This is book 1 of the Shifter Evolution Series.
I received this book from LibraryThing free for an honest review.

When alien beings made of light photons come to earth, they are seen by many people in many countries. This book concentrates on the group that landed in Alaska.
All the "shifters want to do is live here in peace because their planet is no longer habitable. Of course that is impossible. The US military tries to hunt them, kill them and experiment on them. One man makes friends with a shifter, despite his anger and fear.

The story is good. Although there are times that are contradictory. When aliens arrive one makes a statement "Let's head to the forest on the other side of the lake." Later when speaking of the lake "What is this substance? We've never seen it's like before."
The alien names are not very imaginative: a purple strobe is "Purple Hue", a golden strobe is "Golden Beam", a silver strobe is "Silver Tip".

I did enjoy the book despite these issues. I will be reading the rest of the series. I believe there are 6 books. ( )

This is book 1 of the Shifter Evolution Series.

I received this book from LibraryThing free for an honest review. A couple years ago, Ami sent me about 7 books to review. I'm afraid I have been a little laxed at finishing the reviews, so I will be taking care of that now.

When alien beings made of light photons come to earth, they are seen by many people in many countries. This book concentrates on the group that landed in Alaska.
All the "shifters want to do is live here in peace because their planet is no longer habitable. Of course that is impossible. The US military tries to hunt them, kill them and experiment on them. One man makes friends with a shifter, despite his anger and fear.

The story is good. Although there are times that are contradictory. When aliens arrive one makes a statement "Let's head to the forest on the other side of the lake." Later when speaking of the lake "What is this substance? We've never seen it's like before."
The alien names are not very imaginative: a purple strobe is "Purple Hue", a golden strobe is "Golden Beam", a silver strobe is "Silver Tip".

I did enjoy the book despite these issues. I will be reading the rest of the series. I believe there are 6 books. ( )

I received books #3 and #5 in this series through a Library Thing giveaway. Because I prefer to read things chronologically, I bought this, along with #2 and #4 so I could have a better overview of the storyline while reading and reviewing the books I won.

While I liked the idea of this book, alien invasion, military reacting harshly, aliens trying to integrate with humans, etc., I felt things could have been a little better written. The word "heave/-d/-ing" was used to describe the characters or aliens almost anytime they were in distress, which got a bit old. It also felt as though there should have been more detail in many more places. For example, the relationship between Sam and Uri was very fleeting, almost so short it wasn't really necessary to the story line. Same with the introduction of the other hybrids. I'm sure these thongs come in to play later, but now they just seem disorganized.

The characteristics of the aliens also seemed really odd. Considering they had never met humans before, they were incredibly human like in their behavior and attitudes. The human characters were also a bit off to me. Julia was overly dramatic, Sam overly obsessed and so afraid of losing people but forgives her husband in an instant?

As I said, I liked the idea and will continue to read the series to see now things turned out. I just think the details and characters needed a bit of polishing. This would be a good sci-fi for someone who wants a fast, easy read that doesn't take much thinking. ( )

I read all the shifter books and I must say that Ami Blackwelder has written a very good series. I really enjoyed how she was able to make the aliens seem so real and human like. ( )

I was lucky enough to win the whole Shifter series so I started with this book though it wasn't written first. I enjoyed the book, lots of different characters weaving a good story. Uniquely, the story offers the alien viewpoint which gives the reader an interesting dimension and personalities to be invested in. A few editing glitches is slightly off putting.