Review: Great New Perspective Read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 13, 2012
Kindle version free via author for honest reviewThe Goodreads summary was a great one, so I am not going to write my usual one just to repeat the above.  I will jump right into what I thought about the book instead.When I was contacted by the author to read this book I was totally sucked in by the summary.  It sounded like such a different and interesting book I had to say I would read it.  I was not disappointed.  I found this book to be fast moving, interesting, and full of adventure and fun.  I loved the twist on the shifter turning into a dog rather than the usual werewolf.  I think that is what made the story so great.  If it wasn't bad enough for Caleb to find out he is a shifter, but to find out he turns in to a cute floppy eared, curly haired black Cocker Spaniel instead of a werewolf or at least a bigger dog just adds insult to injury for him.  The characters were fantastic, as was the plot.  I thought the whole book just flowed and didn't really have those awkward lulls that other books I have read have.  My favorite character has to be Caleb, but I really enjoyed Penny too.  I think Caleb made some mistakes in his thinking in this book that will probably cause real trouble later on in the series.  However, they will make for a continued interesting plot in books to come.  I chuckled to myself when I was out the other day because I was deep into this book and then stopped to run an errand, and on the way I saw a man walking a Beagle and thought of Penny and this book.  I can look at dogs in a whole new way now.  I was not crazy about the ending to this book though.  I know it was written how it was because of it being a first in a series of books, but I still wasn't thrilled at all with how it ended.  I don't mind having an ending that makes me want to read on in the series, but I also like to not feel like I have a many month commercial in between books either.  What do I mean by that?  Well, I just mean when it ends with me wanting to read on, I feel like I have just watched a TV episode, but worse, because who knows when the next book will come out.  The ending was great as far as drawing the reader in right up until the last page though, that's for sure, and making the reader want to read the next book.  So in that respect, the author definitely did the job of drawing readers back for the next book.  The book was well written, with great characters whom you got to watch develop, and with a great plot that you watched unfold.  I enjoyed this book a lot, and will be on the lookout for the next in the series!4/5 Stars!