This is the 6th book in the Otherworld series. Armstrong does not fail to satisfy. Elena's pregnant, which is huge for the only female werewolf. Add male werewolves who are bound and determined she's not going to do anything the whole time and Jack the Ripper, a zombie and a deadly disease and you've got a hilariously suspensful ride. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who's read the Women of the Otherworld series. ( )

Elena, Clay and the pack are back, and this time they’ve accidentally unleashed zombies, cholera, and, possibly, Jack the Ripper, on Toronto. To complicate things, Elena’s pregnant, and seems to be the zombie’s target. This one wasn’t nearly as good as any of the others, though I still enjoyed it. It was just a bit of a letdown, especially since I easily figured out what was going on long before Elena and the others did, and found that frustrating. ( )

Book 6 in Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. Elena the only female werewolf returns as the narrator, as she was in Books1 and 2. She is pregnant and nervous about it, as she is the only female werewolf in living memory and so unsure how her pregnancy will develop. She and the rest of the Pack are offered an interesting job of larceny, stealing a letter supposedly written by Jack the Ripper, which was stolen back in the 20s. Elena is happy to have something to distract her. She, Clay, and Jeremy succeed in stealing the letter, only to accidentally activate a dimensional portal from which two zombies and a sorcerer erupt.

Armstrong's series continues to be a strong one. She sustains the series well, bringing in new characters, building up the old ones, and providing good plots. Recommended. ( )

Opening Sentence: "... Clayton doesn't do 'unobtrusive' well..."

I love the 'Women of the Otherworld' series, and has been a while since I read book 5 - so was really looking to this one. Armstrong did not disappoint me :)

Our lovely werewolf, Elena, is the only female of her type - and the first one to get pregnant. She is being driven to distraction by her well meaning pack who are all watching her like a hawk.

When she is offered a task she jumps at it as a means to stop the enforced rest and subsequent boredom.

A simple enough task - steal a letter, reportedly written by Jack the Ripper, from a wizard. Unfortunately an unforeseen event occurs - during the heist a drop of Elena's blood lands on the letter opening a portal to Victorian London. What happens when portals open? Horrible things come through it. Elena and company have to close the portal - kill a few zombies, muitant rats and stop the spread of nasty diseases - oh, and it looks like Jack the Ripper himself may have made it through too.

Elena is as tough as ever, but freaking out over her impending birth - and whether changing from human to wolf form will hurt her baby. Her beloved Clay is still antisocial and withdrawn - but is getting better. The leader, Jeremy, is the sensible and intellegent alpha werewolf. There are also some of the characters from previous books, like Paige, Lucas, Xavier and Jaime Vargas. There are some new characters here as well - Zoe (a vampire) and Tee - and amazingly creepy character.

Lots of witty dialogue, delightfully bizarre plot, and a surprise ending.

The great thing about fantasy is that the author can take an element of truth, a fable, a whisper or rumour and turn it into a 'believable' book. ( )

Though I've enjoyed this series well enough to keep with it, I'm a sucker for contemporary urban fantasy. (I particularly enjoy Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden novels.) I'm finding this one slow going and it has been moved to the bottom of my currently reading stack. ( )