A lot of people apparently disagree with me. The Faythe of Prey and Shift is a more interesting and adult heroine. I wanted to slap the Faythe of Stray and Rogue. But Vincent took a shaky beginning and turned it into something more solid and satisfying. The Shifters will never be my favorite series. Either way, I’ve already bought the final book and intend to read it to discover how the love triangle plays out as much as to see the war between the werecat factions. Perhaps I would hate the romantic storyline more if I hadn’t always liked Jace and been somewhat averse to Marc. Exploring your romantic and sexual options is pretty modern.Ĭheating is a hot button subject.
A theme of the entire series has been that the way the pack usually does things is wrong and that they need to modernize. He’s acting rationally, not according to his instincts. I see Marc not immediately tearing Jace apart as character growth, not derailment. But Faythe is young, sheltered, has only had one serious boyfriend, and her brother just died. I know that cheating is fairly verboten in romance novels. (I had a comment debate about this, somewhere, but alas it is lost since my google-fu is not strong enough.) Now, my discussion is going to get a bit spoilery about what happens in the relationships, so you might want to skip to the last paragraph if you want everything to be a complete surprise.įaythe cheats on Marc with Jace. Jace starts acting like the alpha I thought he would become back in the early books. SHIFT also kicks the love triangle into high gear. It’s something the Faythe of the early books would not have attempted. But by golly, I couldn’t help but feel proud when she attempted negotiations as a first course of action instead of act-macho, think-later. I must admit, Faythe is still about as subtle as a sledgehammer. In my review of Pride, I noted Faythe’s sledgehammer-like attempts at politics. When I reviewed Rogue, I noted that Faythe showed a lack of growth, I liked Jace, and Faythe’s relationship with Marc seemed borderline abusive. This surprised me considering I finished SHIFT thinking that it was the kind of book that made me glad I stick with a meh series if I believe it has potential. I found that a number of people hated the book because they’d enjoyed the first several but lamented Faythe’s lack of growth. Sometimes I read other people’s reviews before I write mine, sometimes I don’t.
Paranormal romance published by MIRA 1 Mar 10 Liviania’s review of Shift (The Shifters, Book 5) by Rachel Vincent
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