I apologize in advance for this helter-skelter review. It is past my bedtime but I wanted to write a quick review with the information fresh in my head.


I enjoyed reading this but there were several flaws. Once I was able to overlook those flaws I was able to enjoy the book.

The story is about Faythe, a werecat who is a grad student in Texas. She has ‘run away’ from the Pack—her father’s the patient leader, of course. For some reason he has allowed her to ignore her family/Pack and attend college and he also provides surveillance, in the form of enforcers, to make sure she is safe. Without warning a stray arrives on campus and attacks her (she did go searching for the fight). Her father sends his top enforcer to retrieve her so she can return to the safety of the Pack grounds. Of course the enforcer sent to retrieve her is her ex-boyfriend who has not gotten over her.
The story centers on a weak plot—foreign werecats who are kidnapping tabbies (prized female werecats) and selling them as wives.—but does manage to have some good dialogue.

The bad points—there are several. First, visualizing the setting and characters was difficult due to the lack of descriptions. “Her hair was brown.” “Running through the trees. ‘ Not enough to paint a visual pictures.

Second, Faythe was too fickle in both emotion and action. She was in college and hated her family. She wanted to avoid them at all costs then suddenly she arrived home, realized she loved them and missed being around them. She wanted to hang out with them and race through the woods with them.

She was dating Andrew, a human. She used to date Marc, one of the enforcers. She hated Marc and dumped him before leaving for college. He pined for her but she didn’t return the feelings. Suddenly she is back at home and completely forgets about Andrew. One strange, awkward phone call is all she has—she didn’t even call him.

Much of the time Faythe did stupid things that even she realized were stupid. At least once she mentioned that her actions were the same as the character who was about to die in a horror movie. She also was immature for a 23 year old grad student. Her bratty behavior was always ignored.



The good points—the character development started increasing as the story unfolded. It needs improvement but there was enough to help build some foundation for the story. Some of the characters were likeable, despite the lack of details. I enjoyed the basic story idea of an independent thinking young woman accepting the responsibility of her family and future.



The ending has me wondering what happened to Andrew. Was this the author’s way of keeping him in the plot or did he just drop out of college because Faythe did?
I plan to read the next book. There was a lot of room for improvement and I hope it is there.