A Shift in the Air

I got so lost in this story! For fans of Patricia D. Eddy’s Shifter series, this book is a true delight!<br /><br />Not only are those of us who fell in love with the Bellingham Pack treated to the story of Liam and the love he thought lost forever, but we get better understanding of the pack itself and how the members interact. We also learn more about the events from A Shift In The Water! <br /><br />There’s always a feeling of ‘real’ to the characters in this author’s books, but there’s a depth to the characters and, perhaps most importantly, the emotions in this book that surpasses even her previous works and pulls you in to leave you more breathless than ever on more than one occasion.<br /><br />I felt as if I could actually feel the tension among the wolves as they confronted Caitlin and her part in the capture and torture of their alpha and his mate, the pull of the mating call between Liam and Caitlin, and even Fergus’ insanity as he pursues Caitlin and Liam (or are they pursuing him?).<br /><br />While the characters are without a doubt the driving force of this tale, the author has, as usual, presented locations with such detail that you feel as if you are walking along the Cliffs of Moher with the wind whipping around you or sitting in an Irish pub talking to some interesting folks while enjoying a draft or shot of whiskey.<br />Naturally, there’s an HEA (Happily Ever After) for our wolf and his fated elemental mate, but the ending also serves as a great promise for ongoing excitement in the next book. And, hopefully, more after that!<br />

I loved the first book in this series A Shift In The Water but this second book while seemingly just as good did not seem to have that same level of "can't put it down" which could always be just my mood but something seemed to be missing or maybe it was just too much angst or something.<br /><br />I enjoyed the plot, but too many things seemed to be happening and a lot of tension and general dislike by many of the secondary characters made to setting less than pleasant.<br /><br />Without going into a ton of detail, it IS a good plot, the ending was good but still left a couple of things hanging that I felt should have been resolved in this book and not the next one but we shall see.<br /><br />Bottom line: I still enjoy this series, this one was a bit too dark for my mood possibly and the angst and general feel of seemingly almost everyone being unhappy or mad all the time took away a lot of my enjoyment. 4 Stars mainly for some really good beginning and ending chapters plus a good plot but it dragged a bit in the middle.

In fairness, I should point out that I was Eddy's editor for this book. And in some ways, that makes me the ideal person to review A Shift in the Air and not as biased as you might think. <br /><br />I saw the first draft...and I saw the final draft, and let me tell you: Eddy takes her craft seriously, and it shows. I said a lot more <a href="http://bit.ly/1K7xZ0G" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a> (you can read it for yourself), but trust me when I say, if you're a fan of the shifter genre, then you should definitely give this book a shot. <br /><br />A lot of heart, blood, and tears went into creating a compelling story, and I daresay, Eddy made it happen.

I received an ARC for an honest review. I do not include spoilers only my opinion of the book. I loved Liam and Caitlyn's story. This book is so much more than I expected. Patricia's talent increases with every novel she writes. You will not be disappointed if you love paranormal romances. This is for you. I eagerly await book 3.

I liked this couple much more than the couple in the first book. The world and story line stayed consistent and was seamless form book one to two. Liam is swoon worthy with all his Scottish love and devotion. I am however a little salty that there is currently no more books in the series :( I want Peter's story please !<br /><br /><em> "Because I want the chance to love ya again Caitlin Brannigan. Don't take that away from me."</em>

<strong>Wow</strong><br /><br />So much craziness!!! I liked Caitlin. She found her self and her strength and learned not to be upset over the mistakes others forced upon her. Loved Liam. He is adorable and protective and just so much. Loved how he is protective of both Mara and Caitlin. Their family.

Great second book in the Elemental Shifter series. I really enjoyed how the story of Liam and Caitlin/Bella played out. I love how these strong elemental women match wit and honor with their strong mates.

I wanted to like this book more than I really did since I loved A Shift in the Water. What I did like was the storyline itself, it seems fresh but was told in a pretty predictable manner. I liked the elementals and the shifters and liked the continued presence of Cade and Mara in the story. What I didn't like was the dialogue between almost every character. I especially did not care for the written accents, luv. The romance was weak and the sex was just too forced for me. Again, great potential for a really good book but IMHO it just didn't pan out.

Liam has been mourning Caitlin for 11 years thinking she's committed suicide. Bella has no memory memory of a life prior to 11 years ago when Katerina found and saved her. It isn't until Katarina dyes that Bella begins to question her life. The charm that Katarina created for Bella to wear all the time is destroyed and with it the hold Katerina had on her is gone. Bella start searching and realizes she is indeed Caitlin, Liam's long lost love. She goes to Liam to let him know she has recovered some of her memories and that includes him. The problem is that Cade's pack only knows her as one of the people who assisted Katarina in trying to kill Cade. Liam recognizes that Caitlyn is his mate and is willing to walk away from his pack if necessary. Caitlin is finally able to tell Liam, Cade and Mara about her connection to Fergus. Now that Katerina's charm is broken Fergus is aware that Caitlin is alive and is pulling all the stops out to get her to return to Ireland. Meanwhile Mara is spiraling downward because of the warring elementals within her. Her fire elemental seems to be trying to take her over and it's slowly weakening her. Cade, Mara, Liam, Kaitlyn and Oliver all end up in Ireland in an effort to locate Fergus and stop his reign of terror. They searched out the mysterious book of charms that Fergus has been searching for in the last 11 years. A confrontation with Fergus occurs and he kidnaps Liam taking him away. It's up to Caitlin to decipher the ancient book of charms iritten in Gaelic in order to find the answers needed to separate Fergus earth and her air elemental. Unable to locate Liam despite searching everywhere, Caitlin finally comes up with a plan to destroy Fergus but only after he's told her that Liam is dead. Even though she's devastated she realizes that Fergus must be stopped and she enlists Mara and Cade and members of another pack to finally take Fergus down. Realizing the only merciful thing to do is end Fergus's life, Caitlin does so but not before he admits that Liam is alive. Liam is in terrible shape when they find him but being able to shift takes care of some of his injuries but with additional rest and shifting, he'll be fine. Caitlyn and Liam complete their mating bond during the last hours of the full moon. Caitlin continues to seek out information from the ancient book to help Mara with her warring elementals in order to keep her from becoming another Fergus. With a promise of being there for Mara in order to keep her from going over the edge, Caitlin as Liam's mate becomes part a member of Cade's pack and they return to settle into life in Seattle.

First, let me say that I did not like Liam's character at all after finishing A Shift in the Water. I thought he carried the "brooding Irishman" a few steps too far. But that was in the first book. I picked up the second because I love the way Patricia Eddy tells a story and I just couldn't walk away from this pack, no matter how hard I tried. So even at the first page, this book had strike against it, or so I thought. Strikes against Caitlin for her actions in Book 1, strikes against Liam for the same reason. When Book 2 opened and I realized that this would explain some of their actions in the first book, I warmed up a bit to them. Not as much as I did to Cade and Mara in the first book, but enough that I could read this story and treat it as a stand alone. I will agree with other reviewers who said that it started slow and built up until Cade, Liam, et al headed to Ireland, but there's no reason to be surprised at that. Ms. Eddy is very good at building a story from the beginning. There was a lot to be explained at the beginning, a lot of backstory that had to be told, otherwise the reader would walk into the second half of this book not knowing what was going on.<br /><br />I was disappointed that we weren't with Cade and Mara when they headed to the Elemental community they visited, Rather than reading the narrative about it, I think I would have liked to have been there to see what happened. It didn't detract from the book, just left me with a strange feeling of being left out of an important part.<br /><br />The last half of the book moves quickly, so quickly in a couple of places that I had to re-read paragraphs to make sure I was catching everything and not missing a detail. And in her usual style, Patricia Eddy writes a book that is both moving and descriptive. She leaves nothing to chance as she weaves her way through descriptions and dialogue.<br /><br />Patricia Eddy's A Shift In the Air is definitely a book to read, and yes, you want to start with the first book to get the whole picture of the werewolf pack. At the end, while I didn't love Caitlin, I understood her and felt she was a good match for Liam (whom I also got to liking over the course of the book).