Review: Animal Instincts
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
I am a shifter addict, so when I saw this book I knew I had to read it.  It did take me a while to get into the story.  I think that was mostly due to me getting used to the author's writing style.  She changed from not only POV but also went from 1st to 3rd person in a few spots.  Once I got in though, I thoroughly enjoyed the story.What I really loved about it was the lore.  Patricia created a shifter world completely unlike any I have read before.  Since I have read at least one shifter book a week, that is saying something.  The history of how shifters came to be was completely new to me.  I was intrigued and really want to know more. Skye was feisty, compassionate and gifted with the ability to understand animals. Luc was in this powerful position, yet still an outsider and in many ways that made the story all the more interesting. The story was filled with mystery, suspense, love and hate.  It had all the elements I look for in a shifter read.I am hoping this is the first in a series.  Partly because I want to know more about this world and partly because I think that so much of this book was about creating this world that it lost something in the process and that would not be the case in book two because the world would already be there.  If 3 1/2 stars were an option I probably would have chosen that because it did not grab me right from the beginning and I did struggle with the head hopping a bit.  Overall, I would recommend it though because the world is that fascinating and unique.