Rating: 5⭐️
I’m not sure how each of these stories manages to get increasingly complex and more devastating by the book but with Shifting Allegiance, Shifter Lords Book 11, Moira’s journey takes a truly dark, intensely horrifying turn of events which ends with a terrifying cliffhanger.
Babin has created for her Shifter Lords series a case of remarkable characters, including a group of women , goddesses, faes, vampire, otherworldly beings who have close ties to each other through family bonds or friendships that are now so tightly woven together that they are a force of nature and magic. Each woman comes with her own unique identity, often traumatized past and depths of character. The series may have begun with Evie’s journey but these same women have grown and developed over time and as events has changed them all.
Now they circle and surround Moira as her evil witch mother returns to reclaim her daughter and seed her revenge against her own daughter who escaped from her mother and the tortured life she inflicted upon her.
I’ve loved Moira from the beginning of the series. She’s been a great character, true friend, one who not only told Evie the truth about her relationship as the toxicity with Caelan was increasing but stayed true to support her. Even though her own issues.
My heart breaks for Moira here over and over. Especially when Ethan’s past is revealed in the harshest, most tragic way. And let’s not for Cerunnos’ and his own personal reasons for being in Moira’s life.
Layer upon layer, Babin builds a narrative that is dramatic, deeply rooted in family, trauma, love and devastation. There’s past child abuse mentioned as well as torture. Truly tragic and dark.
But for all the characters who aren’t redeemable, Babin gives us those who are. Like the goddess Cliome, Evie’s mother, who started off the series in the role of villain and now is a permanent part of the inner circle that surrounds her daughter and friends. And, even Caelan, who I absolutely despised, has made a tremendous turnaround here.
That’s why this is so incredible and the writing so fascinating and well executed.
But now I have to wait, probably for another cliffhanger too. It’s just the way this series is rolling.
And it will probably be one of my favorites.
It’s one I highly recommend reading right now.
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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 – Nov 17,2026
Karmic Shift #13 – Dec 15,2026
Shift of Fate #14 – March 2,2027
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Blurb
Moira has spent years outrunning her past. Now it’s finally caught up with her.
What should have been a routine job with Soren goes disastrously wrong, forcing Moira to come face-to-face with the one person she never wanted to see again. As old wounds reopen and long-buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the vampire hybrid must confront the darkness she’s spent a lifetime trying to escape.
Then Ethan becomes the target of a devastating spell.
Overnight, every memory of the connection growing between them vanishes, leaving Moira as little more than a stranger in his eyes. Worse, the magic continues to spread, twisting Ethan’s thoughts and reshaping his reality one lie at a time.
Determined to save him, Moira hunts for the source of the dark magic before it consumes him completely. But the deeper she digs, the more she uncovers a conspiracy tied to her own past—one that threatens not only Ethan’s future, but her very existence.
With time running out and enemies closing in from every side, Moira faces an impossible choice: walk away and save herself, or sacrifice everything for the man who no longer remembers her.
Because some monsters can’t be outrun.
And some futures are worth dying for.
Oliver Heber Books
Publication date
July 7, 2026
Language
English
Print length
246 pages
Book 11 of 14
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