Great book but it doesn’t really end.

I really enjoyed the book but the plot doesn’t really resolve at all. The book just kind of ends abruptly.

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Another Excellent RavensDagger Story

I'm a huge fan of how well RavensDagger manages to mix and match genres and concepts into something that just feels right. If you've read any of their other books, then just hit that order button right now and enjoy yourself. If you've never read any of their other books, then just hit that order button and enjoy yourself.

Seriously though, this is an action-filled tale loaded with tech and aliens that will leave both litRPG and anime fans happy. Hell, it might even leave a few non-geeky people happy as well as long as they have a sense of humor. Speaking of which, I loved the sense of humor in the book, and the narrator did an excellent job of conveying it. Well done all around.

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A very pleasant surprise

When I first found out that Ravensdagger's next book would not be Cinnamon Bun 4, but some new IP, I was a little put out. I only got it because I had finished the other books I was reading and thought "why not?" Now, I would consider it good news if Ravensdagger announced that they will be canceling every other project to focus on Stray Cat. I haven't been this into a book for a long time. I would whole heartedly recommend this book and I eagerly await a sequel.

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Office safe mostly

Love it you can hear the narrator's sarcasm roll out with every quip. It fits the story and main character perfectly

Pretty great!

Overall an enjoyable story. Fast-paced and a little short. A more tame version of K.C. Alexander's fare. No notes on storyline, solid popcorn. Would recommend.

That said, giving it 4 stars for the constant reminders the 17 year old main character is physically interested in other women with a preference for cunning linguists and literally can't take a hint. Cringe.

Lots of Action, Lots of Fun

This delightful novel is a combination of superheroes and cyberpunk with a light dose of LitRPG. Cat LeBlanc is an orphan charged with taking care of other orphans on a field trip when a xeno incursion begins. She very bravely tries to draw the creatures away from her girlfriend and their charges and gets herself mortally injured while killing one of the monsters. This experience causes an alien AI (different aliens) to embed itself in her skull and offer her cybernetic upgrades as a reward for killing xenos and protecting humans. It turns out that these xenos are wrecking a lot of the galaxy and the AI’s parent species wants to protect other species without getting overly involved themselves. Their answer—help worthy humans help themselves by making advanced technology instantly available to them according to a point system. Points are earned by killing monsters and protecting people and they can be spent on guns, biological upgrades, and a host of other things. That’s the light LitRPG element. There are no character sheets, but the reader is constantly barraged with new point totals as monsters are killed, people are saved, and high-tech stuff is purchased.

The result is a pretty fast-moving novel in which Cat learns quickly how to survive the invasion. People like her are called “samurai” and she finds that her new status gives her a great deal of influence in trying to stem the tide of the invasion and make sure that all people—not just the rich—get helped. That helps to introduce the most cyberpunky elements of the story. By the middle of the twenty-first century, corporations have almost completely taken over the country and basically run things. The effect of this is that the rich live pretty well and the poor get stepped on. Cat obviously intends to do something about that now that she has the power to make a difference.

There’s a lot of action in this novel, but also a lot of story. As Cat moves from encounter to encounter, she meets other samurai and together they destroy a lot of xenos. There’s nothing deep here, but if you’re looking for a light tale of super-heroic mayhem, this is a mighty fine book.

Spent it for curiosity found a good book

I have gotten books from selki myth and ryguar so I thought I should give this a good shake and I’m glad I did

Good story

I can't tell if the book had typos or if the narrator was just bad at reading it, though if it was typos you'd think the narrator would have realized those words didn't make sense in the context they were used and corrected it.

Buy it, love it.

Went out of my way to leave a review. This is what lit rpg could be. Great sound mixing. No repetion of "ding killed *** exp gained ****" a gazillion times. The MC is cool and stylized.

Like 98 percent great

Would make a cool nodded game version of Cyberpunk 2077, because that's basically the story, Cyberpunk meets alien invasion. lots of fun, cool idea and good characters. maybe I can just accept it as a character flaw but it drove me absolutely nuts that Cat would basically throw away weapons she would get, after finding out that a cheap 9mm would sell for large amounts of money she doesn't make the slightest attempt to pack away used stuff to sell, which considering her orphan origin and the core desire to take care or her fellow orphans drove me nuts. other than That, honestly didn't have much to dislike. Real fun story so far, here's to hoping the author can keep it up for the whole series.