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Alpha (Shifters, #6)

Rachel Vincent

Start date: December 1, 2011

Finish date: December 31, 2011

Discussion: (2011) BBA Reading Challenge

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Oct 26, 2010 Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-2011, read-audio-books, werewolves-shifters, genre-urban-fantasy

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What an amazing ending to this series!!! This book was excellent! Coming from someone who struggled a bit through the first 2 books, and was encouraged to continue (a little) with the third!

Ms. Vincent has done a great job with world-building throughout this series, the plots of each book are always interesting, keep you on your toes, and they've been laid out so well, it's almost like watching a movie!

The characters are all great! I was never a Faythe ...more

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Jul 06, 2010 Kristin - *Nocturnal Bites* rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance-urban-fantasy, favorites

Saying Goodbye….

I can’t believe it’s over. Rachel Vincent’s Shifter series caught my eye in June of 2010 and after devouring the first five books in less than a week, the wait for the sixth and final book, Alpha seemed like eternity. During that wait, I made a personal pact to stay away from Alpha spoilers. I wanted the full experience of reading this last book without the opinions of others tainting my reaction. I knew this book was the final wrap-up, that many things would change, and decision Saying Goodbye….

I can’t believe it’s over. Rachel Vincent’s Shifter series caught my eye in June of 2010 and after devouring the first five books in less than a week, the wait for the sixth and final book, Alpha seemed like eternity. During that wait, I made a personal pact to stay away from Alpha spoilers. I wanted the full experience of reading this last book without the opinions of others tainting my reaction. I knew this book was the final wrap-up, that many things would change, and decisions would finally be made.

With this said, when I finally got my hands on Alpha, I literally devoured it. From page one, I was fixated and finished the book in one sitting. One word…WOW!!!

The book starts off immediately after Shift, where Faythe, Marc, and Jace are faced with trespassing, kidnapping, and murder charges. In addition to this, the unscrupulous Calvin Malone is gunning for the Head Council chair and with the majority of were-cat allies backing him up, no doubt he inevitably triumphs. The overtaking of the council is only the beginning of a series of blows Faythe and her family face.

The Faythe/Marc/Jace love-triangle picks up right where it left off in Shift. Faythe still can’t choose between the two men she loves. “…He’s the only thing keeping my heart beating. I love him so much that it feels like I’m dying a little bit each time he won’t smile at me. Or touch me. Not even a hug. He keeps that distance between us now. And Jace has to do the same, because they have this weird, fragile truce that isn’t quite working, but I know better than to make them break. But this truce is going to break me. In the end, Faythe does make a choice, and it is all her own. No one dies and no one backs down.

Everything is at stake… pride, justice, freedom……and a full-scale war seems to be the only solution. Unfortunately, and so sadly, Faythe learns all too quickly what the real cost of war is. And in one single moment, her life is forever changed.

This was such an emotional read for me!! Faythe goes through so much in this book, pain, suffering, anxiety, love, loss, anger…. I am still left with my mouth open in shock at what went down. That’s how great this book is. There are book series that start out great, but then they go on and on, slowly become boring, and lose my interest. This was definitely not the case. Vincent was right to end the series the way she did. Faythe went out with a bang and a blaze of glory and I couldn’t be happier or more satisfied. Now, off to replenish my Kleenex supply!:]. Check out: http://nocturnalbites.blogspot.com/20...

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Jul 06, 2010 Cyle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: shapeshifters

*TEAR* the last book in the shifter series, which was a long read from the length of the book. I was happy that Vincent wrote so much, but the omg moments made me want to get to the end so bad! The normal gang is back and is ready for war against the horrbile Malone. Faythe and her family have just suffered the loss of a brother/son and is now expecting his very pregnant girlfriend to come visit. Starts off where the last book end marc and jace are at war with their hearts for faythe and she mus ...more

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Jul 30, 2010 Heather Book Savvy Babe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: shifters

Ok, this book really deserves 4.5 stars, but there are no halves as options here. Anyhow, I really loved the book. It was intriguing, so much happened. The story was really well developed. I was fairly annoyed with Faythe on the whole love triangle thing, but she had a lot going on. The reason I give this 4.5 instead of 5 stars would be the ending, while it did tie up most of the questions, I still felt a tiny bit unsatisfied. They way the love triangle ended…..welll, I wasn't exactly thrilled. ...more

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Apr 22, 2010 Amber rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: series, shifters, urban-fantasy, romance

WOW what a roller coaster ride this whole series has been I'm so sad to see it end but, very happy with how things ended. Will definitely want to reread it again down the road. Will/have been recommending this to everyone who hasn't read it yet!!! ...more

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