Seventeen-year-old high schooler Katherine Wolff wants nothing to do with her powerful shifter family’s heritage. Every Wolff shifts – into other people, mammals, or natural objects. It’s tough enough to fit in when you’re normal, but when you’ve begun your transformation as a shifter, then it’s just weird. Her family’s ancient enemies, the equally powerful and brutal Barotkoffs, haven’t been … haven’t been heard from since their last encounter and her parents were killed when she was five. Surrounded by a loving family and a peaceful childhood, Kat has had it easy.
That’s about to change.
The Barotkoffs have reappeared and are ready to re-engage. When Kat meets Christopher Barotkoff, she’s stunned. He’s the epitome of tall, dark, and handsome. He warns her family of looming danger. The Barotkoffs are monsters. Why would Christopher be any different? Their forbidden attraction is nothing short of dangerous.
Will Kat’s abilities be the key to her family’s salvation, or the path to its ultimate destruction?
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Transformations is in the paranormal/fantasy genre. This story is off the charts and Cari Schaeffer does an amazing job with her characters and scenery. She wants to have you immerse yourself in the story. I felt like I could have taken the place of Kat. It is a fast read but one must not overlook the subtle interactions of the characters. Kat is one of the main characters in the story. She lost her family to the Barortkoff family at a young age. Kat is growing up and is becoming a Shifter. She is unsure what she is supposed to be since her family was gone. She is hoping she would be normal because she does not want people coming after her. Christopher is emerging into Kat’s life. The bad news about that happening is that he is a part of the family that murdered her parents. Should Kat be trusting and see how things go between Christopher and herself or should she run away? I cannot wait to see what happens in the next book.
Oooohhh!! I loved this first installment to The Shifter Series! I thought this was an excellent variance to shifters. There is great world building and I truly connected with all the characters. This story just flew by and I am looking forward to seeing what happens next!
I was gifted an ARC in return of an honest review.
Transformations
The Shifter Series
Volume One
The Shifters Book 1
By Cari Schaeffer
Great start to this Shifters series. Forbidden romance and unknown shifting, are all part of growing up in the shifters world. Welcome this Paranormal Romance!
Katherine Wolff is growing into her body. She is facing the unknown in her world. What changes she will be taking on and dealing with those changes. She is a strong character in this story. Being around her siblings, and watching them change has helped. But she knows she will have no other choice . Then let’s throw in a twist, of forbidden love. There you go Story to be told.
Cari Schaeffer made this story fun as well as funny. I love granny’s sense of humor. This story is loaded with action, and all the feels. Happy, sad, laughter, and sense of belonging. Something this story needed to lighten the seriousness of changing into their shifter side. I just love this story. I will be happy to read the next books in this series. Job well done.
Transformations, by Cari Schaeffer, is the first volume in the Shifter series. This is a paranormal/fantasy that is engrossing and easily addictive within the elements combined within it’s pages. Growth is a steady part of this novel both in character development and as the story gains steam and builds upon itself. The author does a commendable job in her creativity, depth, originality and talent that is evident with the suspense, drama, intrigue that flows from the pages. Being the first book in the series, Cari Schaeffer set the bar on how the series will flow and it’s one that will have the reader impatiently waiting to read the next book as it pulls you within the dynamic of the story being shared.
I give Transformations: The Shifter Series: Volume One (The Shifters Book 1) by Cari Schaeffer, 5 stars.
Katherine Wolff just wants to be a normal teenager. But that’s not to be. She comes from a powerful family of shifters. Ones who have been fighting with another family for a long, long time. When she comes into her powers, she will have to leave her normal life and do what she is told. But she doesn’t want to. Nor does she believe what her elders tell her. Is she right or will she learn just how wrong she was?
This is a wonderful fantasy book filled with shifters, love, loss and plenty of action. The Wolff family is so great, I feel like I want to be a part of this family. Katherine is your normal teenager really. Until she no longer can be. Then she quickly grows up and her family pulls together to protect themselves. The story itself captivates you and does not let go until the end. Then you want to quickly grab the next book!!
A wonderful read, I highly recommend this book to all young adult and older ages.
Transformations: The Shifter Series: Volume One (The Shifters Book 1) by Cari Schaeffer is a great start to this shifter series with a twist. These are shifters the like you have never seen before. The story is told through multiple POV’s giving you an inside look in to their thoughts and who they truly are. The only thing I didn’t like is that you were reading about one person and in the next sentence it was someone else but once I knew what to expect it was ok. Cari is good at world building and setting a scene and she writes characters that you can connect to. The story flowed well and was well paced. It seems that the story is just picking up and then ends. Now I have to patiently wait for the next installment of which I am looking forward to.
This paranormal book was extremely well written. This is my first book to read from this author and I was not disappointed. Emotions were genuine and the characters felt real and relatable. I thoroughly enjoyed this take on the shifter genre and look forward to reading more in this series. Highly recommended.
Transformations: The Shifter Series: Volume One (The Shifters Book 1)
By: Cari Schaeffer
5 out of 5 stars
The story Transformations: The Shifter Series: Volume One (The Shifters Book 1) by Cari Schaeffer is a wonderful book that I loved reading. It is a story that draws you in from the very beginning and I found myself not wanting to put it down until I had read the final page. I loved reading about Katherine and her family. Katherine is part of a family where the members shift and go through a transformation. She is a teenager and doesn’t want to feel different than anyone else. She is at times upset knowing that her transformation is coming. I had empathy for Katherine as she wants to be just like any other teenager, going to school, going on dates. She does love and cares for her family. She is a character that you grow to care about with each chapter that you read. I also enjoyed reading about Katherine’s family. their different personalities and family dynamics. The family does have times when there are disagreements or differences of opinion, however, when it counts they will protect each other. I also enjoyed reading about Christopher. He is part of a family that is an ancient enemy of Katherine’s family. When Katherine meets Christopher, she is attracted to him. She feels drawn to him. There, however, are many questions to be answered. He warns of impending danger. Can Katherine and her family trust Christopher or is he just like the rest of his family? How will Katherine deal with the pull that she feels towards him? Will Katherine and her family be able to find out what their ancient enemy is planning? Read this book to find out. I could feel the danger that this family must face and it had me wondering what was going to happen next. This is a book with a wonderful storyline/plot and amazing characters. It is one that I would recommend reading. This is the first story in a series and I look forward to reading the next one.
4 Stars
Transformations is the first book in The Shifter Series by Cari Schaeffer. It is a paranormal shifter story with a bit of a twist. It has quite an original premise and is definitely not the usual shifter fare. I was intrigued by what the story would reveal, and curious to see where everything would lead. This is a tale of a feud between two powerful shifter families that has spanned many generations and hundreds of years. No one really knows exactly what happened to cause the war between them, but the battle lines are still drawn and tensions continue to this day! All of this is woven around a interesting coming of age story.
The story is told from several points of view which really help to build the bigger picture. There was a lot of information and characters, and at times I did question whether ALL of the information and scenes were necessary, as some of the details seemed unwarranted and superfluous to the story.
We meet Katherine Wolff (Kat) and her quirky, close-knit family. At seventeen, she’s one of the younger members of her clan. Her abilities have yet to emerged and she is both expectantly wondering what her ‘powers’ will be, and wishing that she could just be ‘normal’. It’s been many years since the Wolff’s have encountered their enemy, the Barotkoff family- but it’s expected that they will eventually strike again.
When a handsome and mysterious stranger pops up with a warning that the Wolff’s are in peril, it doesn’t take long before things take on a dangerous turn. It turns out that the mysterious stranger is in fact part of their rival family. Christopher Barotkoff swears he is nothing like his family and only wants to help the Wolff’s. But can they really trust him? Is there something more to his sudden appearance? And when things start to heat up between Kat and him, can she trust him with her heart?
The story had some great banter, funny quips and antics which added another element of entertainment to the overall storyline. This book has very long chapters and the story was a little slow to get going. I felt there was too much time spent on character introductions and exploring the Wolff’s family dynamics, and life. I didn’t feel like the ‘story’ actually started till about the 9th chapter. The book ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger and I will definitely be reading the next book, “Transgressions”, to see how everything turns out.
Thank you, Ms. Schaeffer!
This is my first book by this author and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. This is a paranormal shifter book about growing up, learning about oneself and forbidden love. I enjoyed how this author’s writing skills made me feel as if I was right there with Kat and her family. I enjoyed the other characters as well in this story. Granny, she made me laugh more then once. Kat has abilities that she has not yet discovered but they could be the key to everything. I highly recommend this book.
Transformations: The Shifter Series: Volume One (The Shifters Book 1)
By Cari Schaeffer
I really enjoyed reading this book. I think it was very well thought out and had wonderful detail. I think the emotions that Katherine was going through about wanting to be normal and fit in like most teenagers is an emotion that most teenagers and adults can relate to. Katherine and her family are pretty close and protective of each other. When Christopher comes into their lives they aren’t sure if they can or should trust him, because he is part of a family that has been their enemy for a very long time. This book kept me enthralled and entertained. There are plenty of different emotions throughout this story and they all flow so well. I found that I liked this author’s writing style and I will definitely be reading more books by this author, especially the next book in this series. I have been sucked in now and I need to know what happens next!! I recommend this book for all ages I believe everyone can enjoy it as I have.