Leah Cypess

Brought back from the Mistwood to protect the royal family, a girl who has no memory of being a shape-shifter encounters political and magical intrigue as she struggles with her growing feelings for the prince.

Mistwood

Monicap

Great, Awesome-like book!
okay, so there's this world and we're dropped down into the middle of it and have no idea what's going on. neither does Isabel, the main character. as the story progresses we figure things out little by little. then we get one secret dropped on us, after another, after another. 
and there's one really sad moment. I cried. I had to go back and re-read it three times and still my brain was saying "does not compute. does not compute." that's only happened to me once before, in the Hunger Games, when Finnick died :(, and fangirls everywhere cried in agony.
yeah, this moment was kind of like that. a little less dramatic, maybe, depending on your point of view. 
this book is written in third person, for those people who have a preference as to whether a book is written in first or third. 
also, if you're sick and tired of the boy-meets-girl-and-one-of-them-happens-to-be-a-vampire-or-something-and-they-fall-in-love story line, this is the book for you!
it's really good. the ending was a little... flat, but I don't think it could've ended any better than it did.

Kaley Catron

To be honest...I don’t even know what just happened. I almost feel like it wasn’t even a whole story...but like...it was? Idk man.

Alexandra Mellas

The Kings of Samora have always had one great weapon to protect the royal line. The Shifter is an ancient creature of unknown power that resides in the Mistwood. An ancient spell keeps the Shifter loyal to the royal family after it has been summoned to protect them.
When Prince Royan summons Isabella to be his Shifter he unleashes a series of evens that may do more harm to his Kingdom than good.

What I Liked: Isabella's exploration of herself through her discovery of her abilities as a shapeshifter and the recovery of her unwanted history. As she discovers new things about herself and her powers, Isabella finds her loyalties are being twisted in a way the Shifter has never been before.
The characters are complicated, determined to hide 'unnecessary truths' and manipulative to the point of forcefulness and more resourceful than I could have imagined.
Isabella's memories and history remained an intriguing mystery until the moment of revelation. I wholeheartedly enjoyed the surprise and was able to understand the clues retrospectively. I appreciated Cypess' imaginative writing.

What I Didn't Like: Sometimes, to keep secrets hidden and mysterious, it felt like Cypess just made the narrative confusing. Particularly when sorting through Isabella's thoughts. It was almost as though she was trying to stop anyone guessing the twist.

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Dina

I enjoyed it, even though I can't say it was one of my favorite things in the whole wide world.

I liked the plot, I liked this "Shifter" thing, and I even liked the main character – she didn't get on my nerves at all. So why the 3-star rating? I felt like the bit in the end was a bit rushed, even though I don't really oppose to what went down. I also felt like there was *something* missing, but I couldn't tell you exactly what that is, seeing as I don't know it myself.

Regardless of all that, it didn't really take long to finish reading this book. It flows easily, it’s not really too complex once you got the gist of the Shifter legend, and the plot twists fit well within the story and don't feel like plot devices that serve merely to heighten the drama.

Mistwood

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