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A review by rhreviewer91
Altered: Part One by M.F. Moody
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
There isn't much to state about this book, really.
The beginning of the book is a bit rough for our FMC, Sila. She starts at a school full of predator shifter students, all of them of the feline variety. Cheetahs, leopards, lions, etc. She gets into it with a lioness shifter, Catherine, who believes herself to be the queen of the school and better than lower-class, smaller feline shifters (and everyone else, for that matter). Sila stands her ground and puts her in her place, but Catherine is less than pleased.
While at this school, she also meets her mate. He ends up rejecting her, and between that and Catherine, she snaps. Sila is then sent to another school for Mythical and "Altered shifters," where she meets three men who decide to take her under their protection.
Each of the men have gone through some trauma of some sort, which is what let them to be where they are now and who they are. We learn each of their stories, and they're definitely all pretty sad. Check out the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book if you have any, just to be sure any you have aren't mentioned in this book.
The ending sort of fell flat for me. Theoretically, you don't even need to read the second one if you aren't feeling it. There's no cliffhanger, and for anything that hasn't been answered yet (which will be in part 2), you can just make up your own ending or ignore it all together. You aren't left screaming to know what happens next. It's a bit disappointing and isn't actually making me rush to start the second one. The only reason I'm going to is that I'm curious to see what happens with Catherine, which I'm sure will be mentioned again.
The beginning of the book is a bit rough for our FMC, Sila. She starts at a school full of predator shifter students, all of them of the feline variety. Cheetahs, leopards, lions, etc. She gets into it with a lioness shifter, Catherine, who believes herself to be the queen of the school and better than lower-class, smaller feline shifters (and everyone else, for that matter). Sila stands her ground and puts her in her place, but Catherine is less than pleased.
While at this school, she also meets her mate. He ends up rejecting her, and between that and Catherine, she snaps. Sila is then sent to another school for Mythical and "Altered shifters," where she meets three men who decide to take her under their protection.
Each of the men have gone through some trauma of some sort, which is what let them to be where they are now and who they are. We learn each of their stories, and they're definitely all pretty sad. Check out the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book if you have any, just to be sure any you have aren't mentioned in this book.
The ending sort of fell flat for me. Theoretically, you don't even need to read the second one if you aren't feeling it. There's no cliffhanger, and for anything that hasn't been answered yet (which will be in part 2), you can just make up your own ending or ignore it all together. You aren't left screaming to know what happens next. It's a bit disappointing and isn't actually making me rush to start the second one. The only reason I'm going to is that I'm curious to see what happens with Catherine, which I'm sure will be mentioned again.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident