Review: Unique Fantasy Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2012
I received Shifted Perspective in return for an honest review from the author. Caleb has big plans for the future his toughest choice is choosing which college to attend. Suddenly everything changes and he wakes up a Cocker Spaniel, who happens to now be able to speak to his old blood hound Samson. Thankfully for him it only lasts one day and the first few times he can play it off to his dad that some stray dog must have gotten in but soon he's caught by his dad who helps him on his "puppy days" as they are now calling them which happen once a month. Neither of them know how or why this is happening to Caleb but they are dealing with it till the night of his graduation when he's turned into a Cocker Spaniel and can't change back for his speech.It's then that he learns his wacky cousin Kalista and Aunt Moira are also Cocker Spaniels that his mother was a carrier and he inherited it from her. Typically your born with being able to shit it's not something that shows up later in life so they didn't know that Caleb was going to be able to shift. Upon learning about Caleb's new abilities they demand that he leave with them for California where he will join the pack of shapeshifting K9's. Stubborn as he is Caleb refuses to leave without his father and the old bloodhound Samson they accepted the dog better than his father since he's considered a outsider. His dad holds his own and both are accepted into the pack based on the fact that his father helped and protected him when the pack didn't know he existed.While in California Kalista attempts to set Caleb up with one of her best friends a beagle shapeshifter named Penny who also happens to work as a private investigator and psychic to pay the bills. When Penny get's called in on a case involving the death of two in a park she suspects that the killer might be a werewolf. Since he doesn't know anyone and Penny isn't ready to go to the alpha till she knows who the killer is she teams up with Caleb because he doesn't know anyone yet and he doesn't care much for the wolves either. With the help from Calebs ex-girlfriend Joanna the trio will need to find out who the killer is, and keep Joanna in the dark about who they really are.I found Shifted Perspective entertaining better than I was expecting and I say that because I'm used to my shapeshifters being able to rip people apart. I liked the unique twist with the different breeds of dogs, very different then your typical shapeshifter book. There's a spot where we learn that Kalista is actually being shown in dog shows in attempted to win the Westminster dog show, but she hasn't won enough to get there it had my laughing a human pretending to be a dog to win. The characters are very well developed its hard not to connect with them on some level, they all have their own little personality quirks and I like that. I think Penny is a great character she may not be a big tough wolf or large dog but she has a great personality and I really enjoyed her. Plus you can't not love Caleb since he is the one after all that's dealing with threats from his cousin's werewolf boyfriend, and just trying to learn how to be who he is. Overall it's a great first in the series, I found it entertaining and frankly I couldn't put it down but I was so tired last night sleep won out or I would of been up all night I'm sure.