A review by ufcasey
Stray, by Rachel Vincent

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.