#shiftingrootsliveread
doing a little bit of reading until my sleep medicine kicks in, so I will start my #shiftingrootsliveread thread off now! if you don’t want spoilers please turn back.
January 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
my copy is here! thank you to Avalon and the StarCat Studios team for all your hard work in getting these sent out so fast! I’ll be doing live reactions under the tag #shiftingrootsliveread so if you don’t want spoilers please block that tag!
January 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#shiftingrootsliveread ooh, already nothing about cross-colony romance on the ancient laws. 👀 we love groups of cats that are more progressive LMAO
January 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread I am glad there’s a glossary at the beginning of the book instead of at the end so I don’t have to worry about accidentally seeing a page that’s a spoiler when flipping, and tbh warrior cats and other xenofiction need to be doing this as well.
January 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread Problems That Would Be Greatly Eased By A Conversation
January 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread the maps are gorgeously detailed which is good since I will probably be referring back to them often to learn this territory — I like that there’s no human settlements, immediately tells me the kind of story being told
January 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread much like how I /point and dance emote at catgirls in the same hat as wyra, I do a little jig whenever I encounter another person with a cat oc named rosethorn. truly we are all florals in arms. you could even say a dozen of us.
January 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread - rainfall remains such a hilarious little villain (for now) (I’m sure she will get actually menacing but she’s just that lex luthor stole cakes meme rn but it’s rainfall stole the nursery den)
January 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread - “From a practical standpoint, the Council should encourage those who could to have more kittens. It wasn’t as though Forestleaf had asked Spottedshadow to take Goldenpelt as her mate forever.”

oh that’s DARK
January 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#shiftingrootsliveread i totally forgot peach was related to goldenpelt (despite watching the field colony video!) i wonder if he will use that to his advantage bc the best way to manipulate spottedshadow would be to isolate her
January 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread - maybe it’s bc I have played way too much clangen where going out in a storm results in death but the moment Dawnfrost refused to turn back I knew one of the new rangers would be a goner

rip aspenbreeze sacrificial lamb for the plot
January 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#shiftingrootsliveread right away I love the introduction of magic and all the superstition that comes with it. while wings of fire is happy to have magic, warriors always draws a hard line and even with dark forest battles and threats it still never feels particularly mystical these days
January 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#shiftingrootsliveread - i LOVE that chattering as bird calls is used as a signal!!! my cat is really bad at it but some cats’ chatters can get really close so this is super creative
- yup there it is sundown challenge to change colonies! we love progress
- tbfh if i was dawnfrost and the dude i
January 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread hey that lyric? in the shifting roots theme song? “not all blossoms bear fruit?”

blixemi you are sick. you are sick in the head for that one. that’s devious omg
January 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread warrior cats are all classed as necromancers you heard it here folks

for real tho this is an amazing twist and a really neat way to depart themselves from the wc lore they came from
January 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread sorry for not having a lot of posts between here and now, some things I want to keep for a longer review. however I will say this:

me when death mages in my cat books
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .
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January 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread I have a lot of mixed feelings on spotty’s captain ceremony being the halfway point when she’s had to split focus with so many other characters up until then, but I’ll probably compile these thoughts into my longform review, and my thoughts may change by the end
January 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread oh shit there goes hazelfur

He was cool at the end.

Meant to post this earlier but the bear thing had me going down a ginga rabbit hole. cross I miss you. ANYWAY
January 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread I knew it was too good to be true. rip redleaf you would have loved knowing what the battouga from ginga nagareboshi gin was
January 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread I HAD SAID BEAR OR COUGAR GUESS ITS A BEAR
a man in a police uniform is reaching for a framed picture .
ALT: a man in a police uniform is reaching for a framed picture .
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January 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread yeah knowing oak colony is abt to get their shit rocked I am waiting for the other shoe to drop bc redleaf is having a nice convo with his kittens and I am like lmao uh oh death flag!
January 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread - marsh colony for life they are my fave in terms of lore!!!
- the passage abt ice not wanting to be associated with iceclaw after what he did to her is genuinely excellent, if she keeps this up osprey may be my favorite character
January 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread - okay so the monsters are rainfall and iceclaw that tracks
- I think by description that’s… birdflight and ice that got caught? holy shit that was cruel to take ice’s eye out as a warning but hey you gotta escalate the violence in a narrative somehow, thems the breaks kid
January 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#shiftingrootsliveread POLYAMOROUS GAY WRENSONG I FORGOT. anyway right aspen is dead gotta tell hawkshell
January 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#shiftingrootsliveread i have a gut feeling that bc spotty’s circle in field colony is so small it would be very easy to isolate her from them— like if forestleaf or goldenpelt caused some sort of “accident” for mistysnow, missingfoot, or peach I wouldn’t be surprised
January 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM