Yeah! I finally finished another book. This book is an ARC from NetGalley.com and
Cedar Fort and comes out June 12, 2012.
The Shapeshifter's Secret by Heather Ostler is the first in a new series and is a mystical story about
magic and go figure shape shifters werecats to be more precise. Yes werecats.
All different kinds of cats too from jaguars and panthers to tigers, and
yes speaking to my favorite animal a white tiger. I have always loved white tigers, they are so
beautiful and powerful its amazing, I love most of the while cats for that same
reason but what can I say the white tiger just speaks to something in me.

Now
the story centers around a girl Julia and how her entire life has been a
lie. Yep she never knew she was from a
different world or that she had special…abilities. Now thrust into a world she only just found
out about, she comes to learn more about herself and her past that she ever
dreamed. The world at war, her life in
constant danger, and trying to survive school, yep you bet things are
hard.
One
thing I really liked about this book was how the shifter changes from human to
werecat. They simply become the animal,
no shredding of clothing or anything like that which to me is super cool and
makes for less distraction. So many
times do I wonder when reading a book or seeing a movie where the person shifts
or something and rips their clothes then poof later they have them on. Okay normally I just give them the benefit of
the doubt and even with Twilight Jacob carried around shorts but to me this
just makes things way easier and less confusing. Plus come on who wants to shift back to human
form and be all naked?
What
else? Well I like that there are
different characteristics for the different characters. Julia had her moments where I thought, ‘seriously?
That’s so stupid’ but hey she’s a teenager she’s bound to make mistakes. Still she learns and she tries to take care
of the people she cares about even when her own life is muddy. Sierra, is colorful and made me laugh. She was a bookworm but she wasn’t shy she was
bold and out there. Caleb and Terrance,
both good but you also have a feeling throughout, or at least I did, that
something is going on that isn’t being told.
Romance. Sure the romance in this book was substantially
more subtle than what I usually read and I was okay with that. It was there and although it wasn’t the
center point I felt I got enough of it that I could see it. The brief encounters and stolen moments to me
made it all the more romantic and also leaves things open also. Not there is also some fighting, there is a
war going on after all. All be it not
too much fighting is presented in the book but what was there I liked.

Again
The Shapeshifter’s Secret by Heather
Ostler comes out June 12th.
So what would your werecat be?
Leave a comment and share I would be a white tiger (if you hadn’t
guessed), I want to know about you.