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Title: Stolen
Author: Cheree Alsop
Narrator: Diane Lehman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-04-17
Publisher: Cheree Alsop
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
When Kyla March finds a wounded young man hiding in her father's clinic, it doesn't take her long to realize that Marek is more than he seems. Their lives become entangled in a world of kidnapped children, renegade Shifters, and the men who will stop at nothing to erase their existence.
In a world governed by winged Falconan soldiers that rule the streets, Kyla and Marek have to decide who they can trust, and how they can make a difference, when the fate of Kyla's family and the love that has grown between them hangs in the balance.
Members Reviews:
Exciting and original
I was asked a few times while reading this if I thought Cheree Alsop was playing off the success of other werewolf books out there. Now that I'm finished I can say for sure no, she is not! Her book is well-written because the premise is original, her story is engaging and exciting and the characters are likeable. The main cast is younger, which makes this more appealing maybe for readers of that age group. But the romance part of this book was handled age - appropriately and the chemistry between characters was well done. I finished the book going to find another in the series to tell me the date of a few other characters I feel in love with. I will definitely be reading more of Cheree Alsop's books!
Great story about family and love
Stolen by Cheree Alsop is about young love caught in the middle of a supernatural turf war. The shapeshifters were a failed experiment, thrown out and discarded. Splicing genes of humans with animals left the children too self aware, too independent. The Falconans are the new, better version. And itâs their job to wipe out the remaining shifters. Marek is a wolf shifter, injured in the fight, finding shelter in a veterinary clinic. Kyla is a sweet, human girl, startled by the request for help from a bleeding boy on the floor of her fatherâs animal hospital.
Although not your traditional âwerewolfâ story, Stolen brings everything we love about shapeshifter stories. And not all the shifters are wolves, as some are birds or cat breeds. Kyla finds Marek too courageous to resist, and Marek finds Kylaâs ordinary life a lure he canât decline. As the Falconans come for them and secrets are revealed, they are caught in a fight theyâre not sure they want to win.
I admire Marek in this book, as heâs taken on a leadership role and something of a big brother role to the other shifters in his pack. Heâs determined to keep them safe, at any cost. But heâs still human enough to miss his family, and ache for the love he sees in Kylaâs. Kyla is terrified, but she steps up to the plate and shows herself willing to do whatever it takes to help Maret and the little family heâs introduced her to.
Good Idea but Not Executed Well
THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW.
At first I loved this book. I loved the idea, the plot, the characters and the world it was set in. But like most relationships, after the initial 'infatuation period' wore off I began to see some holes beneath the surface.
The first that really caught me was during one scene that May, a lost child was shot and killed, and Raven was shot and seriously injured (not being able to fly later in the book). Marek's reaction to this struck me as so out of character, so strange and unusual. He swore off guns entirely, though he supported the rest of the Pack learning how to competently shoot the weapons.
