Review: Loraminde's Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2012
I was not really sure what I was getting when I opened this book.  I love reading shifter books, but find they are either hit or miss.  Not many of them hold middle ground.  I can honestly say I enjoyed Loraminde's Story.  The author has written an interesting plot, with characters that you can relate to. It is not all shifter glam, it has a story behind all that shifting awesomeness.  I liked that the plot wasn't all about Lora being this totally awesome girl that could shift and be all powerful.  Now I am not saying she doesn't have the potential to be great, she does.  But Lora was more of a down to earth kind of girl, with all that teenage drama going on.Lora is a girl who seems pretty secure with who she is.  She doesn't think she is more than what she is and doesn't try to be either.  I can actually relate to her on many levels.  I laughed at her obvious annoyance at the popular girl trying to pretend she was poor and be friends with them.  Lora had honest reactions, and she definitely reminded me your typical everyday teenager.  She just happens to have some awesome sauce skills locked in the closet.  I liked Lora, she is one of those girls you just can't help but like.Chance, absolute swoonage going on here.  Chance is a gentleman.  Though I did find him a little too perfect I do understand that he was not raised in the human world and therefore would not act like us.  I did like that the author made him old world, I think it gave him that extra edge.  Chance is a boy that knows what he wants and goes after it, and if anyone else has a problem with it, he doesn't care.  And in no uncertain terms would he have a problem in telling you so.  I loved Chance, if there ever was a boy worth swooning over it is him.Though there was a fair amount of violence I did not find it overly graphic or disgusting.  The shifting from creature to creature was interesting and I found myself flying with Lora when she shifted into a... nope not going to tell what.  Hehe read the book and you will find out, trust me it is, and I hate to say this and sound all teenagerish, totally cool. I enjoyed the plot Angela has created, and I am looking forward to reading the next installment to the series.  I am assuming she will go back to Lora and Chance in a later book, or at least I hope she will.  There seems to be a big story just waiting to be told.I enjoyed the writing style and I felt like I was in the head of a teenager.  Not once did I feel like the story was going off in a direction that it shouldn't of been.  I like how Angela dealt with the whole clothing issue.  Most authors tend to avoid that part and I am glad that she didn't.  It is one of the most annoying facts skipped in shifter books.  Address the issue people, thank you Angela for doing so. Overall I really enjoyed reading Loraminde's Story and I will reading more by Angela Carlie in the future.