raered5's review against another edition
4.0
Love the plot but main character was too teen angst angry tone that soured the book
venation's review against another edition
3.0
Strong and resilient Faythe is the heroine of Stray, a werecat who lives a normal life as a human. That is until a Stray encroaches on her family's territory and threatens to kidnap her - particularly treasonous considering there's only a select number of fertile female werecats around. But Faythe doesn't want to be dragged back to her pride - where her father reigns supreme, back to where her old fiance Marc is. Yet with more and more disappearing tabbies around the country, Faythe needs to team up with her family and the werecat she left to figure out where the disappearances are leading to - before she's chosen as the next target to take.
Stray drew me in as a supernatural romance book with a kick-butt female. Faythe is rash, stubborn and oblivious to an extent - but she's an ideal hot-headed lead. So when there's a capable female lead in a hot paranormal book, what else can you wish for?
Stray's plot moves forward relatively quickly and relatively simply. Plot twists, the culprits etc seem fairly straight forward and there are no big looming revelations - well, maybe except for one. As much as I enjoy Faythe's fired-up personality, I feel that the all the males fall a little flat. Marc, Faythe's ex-fiance, is possessive, temperamental, and still loves Faythe. Which is great, but Marc always seemed a little contrived and not sincere feeling to me. I really liked Jace, the younger more flirting playful guy, but that's just me.
With a few gaps in action, male character development, Stray has its flaws, but they can be easily overlooked. With a great female lead and a classic supernatural plot, it's the start of something good.
Stray drew me in as a supernatural romance book with a kick-butt female. Faythe is rash, stubborn and oblivious to an extent - but she's an ideal hot-headed lead. So when there's a capable female lead in a hot paranormal book, what else can you wish for?
Stray's plot moves forward relatively quickly and relatively simply. Plot twists, the culprits etc seem fairly straight forward and there are no big looming revelations - well, maybe except for one. As much as I enjoy Faythe's fired-up personality, I feel that the all the males fall a little flat. Marc, Faythe's ex-fiance, is possessive, temperamental, and still loves Faythe. Which is great, but Marc always seemed a little contrived and not sincere feeling to me. I really liked Jace, the younger more flirting playful guy, but that's just me.
With a few gaps in action, male character development, Stray has its flaws, but they can be easily overlooked. With a great female lead and a classic supernatural plot, it's the start of something good.
kba76's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
For such a lengthy book that raced by. It was not a book that I could see myself recommending - the whole were at thing was a bit much for me - but the plot zipped along and had plenty to keep you entertained if it’s your thing.
Our main character, Faythe, is one of a small number of female werecats. Determined to keep her independence, she fights against doing what her pack expect of her. However, when other young females go missing and her dad forces her home we know there’s something unpleasant going on.
Out of what seems to be sheer bloody-mindedness at times Faythe has rejected plans to settle into the pack role. She doesn’t seem to communicate her feelings to anyone and if we were in any doubt about what’s meant for her then her forgetting her human boyfriend within a few days would probably steer us in the right direction.
The story centres on the plot to kidnap these valuable female werecats and sell them to the highest bidder. Faythe finds herself taken by the group - which seemed inevitable - and then we get to see her find a way to overcome this adversity.
While the plot rolls along quite mercilessly I have to say that my main gripe with the book was the casual misogyny and the unnecessary focus on gore/violence. Brutal, and not really the kind of book you’d find yourself thinking to pick up for entertainment.
Our main character, Faythe, is one of a small number of female werecats. Determined to keep her independence, she fights against doing what her pack expect of her. However, when other young females go missing and her dad forces her home we know there’s something unpleasant going on.
Out of what seems to be sheer bloody-mindedness at times Faythe has rejected plans to settle into the pack role. She doesn’t seem to communicate her feelings to anyone and if we were in any doubt about what’s meant for her then her forgetting her human boyfriend within a few days would probably steer us in the right direction.
The story centres on the plot to kidnap these valuable female werecats and sell them to the highest bidder. Faythe finds herself taken by the group - which seemed inevitable - and then we get to see her find a way to overcome this adversity.
While the plot rolls along quite mercilessly I have to say that my main gripe with the book was the casual misogyny and the unnecessary focus on gore/violence. Brutal, and not really the kind of book you’d find yourself thinking to pick up for entertainment.
tammywaggs's review against another edition
5.0
What a great series! Just when you think you have figured it out the author throws a wrench in your ideas. I love how strong in logic the heroine is, Faythe. I also love how confused she is in love. This is an action packed series that I can't seem to put down!
shadymist's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
whatcha_listening_to's review against another edition
4.0
Faythe has such a headstrong and will to live she really made me love this listen.
The Pride doesn’t have a lot of Females so when one is born they kind of dote on them. But Faythe doesn’t want that she wasn’t to be treated like one of the guys, she doesn’t want to be told what to do or how or with who. But it's not really how the Pride work. So she gets her freedom for a little while but has to come back because some of the females have gone missing.
I love that she was so herself and yes she goes head to head with the Alpha aka her father but they come to an understanding of sorts throughout this book and it is an interesting dynamic.
Marc is the love interest, and as much as Faythe doesn’t want to be tied down their connection is too strong.
Faythe for me seemed soo bada-ss, but I also think she is scared, scared to end up like her mother with a bunch of kids and her life as just a Pride female. But what she didn’t see is her dad kind of has other plans. I loved the whole book even more with each listen.
The narration for me was fantastic I loved that she doesn’t sound too old or too young and she sounded confident which is how I see Faythe in my mind.
The Pride doesn’t have a lot of Females so when one is born they kind of dote on them. But Faythe doesn’t want that she wasn’t to be treated like one of the guys, she doesn’t want to be told what to do or how or with who. But it's not really how the Pride work. So she gets her freedom for a little while but has to come back because some of the females have gone missing.
I love that she was so herself and yes she goes head to head with the Alpha aka her father but they come to an understanding of sorts throughout this book and it is an interesting dynamic.
Marc is the love interest, and as much as Faythe doesn’t want to be tied down their connection is too strong.
Faythe for me seemed soo bada-ss, but I also think she is scared, scared to end up like her mother with a bunch of kids and her life as just a Pride female. But what she didn’t see is her dad kind of has other plans. I loved the whole book even more with each listen.
The narration for me was fantastic I loved that she doesn’t sound too old or too young and she sounded confident which is how I see Faythe in my mind.
bookaddict1975's review against another edition
4.0
The Shifter Series is probably on my top 5 favorite Paranormal list! I really enjoyed the main character Faythe, she is tough and still a little girly too! Mark puts up with her but only so much then he "man's up" and I like that in leading man, I can't say enough about all of the characters, I LOVED them all! P.S. I LOVE Jace and am still holding out hope for a spin off series =)
ufcasey's review against another edition
2.0
If you have already read "Bitten" by Kelley Armstrong, then don't bother reading this one. If you haven't read it, put this book away and go read that instead, it's similar but much better. Both books feature a girl animal shifter where girl shifters are very rare. Both girls attempt to live life like a "normal" girl but are called back home due to a pack crisis. Back at home you are introduced to a male shifter who is also the heroine's ex that she is half-heartedly trying to stay away from and yet conveniently seems to all but forget her current non-shifter boyfriend. That is where the similarities, numerous as they are, ends. In this book Faythe is as grating and annoying as the spelling of her name. Armstrong's Elena however is much more palatable, and thus that book is preferable. I have yet to read the second book in Armstrong's series but I will say there is no way I am going to continue on with this one.