Here’s a series that’s loads of fun! I basically devoured these books after seeing an ad somewhere for the first in series. And I read the entire series again a year later, and enjoyed it just as much the second time. That’s a real test for me as a reader.
So what’s the series? Here is book one, and bonus, this one is free on Amazon. So you can try it before you invest. I love it when that happens.
In Stray, we begin the adventure by meeting Cass Devlin, who is just another Aussie girl with no inkling of the major changes that are about to happen. While walking home from school, she steps through the looking glass (so to speak) and winds up in a whole new world. That can be somewhat unsettling for a girl who just needed to get home and do her homework, but what happens as she is found and ushered into a new life is a whole different ballgame. And yes…there are psychic space ninjas…but in the best way possible.
What do I think? Well, in the normal course of events, any book that has psychic space ninjas is going to make me look askance, but in this case, it was awesome. I really liked Cass and the other characters and found their progress in this book to be engaging and entertaining.
It is YA/Teen, but I think it’s really more for adults with a sense of fun. There is teen angst, a great deal of puking and some romance, but not the icky kind and it doesn’t take away from the story.
If you like it, (or maybe you already picked it up because it was free and forgot about it), try the rest of the series, because it’s worth it. I even loved the Gratuitous Epilogue, which is actually quite long and very satisfying. Here they are:
Caveat: As with all books I review on Read and Loved, I don’t know this author at all. I’m writing purely as a reader. Happy Reading!