Otherworld Series Reading Order

While the main book series was called Women of the Otherworld, Kelley Armstrong has written a number of short stories in other characters' perspectives. Here is the full reading order including all of the short stories and where you can find those short stories. The series itself involves a number of supernatural creatures from werewolves, to vampires, and witches. I'll put the main series in bold, and from what I understand, you don't have to read any of the short stories or novellas to understand the series, but I definitely recommend them as they are good reads!

1. Rebirth - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of how Aaron became a vampire in Aaron's perspective.

2. Infusion - Found in Men of the Otherworld. The story of Jeremy's conception and birth, told in Malcolm's perspective.

3. Savage - Found in Men of the Otherworld. The story of how Clayton became a werewolf and how Jeremy found and raised him, told in Clayton's perspective.

4. Ascension - Found in Men of the Otherworld. The story of Jeremy rose to become Alpha of the pack, told in Clayton's perspective.

5. Bewitched - Found in Tales fo the Otherworld. The story of how Krist of Nast and Eve meet, told in the Eve's perspective.

6. Demonology - Found in Otherworld Nights. The story of Adam's conception and how Talia found out what he was and how she met Robert Vasic, told in the perceptive of Talia.

7. Birthright - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of how Logan found out that he was a werewolf, told in the perspective of Logan.

8. Beginnings - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of how Clayton and Elena met and fell in love, told in both Elena's and Clayton's perspective.

9. Becoming - This is a graphic novel on it's own. The story of how Elena turned into a werewolf.

10. The Case of the Half-Demon Spy - Found in Spellcasters. A story from Paige and Adam's childhood, told in the perspective of Adam.

11. Expectations - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of Lucas dealing with being the son of an infamous cabal, told in Lucas's perspective.

12. Truth and Consequences - Found here. A story of Elena dealing with a threat to the pack, told in Elena's perspective.

13. Territorial - Found here. The story of how Marsten go involved with the mutts (and leading up to the story in Bitten), told in Karl's perspective.

14. Bitten - A main story, told in Elena's perspective. Elena and the pack battle rogue mutts.

15. Ghosts - Found in Tales from the Otherwold. The story of Jeremy dealing with some memories, told in Jeremy's perspective.

16. Escape - Found here. The story of Eve's attempted escape from the compound with Savannah, told in Eve's perspective.

17. Stolen - A main story, told in Elena's perceptive. Elena battles insane scientists who are kidnapping supernaturals.

18. Dime Store Magic - A Main story. Paige raises Savannah and fights her birth father to keep her, told in Paige's perspective.

19. Industrial Magic - A main story. Paige tries to find a killer targeting supernatural children of cabals, told in Paige's perspective.

20. Wedding Bell Hell - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. The story of Paige and Lucas's wedding, told in Paige's perspective.

21. Haunted - A main story. Eve contacts a necromancer, Jaime, and searchs for a Nix (a demi-demon) while she tried to protect Savannah, told in Eve's perspective.

22.  Adventurer - Found here. A story about Kenneth, in Kenneth's perspective.

23. Chaotic - Found in Dates from Hell or stand alone novella. A half-demon attempts to capture and then teams up with Karl Marsten, told from Hope's perspective.

24. Bargain - Found here. Xavier tries to make a deal with Elena, told in Xavier's perspective.

25. Broken - A main story. Elena becomes pregnant, and pursues Jack the ripper in modern Toronto, told in Elena's perspective.

26. The Case of El Chupacabra - Found in Tales of the Otherworld. Paige and Lucas pursue a murderer who may be a vampire, told in the perspective of Lucas.

27. No Humans Involved - A main story. Jaime tries to find out why she is being harassed by spirits, told in the perspective of Jaime.

28. Framed - Found here. Nick is determined to prove that he can deal with a situation by himself, told in Nick's perspective.

29. Twilight - Found in Many Bloody Returns. Told in Cassandra's point of view.

30. Stalked - Found in The Hunter and the Hunter. Told in the persepctive of Clayton.

31. Personal Demon - A main story. Hope faces what it means to be a young supernatural in Miami, told in the perspectives of Hope and Lucas.

32. Chivalrous - Found in Tales of Dark Fantasy 2. Told in the perspective of Reese.

33. The Ungrateful Dead - Found in Blood Lite. Told in the perspective of Jaime.

34. Living with the Dead - A main story. A human finds herself drawn into the supernatural world when she is framed for murder, told in third person with multiple narrators.

35. Kitsunegari - Found in Men of the Otherworld. Told in Jeremy's perspective.

36. Zen and the Art of Vampirism - Found in Fantasy Medley. Told in Zoe's perspective.

37. Angelic - Separate novella. Told in Eve's perspective.

38. Learning Curve - Found in Evolve. Told in Zoe's perspective.

39. Checkmate - Found here. The story of Elena tracking a killer in Winnipeg, told in Elena's perspective.

40. Recruit - Found here. The short story that led up to Frostbitten, told in Elena's perspective.

41. Frostbitten - A main story. Elena and Clay are sent to Alaska to investigate humans killed by wolves near anchorage, told in Elena's perspective.

42. The List - Found in Evolve 2. Told in Zoe's perspective.

43. Forbidden - Separate novella. Told in Elena's point of view.

44. Hidden - Separate novella. Told in Elena's point of view.

45. Counterfeit Magic - Separate novella. Told in Paige's perspective.

46. Off-Duty Angel - Found in The Hunter and the Hunted. Told in Eve's perspective.

47. V Plates - Found in Blood Lite 3. Nick's perspective.

48. Amityville Horrible - Separate novella. Told from Jaime's perspective.

49. Waking the Witch - Main story. Savannah attempts her first solo case, told in Savannah's perspective.

50. Spell Bound - Main story. A continuation of Savannah first solo case which triggers a secret war, told in Savannah's perspective.

51. Thirteen - Main story. Told in Savannah's perspective.

52. From Russia with Love - Found in Thirteen. Told in Elena's perspective.

53. Brazen - Separate novella. Told in Nick's perceptive

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Infusion by Kelley Armstrong

Infusion by Kelley Armstrong is a short story in the Otherworld series, and chronologically comes second in the list, and is one of the prequel stories to the first full book in the series. If that was a little confusing, there is a list of the reading order here.

This short story is told from the perspective of a werewolf named Malcolm and how his son, Jeremy, came to be. Now, I had a little bit of an idea of some of the characters before reading any of these books or short stories, and Malcolm is, in my opinion, the classic jerk. Isn't big on the alpha of his pack, thinks poorly on his own father, and well not really a character I liked much, though I think that is the point.

The story starts off with the alpha of the pack, Dominic, boasting about his third son, who seems like he will be the strongest of the three. Malcolm himself has no children yet, though it isn't for a lack of effort. He wants his own son to be stronger than any of Dominic's sons so he could brag himself. However, despite all of the women he has slept with, he cant seem to conceive, at least not until he beds a small Asian woman working at the bar.

So far this has been the shortest story I've read from this series, but it was one of the best written short stories I've read in quite awhile. I came across this series after watching the show Bitten, which I quite enjoyed, and found out it was based off of a book series. While this story definitely isn't necessary to read before getting into the main books, I was curious about it since Jeremy happens to be one of my favorite character. This particular story gives good background in seeing Malcolm's personality, and kind of how the relationship between the father and son started, and I feel like it does this without ruining any mystery of the main story of the series, which is something I think some prequels can do.

And while this story is short, it did a fantastic job of giving insight into the history of the pack and Malcolm. Overall, I think if you are interested in the series, which I definitely recommend you read, you should give this short story a shot, though I think it wouldn't matter much either way if you read this short story before the main book or not. The short story drew me in and I simply couldn't put it down.

This short story used to be available online, though now it has been published into the Men of the Otherworld anthology.

Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James

Back of book:

"Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.

But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades.

While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life."

So if you haven't read the first book, SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Just like the first book, this book is steamy and intense. This book picks up almost immediately where the first left off after the painful split between Ana and Christian. Ana finally realized that she couldn't take the lifestyle Christian wanted and left him. It was painful and I simply couldn't believe it!

However, it isn't long before Christian contacts her again and it's obvious the chemistry is still there. When they start to talk about the relationship, he has a new proposal for her. Remember that submissive contract he wanted Ana to sign? Well he doesn't want that any more. If it means that she'll stay with him, for the first time he's willing to try more. I practically melted after reading that. After how alpha male and dominated Chritian was in the first book, even after he started to ease up, it was just one of the sweetest things I'd ever read.

While there are still some scenes that are not quite so vanilla in the book, the growth that you see in the characters learning to overcome their pasts (especially Christian) is really stunning. There are some extremely deep and emotional scenes that had me absolutely addicted and in love with these characters.

One thing I really liked is the thought process that Ana goes through in both this book and the first book. Christian is definitely not an easy person to date with all of his personal issues he is trying to overcome (and trust me they are well founded) and despite Ana being absolutely in love with him, it doesn't make her blind to all of the issues. She has doubts and fears and issues of her own that she has to overcome in the relationship. There are moments where I find her to be over reacting to a couple situations however, however I loved that she actually had to sort through and face these issues. These issues really make me feel closer to the characters and sympathetic to what they were feeling.

This book had me hooked. I was reading constantly and in every spare second. It was just as addicting as the first book and just as intense and deep, even after getting to know the mysterious Christian more. It's another must read if you are looking for an intense and steamy romance.



Other Books in the Series:
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
2. Fifty Shades Darker
3. Fifty Shades Freed

Spin offs:
Fifty Shades of Grey From Christian's Perspective
1. Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades of Grey by G. E. Griffin
2. Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades Darker by G. E. Griffin
3. Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades Freed by G. E. Griffin

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

Back of book:

"When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires."

To be honest I didn't know a whole lot about this book when I decided to pick it up. I heard vague discriptions from friends as an older man who seduced a younger woman and I simply got curious one day after seeing a movie poster. Well, my first idea about it was quite off.

Anastasia Steele is an average girl, twenty-one year old girl finishing off college, who isn't big in the dating department of her life. By this I mean she never had a serious boyfriend and no one had really caught her attention, until now. Christian Grey is a twenty-seven (not middle aged like I had believed) extremely successful, drop dead gorgeous, business man.

Ana meets Mr. Grey after agreeing to interview him for her sick best friend and is taken off gaurd by just how young and attractive he is. Along with stunning with the looks of a Greek god, she finds him serious, mysterious, intimidating, and a little bit cold.

The tension and electricity between the two characters is instant. Everytime the two are in the same room I was eagar to see what would happen. There is always that air of mystery when it comes to Christian's character in that you always knew there was some other meaning behind something he said or his actions, which just made it all the more exciting and sexy.

I have to admit that I found Ana - at least through the first half or so of the book - painfully awkward. The things she would say or do, especially around Christian, I felt shy for her. However, I chalk this up to the fact that she is supposed to be extremely inexperienced when it comes to men and the dating scene.

After the initial interview with Christian, she thinks she's done with him and decides that despite he is the first man that has actually caught her attention, he is far out of her league, however, he just doesn't seem to be able to stay away.

For awhile, despite him never passing up the chance to see her, and displaying a few stalker tendencies, i.e. showing up at her place of work, tracking her phone, and finding her address, he does seem to resist actually making any sort of move on somenoe he seems to realize is fairly inocent. This only makes the suspence build since the romance always seems just so close!

After an almost date, Christian confesses to Ana that he doesn't think he is the man for her and that he couldn't give her "hearts and flowers." Eventually he is broken down when she finially tells him she doesn't want him to stay away and she wants to know what his lifestyle is. Christian reveals that he doesn't do the regular dating thing but is in fact a dominant who enjoys having a submissive woman.
While I wont get too into the dirty details here, I was totally surprised by this turn in the book, especially since I hadn't had a clue and was under the impression that the book was turning into more of a romance novel. I have to admit, some of the book is a little shocking at times, but the relationship between Ana and Christian is intense and while there are definitely some S&M kind of themes, the book is more about the two people growing and learning to trust each other. In fact most of the scenes, while graphic, are no more shocking that other romance novels with a little bit more kinkiness thrown in.

Despite the rather surprising lifestyle Christian leads, I absolutely loved him, and I think most girls would. Putting the darker scenes aside, there are some really sweet and fun moments. The book is rather simply written, and one that I couldn't put down. For a book I only had a mild curiousity about, I think it will be on my favorites list, and one of the most memorable I have ever read. In fact, after reading this book I feel that I'd be much more inclined to read others in the genre. I think it is another must read, especially if you are looking for an intense story. The characters really grow and evolve throughout the story and there aren't many other books where I find such an intense chemistry between the characters.

A definite 5 out of 5!



Other books in the Series:
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
2. Fifty Shades Darker
3. Fifty Shades Freed

Spin offs:
Fifty Shades of Grey from Christian's Perspective
1. Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades of Grey by G. E. Griffin
2. Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades Darker by G. E. Griffin
3. Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades Freed by G. E. Griffin

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay is the third and last book in the Hunger Gamer trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
Back of the book:

"Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans--except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost."

Just like the first two books in the series, this book was well written and hard to put down. I was dying to know what happened next and with every free moment of my time I found myself reading it.

However, I found this book to have a very different feel compared to the first two. While the first two books took place in the arena with Katniss fighting to stay alive against other tributes, this book, while still quite action packed and intense, had a very different kind of fight. This had the feeling of almost war, which well, is what is happening amongst all of districts and against the capital.

The districts are in rebellion, the capital is bombing areas, and Katniss is in training in order to take down President Snow. While I still loved this book, I did like the first two a bit better - simply because this book was just so different.

Throughout the story, you can really feel the toll the games and war is taking on the characters, both on Katniss and her companions such as Gale and Finnick. I feel that their personalities really shine through with all of the hardship and violence they have gone through and you can really see the change that the characters have undergone.

I was cheering for the good guys, and truly sad as characters that I ended up growing quite fond of died. The ending - while I wont give anything away - was absolutely shocking, and for me, was totally unexpected. I also love the wrap up that is at the end of the book, that makes me really feel that the series is over and while I loved the books, didn't make me feel like anything was left unsaid.


The series as a whole is a definite must read. While I was a little reluctant to read it at first, I have to admit this series really wowed me. I fell in love with it!

Other Books in Series:
1. The Hunger Games
2. Catching Fire
3. Mockingjay

The Highlander Series Order

Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning Reading Order:

1. Beyond the Highland Mist
2. To Tame a Highland Warrior
3. The Highlander's Touch
4. The Dark Highlander
5. The Immortal Highlander
6. Spell of the Highlander
7. Into the Dreaming

Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Moning

Beyond the Highland Mist is the first book in the Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning. In all honesty, this isn't usually a book I would have picked up, but after reading a couple of dazzling reviews on the series, I decided to give it a shot.

Back of Book:

"He would sell his warrior soul to possess her. . . . 

An alluring laird..

He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistible challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm's length—but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve.

A prisoner in time...She had a perfect "no" on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite within her. Not even the barriers of time and space would keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about following the promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne's reservations were no match for Hawk's determination to keep her by his side. . . ."

This book is very much romance driven with many pretty heated scenes, however I wouldn't say any of the scenes got out of hand or got too vulgar, but were very well written. There is a bit of a love triangle and of course the two men are both big, strong, and gorgeous.

Hawk has quite the reputation across the lands of being a not only gorgeous but also a big reputation of sleeping around with the most beautiful women he comes into contact with. However, the king has ordered him to marry a supposed woman who isn't exactly sane nor beautiful. While he agrees to marry her for the sake of his family and clan's lives, he doesn't even bother to show up for the wedding.

In fact it isn't until he actually meets the girl that he has any interest in being near her. Once he meets Adrienne, he not realizes only is she gorgeous but seems just as sane as anyone else. The only problem is Adrienne is not the woman Hawk thinks she is, but a woman who had been seemingly teleported from her home in the 1990s, back to the 1500s. Not only that, but she has also sworn off beautiful men.

While Hawk tries to woe her, she is trying her best to reject him. Hawk is extremely seductive, and smooth, which leads to some really steamy scenes, which may even be a little too much for some people, but beautifully written. While it definitely is more romance centered than I usually go for, but I don't regret picking it up. I thought it was very well written and definitively recommend it, especially if you are a fan of historical type romances.