Still Life with Shape-Shifter (Shifting Circle, #2)

Still Life with Shape-Shifter (Shifting Circle, #2)

Sharon Shinn

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Melanie Landon and her half-sister share a unique bond. For her entire life, Melanie has hidden the fact that Ann is a shape-shifter. The never-ending deception is a heavy weight to bear, but Melanie is determined to keep Ann’s secret and protect her from a world that simply wouldn’t understand. For months, Melanie hasn’t seen or heard from Ann, in either of her forms. When a man shows up saying he’s there about her sister, Melanie fears the worst. But Brody Westerbrook doesn’t have information about Ann—he’s in search of it. A freelance writer, Brody intends to include Ann in a book he’s writing about the existence of shape-shifters. While Melanie is immediately drawn to the stranger on her doorstep, she denies his claims, knowing that trusting him isn’t an option. But when Ann finally appears looking thin and sick, Melanie realizes exposure is the least of their worries. Protecting her sister has always been such an enormous part of Melanie’s life, but as Ann’s health rapidly deteriorates, Melanie must come to grips with the fact that saving her may mean letting go…

Publication Year: 2012


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  • Capnrandm
    May 02, 2025
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    The title and premise had me hanging on to this book for awhile, a little trepidatious about starting it. And that feeling persisted through the first few chapters of Melanie's anxiety and loneliness... before flowering into a whole different kind of beautiful. Just once I'd like to finish a book in this series without tears streaming down my face, but I would wish STILL-LIFE WITH SHAPESHIFTER to be any less fraught, human, and lovely for anything.

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