P.A.W.S.

When Miri receives a silver cat charm from her omama on the night before she dies, she has no idea that the charm holds a secret, a powerful magic that saved her omama's life and is about to make Miri's a whole lot more interesting.

©2013 Debbie Manber Kupfer (P)2016 Debbie Manber Kupfer

An interesting world building!

An interesting story with a well developed world building.
I found myself immersed in this audio from the very first chapter.
I am looking forward to listening to the other books in this series.

Interesting

I loved the whole premise of the story and it ended up being a great story.

Interesting

Interesting read. Miri, alone after the passing of her grandma, discovers she possesses certain secret powers and a mysterious history she was never told. On her journey, she makes some new likeminded friends from P.A.W.S., Partnership for Animagi, Werewolves, and Shapeshifters, who will help her along the way. Get ready for an exciting, dangerous, and supernatural journey with P.A.W.S.

A great story

I really enjoyed this book. The story was well written and the narrator did a fabulous job.

I don't like to have spoilers in my reviews so I won't go into great details. I felt very bad for Mary when she had to leave her cats behind. Her aunt was horrible. I hated the bullies at the school & was happy when Mary was able to get her revenge on them. Once Mary got to paws I was relieved that she was among friends. I was very glad that she was able to deal with Allister & he got what he deserved.

A great story and I can't wait for book 2. If you like magic, animals & magicians then this story is for you. A great story.

4

Narrated by Priscilla Finch
Summary:
Miri discovers she’s a shapeshifter. She can take the form of a cat, but only if she has a charm her grandmother bestowed upon her. Little does she know, somebody else wants her charm and that power, and he wants it very badly.

Additional Comments:
- Likeable characters. You don’t get to know much about Miri, but that might be on purpose to leave room for growth later.
- Plot is predictable but still enjoyable.
- Decent narrator.
- I thought there’d be a little more fanfare over Miri discovering she’s a shapeshifter.
- The middle kind of turns into a Harry Potter-eque thing where Miri tries to figure out her powers at the magical school.
- Interesting world with a lot of room for expansion.
- Content warnings: A few mild curse words. There’s quite a bit of violence. It’s glossed over but there’s talk of rape, mind control, seduction, really brutal beatings, murder, eating kids, etc.

Conclusion:
If there’d been a tad less violence, I would highly recommend the book to middle schoolers, but as is, I’d say high school or older. Otherwise, the book has a lot of charm and cool worldbuilding.
*I received a free copy of the audiobook. I have freely chosen to review it. All thoughts are my own.