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Sarah J. Maas
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Rejected: Shadow Beast Shifters, Book 1
by Jaymin Eve
About this book
Raised in a pack that views her as a traitor due to her father’s past crimes, Mera is accustomed to being treated as nothing more than a punching bag. She dreams of escape, but when she finally attempts to flee, the pack leader’s son, Torin, drags her back just in time for her first shift. She expects this milestone to be her salvation, hoping her fated mate will offer her a path to a better life.
Instead, she is met with a brutal rejection that leaves her world in ruins. Driven by a desperate need for vengeance, Mera taps into a forbidden power, accidentally summoning a terrifying entity from the shadow world. This deity, known as the Shadow Beast, is feared as a shifter god and the devil incarnate.
His arrival shifts the balance of power entirely, thrusting Mera into a dangerous alliance with a dark, unpredictable antihero. As she navigates the volatile politics of her pack and the lethal allure of her new protector, Mera must learn to harness her burgeoning abilities. Caught between the people who discarded her and a god who demands everything, she discovers that her rejection was merely the catalyst for a much darker destiny.
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What readers are saying
C.R.Not what I expected in a good way!
"I finished this book in about three hours. The novel focuses on Mera, an isolated shifter who was out casted with her alcoholic mother due the past sins of her father. She is often bullied and abused with dreams of finding her true mate and leaving the town of Torma behind. I was expecting the same old shifter rejection story trope but what I got was something that absorbed all my attention and not let me put it down. However, like life, rejection often puts a damper on that specific dream, and beckoning to the God of darkness for intimidation purposes doesn’t always work as Mera found out. The character development in this book was great. The snarky, carefree, & outgoing attitude of Mera the main character stood out to me and on more than one occasion made me laugh out loud. Combine that with the stoic, guarded, and arrogant attitude of Shadow combines to make a slow burn that you will never want to end. The story line is good as well, Mera, taken by Shadow Beast due to powers she cannot control is essentially being used to help further his goals. He wants her broken and obedient. She will not be broken by any man or demon. This story has a huge Beauty and the Beast feel to it and honestly a lot of twists turns that one would not expect. The descriptions of the different worlds were breath taking and so full of detail I could imagine being there. Definitely good for anyone who loves reading paranormal romances or fairytales. ["
May 7, 2026 Verified Purchase
Red DragonNot Your Typical Wolf-Shifter Story
"I was really burned out on rejected shifter wolf-mate stories. Very worn out plots, mostly smutty, in and out type books. But I found this one to be exceptionally great. Loved the Dark Wolf God aspect. Very rich writing style, well-fleshed & deep characters, well-built imagery, biting humor, action, twisted plot! Loved the librarian! Loved the verbal sword play! The first book was so impressive, I bought and read the all 4 books of Shadow and Mera. Next I'll get the Simone and Samantha stories! ["
February 23, 2026 Verified Purchase
Mia❤️🔥 Really, really, good ❤️🔥
"I’m so happy I picked this up, I laughed out loud so many times I was riding a goofy-idiot-sandwich kind of grin and ROCKING it. This was a fabulous thing to sink my teeth into and NOTHING that I could have ever even imagined it being. There were so many details and characters and THINGS I could picture VIVIDLY and it was stunning bc it just made me fall in love with reading this more. I’m pretty sure the author was riffling around in my head deep inside the recesses of my “wildest dreams come true” pandoras box I thought I locked. 💗 For as much as I love this tho, I do have a couple of knocks but I’ll make them simple so I don’t give TOO much away. The first one being chemistry between our male and female leads. Other than the FL admitting that she had eyes and found the ML attractive (which, let’s be honest, who can blame her? WOW!) the ML comes off as being an older brother in a way. (Not the way he acts but kind of how their relationship feels) he’s objectively attractive in a way that reads “yeah that Gucci billboard model can DEFINITELY have my number if he ever walks out of that advertisement and straight into me” kind of way. Attractive but in an UNOBTAINABLE way to our FL. He’s doesn’t really show any interest in her, and the same can be said for her other than her acknowledging that she’s a red-blooded female with working ovaries. Neither of them give off real chemistry and in fact, I would argue out of everyone I would say I got the most tingles between her and another character with Jaxon. So their “build” up into maybe being something more our Male and Female Leads, is essentially lacking and non-existent. Which brings me to my second knock. The Spice. The Peppers. THE FUEGO. 🔥🔥🔥 WhErE!?! The scene, let me repeat that, THE. SCENE. Comes and I was left a little sad and lack luster. *spoilers ahead people* our FL comes like, 30 times with essentially no effort on either of their parts, I swear there was basically this point in the action that if he so much as breathed in the same general direction as her cl*t she’s coming again. All of the sensations, all of the feelings, all the deliciousness that comes from scenes like this was hollow, a bit forced, and a tad rushed. Like the whole scenario of them ending up in that situation in the first place, enough for them to finally call it “time out” on the faux enemy’s to lovers thing they’ve got simmering between them, was clearly a manipulation and plot by Shadow our crafty, information withholding, ML. And if it happens to be that, that WASN’T the case? -Well then it felt like it was and if that’s true then that whole scene felt a bit, how to say politely? A bit TOO ADVANTAGEOUS for our morally grey, what-is-he-to-us, ML, Shadow and again, his clever manipulations and puppeteering. I digress tho. And lastly, I swear, TIME. Keeping track of time is a bit wonky. And forget about the part where’s she’s somewhere else and time moves differently, I’m talking about when she goes on her first shadow creatures hunting mission in the throws of winter a couple of months after she’s taken by Shadow, then another shadow creature hunting trip puts them back in Torma where she runs into her Brick-for-Brains mate it’s now summer and everyone’s talking about how it’s been a YEAR since she left. But then finally when she’s BACK in Torma and it’s starting to get cold again and the winter solstice is around the corner but everyone’s saying she’s still been gone a year and not a “year and a half” or “two”. Idk, it just bugged me. Final thoughts tho is whoever read this review/ rant till the end, you should definitely read this. It’s fantastic. 💗✨ ["
November 25, 2021 Verified Purchase
Brandi BerrymanAddicting
"I absolutely enjoyed this entire series & had a hard time pausing for work & sleep. Very descriptive makes great for your own visuals. The story line changes per book for the other characters & makes it the best! ["
April 19, 2026 Verified Purchase
