Stray Cat Strut: A Young Lady's Journey to Becoming a Pop-Up Samurai

Stray Cat Strut, Book 1

De: RavensDagger

Narrado por: Hollie Jackson, Pavi Proczko

In the year 2057, the world has become a corporate-run utopia for the super-rich, and a hellhole for all the rest.

Catherine "Cat" Leblanc is an orphan that is about as far from super-rich as one can be. When the Incursion alarms start blaring and the sky starts raining hungry xenos, it's just another blemish on an already piss-poor afternoon.

Stray Cat Strut is a cyberpunk magical-girl alien-invasion LitRPG that's exactly as wild as it sounds.

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Loved the way the story was narrated!

Did not think I would enjoy the story as much as I did. Really fun story! The way the the narrative was done was awesome! Really enjoyed it, could not stop listening, Thank you Hollie Jackson a and Pavi Proczko for putting so much into it and making it so enjoyable!

Snarky, quirky and suprisingly fresh take on the genre

I enjoyed the writing and the narration! The characters are humorous and the book flows well, the tight spots keep you on your toes but it has enough (short) rests between the action to let you breathe. Will get the next one too!

Non-stop fun!

Give yourself some free-time for this one! You won't want to stop listening. Worth the listen.

An amazing story in a single day

This is absolutely one of my favorite reads of all time. I love the sparky main character, with all her sass and savagery. She's down to earth, realistic, and best of all - not stupid.

What blows my mind is that even with all the information, detail and world building packed into this absolutely incredible adventure... it is only a single day of the MC's life. One day, and an entire book of delightful storytelling.

I love it! top 3 reads for me, I can't praise it enough. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

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.