherworld''. Don't leave it too long, Kelley!
It's finished. Over. Well, almost. As we noted, Kelley is more than hinting that there will be more ''Otherworld'' stories to come. If you really can't wait, though, you could always look at her YA series, set in the same universe. It begins with [[The Summoning (Darkest Powers 1) by Kelley Armstrong|The Summoning]].
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