I still remember how much I liked the main character in the first book I read about this author, Mercy, and in a way, the one in the current book, Aspen, has seemed quite similar to Mercy. I have to say first of all that I'm not a big fan of stories of urban fantasy, shapeshifters and things like that, which is the main thread of this story. But from time to time I find this kind of books interesting.

Aspen is a leading shapeshifter, unbeknownst to her, and she suddenly must take mission to save their species from exterminationby the human race. She gathers a a team of shapeshifters and myriads that, although it does not appear in any of the references on this book, seems to be the beginning of a series starring these characters.

Aspen as a character is a bit oddball, since she starts being a sugar addicted cop, with a very particular sense of humor and with a dark past but that hasn't darkened her life. And her counterpart, Tora, she pretends to be an ice queen but she is not so much and she is unable to resist the pull towards Aspen. And there are a lot of supporting characters of all shapes and colors.

Romance is glimpsed, but it is not the main focus of the story. I hope to have the opportunity to read how things develop between them, not only Aspen and Tora.

It has some fun moments and it's a pretty entertaining read as a whole. Not my favorite genre, but I've enjoyed it nonetheless.

I loved this book up to its ending. For such detailed descriptions of actions, fighting scenes, such excellent explanations of Shrouds, Myriads and their abilities, for such a lovely chemistry between the characters, the ending was, to say the least, unexpected, poorly delivered and so rushed that it broke down all the hopes I had for 5 stars. I felt so good reading it, that the ending got me extremely disappointed.
For that, 3.5 stars.

Endangered combines the paranormal world of shapeshifters against the evil U.S. government that wants them eradicated from existence. The plot is not unlike what has been thoroughly covered by Marvel Comics in the popular X-Men mutant series and bears a striking resemblance. This story has so much potential and it really felt unfinished in so many ways. Perhaps there will be sequels but that is not indicated anywhere. The editing was choppy with info dumps instead of characters allowing to tell the story and a hastily thrown together love interest between Aspen and Tora. These characters are lovable and fallible with great chemistry and were truly the best part of the story. The plot of the evil President trying to exterminate all shapeshifters was also hastily thrown together. This story deserved so much more, and this author has notable talent from her first couple of books, but I'm sorry to see the editor fail on this offering. I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Well I wish it had said it was going to be a first in a series/sequel. There is no way a second book isn’t coming with all that was left open. If this is the end, take another star off..

The writing was pretty hilarious. The character Aspen was cracking me up. The part about Oscar being a zombie was genius. It was great that she’s so witty by Tara was so serious. Those are my favorite pairings.

Everything did seem a little too coincidental. Every roadblock, Aspen or Skye or someone who just joined the gang happens to be the perfect person to solve that problem. There were a LOT of fate moments in this book I guess.

I also took away a star because I would have liked some things fleshed out a bit more. Where was riots in the street or opponents to the President? I think the word “sympathizer” or something similar ended up being thrown out there at the end, but I would have liked those people to have been talked about sooner.

Overall, interesting concept and a pretty good read.