Bitten
- Vanessa Bettencourt
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
@topplingstackstours & @jordanstephaniegray
4.25 Stars
As an adult reader of Werewolf fantasy, I liked the book and the characters a lot for their actions, but I am not a romance reader, so I don't care for that part. But I will advise the readers that this YA is mature and, for some readers, even violent. The way I see it is: Do you remember when Bella in Twilight turned into a vampire, and the book ended? I wanted the story after she was turned. In this book, we're thrown into three introductory chapters where there is a violent death, and Vanessa is bitten. She turns. She is a chosen one (we learn that after). Those are the parts I like about the story, her journey. This review doesn't focus on the love triangle romance and the mature scenes. When I pick up a werewolf book, I like the journey. Some reviewers say Vanessa gets bitten and changes personality, but it made more sense to me than Bella's switch, because werewolves have emotions that are harder to control.
Book Info:
Bitten by Jordan Stephanie Gray
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Publishing Date: September 30, 2025
Synopsis:
Crescent City meets Fourth Wing in this fast-paced and romantic debut, in which a teenage girl must survive ruthless werewolves, a glittering court, and deadly politics to exact revenge on the monsters who destroyed her.
After a vicious werewolf attack on the night of her seventeenth birthday party, Vanessa Hart loses everything she loves in a split second. Her best friend, her father, and even her home.
Bitten and imprisoned without explanation, Vanessa endures an agonizing transformation into the very beast that maimed her, and her captors make it clear she cannot escape: she will either swear her life to the Wolf Queen’s Court, or she will die.
With no other choice, Vanessa joins their enchanted Castle Severi—where flowering vines grow through the walls, gifts are bestowed by the stars, and a claw can break through skin as easily as silk—but she hasn’t forgotten what they stole from her.
Vanessa still seeks vengeance, scheming in the shadows even as she finds herself mesmerized by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, who threatens to steal her heart though he is promised to her nemesis. And by his brooding, disgraced cousin, Calix, whose smoldering gaze hides even darker secrets. Immersed in the magic of their whimsical yet cruel society, Vanessa soon learns not all is as it seems.
The Court is at war, and she may simply be a pawn in its lethal game.
Content Warning: murder
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About the Author:
Jordan Stephanie Gray is the debut author of the young adult werewolf romantasy, Bitten, and the adult mermaid romantasy, The Wicked Sea.
When she isn’t dreaming up the fantastical and romantic, she is likely cuddling her two pugs and two chihuahuas in sunny Florida.
Author Links:
Website: https://jordanstephaniegray.com/
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