The second book in the ’26 in 26’ challenge was the first book in the Cruel Shifterverse series names ‘Psycho shifters’ by Jasmine Mas; I also have the second book of this series so I’ll be reading that one now.

These books have been rereleased with new covers and the most beautiful sprayed edges which was what had me drawn to them. As you all know I’m not one to read the descriptions because they don’t always do a book justice, I did notice the increase of people talking about these books on booktok.

Sadie and her little sister were abandoned at a café owned by a Beta warrior called Dick, where her little sister Lucinda had been given a room with a bed and a dresser etc. Sadie had to sleep on the floor, always keeping an eye open because Dick would punish her for every small thing she did wrong in his eyes. The main thing being just existing. She had so many scars on her body and was self-conscious about them, never letting the outside world see them, because she and her sister were small for their age and had gold skin, white hair and red eyes they were almost certain they were both Null Shifters.

At the age of twenty Sadie let her blood be tested by an enchanted lake, her sister being safe for the foreseeable two years since she was away at school it was time to escape Dick. When her arm was cut and droplets of blood were falling a heavy wind set in, as if her blood wasn’t meant to fall, revealing if she would be an Alpha, Beta, Omega or a simple null shifter. What she didn’t expect was the one droplet that actually made it in, turned the lake black and then blood red. With that her live was about forfeit – passing out and waking up at portal three, where an army of betas were housed and three strong Alpha’s that laughed upon her arrival. A small girl, an alpha? Alphas were big with pure muscle and there hadn’t been a woman Alpha in ages and yet, here she was.

 Because she can’t shift, the alphas think she is a spy sent by the fae queen – having zero experience in battle tactics but standing her ground in hand-to-hand combat against betas, not even flinching when her bones break and blood is poring out, she gains respect but also had a target painted on her back; who can be trusted? The alphas are overly protective of her but also suspicious. When there is a breach at the portal and they seem to be failing, Sadie finally has that sensation and eventually shifts into a Sable tooth tiger – saving the others. Everyone is in awe, thinking she wouldn’t actually be an alpha; how they were wrong!

The sexual tension between the male Alphas is insane, it’s dripping of the pages; making this book rather spicy. Having same sex smut dialogue in the books was something else and didn’t have to be there for me personally.

It’s a solid ⭐⭐⭐⭐ star read because apart from the dialogue that I personally would skip it was actually written very good.