Need first time “shifter” book. Help me enjoy genre

[Nikki]

Need first time “shifter” book recommendations. Normally go for “enemies/lovers, romantic mysteries etc. but need help picking a solid one in the new genre without picking one that burns the idea all together. Maybe not “teens”?
Thank you

[Charlton]

A series I liked ,The Twenty-Sided Sorceress Series, American Indian / Werewolf https://www.goodreads.com/series/1354...

[CBRetriever]

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs starts a good shifter series

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

So much UF.

Moon Called
Magic Bites

for starters?

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

*Waits for Melissa and Nicol's input *

[Midiain]

Written in Red
Skinwalker
Cry Wolf
Sleight of Hand

[Kandice]

Gail Carriger has a series called The San Andreas Shifters. The first is The Sumage Solution, then Marine Biology, The Omega Objection and The Enforcer Enigma.

It's a solid series and one of the few of hers that isn't SteamPunk.

[Nikki]

This helps so much! I’m making a list. Thank you!

[Jan]

Slave to Sensation is a solid intro to Nalini Singh's popular romantic shifters series, Psy-Changelings.

I agree Patricia Briggs books are solid too. She's a quality writer and her new books are auto buy for me. If you want a shorter sampler, you could try Alpha & Omega which is a well-crafted novella that introduces Briggs' other shifter series, Alpha and Omega. (The novella is a prequel to Cry Wolf mentioned by Caillen.)

I also enjoyed the Seven series by Dannika Dark, about wolf shifters. First book is Seven Years

Happy reading, Nikki. There's so much out there to enjoy.

[DivaDiane]

Oh! Trader, by Charles De Lint just came to mind (not shifting but body swapping, so tangential)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[CBRetriever]

That was a good one

[Kateb]

Patricia Briggs is excellent, a bit more sensual series is Lora Leighs breeds, then Jennifer Ashley is a good read in Shifters abound.

i love shifter stories as well

[Michelle]

If you're into shifting stories with a little smut on the side, Sherrilyn Kenyon has a ton of books along those lines.

[Michelle]

DivaDiane wrote: "Oh! Trader, by Charles De Lint just came to mind (not shifting but body swapping, so tangential)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1..."

I forgot about Charles de Lint until I saw your post, Diane! He had another good one: Moonheart.

[DivaDiane]

Oh yes! I’ve read that and a lot of other books by De Lint and enjoyed them all quite a bit. It’s been a while though, I don’t remember, does Moonheart have shifters in it?

[Kateb]

forgot Sherrily , i like her books as well. there are a lot of semi smutty shifter books around

[Michelle]

DivaDiane wrote: "Oh yes! I’ve read that and a lot of other books by De Lint and enjoyed them all quite a bit. It’s been a while though, I don’t remember, does Moonheart have shifters in it?"

I believe it had a friendly werewolf. But now I'm wondering if I'm mistaking it with another de Lint book. I haven't read it in years! Has anyone else out there read Moonheart?

[Michelle]

Kateb wrote: "forgot Sherrily , i like her books as well. there are a lot of semi smutty shifter books around"

Indeed there are!

[Michelle]

Oh no- it wasn't Moonheart, it was Wolf Moon by Charles de Lint! I apologize! I just looked it up.

[Quantum]

I blame its tight pacing and strong characterization for missing my bus stop--twice. Here's my two-sentence review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Michelle]

Alex wrote: "
I blame its tight pacing and strong characterization for missing my bus stop--twice. Here's my two-sentence review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

I loved your enthusiastic comments while you were reading!