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"Escape"
by
Kelley Armstrong
It is part of the Women of the Otherworld #01.2 series and is a urban fantasy in a PDF edition that was published by the author on May 2005 and has 12 pages.
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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Broken, Personal Demon , Living with the Dead, Men of the Otherworld, Tales of the Otherworld, Frostbitten, Dates from Hell, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, The Reckoning, Spell Bound, The Gathering, The Awakening, "Hidden", The Calling, Aftertaste, Kisses from Hell, The Rising, Omens, Wild Justice, Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, Visions, Deceptions, The Masked Truth, City of the Lost, Empire of Night, Forest of Ruin, Betrayals, A Darkness Absolute, Indigo, Rituals, The Unquiet Past, This Fallen Prey, Stolen, Rough Justice, Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic, Haunted, Broken, Waking the Witch, Portents, Missing, Alone in the Wild, Watcher in the Woods, Otherworld Secrets, Wherever She Goes, "The Case of the Half-Demon Spy", Otherworld Chills, A Stranger in Town, "Bargain", Hex on the Beach, "Recruit", "Checkmate", "Framed", Cursed Luck, High Jinx, Bitten, Driven, "Forsaken", The Deepest of Secrets, "Dead Letter Days", Men of the Otherworld, The Boy Who Cried Bear
A free short story, 1.75 in the Women of the Otherworld urban fantasy series, revolving around three major hidden groups of supernaturals: werewolves, witches, and sorcerers. The focus is on Eve Levine and her daughter, Savannah.
My Take
I’ve always wondered about Eve’s escape from that prison in Stolen, 2. Now I know.
Damn.
Armstrong uses a first person protagonist point-of-view from Eve’s perspective, so we know what she’s thinking, doing, and saying.
Damn.
I could wish that Armstrong had managed to infuse the story with more tension and drama, a sense of Eve’s being frantic about their situation. Instead we get what we expect, lots of thoughts with small actions.
Damn.
The Story
Captured. If only…there are a few regrets, part of which Eve blames on her mothering rules, but it must be fate.
The Characters
Eve Levine is a black witch and an Aspicio half-demon. Savannah Levine is her twelve-year-old daughter. Aunt Margaret is part of Ruth’s coven and dotty as hell.
Ruth Winterbourne is the leader of a coven and has a daughter, Paige.
Melissa is a go-between. Mr. Parks is Savannah’s math teacher.
The Prison
Sondra Bauer of the perfect suit, perfect hair, and perfectly phony smile is one of those in charge. There’s a guard out for his own bit of fun.
The Cover and Title
The cover is a closeup of Eve’s eye and cheek in a soft gray and cream. The color comes from the blood that starts as a scroll behind the author’s name, in white, at the very top. The bloodstream pools in Eve’s lower lid and then streams down to form a pentacle in the “a” of the title, which is a distressed white with a black shadow. Below that, in very tiny print, is a credit to the artist.
The title is where Eve’s focus is, on “Escape”.
