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With Nalini Singh's latest Psy-Changeling book coming out I started wondering...What are some of the craziest/strangest shape shifter forms you've come across in books? Did you enjoy the story associated with it? Please share. I may wish to read them. :)

I just did a strange shapeshifter challenge & the book I picked was . The guy was a tarantula shifter. The story was short so the romance, etc was really rushed. I just couldn't get over the spider thing. It creeped me out and then parts of it were super funny even though that wasn't the author's intention. The image of a broken hearted tarantula handing off the side of a shed in the rain made me LOL. He was devastated his human mate couldn't "accept his animal". I thought he was lucky the mate didn't smash him with a shoe or spray Raid on him.

There were some bizarre shifter books out there. Some of the others were reindeers, seahorses, octopus, opossums, hedgehog & even a Pug.

Alisa wrote: "I just did a strange shapeshifter challenge & the book I picked was . The guy was a tarantula shifter. The story was short so the romance, etc was really rushed. I..."

I may have to read that one. :)

The weirdest one i ever read about was in an christmas anthology about shifters. It was a were-coral???!!

Feige wrote: "The weirdest one i ever read about was in an christmas anthology about shifters. It was a were-coral???!!"

That is weird! What anthology was it in? Do you recall? That made me laugh. Was it totally bad or was it good? I can see someone talking about their shifting abilities..."I can spy underwater as coral" Oh, the fierceness of it. lol Too funny.

, cow shape shifters, bad bad bad erotica. I think shapeshifting really only works with predators.

Shanna wrote: ", cow shape shifters, bad bad bad erotica. I think shapeshifting really only works with predators."

A cow??? Oh, that is bad. Did they use that line about why buy the cow when the milk is free? I could never drink a glass of milk in their house. Dear goodness my mind is flooding with jokes on this one. The udder weirdness of it. Did they make cow eyes at each other. lol I have to stop my jokes are really bad.

No no the heroes were seven shifting man/cow brothers(might have been clearer if I said bulls). They could also change just bits, so cow tongue oral sex, shuddering with revulsion, they are stimulated by red like bulls in the a ring, there's a scene early in the first book after they find the heroine unconscious after a fall from a cliff and she has some blood on her and at least one is sexually stimulated and has to be reigned in by his brothers, while she is UNCONSCIOUS and bleeding. They show themselves at country fairs in bull form and win medals and run a cattle ranch, puts a new spin on red meat for me...
It's so bad it's almost worth the read.

Shanna wrote: "No no the heroes were seven shifting man/cow brothers(might have been clearer if I said bulls). They could also change just bits, so cow tongue oral sex, shuddering with revulsion, they are stimula..."

Oh no! That sounds really bad. *shudder* Ew! Sounds like a car crash that's so horrifying you have to look, but I think I'll pass.

Shanna wrote: "No no the heroes were seven shifting man/cow brothers(might have been clearer if I said bulls). They could also change just bits, so cow tongue oral sex, shuddering with revulsion, they are stimula..."

That is horrible! lol

Lisarenee wrote: "Feige wrote: "The weirdest one i ever read about was in an christmas anthology about shifters. It was a were-coral???!!"

That is weird! What anthology was it in? Do you recall? That made me laugh...."

i think it was wolfsbane and mistletoe and no it was like a shifters anonymous with random were animals but that was definetly the strangest (there was also were turtle and boar and hippo!)

Feige wrote: "Lisarenee wrote: "Feige wrote: "The weirdest one i ever read about was in an christmas anthology about shifters. It was a were-coral???!!"

That is weird! What anthology was it in? Do you recall? T..."

I may have that anthology, I'll have to check. I don't believe I've read it all the way through yet.

I remembered a weird book that fits this category that a friend added. It took me a while to find it, but here it is. While a few friends have added this one, none of mine have read it. It sort of intrigues me.

Darcy wrote: "I remembered a weird book that fits this category that a friend added. It took me a while to find it, but here it is. While a few friends have added this one, none of mine have read it. It sort ..."

Octoposeidon shape shifter Calder Croft??? I wonder if he's all hands. lol What is an octoposeidon?

Lisarenee wrote: "Octoposeidon shape shifter Calder Croft??? I wonder if he's all hands. lol What is an octoposeidon?"

No clue. I wish that the book wasn't so expensive. I might buy it just to check it out, but don't know that I want to spend money on a curiosity.

lol I put it on my to read pile.

I just read which has a centaur who shifts between true form and human form. It is a fun book!

has a jackal and what her bff is is great!

While this series starts out with wolves it is full of awesome other shifters. Bobcats, snakes, badgers...

That cow/bull shifter book sounds just dreadful. It makes my taratula guy sound sexy.

Feige wrote: "The weirdest one i ever read about was in an christmas anthology about shifters. It was a were-coral???!!"


Who comes up with the idea for were-coral? I can't even imagine it.

I do find the were-coral odd. I know coral is alive, but it is more plant than animal, so I can't see how that would work. I may have to check out that book again just to see.

I am blocking the tongue thing out of my mind

namericanwordcat wrote: "I am blocking the tongue thing out of my mind"

I know. I've been trying since I read that. Gah!

namericanwordcat wrote: "lol I put it on my to read pile.

I just read which has a centaur who shifts between true form and human form. It is a fun book!

[bookcover:Wolf with Benefits|1..."

I'm smiling at the shape shifters you found. A centaur is rather unusual. That would almost be like a partial shift. They guy would still be partially human looking.

I keep thinking if a were-bear and a were-bunny had kids which shifter would they be?

I need to read Shelley's books.

Snakes would make my skin crawl.*shudder*

I think were-rats are a touch different. I think both Nalini Singh and Laurell K. Hamilton. Didn't Nalini Singh talk of were sharks at one point?

Hamilton's Anita Blake series does have rats, but also has were-swans & a cobra. Great series, but long. Plenty of sex, action, some humor. The series becomes a little too much sex and no plot for a few books in the middle, but the last few book have been very good.
Her Meredith Gentry series the Slaugh (Sholto
's people) change into creatures. Short series, kind of on hold at the moment. Plenty of sex, action, some humor, and can be a little grizzly.

Carpathians (Feehan) they can change into bugs and other animals. Plenty of laughs & action, great series.

dolphin shifter. Nice little series. Not a lot of sex, but plenty of laughs and adventures.
has unicorn, gryphon, harpy, gargoyle, thunderbird shifters. Interesting series, plenty of action and some laughs.
a lot of weird critters. Some scientific genetic modifications were done.

Missyb wrote: "Hamilton's Anita Blake series does have rats, but also has were-swans & a cobra.
Her Meredith Gentry series the Slaugh (Sholto
's people) change into creatures.
Carpathians (Feehan) they can change..."

I kind of like the thought of a dolphin shifter.

Kissing Sin sounds a little like James Patterson's Maximum Ride series (genetic alteration wise).

After you guys mentioned dolphins I remember some more. This series from Vivian Arend, has all sorts of crazy shifters in it.

Lisarenee wrote: "Missyb wrote: "Hamilton's Anita Blake series does have rats, but also has were-swans & a cobra.
Her Meredith Gentry series the Slaugh (Sholto
's people) change into creatures.
Carpathians (Feehan) ..."

That Riley Jenson series is not for the faint of heart, some twisted crap happens in it.

Missyb wrote: "Lisarenee wrote: "Missyb wrote: "Hamilton's Anita Blake series does have rats, but also has were-swans & a cobra.
Her Meredith Gentry series the Slaugh (Sholto
's people) change into creatures.
Car..."

Thanks for the warning. Maybe I'll pass on that one.

has a honey badger shifter in it. Has plenty of other shifters (bears, wolfs, wild dogs, hyenas, jackels, lions, tigers). Tons of laughs, and some sex.

Fury United Coalition series by Eva Langlais has lots of different shifters as Well eg a crocodile, yep coldblooded who gets heated up by a little cute fox ;-) since I Think crocs are scary that was really weird to imagine.
The first book in the Series actually is about a Bear and a swan :-)

Lisarenee wrote: "Missyb wrote: "Lisarenee wrote: "Missyb wrote: "Hamilton's Anita Blake series does have rats, but also has were-swans & a cobra.
Her Meredith Gentry series the Slaugh (Sholto
's people) change into..."

It's a good series, just might make you squirm in spots.

Lisarenee wrote: "I think were-rats are a touch different. I think both Nalini Singh and Laurell K. Hamilton. Didn't Nalini Singh talk of were sharks at one point?"

There is the Blacksea clan but we have yet to meet them.

Here is a shark--Impractical Magus by Viola Grace (not her best book)

I have lots of Silkies.

There is a series of prehistoric shifters like dinosaurs. Trying to remember.

In the meantime, check out/add go these lists.

Unusual Shifters
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/37...

Reptile Shifters
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/15...

Bird shifters
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/30...

Canine Shifters
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/37...

Cat Shifters http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/14...


Bear Shifters
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/16...

Wolf Shifters
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/37...

Dragon Shifters (there are a bunch of lists)
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/18...

Missyb wrote: " has a honey badger shifter in it. Has plenty of other shifters (bears, wolfs, wild dogs, hyenas, jackels, lions, tigers). Tons of laughs, and some sex."

i love shelly's books they are so funny and such light reading but extremely enjoyable!

namericanwordcat wrote: "Lisarenee wrote: "I think were-rats are a touch different. I think both Nalini Singh and Laurell K. Hamilton. Didn't Nalini Singh talk of were sharks at one point?"

There is the Blacksea clan but ..."

The one with the prehistoric shifters that I think you might be talking about is The Gods of the Night Series
http://www.goodreads.com/series/45402...

Yep that is it.

namericanwordcat wrote: "Lisarenee wrote: "I think were-rats are a touch different. I think both Nalini Singh and Laurell K. Hamilton. Didn't Nalini Singh talk of were sharks at one point?"

There is the Blacksea clan but ..."

I see you just created the one list per our discussion. lol

Sorry about the tongue thing...

I did. I thought we deserved a good list. :)

The tongue thing is funny. lol Gross but funny. The Trolly-y yours book has Minatour in it (they don't shift I think) and there are all sorts of cow jokes.

I like shifters to be predators too. Not very sexy to me to have the hero be a were-bunny or something like that.

I know there's several gargoyle ones out there. But I read one years ago and he turned her into a gargoyle and they had sex as gargoyles. Not sexy at all.

Give me wolves, panthers, leopards etc.., Plus while shapeshifting isn't all that realistic, it seems more realistic to be a larger animal.

The Anita Blake series also had a bad guy - a Chimera? - who could change into multiple shifter shapes. It's been a while since I read it but I think it involved a magical ritual where he absorbed other shifter's abilities.

The Edie Spence series has werewolves and dragons.

Kate Daniels has lions, jaguars, tigers, lynxes, foxes, mongooses, rats, jackals, dingoes, bears, buffalo, boars, moose, minks, stoats, wolverines, hyenas, honey badgers, etc.

The Mercy Thompson series has wolves, coyotes, kelpie, etc.

The Dresden Files has werewolves of various types - the classic werewolf, the hexenwolves, lycanthropes, and loup-garou. Tigers, bears, and buffalo are mentioned. Bigfoot and the cait sidhe make appearances in later stories.

The October Daye series has cait sidhe and kelpie along with other underwater shifter types.

The Partholon series by PC Cast has centaurs.

The midnight matings series has alot of different types of shifters. Stormy Glenn's "Scales and a Tail" features a Rabbit shifter and his mate a Dragon shifter. They have babies and some are dragon shaped and others are rabbit shaped and still others are a bit of both.

In the Partholon series, only the high shaman of the centaurs who is mated to the Goddess Incarnate of Epona can shift into human form. All the other centaurs are always centaurs.

I like the Selkies of the Tempest series by Tracy Deebs. They are seal people. The series centers around a half mermaid and an evil sea witch.

Finished and an armadillo shape-shifter was mentioned.

Sara wrote: "Finished and an armadillo shape-shifter was mentioned."

thats odd

Sara wrote: "Finished and an armadillo shape-shifter was mentioned."

Was it any good? Armadillo? Interesting one. Did the person end up larger than usual or the size of a regular armadillo? Did they ball up in armor when needed for protection?

Sara wrote: "Finished and an armadillo shape-shifter was mentioned."



It is my belief that some animals should just NOT be shifters & armadillo's are one of those animals. That is just wrong. lol (Any time you drive in Ark or Texas you see them all the time as road kil. ick)

Alisa wrote: "Sara wrote: "Finished and an armadillo shape-shifter was mentioned."



It is my belief that some animals should just NOT be shifters & armadillo's are one of those ..."

lol We have a fairly good amount here too.

All that was explained is that he was stuck in mid-shift which would be really awkward.