Review: My new favorite shifter installment
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2012
As most know who read my reviews Shane has been my favorite shifter since he was introduced in Andrew and Vapor's story.  He's so dark and hurt and I love the tormented hero.  The fact that Shane and Trevor's story got two books just made my day, and I love seeing him peek out in other couple's stories.  Thank you for giving him another installment all his own! The $2.99 price tag gave me no guilt and the story was much much better than even I anticipated.First, I've been worried about Riley.  It seems that he's gotten worse not better. In Gage's book we see him telling people that the spider was the one who did it, or that the spider said this or that.  Everyone, including readers, assumed he was having a manic episode and the spider was all in his head.  We also see Shane softening from the hard leopard image even more.  Hecht decided that it was time to address Riley's problem, give Shane more heart, introduce more 'resident psychos' besides Shane (may I say I love the two new characters) and to give the Coalition a new enemy.Tomorrow is Valentine's day and Shane has no idea what to get Trevor... how do you pick something out that embodies all that Trevor has done for Shane?  Mitchell also has given him a new assignment... twin Hawk shifters who have scared off everyone else, seems like they've had a similar childhood to Shane, and even though they aren't leopards, they have that scary psycho vibe going on that Shane's owned since walking in the felines' lives.  Riley's also been put in the infirmary because everyone assumes that he was trying to jump off the roof again... they aren't buying the whole 'the spider told me someone was in trouble' excuse.  Shane knows better, just because you're crazy doesn't mean you're crazy all the time.  He does something not even Collin has done; asks Riley to introduce him to the spider.  Turns out the spider is a defective shifter.  Instead of shifting into the full size spider, he shifts into his tiny animal counterpart.  And it also turns out there really is a girl in trouble and Shane, Riley, and the Hawk Twins: Tatum and Ackley decide it's up to them to save the day, and of course bust Riley out of the infirmary.At first I was a little apprehensive of reading this, well not really I adore all the lost shifter books, but nervous because Shane is no longer the 'resident psycho'.  He seems to be softening in ways I hadn't even anticipated.  But the truth is, I'm glad he's changing.  While I miss the leopard that dropped heads on keyboards and cafeteria tables, he's getting older and Trevor's love was bound to help him grow.  He's taken care of Dalton and now someone new (won't spoil it!) and while I'll miss the psychopathic Shane I'm falling in love with the new one.  Plus he'll always be able to gut and decapitate, that's in his skill set, he just might not laugh hysterically and bring home trophies.  I really want Tatum and Ackley's (together or alone) book along with the spider and maybe a novella about inside of Riley's head.  This is my guilty little pleasure and I'm so pleased that it's continued to be a strong series even 17 books later.