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Book Review of Catalyst (Barque Cats, Bk 1)

Catalyst (Barque Cats, Bk 1)
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Helpful Score: 4


I gave this 2.5 stars. McCaffrey in colloboration with Scarborough seems to equal cutesy, which is not my thing at all. Cat lovers I'm sure will go gaga over this story of Barque cats, specially bred for life in space ships, but though I didn't quite get there, I found this almost gag-me-with-a-spoon. Pregnant high-bred Chessie is kidnapped and when she gives birth, one of her kittens develops a telepathic bond with the young son of her kidnapper. Later on in the book the story development of a hyper-intelligent breed of cats with their own agenda of galactic domination caused me to roll my eyes, but it was amusing enough to make me finish the story. I don't think I'll be reading the sequel, though, unless it happened to be close by and there was nothing else within reach.