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While I generally steer clear of books that just stop, to be continued in the next book, I think this series is split into 3, and a bit, books because of the length of the story. There weren't really any places to wrap up things into a complete story in each volume. Kinda like the Lord of the Rings, in that you really can't read any of them as stand alone books, they are just 3 parts of a whole.
It's long but truly worth it.

As for the story, I loved it. I hadn't read anything like it and I am a Sci/Fi Fantasy nut, so that's saying a lot!
Excellent world building and character involvement.
While the characters are young they don't come across as teens or young people. Cass is very well rounded and while just graduating from high school is quite mature, and yet still not an adult in all things. Yeah there are times she can be a bit moody or whining, she recognizes it and keeps going on with life, putting that part aside afterwards. No one going through what she goes through wouldn't be unhappy and sometimes whiny.
I felt a lot of empathy with her, as I'd have dealt with a lot of what she now has to deal with in similar ways. I'm over 50, so that says something for her maturity.
Other reviews will go into the book and the characters etc in more depth, I just wanted to say that I loved the series, loved that the author wrapped it up and in the Gratuitous Epilogue pulled it all together and let us know how the rest of their lives would likely continue.
Thank you Andrea for writing this.
There are a few typos, and sometimes the wording is odd, or seems to leave out a word here or there, but they were rare and didn't bother me too much. Sometimes I think it was just a language thing between the authors home language and the Aussie variations in the english language. It didn't affect my enjoyment at all.


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Stray Touchstone Part 1 Andrea K Höst 9780980878998 Books Reviews

Stray is addictive. I'll just say it. It's a fast fun read for anyone who likes science fiction or fantasy. I didn't expect to be drawn in, but I ended up reading all five books. I was sucked in by the free book and then had to see how it turned out, Gratuitous Epilogue and all. The Touchstone series has a lot of original science fiction ideas, adventure, and romance. There are believable characters, personal growth, sacrifice, and flat out kick-butt action.

I love science fiction and fantasy and that's what pulled me in. The "magic" system is very Marvel Universe in that it's telekinesis and other mental powers for our friendly psychic space ninjas, yet there's the whole Ena aspect making it rather fantastical. And yet, with space ships and nanites, it came across as almost near-science.

I don't normally care for books where romance is mentioned so often, but the romantic longing in this book actually just fit in with the whole story, plus Cass was so analytical about it. She thought about it, tried to modify her behavior and deny it, all in a realistic way that most of us can relate to. If you've ever had an interest or crush, you've had many of the same thoughts. ... although Cass is probably more grown-up about her crush than most of us were at her age.

One touch that I really liked is that Host wrote a dialect for Cass to show her struggles with the new language that wasn't annoying. I am irritated by many southern, hick, or ignorant-type dialects that people create as they try to give their characters an accent. Dialects usually result in my instantly deleting said book. However, Host writes a non-accented dialect - no special characters or tons of apostrophes denoting dropped syllables... Host writes in an ASL/Auslan-type transcription that neatly demonstrates the language barrier while still being very readable and not annoying in any way. In fact, it's so easy to read that I started not noticing it at all. It was VERY well done, which I really appreciate, as annoying accents are obviously a pet peeve of mine. Kudos!

Lots of neat ideas, fast-paced storyline, and a lot of fun. I will definitely read this series again.
Disclaimer The following review was originally posted on my book blog The Book Challengers (link in bio).

Goodreads recommended this book to me due to my love of The Last Hour of Gann and while I must admit that I really enjoyed this freebie (so much so that I already got my hands on part 2), I don't really see how these two books can really be compared. The Last Hour of Gann is brutal, it's full of violence and things you normally wouldn't want to read about. Stray, on the other hand, is a story in a diary format of a girl who somehow stumbles into a parallel world/universe through a wormhole. There's some violence, but due to the diary format it seems pretty meek and it would be an exaggeration to call it graphic.

The world our heroine Cassandra stumbles into is a truly wondrous scifi world. At first it doesn't seem all that wondrous, but then she's rescued by an alien race (I am still wondering if it's the best word to use here) who are pretty humanoid, but differ from humans in some slight ways. For instance, they have these special abilities they use to fight the bad guys. Their society is pretty advanced in a way - everyone has an integrated interface in their brains that allows you to change the way buildings look like around you, allows you to attend school in your head, send e-mails, contact someone directly, and this interface also allows the government to record everything you do. Kind of cool, but also kind of creepy or what?

But what I really liked about our heroine Cass was the fact that she didn't whine, she didn't cry at every obstacle (or at the very least she didn't write it down), she tried to make the best of the situation she was in, and most of all, she was a realistic girl with realistic expectations of the world she had stumbled into. Plus, it didn't hurt that there was no instant love-triangle thingy going on. Sure, there were a few hints about a possible romance or two, but nothing further than "this guy is kind of cute". Also, I adored the fact that she really struggled in learning the new language (just like Amber did...).

On to the next one!
While I generally steer clear of books that just stop, to be continued in the next book, I think this series is split into 3, and a bit, books because of the length of the story. There weren't really any places to wrap up things into a complete story in each volume. Kinda like the Lord of the Rings, in that you really can't read any of them as stand alone books, they are just 3 parts of a whole.
It's long but truly worth it.

As for the story, I loved it. I hadn't read anything like it and I am a Sci/Fi Fantasy nut, so that's saying a lot!
Excellent world building and character involvement.
While the characters are young they don't come across as teens or young people. Cass is very well rounded and while just graduating from high school is quite mature, and yet still not an adult in all things. Yeah there are times she can be a bit moody or whining, she recognizes it and keeps going on with life, putting that part aside afterwards. No one going through what she goes through wouldn't be unhappy and sometimes whiny.
I felt a lot of empathy with her, as I'd have dealt with a lot of what she now has to deal with in similar ways. I'm over 50, so that says something for her maturity.
Other reviews will go into the book and the characters etc in more depth, I just wanted to say that I loved the series, loved that the author wrapped it up and in the Gratuitous Epilogue pulled it all together and let us know how the rest of their lives would likely continue.
Thank you Andrea for writing this.
There are a few typos, and sometimes the wording is odd, or seems to leave out a word here or there, but they were rare and didn't bother me too much. Sometimes I think it was just a language thing between the authors home language and the Aussie variations in the english language. It didn't affect my enjoyment at all.