Her misplaced sense of entitlement is beyond the pale. Repeat.įaythe is one of the most self-centered, narcissistic, selfish, petulant, immature characters I've ever had the misfortune of seeing star in a series. She looks back and pats herself on the back for her 'growth.' Lather. She overcomes some sort of stupidity of her own making.

Her all-important (but by this point, overwritten) struggle to maintain her value as an enforcer is called into question. Her value as a tabby is shoved down our throats. If Faythe is the best that the pride can do to actually get things done, they've got bigger problems than Malone.Īnd is it just me, or does the same sort of thing happen in every book? Faythe gets kidnapped. And I'm sorry, but for some reason it really started to grate on my nerves that Faythe is the main character of this series, because frankly, it makes everyone else around her seem ineffective at best, and completely idiotic at worst - including her father, the alpha. It possibly provided a sort of the sort of ally that'd eviscerate you sooner than help you. It certainly did nothing towards furthering the plot of upcoming war between prides. In fact, this entire book felt more like a dark, depressing detour from the great highway of the series as a whole.

And unfortunately there wasn't any overall series arc development in Shift to distract me from the tedium that is Faythe. I've been with the series since the beginning and have felt all the way through that the books are entertaining, but the main character is a chore. Well, I finished Shift, and even after sleeping on it and debating this review, I'm left with this thought: Thank hell there's only one book left in the series.

Shift by rachel vincent