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A review by audreychamaine
Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready
3.0
When we left off in the last book, Aura’s boyfriend, Logan, had died and came back as a ghost, only to shift into a terrifying shade. Aura has discovered that she was the first person to be able to see ghosts after the Shift, and friend/love interest Zachary was the last to not be able to see them. The authorities are watching them carefully, sensing that Aura and Zach may know more about the Shift than they let on. Now Logan has come back from being a shade to being a ghost once again, and Aura and Zach can’t seem to work out their issues. That’s not all. Aura finds out that her mother may have had a great deal to do with the Shift, and that she may have left clues about it before she died. Now Aura must deal with her dead ex, her Scottish love interest, the authorities, and her mother’s memory in order to find out why the Shift happened, and what it has to do with her.
I wasn’t crazy about the first book in this series, Shade. I thought that there was WAY too much emphasis on sex in that book. This book has it too (you’ll see it in the first chapter), but it did seem toned down a bit. Aura’s relationships with Logan, Zachary, and Logan’s younger brother (!?) all get complicated in this book, and while we know who she needs to end up with, the story takes a while to get there.
The mysterious “Shift” that is introduced in the first book comes closer to being explained. There is a mystical backstory to Aura’s mother that we get to see, and that was probably my favorite part of the story. I hope that in the next book this is taken even further. Aura and Zachary both exhibit some strange powers in this book, too, emphasizing that they are special where the Shift is concerned.
If you liked Shade, you really should read Shift. I liked it better than the first book, and I think readers will appreciate where the story goes.
I wasn’t crazy about the first book in this series, Shade. I thought that there was WAY too much emphasis on sex in that book. This book has it too (you’ll see it in the first chapter), but it did seem toned down a bit. Aura’s relationships with Logan, Zachary, and Logan’s younger brother (!?) all get complicated in this book, and while we know who she needs to end up with, the story takes a while to get there.
The mysterious “Shift” that is introduced in the first book comes closer to being explained. There is a mystical backstory to Aura’s mother that we get to see, and that was probably my favorite part of the story. I hope that in the next book this is taken even further. Aura and Zachary both exhibit some strange powers in this book, too, emphasizing that they are special where the Shift is concerned.
If you liked Shade, you really should read Shift. I liked it better than the first book, and I think readers will appreciate where the story goes.