How Do You Like Your Shifters

I'm not going to lie. I'm a bit of a snob. I am very specific about how I like my shifters.

I like them born - NOT bitten

I like them in control of their shifter - more so with age, less so with youth closer to the full moon

I like them to shift into full animal form - NOT into that anima/human hybrid thing. So, not the were-form. I guess that's why I prefer the term shifter to werewolf/werepanther etc. Were-whatever, in my head, means they walk around on two legs and have a human-ish face but long predator teeth, claws, and hair everywhere.

I like what I like.

Suzanne Wright totally nails it, in my opinion. I love her Phoenix Pack and Mercury Pack series. I recommend them to anyone who asks, and some who don't.

What about you? How do you like your shifters? And who wrote your favorite shifter series?