Review: A great read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2012
Sure, Alec Graves is a shape shifter but he's also an entrepreneur, a father figure, a leader, a soother, a fierce enemy and a guy falling in love for the first time.  That's a lot to fit in around high school classes and homework.  Feeling the pressures build, Alec knows things are going to come to a head soon.  The signs have been there for months now.Torn by Dean Murray takes readers into Alec's world and holds them there as the story unfolds.  He shifts into a wolf but that doesn't make him a werewolf.  He's in high school but that doesn't make him any less responsible for the lives of the shifters under his care.  Most importantly, he has a conscience.  He doesn't take his role in the world lightly.  Trying hard to please everyone, he eventually learns that sometimes you just have to do what's right and let the pieces fall where they will.Caught in a world hidden from humans, Alec does his best to do what shape shifters are supposed to do - protect the very same race they are hidden from.  That becomes more and more difficult as the threat from his rival pack escalates to dangerous levels.  He will soon find out who is really on his side and who is not.Dean Murray weaves a tale of love and friendship, and of loss and war that leaves scars, both emotionally and physically.  I found myself wrapped up in this world where taking the moral high ground is dangerous and falling in love may be even more so.  The writing is engaging and the characters feel real.  Mr. Murray has painted a world that I don't think I'd want to live in but I certainly enjoyed looking in on it.  In a world full of stories about shape shifters of every kind, this one will stay with me.  I thank the author for a review copy and I give the book five stars.