Review: Promising debut , had the potential for a fantastic full book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2013
This Review was first published on my blog Lecture toute une AventureMy opinion:I have been quite surprised I admit, now I did read the first chapter on Debra's website and I knew that I liked it, even if the first chapter of book two was my favourite, but I didn't expect it to be so hot!... it's even a euphemism, this is a novella that introduce us to her universe of shifters so a short read but full of more than steamy scenes. It's really an erotic paranormal romance when I expected more a simple though a little steamy paranormal romance. "Transforming Love" really took me by surprise since those scenes arrive already in chapter two, but that one is really soft comparing to the rest, the first chapter didn't let me expect anything like that.The story is really fast paced so the novella is complete, no cliffhanger at all but perhaps a little too fast at some parts, I would have loved more. Now it's not that the plot is not there or uninteresting but sometimes the erotic part takes over in a detrimental way, the balance isn't mastered yet.The universe is there, they are shifters in our world but are they living with us or in a scheduled part we don't know. We don't know exactly how things are done except that they are a special clan whose female have a special powers, for the rest you have different kinds of shifters clan: wolves, hyenas, jaguars to cite a few each clan has an alpha and all of them are rules by a queen and a king.  I was left hanging for some info on the characters but if we get some about Jenny, like her mother is dead and if she ignore all about the shifters it's because her father tried to save her from her destiny and suppressed her powers thanks to a trinket. ... not a lot true but in the circumstances pertained to how she was raised it's understandable, she knows nearly nothing so we don't but I would have liked to know for example if they left when her mother was alive or after and how she died but Debra perhaps has plan to answer that in a future novella or  a later books. So we discover Jenny as the shifters community discover her, a determined young woman who speaks her mind and dare to oppose males.If for Jenny we have learned enough, I was disappointed with Gryph though, he is the leader of his clan and owner of a bar...that's it. We can guess that Clint is his beta or second in command but it's not really confirmed in this book so I would have loved more descriptions, more information. He is still a mystery in fact ( to be honest I got more on him reading the first chapter of book 2 than in the whole first book). I want to learn more about all the characters, their personality, how they come to be what they are etc.The main idea though was something I really appreciate.So in the end I only liked the book but I sincerely think it will only get better with each new book in the series, from what I have seen so you really could give it a try if you love really hot and steamy read, paranormal romance.It's only a introduction ( it would have been a really promising book if longer) and the author is improving so I can't wait to receive my copy of book two "Escaping Love" to share my opinion with you and to learn more about the characters as well as discovering new ones (really read the first chapter and you will understand how excited I can be, you can see the improvement too)Score:  3,5/5source: a ecopy from the author in exchange for an honest review