Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter

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A dramatic story of love, loss, and Druid magic, Anne's journal strangely echoes Nikki's own struggle to resolve the crises in her life. Haunted and inspired by her ancestor, Nikki becomes a Druid magician, resolving for herself the deadly attraction between power and love. This psychological exploration of a woman's all-too-contemporary personal upheaval oscillates between realism and romance, contemplative drama and adventure story, replete with Druid magicians, centuries-old curses, wolves, ravens, and the mystery of a broken brooch. Down Gloucester's narrow streets, deep into Dogtown woods, teetering on granite cliffs and plunged into stormy North Atlantic seas, the reader is drawn into a labyrinth in which the age-old war of the sexes is given a new twist.

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Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter

This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Apr 02, Tami rated it really liked it. Nikki Helmik is a woman who is used to getting whatever she wants from men. At a very young age, Nikki experienced abuse at the hands of her father and watched her mother turn from a vibrant woman into her father's slave.

A Memoir of A Shapeshifter: How Everything Changed (And Then I Killed Myself)

From then on, she vowed never to allow a man into her heart. So with the help of her mentor Rose, Nikki learned how to use men for her personal satisfaction and to increase her social standing. A series of strange events, however, would change the way Nikki viewed her mother as Nikki Helmik is a woman who is used to getting whatever she wants from men. A series of strange events, however, would change the way Nikki viewed her mother as well as her own love and power issues.

Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter is actually three stories in one, each with a correspondingly different feel and attitude. The first story is about Nikki and takes place in the present day. This story has a slow unhurried almost Victorian feel with the every present attitude that men are just sources of wealth and status. I had no idea what to do. After a couple hours of more scrubbing, I resolved to call my mom.

I planned it in my mind to begin calmly I ignored the fact that she sounded tired, worn out I have bright orange hair! I have lime green eyes!

I know it's not a dream, 'cause when I was trying to scrub it all off, I felt immense pain from the burning water I won't do it again, mom, don't worry What do you mean I might be a mutant? Because if I am, I am willing to be a guinea pig in fixing this problem with mutants! But, in the end, my mom assured me that there are some places for mutants, of course by that time I was crying, out of sadness and anger. I disagreed to going to any place for mutants, I refused sharply. I wasn't going to let myself be surrounded by freaks. My opinion has changed by now, don't worry. I closed all the blinds, locked all the doors and windows, and restricted myself into that house, and if food ran out, I'd die there, I was determined that no one see my ugly condition.

But, someone saw how hurt I was, emotionally, and, they kind of stepped in. Who else could see me inside a closed, locked home? Just In All Stories: Story Story Writer Forum Community. I used to despise mutants, even a little after I became one. But, it was tough hating my mom, though she's always away. Yes, she is a mutant too. I don't know my dad nor if I have brothers or sisters.

This is about me, Corbeau Darkholme. Hi, thank you for coming to this story and I hope you'll enjoy it! I used to be the most popular girl in school, everything was perfect, I was in a couple clubs, groups, squads. Oh yea, I was everywhere. That changed quicker than it should have Seeing Scales My hair, it was beautiful, thick and black.


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I hope you liked the chapter! If you did, or if you didn't, please let me know! If you do review, please no cussing or indication of cussing, and flames are accepted, thank you! Isolation in Vain 3. Maybe she thought that life as she knew it was over. A wiggly existence, that is. At nineteen, I finished high-school.

Then, I went to study in England. I graduated my first year, after which, I dropped out and went to search for the meaning of life.

Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter

And so I did. I ate mostly shitty food. And you pray nothing goes wrong with your body. As far as I know, the best time to experiment with your body, and everything else, is in your twenties. At one point in my life, I remember, I was convinced that everything was about pleasing everybody; or being famous and having them praise you; or having a degree, or money; or proving something to myself and my parents, or finding a girl I am crazily inlove with; or making a difference in the world.

A Memoir of A Shapeshifter: How Everything Changed (And Then I Killed Myself)

Of course, I had none of these things. I thought there was something inherently wrong with me. How is everybody so happy?

Am I not doing something right? All these questions created a feeling of inadequacy in me.


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I was riddled with self-doubt.