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Star Cat: The Complete Series

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In space, no one can hear you purr.
In the year 2117, Earth received a distress call from Saturn. Only female household cats responded to it. The United States & Russian Intergalactic Confederation held a worldwide contest to find the first feline astronaut.

Britain’s own Jelly Anderson won the contest. Weighing just 75. Lbs and standing 30cm tall, she was the smallest – and most loyal and fierce – crew member aboard Space Opera Beta.

They got to Saturn. Jelly decoded the message and kick-started a chain of events that went beyond anyone’s imagination. Snarky computers, mechanised androids, shape-shifting mutants, double-crossing bad guys, and force of nature threatened to take her and her crew out of the game forever.

But Jelly had nine lives. It’s a shame her crew didn’t.

Most never survived the war. Fewer made it back to Earth, and just one of them went down in history as a legend…

Star Cat: The Complete Series features all six action-packed instalments, plus the prequel novella - Star Cat: Training Day. Scroll up and claw the Buy Now button to start your journey of a lifetime. Kindle Unlimited.

806 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 5, 2019

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Andrew Mackay

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A novelist, screenwriter and former teacher, Andrew Mackay is the creator of groundbreaking sci-fi series STAR CAT.

His influences include John Cleese, Tom Sharpe, Kurt Vonnegut, James Patterson, Hunter S Thompson, Douglas Adams, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Michael Frayn, Chris Morris, Christopher Hitchins, Bill Maher, George Carlin, and Larry Cohen.

Get in touch! Andrew@chromevalleybooks.com

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858 reviews3 followers
August 11, 2021
I don't usually write reviews for books I didn't finish, but I think I can make an exception for this one. Cats and sci fi... should be right up my alley...

The level of stupid.
• I'm willing to accept the premise of aliens that are speaking a cat language – but only unaltered young female cats understand it?
• Why wouldn't this agency (company?) just go to a shelter and get all the cats they could possibly need? Are there no homeless cats in the future?
• Apparently a large percentage of cats – or at least the unaltered young female cats competing in these tests – are "owned" by five-year-old kids. (Whether cat caretakers should be called owners or not is just a minor quibble, except this book is supposedly about cats.)
• All these cats were 3-5 year old unaltered females who apparently go outside and climb around and interact with other cats, but none get pregnant?
• The tests were beyond ridiculous, completely unrealistic & unhelpful (what exactly are they testing for here?) – and cruel. Why hold them as a giant circus with an audience? But, hey, wave a potential payday in front of people and they're willing to subject their supposedly-beloved pets to anything (ok, unfortunately, that's probably realistic).
• The social media thing: social media doesn't exist because there was a war about it, but it does exist without the social aspect. Huh? Isn't that just media?

Then the writing itself. It's juvenile and stilted; long sections (even chapters) are spent on what seems to be pointless drivel. And the whole thing needs a serious editor.

The five-year-old boy seems more mature than many of the adults, but the content (and "humor") is definitely adult. Who was this written for?

I really wanted to like this – and it sure has some glowing reviews from real fans – but I barely made it out to space and just couldn't take it anymore.
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22 reviews
April 18, 2019
...Pretty bad, but I'm going to keep slogging on.

Book 1: Infinity Claws (Currently Reading)

The world-building is rubbish. I said it. It makes little (if any) sense, often isn’t relevant to the story being told and isn’t interesting.

First thing; Why are Russia and America in a confederation if they still hate each others guts? At one point the author takes an exposition dump to tell us, at length, that the Confederation confederated (duh) but never once addresses why it happened. Which only serves to highlight how unlikely it is. When your own exposition is undermining your world-building then, sir, you’ve got a problem.

Why is that confederation ‘Intergalactic’ when there is no hint of portals or wormholes or FTL travel or even extra-solar colonies. The entire plot revolves around first contract near Saturn, for Pete’s sake. By what measure can it claim to exist in more than one galaxy (or even star system)? That is like the Philippines one day deciding to rebrand themselves the ‘Extraplanar Republic of the Philippines.’

Dream big, Philippines. Dream big.

There are dozens of dictionary resources online. It takes five seconds to double check a word. There is no reason, in this day in age, for any author to make such a stupid mistake.

Furthermore it is abbreviated as USARIC which doesn’t (as might be reasonably expected) stand for United States of America and Russia Intergalactic Confederation, but instead;

United States And Russian Intergalactic Confederation.

My EYES! It physically hurts. Evidently some catastrophe in the canon rendered almost everyone on the planet semi-illiterate (Thanks, Trump?).

In the rare cases that conjunctions are used in acronyms they are generally not capitalized. As in ‘LotR’ for Lord of the Rings. Pretty much the only time you’ll ever see a conjunction capitalized is when someone is trying get the acronym to spell out a word and its still tacky as all shit. That isn’t the case here though. I’d probably just roll my eyes if the acronym in question were anything else, but this is supposedly the name of the inheritor of the two great superpowers of their day.

Second thing. Slotting in boiler-plate backstory nonsensically to explain something irrelevant which nobody cares about. To summarize an example;

“Ummm… Social Media doesn’t exist anymore because… there was a big massive war in which remarkably few people died… and now there is Individimedia which is really the same thing but totally different.”

Need I say more?


Onward to the plot.

The StarCat competition is really poorly done. It makes sense to hold a competition to get the widest possible sample, but not at the expense of throwing off the selection process by turning it into a circus. It doesn’t select for any of the skills or requirements they need because they make no effort to control any extraneous variables. Like crowd noise or separating the cats. If you are only sending one cat into space then inter-cat dynamics just aren’t a factor you want affecting your trial. Naturally other cats are going to be more interesting than anything else in their environment, but most of the time they didn’t even make the attempt to screen the cats from each other. Besides which it would have been more cost effective, a better testing tool and more entertaining (because of the suspense) to run the cats through in sequence.

Crowd noise ―also not a factor in space― could easily be eliminated by holding the event in triple-glazed greenhouses which would also have the advantage of being able to play the ‘Saturn Cry’ without alerting any of the spectators that something strange is going on, while at the same time having a perfectly reasonable pretext.

But even for a purely competitive exercise, this was amazingly sloppy. Compare it with the Relay or Agility events run by dogs at Crufts in the UK and that is evident.

Finally, the competition is obviously simplified and unrealistic for that. There are five venues in London alone. The betting odds at Cape Claudius clearly indicate there are many other challengers, but the semi-finals (if not other rounds also) slip away into some hole in continuity because the author lacks the imagination to conjure additional rounds. A blessing in disguise, perhaps, given the rounds he did design.

Oh, and I’m pretty sure microgravity doesn't work like that.
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427 reviews9 followers
January 28, 2019
This series was awesome! Science fiction in a whole different way. You are taken on an roller coaster ride of events that has your head spinning in all directions. There will be characters that you love and some that you will hate. But wait until you find out the true motive behind sending a cat into space. Wait until you learn of the true people on this flight, most of them are not what you think. And Jelly, the cat that went into space, her young owner thinking she is smart and brave enough to make the win to go. Yes she is, but there is more to it and she wasn't the only winner. You watch her change throughout the books into something that most would maybe call a herro. All in all, I feel that this series would make an excellent science fiction movie for sure.
Here are my reviews on each of the books in this series;

Book 1 Infinity Claws

This story got better and better as you went on. Your started with Jamie and Emily touring the space ship after the cat that won the competition had given up her space on the mission, but don't tell anyone, it's hush hush. There were a lot of hushed things that came out in this book and you will be knocked off your seat with some of them, I was. There were a few that my mouth hung open with a "no way" attached to it.
Learning the history of the space program and the ship was to say the least fascinating. You felt like you were touring one of today's space ships and learning about the mission it was going on and looking back at the history of our space program. It felt very real and very believable.
I cried when Jamie had to hand over Jelly for her new Mommy and home. I looked over at my own sleeping cat, Oliver, who has the same colors and eyes and Jelly does, and knew that it would be to hard to do what Jamie did. See, it feels real, Andrew Makay did a fabulist job in bringing this story to life.
The mission started out like any other would and grew with excitement and action as you read on. There are many twists and turns along the way and you don't see a lot of them coming. Andrew Makay is good for that! Example, there is one clue that can give you an idea of a part of what's to come if you don't miss it. I didn't miss it, but I was thoroughly surprised how it played out.
As usual, when you are reading one of Andrew Makay's books, you are left with a sense of wonder for what is to come next from him. I just love his work and would recommend his books to everyone.

Book 2 Pink Symphony

This book would make an excellent SyFi movie! It would have to be done like Paddington and Winnie the Pooh. All the way through the book, I kept thinking what a great movie this series would make. Yes this book is that good!
The crew and Jelly went through a warm hole, they think that is what happened and found Pink Sympathy. Reading this book was like watching Alfred Hitchcock's, Twilight Zone. It went from real to unreal to is it or isn't it real and back again. The crew learned of traitors on board and had to deal with them or not to deal with them and let a very special collar around their neck take care of them. They learned about being human verses being an Androgyne. Jelly went through many changes that shocked the crew and figured out what Shanta is from Jelly trying to say it over and over again.
There are space creatures that in my mind look something like an octopus, but pink. There is a virus that is following them and you cry pink or bleed pink, cool! I kept thinking purple people eater, lol. You see, good SyFi movie!
But I have to say the cliffhanger is the best! It left my mouth open and saying "Whaaaaaaat? No Way!" OMG, I need the next book and fast! This book is full of surprises, jaw dropping surprises, loads of action, stabbing in the back, mystery and edge of your seat what's next.
Yup! Would make a great movie!

Book 3 War Mage

There is so much to tell that happens in this book, but I don't want to give anything away, you will just have to read it to find out. But I can say that Andrew Makay takes you on a crazy joy ride in outer space. Well maybe not a joy ride, but a war of fighting pink blobs with spider legs. Jelly is changing more and more with a surprise in store for you. The crew discovers the truth about them and it isn’t taken with good respite.
There is s—t going down on Earth, with a group ambushing USARIC and killing key people to save the cats. The cats escape, over a hundred of them and spread out in different directions. It’s important that all the cats are captured and returned to USARIC asap, for they are not your ordinary cats.
Saturn puts on a beautiful light display for the crew and the Space Opera Charlie, as a black hole is formed. Can they escape in time? Will everyone make it out? Will Jelly stop growing and changing? And what is Jelly’s surprise? You will find the answers to all this and more in this exciting book. You will go through many emotions along the way. You are left hanging in outer space and wanting the next book. Yes it’s that good! I wouldn’t expect anything less from Andrew Mackay.

Book 4 Killer Instinct

Action, Action and a whirlwind of more Action! Killer Instinct will put you on an emotional roller coaster from start to finish!
Three of the kids are kidnapped and my heart leaped into my throat praying that they aren’t killed. RAGE is on a mission to rescue the cats at USARIC base and are taking no prisoners. The chase scene had me sitting up straight tight as a board seeing in my minds eye the scene unfold and holding my breath that they make it.
Jelly changes again and is more farrell then ever. Tripp has a change of his own and you are like, oh boy, here we go again! Jaycee take a beating from Jelly and Manuel is on to Alex. Meanwhile there are hundreds of wolves attacking Opera Charlie. Saturn is still putting on a light show and at one point the rings start to grind together and show off their spark. Jelly has the fight of her life time and you are on the edge of your seat, holding your breath as she is being beat to a pulp and not knowing if she is going to make it.
Then there’s Jelly’s kittens, not all of them make it and I balled my eyes out. I look over at my cat and can’t imagine him loosing any of his kittens. Jelly has every right to take the heart out of the person/creature who did it and boy she did. I found myself cheering her on at points.
The end of the book. It’s leaves you with so many questions and no answers. Hopefully there is more to this series with the answers. I’m dying to know if they finally make it back home? Then they may not want to with that tree in the middle of the ocean. Does Jelly keep changing and getting bigger or will she go back to being a normal cat. With Marr having a heart attack, are the experiments going to stop? And what about all the cats that are caged at USARIC? See many questions!
Thanks Andrew Mackay for a very exciting storyline in Killer Instinct and giving more questions than answers! Until next time!

Book 5 Exodus

Excitement! Excitement good and bad at every corner. Anticipation! Every scene had you anticipating what was going to happen next. You had to turn the page to find out and the suspense is killing you. Jaw dropping! There are many parts The I sat there with my mouth hanging open with ”oh my goodness “ hanging on my lips. Surprise! There are many surprises in store for you in this book, many changes to go through. Mystery ! There are new mysteries that are going to throw a curve ball into the mix, be prepared. Cliffhanger! Just as things are finally coming together, Andrew Mackay throws in a cliffhanger. Really? Now? Now I wait for Star Cat 6!

Book 6 Star Cat Forever

Wow! What an ending to a series! So many twists and turns throughout the whole book. Many, many surprises along the way, some you never see coming. Great action and the final fight scene was fantastic! The friendship, loyalty and love that brought RAGE and the Misfits together, proves that all ,I do’s of people can stand together and fight together for freedom and peace.
Jelly totally out did herself in more ways then one. Maar got what was coming to him, that bastard! And it took me a bit to think about how that tree comes into play, then it dawned on me.
The very end was awesome! Andrew Mackay showed you how things turned out. The best part, Jelly was never forgotten for what she accomplished over the years. Jelly told Jamie that the answer all along is ####! And this world sure could use more of it!





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215 reviews8 followers
February 2, 2019
These three stories are great. First they learn of pink symphony and prove the only animal affected is cats. The space group holds trials to find the smartest and strongest to go into space to decode pink symphony. That's where we meet the cats Bisoubisou owned by Remy, Jelly Owned by Jamie, and SuzyQ 2 owned by Leesa. Bisoubisou wins the trials at first but passes on. They take Jelly in Bisousbisou's place.

In book 2 They are in space and Jelly is doing great until they start to see she is changing. It starts out with her attitude, and continues with her growing in size. They could not save anyone on Alpha or Alpha itself. The people on Beta slowly find out that all but 2 of them are not people at all. They are third generation androids. In a way this was good because they run into some spider/crab like creatures that infect people. At the end of book 2, Jelly is more human like than a cat.

In book 3 The 2 humans are killed and that leaves Jelly and 2 of the androids. Jelly must be protected because she was given some gift by pink symphony. They discover that the "gift" is that she is pregnant. After she has her 3 kittens(she is only half human and half cat). She evolves again and she is now part tiger, cat and human. She goes out on her own to fight a wolf like creature that is revered by about 100 normal wolves. She fights this giant wolf and becomes queen over the wolves and the last 2 androids. The androds do as she says so as not to upset her. They don't want to find themselves dead at her fangs and claws.

Jamie is kidnapped by a new "group". The rest of the cats released for the final time. The action is plentiful with more creatures to fight.

A treaty between the US and Russia is broken and all the Russians are sent back to Russia, they are at least working on it. A young girl finds herself separated from her mom to go on a different ship(one that is all adolescents). The girl does not want to go so she causes a ruckus. The daughter finds a way to grab a guards gun and she wont give it back. All it does is first make them blow up the adult ship. Even after losing her mother she wont give it up. They used her as a way to force compliance also. The guards up in the towers kill her. Marr(USARIC CEO) goes into hiding until he has a heart attack. He wakes up in a recovery room and knows he must get away from there because he knows they want him dead. He escapes and goes home where there is a major stand off. He convinces them that he is not the bad guy and they let him go. He is not going to hide anymore and goes back to USARIC where he says they can come and get him if they can because he will be ready for them. Jelly, Alex and Jelly's baby are on a spaceship called K-Bolt heading toward Earth. The odds are extremely against them, but even if they stayed where they were they would die. This ship at least gives them a very slim shot at making it and surviving. This story is really amazing and I can't wait to see how it all ends in the last book of the series.

The Russians are stopping USIRIC from taking them back to Russia. The spaceship pod has landed in the ocean and been picked up by USIRIC. Alex, Furie and Jelly are in quarantine on the USIRIC compound. Alex and Jelly are both eventually questioned. They pretend to remember nothing. Alex turns into a creature and is killed. Jelly escapes and finds Furie. They get away. Jelly has Furie do what she is meant to do. While that is happening the action at the USIRIC compound is unbelievable. This series is a must read!!
1,065 reviews11 followers
January 6, 2019
Title: Star Cat: The Complete Series
Author: Andrew Mackay
Publisher: Chrome Valley Books
ISBN: B07MBWJW8V
Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MBWJW8V/...
Reviewer: Teresa Fallen Angel
Blurb:
In space, no one can hear you purr.

In 2117 Earth received a distress call from Saturn. Only female household cats responded to it. The United States & Russian Intergalactic Confederation held a worldwide contest to find the first feline astronaut.

Britain’s own Jelly Anderson won the contest. Weighing just 75 lbs and standing 30 cm tall, she was the smallest – and most loyal and fierce – crew member on board Space Opera Beta's mission to the ring planet.

When Jelly and her crew of scientists and mercenaries arrived, she decoded the message which kick-started a chain of events far beyond anyone’s imagination. Snarky computers, mechanised androids, shape-shifting mutants, double-crossing saboteurs, and fantastic force of nature threatened to take her and her crew out of the game forever.

But Jelly had nine lives. It’s a shame her crew didn’t.

The majority of them didn't survive. Few made it back to Earth. Just one went down in history as a legend…
Total Score: 5/5 and a Recommended Read

Summary:

This wild ride began as a contest to choose one special cat to go to space after a cat accidentially heard and reacted to a message from outer space. Jamie knew that Jelly was special and to prove it he entered Jelly into the contest. No one ever expected that by entering Jelly it would change things forever. There was more to the Star cat Contest than they were telling the families leaving the families in the dark about what was truly happening. Jelly was smarter than anyone expected and that was a good thing when she alone was left to save herself and the other crew members of Space Opera Beta. What they found would blow your mind as forces from space could threaten live as we know it on Earth.

Anyone with cats know that they are smarter and faster than people realize and are not afraid to go for what they want. As Jelly evolves into a unique creature it is fascinating how she struggles between her cat instincts and her new feelings. This was a wonderful Sci-fi story that chronicled how the dangers in space were countered by the problems that occurred on Earth. Jamie as Jelly’s owner was dragged into the conflict, but he never gave up the hope of being with Jelly again. The love between them defied the odds as Jamie and Jelly fought to help each other even when they were apart. This will remain one of my favorite series!
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4,677 reviews58 followers
January 12, 2019
kindle unlimited, please see below {there is also free origins story available} as well as various sets so to make sure getting right book/set see below.

In space, no one can hear you purr. In the year 2117, Earth received a distress call from Saturn. Only female household cats responded to it. The United States & Russian Intergalactic Confederation held a worldwide contest to find the first feline astronaut. Britain’s own Jelly Anderson won the contest. Weighing just 75. Lbs and standing 30cm tall, she was the smallest – and most loyal and fierce – crew member aboard Space Opera Beta.

They got to Saturn. Jelly decoded the message and kick-started a chain of events that went beyond anyone’s imagination. Snarky computers, mechanised androids, shape-shifting mutants, double-crossing bad guys, and force of nature threatened to take her and her crew out of the game forever. But Jelly had nine lives. It’s a shame her crew didn’t. Most never survived the war. Fewer made it back to Earth, and just one of them went down in history as a legend…

Star Cat: The Complete Series features all six action-packed instalments, plus the prequel novella - Star Cat: Training Day.


The STAR CAT Series:
Star Cat: Origins - The short story prequel (Download this book for FREE here: bit.ly/CVBSubscribe)
Star Cat: Training Day: A Space Opera Fantasy Novella
Star Cat: Infinity Claws
Star Cat 2: Pink Symphony
Star Cat 3: War Mage
Star Cat 4: Killer Instinct
Star Cat 5: Exodus
Star Cat 6: Star Cat Forever {6th and final of series}

Star Cat: The First Trilogy (Infinity Claws, Pink Symphony, War Mage)
Star Cat: The Last Trilogy (Killer Instinct, Exodus, Star Cat Forever)
Star Cat: The Complete Series (Star Cat #0.5-6)

The Chrome Junction Academy series:
Let’s Kill Mr Pond
Vicky & Lizzie’s First Period
The Belch Park Field Trip

Thriller/Crime
Versus
Simple Machines

Horror
Pure Dark Volumes 1 - 3: The Ultimate Horror Endurance Trilogy
Pure Dark Vol 1
Pure Dark Vol 2
Pure Dark Vol 3
Convenience

Satire & Humor
In Their Shoes: The First Trilogy
In Their Shoes: The Second Trilogy
In Their Shoes - The Teacher (Book I)
In Their Shoes - The Actor (Book II)
In Their Shoes - The Model (Book III)
In Their Shoes - The Artist (Book IV)
In Their Shoes - The Nurse (Book V)
In Their Shoes - The Dealer (Book VI)
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272 reviews1 follower
June 14, 2019
Cat in space?

The author's story-telling skills cannot be denied; his proof-reading skills, however, are definitely in question. This series would have garnered 5 stars of this reader had not so often been jolted out of the story by stupid errors that could have been easily corrected by a 12-year-old with barely rudimentary English skills. That said, I loved the entire series even though there were a few times when I wondered how and why our dear Jelly fared so poorly at the hands of a universe that clearly did not appreciate her rare gifts. Pink Symphony's role was never quite clear but perhaps there are things "out there" that are not meant to be understood by mere humans. Perhaps that is why a feline was necessary to act as intermediary. Recommended for those who have time for this journey through space that will perhaps cause you to reconsider your true place in the universe.
1,291 reviews23 followers
January 7, 2019
This is a great epic undertaking which started with a little house cat in England going over to America to compete with other felines from other parts of the world to see who would win the competition and become the first Star Cat in space on a journey to Saturn to investigate a strange occurrence on one of its moons.

The action is nonstop and the books cover what becomes of the first cat in space as well as her crew mates. Add to that the story also continues on Earth as action also heats up there so there are two stories going on simultaneously in these books.

Andrew MacKay has pushed the boundaries and the envelope in this series as he has also “boldly gone where no one else has gone before” in the sci-fi realm.

Do yourself a favor and start this series today. You will also be “hooked” as I was and your journey will be a satisfying one.
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193 reviews1 follower
March 20, 2019
A tip of the hat to the author, Andrew Mackay! I loved reading this series. I really enjoyed Andrew's imagination, it's stunning. Take a weekend and curl up with this set & have a Jellyfest! You won't regret it! Let your friends & family that enjoy Sci-fi, or even if they don't, about this series & take a look at all of Andrew's books. I'm not a fan of Sci-fi but I really enjoyed this series. I recommend this series & take a look at Versus, the 1st book I read by Andrew, the subject matter is very appropriate for what's been happening all over the world, unfortunately, for the last decade. Sit back and enjoy!
240 reviews2 followers
March 29, 2019
Great series for cat lovers

The author manages to write a series that at once validates what cat lovers know about felines (or want to believe) and goes far beyond that point.
The reader gets whipsawed back and forth between disbelief at events and what happens to the characters ( some occurrences I still need to reread to comprehend ) and emotional roller coasters.

The ending of the series is a logical conclusion no matter what the reader may wish - which is the point isn't it.

Very engrossing and entertaining. Personally, I will have to find some more of this particular authors novels to compare.
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311 reviews1 follower
February 5, 2022
It was an addictive series

This story had me hooked from the first book through to the last. The final book could have lost 100 pages easily. It dragged on for way too long.

Throughout the entire series there were a plethora of errors, a multitude of mistakes and a Sh!t Ton of typos. A new editor and some beta readers with good memory recall could have avoided sending these books out to the mainstream public in their current state. Apart from all that Andrew Mackay can certainly tell a story.
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3,455 reviews23 followers
January 7, 2019
Absolutely wonderful series that is action-packed and full of amazing twists and turns. From Book 1 the story is sensational and gets better with each book. Jelly Anderson's development is truly jaw dropping. The series also has a wonderful set of characters. Beautifully written, you never know what's going to happen and you'll keep turning the pages desperate to find out. Funny and heartbreaking in places, I'd highly recommend this. You won't regret it!
Profile Image for Penny Thomas.
3 reviews
March 10, 2019
Should be called Stat Cat

Like the story constantly asked to be resuscitated. It starts out as a cute story. Then kinda goes wonky. Not much depth. What little there is didn't give you much insight into the main character. The excessive use of caps describing sounds was so annoying i stared skipping over them. I gave the books two stars only because I finished it. I hope a book will redeem itself before the end. Not something I will recommend.
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626 reviews16 followers
April 21, 2019
Jelly friggin Anderson!

This is quite an exciting series. The evolution of the cat is very well done. The story sings along at a very fast pace that at times, seemed a bit difficult to keep up with, but is extremely entertaining. I quite enjoyed the new vocabulary and imagine I'll be saying 'lessense' often.
The whole thing needs a good edit, as each of the books could use some extra polish.
5 reviews4 followers
April 15, 2020
Starcat-All the best heroes in the right place at the right time.

The Starcat series of 6 books has been a really fun read! There were elements of several different sci-fi series throughout the books. The action was terrific and character building well done. I realized midway through book 3 that I had become seriously involved when I reached down and tried to manually turn the page on my IPad!
197 reviews
January 3, 2021
What a ride

I wasn't expecting the series to be anywhere near as engaging as it was. This is a kick ass story that keeps you on the edge of your seat, watching and hoping for the best. This is in many respects a pretty violent book and has been the focus of the recent holiday period, so I'm sad that it's concluded but need a break from the fighting. The author is definitely a cat lover.
99 reviews1 follower
May 17, 2019
Frustrating

There is way too much bickering with every single character. Lots of action. Accidentally started on book six. Went back to read series to find out how this poor cat ended up in such a bad situation. Mostly felt irritated with characters lack of ability to answer with a real response.
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63 reviews
May 23, 2019
Too much, just too much

A chaotic tale, poorly edited if at all, full of psychedelic visualizations that have no meaning or purpose. Granted I only read the first book and got as far as page 14 of the 9th chapter in the second book but I didn't have any hope of it getting any better or giving me a clue as to what the heck is going on or why. This series goes back to the shelf.
118 reviews
April 16, 2020
i had trouble finishing this and stopped part way thru the second story. I was upset about the cat trials in the first story and was totally with his PAAC (people against animal cruelty) and it just seemed to get worse going into the second story. His bad guys kept going from ruff, tuff take no prisoner types to little whining babies as soon as the tables turned - it was just annoying.
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20 reviews2 followers
April 25, 2019
What a series!

As started to read Book One I thought I wouldn't like the series. I mean, really, a cat in space? Rediculos, right?? Well it turns out that as the story panned out in books 2 thru 7 it was a captivating flight of fantasy and fiction. Well done!
89 reviews
February 13, 2020
I enjoyed the story line. I would have given it four stars if I had enjoyed the written sounds. I found myself trying to match the written sounds with the immediate action. That did not work for me. Alas, it just got to the point I skipped fighting pages.
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March 17, 2020
I have finally finished the series... It was fun, irritating and great. I wish the explanation of some words used were explained earlier like Amaziant. It eventually drove me up the wall. Also medican. But the overall it was a good romp. Cya Jelly Anderson & Furie.
51 reviews
February 19, 2021
A fun read!

Lots of quirky British humour make this entertaining series a really fun read. Probably more for a younger audience but I enjoyed the non-stop action and intriguing developments that turned Jelly into Star Cat.
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726 reviews10 followers
January 7, 2019
Complete Star Cat Series

What an intriguing series this is from start to end, the characters are interesting and the situations they find themselves in are mind boggling at times
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56 reviews3 followers
January 7, 2019
The most original scifi series I've read in my life. The pleasure is doubled if, like me, you're a cat lady... but in any case, make yourself a favour and read this series. :D
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162 reviews2 followers
June 15, 2019
Mwwrrrr?

As a cat fan I wanted to like this book. But at the end of the first book I was having my doubts. I couldn’t get past the halfway point of the second.
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291 reviews4 followers
August 11, 2021
This author has a great big series and what could be entertaining and enjoyable. However the syntax, grammar, and the excessive overall usage of the same phrases (also used improperly) are staggering. The same language and phrases are in every book, chapters and occurrences are rampant that I am frustrated to read them. I get that there might be an English Babel that Americans are not keen on the slang, but that isn’t the problem. I really tried to like these books, but so much of it is poorly written, badly formatted which takes any joy out of the experience.
Author, please get a better copy editor, sorry.
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