Reviewer: BexRating: 4 out of 5 FairiesShifted by Lynn Leite was a fun, highly readable book that I devoured in one sitting.I love shifter books, and while Shifted wasn't overly hot and smexy, it did have a collection of characters that I soon felt compassion for and wanted to follow. Likewise, the storyline concept was great, and the plot was developed in a way that provided enough depth, detail and intrigue to keep me absorbed and flipping the page.The author's style was smooth and really easy to follow; this allowed Shifted to be an easy and thoroughly enjoyable read. The author managed to successfully raise my pulse rate with moments of tension, break my heart a little with many tender and upsetting moments, and set the story up beautifully for the next in the series. I will definitely be picking up a copy of book two. Disclosure: This ebook was provided by the author in exchange for an HONEST and not necessarily positive review. Let me be up front I have a love hate relationship with shifter type books at times. I have to admit that I really like the whole alpha thing but sometimes I get tired of them being too alpha and sometines I get tired of them needing to bonk every two seconds, so this means that sometimes I want an alpha without him being 'too alpha'. My other issue is sometimes the females in shifter books can also lack a backbone or come across as a b! tch. What I liked about this shifter book was that the aplha, Maverick, had all the alpha characteristics you expect from a wolf book, but he was also a sweetie, and the heroine, Rory, had a backbone but was not a b! tch, she was nice. And then on top of this there was nice chemistry and heat between Rory and Maverick, I could feel it between them, but there was no bonking every two seconds just to prove they are wolves which made for a nice change. There was also alot of humour in the book that made me smile alot.But to do this review justice I have to say that I think there will be quite a few readers out there who like shifter books but would find the smex scenes in this book a little too tame and not discriptive enough. I also think these same readers would also want the hero to be a bit more alpha. And I have to admit that although it was lovely to read about nice shifters that were not over the top, at times I was looking for a little more 'oomph' from the characters.The story was nice and it kept me engaged, I wanted to know what would happen and wanted to see were everything was all leading, but at the same time I was waiting for something to grab me and make me go "wow". There were also a few editing issues, nothing that made you re read sentences, but ones that were obvious. I do find this a little distracting.However, I enjoyed this book enough that I wanted to know what happened next, and I brought the next one. And if you are wondering what I thought of that, I liked it alot. More than this one, it had the oomph that was missing from this one, but was still sweet.Will I read this again? Not sure
