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Shift the Darkness
Deep in the mountains of Perry County, Kentucky, a troubled young woman enters a new life of magic and danger.
Wren is fresh out of high school, and her life is a mess. Her mother is dying, her aunt couldn’t be more overbearing, and her moods are wildly unpredictable. On a mission to self-destruct, she’s driving her aunt crazy with drinking and broken curfews.
But Wren isn’t just acting out—something inside her is changing. After being attacked by a red-eyed man and being rescued by a beast that transforms into a gorgeous boy before her eyes, Wren discovers that she’s a shifter, able to take the form of any animal she makes contact with.
Complicating matters, Wren finds out she is a special kind of shifter—a tracker—and a powerful vampire needs her help to find the rogues of his clan who are planning to destroy the town, and everyone in it. In return for her help, she’s promised the one thing she wants the most—her mother to be cured.
Wren will have to choose between the safety of a familiar embrace and the fiery touch of the boy who makes her question everything she thought she knew. In order to survive the trials ahead, she’ll have to open her heart, and find the strength of the woman she’s destined to become.
Available Exclusively to Finch Books: 22nd March 2016
General Release Date: 17th May 2016
Wren is fresh out of high school, and her life is a mess. Her mother is dying, her aunt couldn’t be more overbearing, and her moods are wildly unpredictable. On a mission to self-destruct, she’s driving her aunt crazy with drinking and broken curfews.
But Wren isn’t just acting out—something inside her is changing. After being attacked by a red-eyed man and being rescued by a beast that transforms into a gorgeous boy before her eyes, Wren discovers that she’s a shifter, able to take the form of any animal she makes contact with.
Complicating matters, Wren finds out she is a special kind of shifter—a tracker—and a powerful vampire needs her help to find the rogues of his clan who are planning to destroy the town, and everyone in it. In return for her help, she’s promised the one thing she wants the most—her mother to be cured.
Wren will have to choose between the safety of a familiar embrace and the fiery touch of the boy who makes her question everything she thought she knew. In order to survive the trials ahead, she’ll have to open her heart, and find the strength of the woman she’s destined to become.
Available Exclusively to Finch Books: 22nd March 2016
General Release Date: 17th May 2016
160 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2016
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March 30, 2016
I found this book to be very entertaining, and like most books I fall in love with, I had a hard time putting it down until I finished it. The last shapeshifter series I read, Chronicles of the Cheysuli, was about 14 years ago, and this book surpassed those. The locations are familiar with me, having spent most of my life near Perry County. It's refreshing to read about characters that are so life like and true to this area that you feel you actually know them! This book has just the right mixture of excitement, mystery, and sexual tension with a few laugh out loud moments thrown in. I look forward to the next two installments!
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January 11, 2024I just read this book on Radish (7 yrs later in 1/2024) and fell in love with it- and its characters! So well-written and beautifully conceived.
The only problem is... it just ended when it was ramping up and the main characters were discovering their bond and destiny with one another! I've searched and can't find any sequels or new installments creating a series. And seeing as it was written almost a decade ago, I don't have much hope that is going to happen! I don't understand, as an author, how you could do that to your readers?! It's so sad to become invested in a book and it's characters to be left feeling unfulfilled and hanging in the air.
The only problem is... it just ended when it was ramping up and the main characters were discovering their bond and destiny with one another! I've searched and can't find any sequels or new installments creating a series. And seeing as it was written almost a decade ago, I don't have much hope that is going to happen! I don't understand, as an author, how you could do that to your readers?! It's so sad to become invested in a book and it's characters to be left feeling unfulfilled and hanging in the air.
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December 13, 2016
Original review on Molly Lolly
Three stars!
I really enjoyed the overall story arc of this book. It was interesting and had some elements that I haven’t seen often in a paranormal story. I was pulled into this world where shifters don’t get along with any paranormal creature. They’re like the police of that society. It was completely fascinating and made me want to know what happens and how that affects the plot.
However, Wren made me want to scream. She was self centered, whiney and a complete petulant child. It was hard to keep going because 99% of the book is from her first person point of view. Yes it’s a YA and you have to expect a certain level of immaturity due to the age of the characters. But this went way beyond and created a character I truly didn’t care if she lived at the end of the story.
The other problem I had with the story is more of a personal dislike of mine that I know others enjoy. There’s a Twilight-esque romance triangle going on. Wren has two guys she clearly has pseudo feelings for and at the end of the book it could go either way and you have to read the next in the series to see which she chooses. I can’t really stand this trope though others do. I want the character to either just go ahead and pick one or start a menage already. This waffling about hurts people’s feelings and frustrates me more than makes me want to read more.
Three stars!
I really enjoyed the overall story arc of this book. It was interesting and had some elements that I haven’t seen often in a paranormal story. I was pulled into this world where shifters don’t get along with any paranormal creature. They’re like the police of that society. It was completely fascinating and made me want to know what happens and how that affects the plot.
However, Wren made me want to scream. She was self centered, whiney and a complete petulant child. It was hard to keep going because 99% of the book is from her first person point of view. Yes it’s a YA and you have to expect a certain level of immaturity due to the age of the characters. But this went way beyond and created a character I truly didn’t care if she lived at the end of the story.
The other problem I had with the story is more of a personal dislike of mine that I know others enjoy. There’s a Twilight-esque romance triangle going on. Wren has two guys she clearly has pseudo feelings for and at the end of the book it could go either way and you have to read the next in the series to see which she chooses. I can’t really stand this trope though others do. I want the character to either just go ahead and pick one or start a menage already. This waffling about hurts people’s feelings and frustrates me more than makes me want to read more.
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