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A review by sasha_in_a_box
Stray by Andrea K. Höst
4.0
I really really liked this, mostly because of how freaking awesome Cassandra is. It's been so long since I've connected so much to a character. She's brave but humble and self-deprecating, her humor is in sync with my own, and she's very easy-going without being a pushover. She's self-aware and trying to make the best out of her bizarre situation.
Speaking of which. Some plot! Cassandra is an Aussie teenager who just finished the school exams. Yay! But then she accidentally walks through an open wormhole-type thing that's explained later, right into a beautiful but uninhabited new world. Noo! But she is Survivor-Cass, and she battles hunger and cold like a champ. Until she's rescued by elite psychic space soldiers and thrust into their world. She is discovered to have several strange talents, and while she makes good friends, she continues to miss Earth. She is torn between her desire to help a whole alien planet of human beings and her homesickness. And who knows, maybe there is a third choice. Oooooh.
The second book in the series is arriving at my house today, and I can't wait to read more of Cass's diary. I found some parts to be very confusing because of the alien names, but I'm getting a hang of it. Come read this book for the fun sci-fi, stay for Cass's irresistible voice. Join her for the space adventures, defiance through cat-petting, house decor shopping, and a very tiny and not-in-the-least annoying sliver of romance.
Speaking of which. Some plot! Cassandra is an Aussie teenager who just finished the school exams. Yay! But then she accidentally walks through an open wormhole-type thing that's explained later, right into a beautiful but uninhabited new world. Noo! But she is Survivor-Cass, and she battles hunger and cold like a champ. Until she's rescued by elite psychic space soldiers and thrust into their world. She is discovered to have several strange talents, and while she makes good friends, she continues to miss Earth. She is torn between her desire to help a whole alien planet of human beings and her homesickness. And who knows, maybe there is a third choice. Oooooh.
The second book in the series is arriving at my house today, and I can't wait to read more of Cass's diary. I found some parts to be very confusing because of the alien names, but I'm getting a hang of it. Come read this book for the fun sci-fi, stay for Cass's irresistible voice. Join her for the space adventures, defiance through cat-petting, house decor shopping, and a very tiny and not-in-the-least annoying sliver of romance.