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A review by dani_bugz
Stray by Andrea K. Höst
3.0
Stray could have so, so easily been a 5 star book with a good editor behind it.
Host has a very engaging writing style, and despite the bizarre content I was hooked from the get go. The world building was amazing, there was a diverse cast of characters, and our MC was glorious!
Her MC, Cassandra, was super realistic, making intelligent, calculated observations/ideas/choices. I loved Cass! I wanted more Cass! But I wanted more Cass if she were edited up. And without the journal entry style. Actually I can't fully decide; on the one hand I hated, HATED the journal style format, but on the other hand I have to acknowledge that it worked well. I just feel like it may work better as a simple first person narrative. But then again, we would have gotten all the boring bits the journal was able to cut out. Can you see how confused I am right now?
I also found that a lot of important connections weren't made throughout the story. I kept getting incredibly confused, looking back to see what I'd missed, seeing I hadn't missed anything, and just reading on to hope I would eventually sort it out in my head. In some cases it was fine, but most of the time I was just confused and annoyed by it. Again, the editor would come in handy here!
Honestly, as far as books go, it was pretty good. I enjoyed it. And if you have a few spare hours, I would definitely recommend reading it, especially since it is FREE at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/48654. But it is absolutely not worth paying for, which is why I am not continuing with the rest of the series. If Host does get an editor in to neaten up the series though, I'll be right up front ready to hand over all my moneys!
Anywho, definitely read the free ebook. But it's not worth paying for (yet) in my opinion.
Host has a very engaging writing style, and despite the bizarre content I was hooked from the get go. The world building was amazing, there was a diverse cast of characters, and our MC was glorious!
Her MC, Cassandra, was super realistic, making intelligent, calculated observations/ideas/choices. I loved Cass! I wanted more Cass! But I wanted more Cass if she were edited up. And without the journal entry style. Actually I can't fully decide; on the one hand I hated, HATED the journal style format, but on the other hand I have to acknowledge that it worked well. I just feel like it may work better as a simple first person narrative. But then again, we would have gotten all the boring bits the journal was able to cut out. Can you see how confused I am right now?
I also found that a lot of important connections weren't made throughout the story. I kept getting incredibly confused, looking back to see what I'd missed, seeing I hadn't missed anything, and just reading on to hope I would eventually sort it out in my head. In some cases it was fine, but most of the time I was just confused and annoyed by it. Again, the editor would come in handy here!
Honestly, as far as books go, it was pretty good. I enjoyed it. And if you have a few spare hours, I would definitely recommend reading it, especially since it is FREE at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/48654. But it is absolutely not worth paying for, which is why I am not continuing with the rest of the series. If Host does get an editor in to neaten up the series though, I'll be right up front ready to hand over all my moneys!
Anywho, definitely read the free ebook. But it's not worth paying for (yet) in my opinion.