nasaje's review
1.0
This was like some sort of drama-filled reality show where 5 people are forced to live and be together 24/7.
snorey56's review
I just absolutely couldn’t stand most the characters. i can’t deal with whiny personalities and they all have it. besides two of them being absolutely two faced. the book is fine like inherently - it’s well written the characters just upset me to the point i couldn’t finish it.
wintergreyborn's review
3.0
I enjoyed the pet play scenes and the author's creativity when it came to the sex scenes and kink items. I felt like I wasn't fully satisfied with it as a romance book though. Maybe there was too much drama for me. Still, it was very much worth the read for the cat scenes, in my opinion.
martina_22's review
2.0
i am very confused.
i think that ka merikan’s books aren’t for me.
i had high expectations for this one, because i love weird things and people pretending to be cats for six months???? sign me the fuck up.
i have to say that the kitty play was so interesting and fun but the rest was a big mess.
they didn’t pretend to be cats for six months.
they were isolated in a mansion and they were cats very rarely to be honest.
the owner, louis, isn’t as involved as an owner should be. he has sex with his cats and that’s it. i honestly don’t understand why. he was the most useless character ever.
but let’s see those cats:
-ollie: i’m the best cat
-cinnamon: no i’m the best cat
-smokey: i could be the best cat if i wanted
-bounce: i don’t even know why i’m here but i have a bubbly personality
-clove: i don’t even have a personality.
picture this but for a whole book.
but the thing that shocked me the most is that they were fighting for louis????? THAT man???? why? he’s hot, sure but he doesn’t have an ounce of charisma, half a brain or a personality. i don’t think he even has feelings.
now about the “love story”. i honestly missed the whole falling in love because their interactions were: attraction, fight, ignore, fight, fight, ignore, hang out for 4 hours, fight, ignore, love ?????
how did you fall in love. HOW.
and ollie is the biggest piece of shit that ever shitted. he sucks as a person. sure, he’s pretty, but honestly that’s just not enough. he had a personality transplant at the end though. fun times.
the epilogue was SO random. we don’t know what louis did after, what did he say about ollie going away, cinnamon didn’t got what he deserved.
it left me with more questions than i would like. because ideally i wouldn’t think about this at all.
one star for the book and one extra star because i actually enjoyed the play.
this being said, i’ll keep on looking for a kitty play book that i actually enjoy.
i think that ka merikan’s books aren’t for me.
i had high expectations for this one, because i love weird things and people pretending to be cats for six months???? sign me the fuck up.
i have to say that the kitty play was so interesting and fun but the rest was a big mess.
they didn’t pretend to be cats for six months.
they were isolated in a mansion and they were cats very rarely to be honest.
the owner, louis, isn’t as involved as an owner should be. he has sex with his cats and that’s it. i honestly don’t understand why. he was the most useless character ever.
but let’s see those cats:
-ollie: i’m the best cat
-cinnamon: no i’m the best cat
-smokey: i could be the best cat if i wanted
-bounce: i don’t even know why i’m here but i have a bubbly personality
-clove: i don’t even have a personality.
picture this but for a whole book.
but the thing that shocked me the most is that they were fighting for louis????? THAT man???? why? he’s hot, sure but he doesn’t have an ounce of charisma, half a brain or a personality. i don’t think he even has feelings.
now about the “love story”. i honestly missed the whole falling in love because their interactions were: attraction, fight, ignore, fight, fight, ignore, hang out for 4 hours, fight, ignore, love ?????
how did you fall in love. HOW.
and ollie is the biggest piece of shit that ever shitted. he sucks as a person. sure, he’s pretty, but honestly that’s just not enough. he had a personality transplant at the end though. fun times.
the epilogue was SO random. we don’t know what louis did after, what did he say about ollie going away, cinnamon didn’t got what he deserved.
it left me with more questions than i would like. because ideally i wouldn’t think about this at all.
one star for the book and one extra star because i actually enjoyed the play.
this being said, i’ll keep on looking for a kitty play book that i actually enjoy.
eemms's review
4.0
"I think you'll either like this or have some hot takes," said highlyeccentric. Welp, I loved it. Sign me up for more men pretending to be cats any day. Full review --> https://dukedukegoose.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/brain-candy-and-the-cattery/
veritytease's review
4.0
Thank You THANK YOU for a new Merikan book that isn't from the Sex & Mayhem series!
Granted, it isn't about my favourite mafia boys, or pony play kinksters, or a certain humiliation slut that get just what he needs from his obliging boyfriend, but it is an exciting start to a new series so turn up the mewsic and let's get this pawty started!
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Granted, it isn't about my favourite mafia boys, or pony play kinksters, or a certain humiliation slut that get just what he needs from his obliging boyfriend, but it is an exciting start to a new series so turn up the mewsic and let's get this pawty started!
rebecca_3's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this! I usually steer clear of anything with kink, fetishes, and role-playing. But this is K.A. Merikan! And cats are pretty harmless, right? At first I was so weirded out, but I ended up really enjoying Luis and cat time, more than the rest of the book. It was so fun and sweet!
Goran and Ollie were kind of annoying assholes, and the cats were a bunch of divas! OMG I never want to see Cin again. By the time of the next book Luis better have a whole new cattery. And of course Luis has to find his own special cat one day!
Goran and Ollie were kind of annoying assholes, and the cats were a bunch of divas! OMG I never want to see Cin again. By the time of the next book Luis better have a whole new cattery. And of course Luis has to find his own special cat one day!
riverreads's review
4.0
3.9 stars
I read this book for 3 reasons:
1. Judith! I love her reviews and when I saw her review of this book I was left intrigued.
2. I have read some books in the Coffin Nails MC series and what I know of K.A Merikan is blood and violence so I was curious about them writing something different.
3. 5 guys in a house pretending to be cats? Interesting.
I have never read any type of animal play before. My first time had to be cat play, MM and with a bunch of dudes, so you know, orgy.
“Looking for young, single gay men with a passion for theater and acting. You need to be open-minded and easygoing, open to experimentation. All details of the job will be disclosed at an interview after the acceptance of a face and body photo"
Who would respond to that ad?
This story is set in Luis's cattery, Luis is a special man, he has a hard time with human interactions so he decided to make his cattery, hired guys to live in a designated house for 6 months and be his cats. This, though, is not Luis's story.
Goran is from Croatia, his mouth works fast and that tends to ruin things for him. Some time ago he made a mistake in his parents hotel and this cost them, now he needs money so he travels to the U.S to get a job and help his family. After many failed attempts at keeping a job he sees an ad and decides to go for it.
Oliver is cat in Luis's cattery, lets say he is the "senior" cat. He has spent two years there. He is Luis favorite. Before the Cattery, he came out to his parents and things didn't turn out well so he needed a refuge. Luis gave him that.
When Goran gets to cattery he feels instantly attracted to Ollie but after he runs his mouth Ollie wants nothing to do with him, in fact, he wants him out.
This story was definitely something different, it was fun, there was drama and the claws definitely came out. There were some orgy scenes , not too many, but I have to admit I might have skipped some pages, sorry, more than two people is not my thing. but the little things I read were definitely hot. The cat play is weirdly not uncomfortable at all, it was interesting and kinda fun actually.
Luis was written perfectly, I didn't see him as a weirdo. I wanna know more about him and what made him make this big decision.
Goran, I love him! He was a great guy, I didn't mind his mouth. I thought he was very honest and had a huge heart.
Ollie was kinda petty in the beginning but I understood why. He's been pretending to be a cat for a big part of two years, he has lived in a bubble with no internet or contact with the outside world besides Luis and The different guys that come to the cattery every 6 months. He feels alone in a full house and Luis is all he thinks he has in the world.
In the end Goran and Ollie got their HEA and I was delighted with their story.
I will definitely read the next book in this series, I wanna know the other stories. Not Cinnamon's though, that two faced bastard.
I NEED Luis's story!
10/05/2016
Just had a twitter conversation with K.A and one of their tweets said and I quote "we are working on Cin, Luis and Clove's stories" YES!!
I read this book for 3 reasons:
1. Judith! I love her reviews and when I saw her review of this book I was left intrigued.
2. I have read some books in the Coffin Nails MC series and what I know of K.A Merikan is blood and violence so I was curious about them writing something different.
3. 5 guys in a house pretending to be cats? Interesting.
I have never read any type of animal play before. My first time had to be cat play, MM and with a bunch of dudes, so you know, orgy.
“Looking for young, single gay men with a passion for theater and acting. You need to be open-minded and easygoing, open to experimentation. All details of the job will be disclosed at an interview after the acceptance of a face and body photo"
Who would respond to that ad?
This story is set in Luis's cattery, Luis is a special man, he has a hard time with human interactions so he decided to make his cattery, hired guys to live in a designated house for 6 months and be his cats. This, though, is not Luis's story.
Goran is from Croatia, his mouth works fast and that tends to ruin things for him. Some time ago he made a mistake in his parents hotel and this cost them, now he needs money so he travels to the U.S to get a job and help his family. After many failed attempts at keeping a job he sees an ad and decides to go for it.
Oliver is cat in Luis's cattery, lets say he is the "senior" cat. He has spent two years there. He is Luis favorite. Before the Cattery, he came out to his parents and things didn't turn out well so he needed a refuge. Luis gave him that.
When Goran gets to cattery he feels instantly attracted to Ollie but after he runs his mouth Ollie wants nothing to do with him, in fact, he wants him out.
This story was definitely something different, it was fun, there was drama and the claws definitely came out. There were some orgy scenes , not too many, but I have to admit I might have skipped some pages, sorry, more than two people is not my thing. but the little things I read were definitely hot. The cat play is weirdly not uncomfortable at all, it was interesting and kinda fun actually.
Luis was written perfectly, I didn't see him as a weirdo. I wanna know more about him and what made him make this big decision.
Spoiler
I'm curious about the possible puppy too!Goran, I love him! He was a great guy, I didn't mind his mouth. I thought he was very honest and had a huge heart.
Ollie was kinda petty in the beginning but I understood why. He's been pretending to be a cat for a big part of two years, he has lived in a bubble with no internet or contact with the outside world besides Luis and The different guys that come to the cattery every 6 months. He feels alone in a full house and Luis is all he thinks he has in the world.
In the end Goran and Ollie got their HEA and I was delighted with their story.
I will definitely read the next book in this series, I wanna know the other stories. Not Cinnamon's though, that two faced bastard.
I NEED Luis's story!
10/05/2016
Just had a twitter conversation with K.A and one of their tweets said and I quote "we are working on Cin, Luis and Clove's stories" YES!!
chaunter's review
4.0
I loved it! I couldn’t put it down! I wasn’t crazy about the ending so much but it was still a wonderful read! I really hope there are still plans for more books featuring the cattery in the future! I would love to see more!