Outcast (Cat Star Chronicles, #4) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Sep 23, 2009 Felicia (Ferishia) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Read for the PNR Monthly challenge read.

After I finished reading this, I had the book blues. You know how you feel after you've read a book you've enjoyed and you don't want it to end? Yea.

So this book was a very welcome surprise. I've been reading the series off and on since discovering it. It's not my usual PNR read, but more of a Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Sometimes you have to read different stuff to shake it up now and then. lol I've read the first three in the series, (so far there are ten) and I th Read for the PNR Monthly challenge read.

After I finished reading this, I had the book blues. You know how you feel after you've read a book you've enjoyed and you don't want it to end? Yea.

So this book was a very welcome surprise. I've been reading the series off and on since discovering it. It's not my usual PNR read, but more of a Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Sometimes you have to read different stuff to shake it up now and then. lol I've read the first three in the series, (so far there are ten) and I thought they were good enough so when I see a book from the series on sale, I buy it. I was expecting this to be more like the previous three. I was very happily surprised that it was even better.

The prologue gives you the background of Lynx. While he is made a slave, just like the male characters in the previous book, I felt since he was made a slave at such a young age, and made to do things and experience life in such a harsh way, it was more of an emotional story. But also, I'm glad that that portion was not dragged out. You feel the sadness and heartbreak of that experience and the effect it has on how he views how he thinks of himself and women in particular. Then he is freed only to find work on a farm with Bonnie as his employer and a woman. Bonnie is struggling to work on her farm and happy to have Lynx help her, only to discover he doesn't like women, which means he doesn't like her. She doesn't quite know what to make of Lynx but to her horror, she develops feelings for him.

Bonnie and Lynx are the oddest of couples, and I think that is part of what makes this story work. I also think that the strength of the characters came through and you could see it. They both had been in bad situations. Lynx a little worse than Bonnie, but they both manage to come through it and keep going.

There was a lot of things I enjoyed, like the subtle snarky humor that was spread out through the story. I liked that the characters from the previous books showed up and had more than just cameo appearances. I think the story had a much better flow overall, which added to my enjoyment. I looked forward to having time to read this and didn't want to put it down, especially when it was time for bed. lol I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the following books are written more like this one. ...more

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