Rating: 5⭐️

Such a fantastic tale. Babin is telling Moira’s shattering heartbreaking story and we left it on a cliffhanger in the last novel. 

This picks up with Moira enduring horrific torture after being kidnapped by her mother. And her friends frantically trying to find out where she’s being held so they can rescue her.

The perspectives swing from the heartbreak and despair of Moira as she’s losing hope to that of her friends and found family members. Evie and Rowan searching everywhere for her. 

Trigger warnings for the torture are necessary and should be taken seriously. This series has always had darker themes and elements. And Moira’s story more than anything brings it to the forefront.

Babin’s storyline does a excellent job of capturing the essence of the terror that Moira’s character is undergoing, the fact that Evie and her friends are aware that they are running out of time, and the high stakes suspense surrounding the race to find and rescue her. 

But there is also Ethan’s story that’s entwined with Moira’s. His missing memories, what Moira’s mother has and continues to do to him as revenge against her daughter. It’s a terrifying tale here as well. And it will carry on to the next book. 

Excellent writing, beautifully if heartbreakingly crafted. I can’t wait for the next book to be published. 

Highly recommended. 

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Shifter Lords (14 book series):

Shift of Heart #1

Shift of Morals #2

Power Shift #3

Shifting Winds #4

Shifting Resolve #5

Shift of Rule #6

Shift of the Wild #7 

Goddess Shifting #8

Final Shift #9 – finale to Evie’s story 

Moira’s story begins 

Shift Happens #10 

Shifting Allegiance #11 

Shift of Shadows #12

Karmic Shift #13 – November 24,2026

Shift of Fate #14 – March 2,2027

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        Shift of Shadows (Shifter Lords Book 12)

    

Blurb 

Moira has survived monsters, betrayal, and heartbreak.

But captivity may be the thing that finally breaks her.

As her friends search desperately for any trace of her, Moira grows weaker behind enemy lines, waiting for the single opportunity that could mean freedom—or death. She intends to make it count.

Ethan has problems of his own. The woman living in his house claims to be the one he loved, but the deeper he digs into the gaps in his memories, the more convinced