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Lost Shifters #27
Skye's Limits
This edition is no longer available. The republished edition is now #27
Sometimes when you’re at your lowest, when you’re at your saddest, and just when you think that things can’t get any worse, along comes a hero to save the day and to win your heart away.
Skye has always lived life like it’s one big party. He makes his own rules, and consequences be damned. But one night when he takes things too far, his older brother steps in and demands he cleans up his act.
In comes Alden, known as one of the toughest trainers at the feline coalition, he takes on the job of turning Skye’s life around. The last thing the Tiger shifter expects is to find himself drawn to Skye, despite his bratty ways.
Will Alden be able to help save Skye from himself? Or will Skye self-destruct and shatter both of their lives?
Sometimes when you’re at your lowest, when you’re at your saddest, and just when you think that things can’t get any worse, along comes a hero to save the day and to win your heart away.
Skye has always lived life like it’s one big party. He makes his own rules, and consequences be damned. But one night when he takes things too far, his older brother steps in and demands he cleans up his act.
In comes Alden, known as one of the toughest trainers at the feline coalition, he takes on the job of turning Skye’s life around. The last thing the Tiger shifter expects is to find himself drawn to Skye, despite his bratty ways.
Will Alden be able to help save Skye from himself? Or will Skye self-destruct and shatter both of their lives?
111 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2013
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Stephani Hecht
250 books863 followersStephani Hecht is a happily married mother of two. Born and raised in Michigan, she loves all things about the state, from the frigid winters to the Detroit Red Wings hockey team. Go Wings! You can usually find her snuggled up to her laptop, creating her next book or gorging on caffeine at her favorite coffee shop.
When she’s not running around like crazy, trying to get her kids to their various activities, she’s currently working on numerous projects. In the coming months, she has several books coming out with eXtasy Books in both The Lost Shifter Series and Drone Vampire Chronicles, plus a few additional projects that are still in the development stages.
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When she’s not running around like crazy, trying to get her kids to their various activities, she’s currently working on numerous projects. In the coming months, she has several books coming out with eXtasy Books in both The Lost Shifter Series and Drone Vampire Chronicles, plus a few additional projects that are still in the development stages.
Visit Stephani on the web at:
Email her at:
archangelwriter@yahoo.com
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December 28, 2014
I forgot how much I love this series.
October 20, 2018
Can you believe I'm at book twenty-seven? Nope. Me neither. 'Skye's Limits' revolves around Skye, who is the younger brother of Branson, the blind lion mated to Gage. If you remember from Branson and Gage's story, Skye, Branson, and their parents were attacked by Ravens when they were young and lost both of their parents and Branson was blinded. Unfortunately, Skye has not exactly endeared himself to Branson, Gage or the rest of the coalition. Instead, Skye spends most of his time drinking with some unsavory friends and contributing nothing to the coalition. So, Branson arranges for Skye to get one-on-one training from Alden, a tiger shifter. Alden works only with the worst of the special cases, so it's no honor to be assigned to him.
Alden expects to be stuck with some bratty kid with an attitude problem. Instead he's faced with Skye, the most gorgeous guy Alden has ever seen, and no attitude in sight. Skye decides he doesn’t want to feel like a loser anymore, he doesn’t want to still dream about the night his parents died, and he wants to be a soldier for the coalition. Alden and Skye spend weeks together training and Skye keeps getting better and better. In fact, Skye is progressing so well that it doesn't take long before he's ready to move on and into actual soldier training. The problem? Alden and Skye have both fallen for each other but resisted as they were mentor and trainee. Now, they'll be able to begin a relationship, but their time together training will end.
I have to say, in my opinion, this just might be one of my more favorite books of the series. There was a lot more to Alden and Skye's relationship than just hot and heavy sex. Don't get me wrong, I love those scenes as much as the next person, but here I felt as if I really got to know Alden and Skye. I felt as if I connected to these two characters and it was so much fun to watch. I can't wait for the next installment.
NOTE: This book was provided by C&J Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews
Alden expects to be stuck with some bratty kid with an attitude problem. Instead he's faced with Skye, the most gorgeous guy Alden has ever seen, and no attitude in sight. Skye decides he doesn’t want to feel like a loser anymore, he doesn’t want to still dream about the night his parents died, and he wants to be a soldier for the coalition. Alden and Skye spend weeks together training and Skye keeps getting better and better. In fact, Skye is progressing so well that it doesn't take long before he's ready to move on and into actual soldier training. The problem? Alden and Skye have both fallen for each other but resisted as they were mentor and trainee. Now, they'll be able to begin a relationship, but their time together training will end.
I have to say, in my opinion, this just might be one of my more favorite books of the series. There was a lot more to Alden and Skye's relationship than just hot and heavy sex. Don't get me wrong, I love those scenes as much as the next person, but here I felt as if I really got to know Alden and Skye. I felt as if I connected to these two characters and it was so much fun to watch. I can't wait for the next installment.
NOTE: This book was provided by C&J Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews
April 3, 2014
This is book 26 in the Lost Shifter series and focuses on Skye, a lion shifter who uses alcohol to help him forget the violent death of his parents at the hands of enemy raven shifters.
The format is similar to earlier stories. In this book Skye finds himself drawn to Alden, a tiger shifter whose role in the coalition is to take ne're do wells like Skye and turn them into worthwhile shifters who are fighting fit and able to defend their home against the shifter enemies.
I enjoyed this shifter solo boot camp story which sees Skye beating back the nightmares of the past and winning the love of Alden and the respect of the other shifters. Once again we get to see the Coalition and Cast members battling for their survival against the ravens and building up their community.
This is a series which overflows with no-frills, easy-to-read shifter stories which have a way of becoming addictive. The reader is pulled into the series because the author has been able to develop an interesting set of characters who have their own quirks, personalities, faults, and loves which are all familiar. To see these being worked out in a shifter community is entertaining and leaves the reader wanting to know more about the next set. Which is probably why I and many other readers have been able to stick with the series. I am quite ready for a few more and also pleased to be following the spin-off 'Wayne County Wolves'.
The format is similar to earlier stories. In this book Skye finds himself drawn to Alden, a tiger shifter whose role in the coalition is to take ne're do wells like Skye and turn them into worthwhile shifters who are fighting fit and able to defend their home against the shifter enemies.
I enjoyed this shifter solo boot camp story which sees Skye beating back the nightmares of the past and winning the love of Alden and the respect of the other shifters. Once again we get to see the Coalition and Cast members battling for their survival against the ravens and building up their community.
This is a series which overflows with no-frills, easy-to-read shifter stories which have a way of becoming addictive. The reader is pulled into the series because the author has been able to develop an interesting set of characters who have their own quirks, personalities, faults, and loves which are all familiar. To see these being worked out in a shifter community is entertaining and leaves the reader wanting to know more about the next set. Which is probably why I and many other readers have been able to stick with the series. I am quite ready for a few more and also pleased to be following the spin-off 'Wayne County Wolves'.
June 13, 2014
Number one, the “conflict” here is ridiculous, given what we’ve seen about the training in the previous volumes of the series.
Number two, I hate it to the darkest pits of hell when an author turns previous protagonists into cruel jerks for the sake of giving a new protagonist friction. Bad enough that something like this happened mildly in the previous book. Here it’s about a bazillion times worse and I can’t overlook it.
Way to ruin a book and whatever trust I had left in the author.
On the bright side, the main guys were nice enough.
Even if not nearly enough was made of Skye’s addictions. This could have turned out a lot more interesting instead of a redo of the usual.
Number two, I hate it to the darkest pits of hell when an author turns previous protagonists into cruel jerks for the sake of giving a new protagonist friction. Bad enough that something like this happened mildly in the previous book. Here it’s about a bazillion times worse and I can’t overlook it.
Way to ruin a book and whatever trust I had left in the author.
On the bright side, the main guys were nice enough.
Even if not nearly enough was made of Skye’s addictions. This could have turned out a lot more interesting instead of a redo of the usual.
December 21, 2016
Even after 25 books, I'm still a Lost Shifter's addict. Pretty sure that's not going to change anytime soon!
April 13, 2021
This review is for all of the Lost Shifters, Wayne County Wolves, and Assassin's Loyalty books since they are all interconnected and I read them back-to-back pretty much nonstop over a 10 day period. If I have anything to say about a particular book I'll add it under this bulk review. First, I'd like to mention these are more like novellas than books but they have the same underlying theme and pretty much continue where the last left off but with a different couple.
Everything starts out with the Lost Shifters. To summarize there was a war between the feline shifters and the raven shifters. 20 years or so before the first book there was an all out slaughter in which hundreds of feline homes were attacked and burned down all of the occupants believed to be killed. Turns out that the babies and toddlers that were assumed lost were not. They were hidden within the human foster care system for the most part. I won't say how because that'd be a big spoiler. In addition to foster care some kids were sold into slavery and that's where the whole assassin thing comes in. A couple of the main characters marry into the wolf pack so that's where those books come in as well.
Pros: Since the books are so short there are no long drawn out boring details or general angst. There's usually only one sex scene although it's normally long as hell. Which makes the fact some people shelved these as erotica confusing. I liked the world building and even though there were times I think a little more info might have been nice it never detracted from the story or left me confused. Most of the relationships were a sort of love at first sight thing. Or maybe lust or obsession? Despite this the shifters all seem adamant that's not a thing that happens. There wasn't one character I didn't like. My favorite character was Shane and he must have been the author's as well since he got a few extra books and a side series Shane's Chronicles. There's no big end battle or anything but the last book Baily's 9th Life does pretty much tie things up nicely. I think if I'd been reading the series when they were released I'd be a bit miffed because that book didn't come out until a few years later if you weren't reading the assassins books. Also, these books all have some really funny moments and/or dialog.
Cons: The last several books didn't appear to have been edited at all. If if wasn't for the fact that I was so invested in the overall story arc I would have quit reading them. Things like sent instead of scent and too instead of to they instead of them and random wrong words completely. There were also a couple of times that things were said/thought almost verbatim in different parts of a book as if the author forgot she'd already put that info in there already. At the start of the series, they state that all feline shifters are bisexual but at some point the author must have forgotten that detail because suddenly there are gay shifters and homophobia and all this hate. Which brings me to my next con, the themes of the different books started to repeat. Suddenly all these shifters had been thrown out of their previous pack or coalition or human home for being gay. And throughout this huge series of books there was only one straight couple. Like not even a straight friend or whatever. Even the females were all lesbians. It was just kinda unrealistic especially with the whole gay hate thing going on. Usually there's at least a few couples or friends or something on the periphery in gay romances especially in a world this huge. Which brings me to my final con, I had a hard time remembering who was who and what there story was after awhile especially if they weren't mentioned much in previous books. I wish there had been some sort of glossary to review.
Despite the cons, I would still recommend these books. All-in-all I really enjoyed them and was dreading the end although the editing in the last few books really had me also looking forward to the end if I'm being honest.
Everything starts out with the Lost Shifters. To summarize there was a war between the feline shifters and the raven shifters. 20 years or so before the first book there was an all out slaughter in which hundreds of feline homes were attacked and burned down all of the occupants believed to be killed. Turns out that the babies and toddlers that were assumed lost were not. They were hidden within the human foster care system for the most part. I won't say how because that'd be a big spoiler. In addition to foster care some kids were sold into slavery and that's where the whole assassin thing comes in. A couple of the main characters marry into the wolf pack so that's where those books come in as well.
Pros: Since the books are so short there are no long drawn out boring details or general angst. There's usually only one sex scene although it's normally long as hell. Which makes the fact some people shelved these as erotica confusing. I liked the world building and even though there were times I think a little more info might have been nice it never detracted from the story or left me confused. Most of the relationships were a sort of love at first sight thing. Or maybe lust or obsession? Despite this the shifters all seem adamant that's not a thing that happens. There wasn't one character I didn't like. My favorite character was Shane and he must have been the author's as well since he got a few extra books and a side series Shane's Chronicles. There's no big end battle or anything but the last book Baily's 9th Life does pretty much tie things up nicely. I think if I'd been reading the series when they were released I'd be a bit miffed because that book didn't come out until a few years later if you weren't reading the assassins books. Also, these books all have some really funny moments and/or dialog.
Cons: The last several books didn't appear to have been edited at all. If if wasn't for the fact that I was so invested in the overall story arc I would have quit reading them. Things like sent instead of scent and too instead of to they instead of them and random wrong words completely. There were also a couple of times that things were said/thought almost verbatim in different parts of a book as if the author forgot she'd already put that info in there already. At the start of the series, they state that all feline shifters are bisexual but at some point the author must have forgotten that detail because suddenly there are gay shifters and homophobia and all this hate. Which brings me to my next con, the themes of the different books started to repeat. Suddenly all these shifters had been thrown out of their previous pack or coalition or human home for being gay. And throughout this huge series of books there was only one straight couple. Like not even a straight friend or whatever. Even the females were all lesbians. It was just kinda unrealistic especially with the whole gay hate thing going on. Usually there's at least a few couples or friends or something on the periphery in gay romances especially in a world this huge. Which brings me to my final con, I had a hard time remembering who was who and what there story was after awhile especially if they weren't mentioned much in previous books. I wish there had been some sort of glossary to review.
Despite the cons, I would still recommend these books. All-in-all I really enjoyed them and was dreading the end although the editing in the last few books really had me also looking forward to the end if I'm being honest.
February 10, 2023
Skye's limits
Wow, at even a hint of the tiniest bit of conflict, things turn around and everything is great. Boring. The blurb promised me angst. It lied.
I hate when books have the alpha male referring to the other guy as a brat. In this one, it isn't even about anything specific. He uses it like he'd use "man" or really "kid."
Why is Gage suddenly a jerk? One minute he says he hates anyone hurting Skye and literally a minute later he tells Skye to try to something without fucking it up for once.
That was so boring. The battle was short and weak and the danger didn't feel real.
2.5 stars rounded down
Wow, at even a hint of the tiniest bit of conflict, things turn around and everything is great. Boring. The blurb promised me angst. It lied.
I hate when books have the alpha male referring to the other guy as a brat. In this one, it isn't even about anything specific. He uses it like he'd use "man" or really "kid."
Why is Gage suddenly a jerk? One minute he says he hates anyone hurting Skye and literally a minute later he tells Skye to try to something without fucking it up for once.
That was so boring. The battle was short and weak and the danger didn't feel real.
2.5 stars rounded down
March 13, 2018
Very excited to see the series continue!
I'm buying all these new releases as they come out and am enjoying that I finally get the hear what happened with characters we've met in earlier books! Keep them coming, please! Every book in this series is great!
I'm buying all these new releases as they come out and am enjoying that I finally get the hear what happened with characters we've met in earlier books! Keep them coming, please! Every book in this series is great!
December 12, 2016
The story is about Skye, a lion shifter and Branson little brother, and Alden, a tiger shifter. Skye has been drinking non stop and is going down a dangerous path, knowing this his brother decided enough is enough and decided to give Skye the help that he needed so he can turn his life around and the answer to that problem is Alden. Alden is used to dealing with special or trouble cased but he has enough of those and decided that this will be his last one and be done with his new trainee but when he saw Skye for the first time he knows that he will not see the last of them. While help training him he finds out the root of the problem and knowing that he wish to be a solider Alden will do anything to help him but Alden wants more then that but he cannot cross that line between a mentor and his trainee, even if he wants to do it. While Skye feel the same way but he feel that he does not deserve a man like Alden cause he's been known as the loser of the coalition and not wanting to drag him down he will keep in his feeling for Alden, even if he want something more with him. Will they cross that line and be happily mated or with the wall between will make them go there separate way before they have a chance to start something.
I love this book because it goes in a deeper meaning then the rest of the book we read so far in the series. For the couple they took the time to get to know each other better and even though they wanted to cross that line they decided not to because they know in the end that they will end up beginning together and they don't mind waiting a bit. I like that we get to know the reason as to way Skye act the way he does and Alden does not judge him and instead help him so he does not feel that way another more. In a way they both help each other for Alden to have someone in his life that he can be with for many years to come and for Skye to have someone there to believe in him and leading him the path that he knows that will lead him to happiness.
I'm giving this book a 4.5 stars and the reason why it did not get a higher rating is because if you know that the last book was left with a cliffhanger and they did not answer that cliffhanger with this book. Which is not far cause I wanted to know the answer but no they just skip it and went with the story. Not that I'm complaining since this was a nice book and I enjoy reading it but I would hope that they at least give us an answer but not. Overall, it was a nice book to read and I enjoy it.
I love this book because it goes in a deeper meaning then the rest of the book we read so far in the series. For the couple they took the time to get to know each other better and even though they wanted to cross that line they decided not to because they know in the end that they will end up beginning together and they don't mind waiting a bit. I like that we get to know the reason as to way Skye act the way he does and Alden does not judge him and instead help him so he does not feel that way another more. In a way they both help each other for Alden to have someone in his life that he can be with for many years to come and for Skye to have someone there to believe in him and leading him the path that he knows that will lead him to happiness.
I'm giving this book a 4.5 stars and the reason why it did not get a higher rating is because if you know that the last book was left with a cliffhanger and they did not answer that cliffhanger with this book. Which is not far cause I wanted to know the answer but no they just skip it and went with the story. Not that I'm complaining since this was a nice book and I enjoy reading it but I would hope that they at least give us an answer but not. Overall, it was a nice book to read and I enjoy it.
August 4, 2013
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Well! For once I read an angsty series that has basically no angst in it! This is great and I just totally enjoyed myself relaxing into it.
In Skye's Limits, we have Skye, that younger brother of Branson from Gage's Awakening (Lost Shifters #16). He was only 5 when his parents got massacred by the pesky crows and when Branson was blinded trying to defend his family. Unbeknownst to Branson and his mate Gage, or for that matter, anyone who knew Skye, his memory is very clear on that event and he blames himself for not having been courageous enough or strong enough to help defend the family. So, just like any troubled young men, he goes for the bottle or some bit of drugs to escape from his demons. However, its glad to know he stopped doing the drugs when someone OD'd and just stuck with the booze. Branson has no choice but to offer up some tough love and finally some sense by asking Alden to do some therapy-training.
Alden is a great guy and an even better soldier and trainor. He sees Skye and is immediately attracted but does absolutely nothing for ethical reasons. That may have been easier said than done as it appears that Skye is just as attracted.
The two are really two peas in a pod and without much ado, stick to the principles and ethics of trainor/trainee relationship and do nothing. So yes, they definitely deserve to be together.
Branson and Gage put their proverbial feet into their mouths and start to ruin things. They fail when both Alden and Skye stump them by mating each other in a totally angst-free manner and all is done and ironed out.
This is a welcome relief after so much angst I had to read through this series and I am all the glad for it. Sometimes, it is just great to read a fluff and enjoy it all the more especially on a cold, rainy Sunday, a cup of tea in my hands, Adele singing away in the background and all the dogs snoring loudly around my legs and feet I just managed to slip onto the sofa.
Great combination. Great read. Thanks for this Ms Hecht, it was refreshing to say the least.
Well! For once I read an angsty series that has basically no angst in it! This is great and I just totally enjoyed myself relaxing into it.
In Skye's Limits, we have Skye, that younger brother of Branson from Gage's Awakening (Lost Shifters #16). He was only 5 when his parents got massacred by the pesky crows and when Branson was blinded trying to defend his family. Unbeknownst to Branson and his mate Gage, or for that matter, anyone who knew Skye, his memory is very clear on that event and he blames himself for not having been courageous enough or strong enough to help defend the family. So, just like any troubled young men, he goes for the bottle or some bit of drugs to escape from his demons. However, its glad to know he stopped doing the drugs when someone OD'd and just stuck with the booze. Branson has no choice but to offer up some tough love and finally some sense by asking Alden to do some therapy-training.
Alden is a great guy and an even better soldier and trainor. He sees Skye and is immediately attracted but does absolutely nothing for ethical reasons. That may have been easier said than done as it appears that Skye is just as attracted.
The two are really two peas in a pod and without much ado, stick to the principles and ethics of trainor/trainee relationship and do nothing. So yes, they definitely deserve to be together.
Branson and Gage put their proverbial feet into their mouths and start to ruin things. They fail when both Alden and Skye stump them by mating each other in a totally angst-free manner and all is done and ironed out.
This is a welcome relief after so much angst I had to read through this series and I am all the glad for it. Sometimes, it is just great to read a fluff and enjoy it all the more especially on a cold, rainy Sunday, a cup of tea in my hands, Adele singing away in the background and all the dogs snoring loudly around my legs and feet I just managed to slip onto the sofa.
Great combination. Great read. Thanks for this Ms Hecht, it was refreshing to say the least.
August 8, 2013
3 1/2 Hearts
Review written for MM Good Book Reviews
This story is part of a series and is best read in order. Skye doesn't really give a damn about his life and tries to drink away the memories of a traumatic childhood event, but now after many lectures his brother is doing something about Skye's behavior and signs him up with a mentor who will train him. Alden is the one the Coalition turns to when they have a difficult case, Alden is determined to get Skye up to snuff and the last thing he would have expected to be attracted to the lion shifter.
This is a brilliant addition to The Lost Shifters series, with a messed up shifter finding something worth fighting for. Skye is Branson's (Gage's Awakening) brother and has been messed up with the memories of the Raven attack that killed his parents, in a last ditched attempt to get Skye clean and doing something for the Coalition Branson signs Skye up for mentor training. Skye wants to prove to everyone that he can change and throws himself into the training, but he can't help longing after his trainer Alden. Alden finds himself impressed with the cute shifter and seriously attracted, but he won't cross the line with Skye while he is mentoring him, but they face opposition when the mentoring is finished.
Skye and Alden are a super couple and we get to watch their courtship in the training arena. We see Skye straighten himself out wanting to prove to people that he isn't just a f**k up and he can be an asset to the Coalition. Both Skye and Alden are great characters and they face the fall out together. They are hot and sparks fly between them and they try to do the right thing but others interfere. The storyline continues with the increasing attacks of the Raven's, but I can't help wonder if they have found all the lost shifters now because I haven't seen any new rescues of them for a while.
I recommend this to those who love shifters finding love in difficult conditions, a determination to improve ones life, hot sex and a great ending of finding peace in a family.
Review written for MM Good Book Reviews
This story is part of a series and is best read in order. Skye doesn't really give a damn about his life and tries to drink away the memories of a traumatic childhood event, but now after many lectures his brother is doing something about Skye's behavior and signs him up with a mentor who will train him. Alden is the one the Coalition turns to when they have a difficult case, Alden is determined to get Skye up to snuff and the last thing he would have expected to be attracted to the lion shifter.
This is a brilliant addition to The Lost Shifters series, with a messed up shifter finding something worth fighting for. Skye is Branson's (Gage's Awakening) brother and has been messed up with the memories of the Raven attack that killed his parents, in a last ditched attempt to get Skye clean and doing something for the Coalition Branson signs Skye up for mentor training. Skye wants to prove to everyone that he can change and throws himself into the training, but he can't help longing after his trainer Alden. Alden finds himself impressed with the cute shifter and seriously attracted, but he won't cross the line with Skye while he is mentoring him, but they face opposition when the mentoring is finished.
Skye and Alden are a super couple and we get to watch their courtship in the training arena. We see Skye straighten himself out wanting to prove to people that he isn't just a f**k up and he can be an asset to the Coalition. Both Skye and Alden are great characters and they face the fall out together. They are hot and sparks fly between them and they try to do the right thing but others interfere. The storyline continues with the increasing attacks of the Raven's, but I can't help wonder if they have found all the lost shifters now because I haven't seen any new rescues of them for a while.
I recommend this to those who love shifters finding love in difficult conditions, a determination to improve ones life, hot sex and a great ending of finding peace in a family.
January 10, 2014
I really like Stephani's Lost Shifters however I am finding these later books are becoming repetitive and 'TWINKISH' if that's a word...also the training of the twinks is better than the action of the missions...which are also very repetitive...
I am on the next to the last shifters novel and hope the last two are better....I am also starting her Wayne County wolves series with hesitation & expectation...
What I think is the problem for me in these later books is that instead of the unity and strength of the couples found in the first half of the series (regardless of the fact that they are gay) is the cattiness (no pun intended) amongst coalition members. I am having more and more trouble suspending disbelief that as a soldier and member of a team, an ostrosized/bullied member would trust the bullier to cover their backs in battle. Instead of becoming unified it seems every coalition member hates every other coalition member except their mate/mate's friends and family....
Well I do plan to finish the series and just hope the Wayne County series is written with less 'Diva' and a more 'heroic' format.....
I am on the next to the last shifters novel and hope the last two are better....I am also starting her Wayne County wolves series with hesitation & expectation...
What I think is the problem for me in these later books is that instead of the unity and strength of the couples found in the first half of the series (regardless of the fact that they are gay) is the cattiness (no pun intended) amongst coalition members. I am having more and more trouble suspending disbelief that as a soldier and member of a team, an ostrosized/bullied member would trust the bullier to cover their backs in battle. Instead of becoming unified it seems every coalition member hates every other coalition member except their mate/mate's friends and family....
Well I do plan to finish the series and just hope the Wayne County series is written with less 'Diva' and a more 'heroic' format.....
January 17, 2014
Skye has finally grown up...low self-esteem...perpetuated by the people and family around him lead to Skye making many bad choices in his young life...Raven's aside...the "bad guys" in this story were the people who refused to see and acknowledge that someone really can change for the better...Alden saw this change first hand..and even he had a few doubts at the beginning...but Skye persevered...to show himself worthy of his brother's trust and his mate's love!!! This story may have been a little on the slow side...and for reasons explained...the MC's relationship had to develop on a much slower scale than most did in this series...not to mention with barely any discord at all! I have read books in this series that were much better and a couple that were...well not so good. I think Ms. Hecht had a point to make in this book and I believe she did a fine job!!! People make bad choices...they can change and if the trust is re-built...then we owe it to them to give them a second chance!!! As I finish this review there are still 2 more books in this series....moving on...
July 30, 2015
This one had a really great premise but fell flat, mostly b/c it wasn't expanded on and given the necessary depth. There's so much in this one that SHOULD have been explored: The issues between Branson and Skye, the issues between Gage and Skye, Skye's guilt and grief, Skye's additive behavior (that magically disappeared), Skye's old friends (who are they, where'd they come from, how close was he to them), Alden's past and even Alden as a character (he literally only seemed to have Logan as a friend), the potential taboo of Skye hooking up w/his mentor...the list goes on. Some of these things were touched on briefly but none of the exploration went beyond the surface. Pleasant enough read but it could have been so much better than it was.
December 29, 2016
Torn... that's how I feel.
The idea was there, but it was super short. I read it one go, and I liked it. Honestly, it's like failed potential. I've gotten tired of this series over time, but maybe that's just because of the volume of books. IDK.
This one started strong, I was liking it more than the past few installments, but it wasn't really fleshed out, which in a 100 pages isn't surprising. IDK. It could have been great, but it was just okay. For example, Skye's problem just poofs and disappears with no real work or revelation. It just felt like the emotional exploration in this one was superficial at best.
I'm gonna stick with it. I just need a minute to take a break and I'll be back... I'm sure.
The idea was there, but it was super short. I read it one go, and I liked it. Honestly, it's like failed potential. I've gotten tired of this series over time, but maybe that's just because of the volume of books. IDK.
This one started strong, I was liking it more than the past few installments, but it wasn't really fleshed out, which in a 100 pages isn't surprising. IDK. It could have been great, but it was just okay. For example, Skye's problem just poofs and disappears with no real work or revelation. It just felt like the emotional exploration in this one was superficial at best.
I'm gonna stick with it. I just need a minute to take a break and I'll be back... I'm sure.
December 14, 2015
I have mixed ideas about this one. Could be partly due to reading the beginning about an hour before going to bed when I was tired..
For someone who's a screwup to not put up some kind of fight being forced to train and hopefully get his life in a new direction just didn't do it for me. Plus, I don't feel like I really FELT a connection (just words on paper) between these two MCs until near the end of the book. The majority of the time I almost felt like Skye was playing 'dress up'.
On the other hand, once we actually see Skye as an adult and not the resident screwup (as he seems to think) that's when I felt like I was reading about two adults.
For someone who's a screwup to not put up some kind of fight being forced to train and hopefully get his life in a new direction just didn't do it for me. Plus, I don't feel like I really FELT a connection (just words on paper) between these two MCs until near the end of the book. The majority of the time I almost felt like Skye was playing 'dress up'.
On the other hand, once we actually see Skye as an adult and not the resident screwup (as he seems to think) that's when I felt like I was reading about two adults.
August 2, 2013
2.5 stars
This was a little on the dull side because there wasn't much conflict. Party boy Skye agreed to get his act together, worked hard on his training with Alden, and stayed out of trouble so he could become a coalition soldier. Skye's brother Branson and Gage, Branson's mate, acted like major assholes about Skye's relationship with Alden but it apparently didn't take much for all to be forgiven. The end.
This was a little on the dull side because there wasn't much conflict. Party boy Skye agreed to get his act together, worked hard on his training with Alden, and stayed out of trouble so he could become a coalition soldier. Skye's brother Branson and Gage, Branson's mate, acted like major assholes about Skye's relationship with Alden but it apparently didn't take much for all to be forgiven. The end.
April 7, 2014
So, Skye is just going to do a 180 because????? I am sorry, I don't buy it.
Oh and Gage pissed me off so bad! He pissed me off worse than Branson and I am not sure I would have forgiven either of them.
Oh and Gage pissed me off so bad! He pissed me off worse than Branson and I am not sure I would have forgiven either of them.
April 19, 2025
Lost shifters 27
Skye has been spiralling downhill for a while with drugs and shifter booze but falling for the man who helps him become the soldier he wants to be is just the ticket! I absolutely love this series!
Skye has been spiralling downhill for a while with drugs and shifter booze but falling for the man who helps him become the soldier he wants to be is just the ticket! I absolutely love this series!
August 10, 2013
I really enjoyed this one.
August 5, 2013
3.75****
August 15, 2013
3.5 stars
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September 6, 2015
This was not one of the better books of the series. Too easy and no real conflicts. I would have liked a bit more conflict or action. It felt a little flat.
January 5, 2014
3.5 stars
December 4, 2014
I love the underlining messaging and nearly cried at how well it was handled. So well done, like everything I have from this author.
October 3, 2014
I love this guilty pleasure series
September 4, 2015
Getting shorter!!! One day I'm going to give up
April 20, 2019
Skye's Limits (Lost Shifter Book 26)
Another outstanding book in this series and I can't wait to read the next book in this series and I will be reading it next...
Another outstanding book in this series and I can't wait to read the next book in this series and I will be reading it next...
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