With a little patience, this becomes an excellent book

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	• Stray (Werecats, Book 1) Rachel Vincent Mira, 2007 - 624 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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Will the Females Ever Take Charge?

Premise: werecats exist among us. The heroine, who is supposed to be at home having babies because she's a female "tabby", instead is at college because she worked out a deal with her dad, the head of a regional werecat clan, to bend the rules for her. When somebody starts kidnapping the females she has to go home, even though she kicks up a fuss the whole time about how her life isn't fair. She threatens to leave even though there are psychopaths killing werecat women.

Love interests included a boyfriend at college (whom we presume is a human) who disappears in a suspicious fashion, her ex werecat boyfriend who wanted to marry her and head up the werecat clan, and her childhood friend who is a "Casanova" type.

The werecat culture is strong and well-drawn but sometimes I do get tired, in these paranormal romance or urban fantasy worlds, of always seeing the females put in a weaker position. I see this frequently in paranormal romance, especially shapeshifter romance, though this novel does take on that stereotype by having the heroine be somewhat of an exception to the rule, along with some information at the end about what her father intends for her. But some of the tropes do get tiresome. Super alpha males etc.

The worldbuilding otherwise was interesting and complex, with some degree of infodumping but mostly the information was worked in through story action. This was not strictly a paranormal romance for those of you who prefer one woman/one man/concrete ending but was the beginning of an urban fantasy series, albeit with a satisfactory enough conclusion that this novel felt like a complete unit. I thought it was enjoyable, and though the heroine wasn't that likeable and it dragged in the middle, the beginning and end had a good pace. You don't always have to like or admire a character to like their story.

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With a little patience, this becomes an excellent book

Rachel Vincent meticulously creates an alternate history drawing on black panther folklore. The speed and complexity gradually increased until I found myself not only wanting to know what would happen but also caring what would happen. She builds a complex character in Faythe who is both the somewhat spoiled and pampered daughter with a strong independent streak and her tough Alpha-father's daughter in every way. Faythe is realistically torn between her rebellion and her loyalties. Her dilemna is understandable to any woman that hasn't fit into the traditional mold of their society. Those who naturally accepted their roles might have a hard time understanding Faythe and her real life counterparts.

Vincent's depictions of the realities of a kidnapping are chilling because of their emotional and physical details. To her credit, she doesn't hold up one way of surviving as better or worse than another. She succeeds in making both the kidnappers' wholly self centered nature and their actions morally unredeemable.

The book is a bit longer than usual so I would start it before a day off so you don't end up going to work bleary eyed.

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A Good Beginning...

After reading a few reviews by others on this book, I decided to take a chance and give it a try. Some reviews were a little too harsh and I think that the author did a good job. I was annoyed at times with Faythe, but overall I found the book an excellent read.

AWESOME!!!

this is a great book! There are never any boring parts, you will stay up till 3:00 in the morning reading becuase you can't put it down!

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I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds.

Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked.

I'd been warned about Strays?werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.

This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back?for my own protection. Yeah, right. But I'm no meek kitty. I'll take on whatever?and whoever?I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays?'cause I got claws, and I'm not afraid to use them?.

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