Review – Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter

Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter
Narrated by Khristine Hvam
Series: Junkyard Cats #1
Publisher: Audible Original
Publication Date: January 02, 2020
Date Read: January 5, 2020 and April 17, 2020
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Source: Audible Freebie
★★★★☆

From the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood series comes a tough new heroine who is far more than she seems.

After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old scrapyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is now something more than human. And the scrapyard is no longer just a scrapyard, but a place full of secrets that she has guarded for years.

This life she has built, while empty, is predictable and safe. Until the only friend left from her previous life shows up, dead, in the back of a scrapped Tesla warplane. Clutched in her cold fingers is a note to Shining—warning her of a coming attack.

With dread, Shining realizes: someone knows who she is. Someone knows what she is guarding. Will she be able to protect the scrapyard? Will she even survive? Or will Shining have to destroy everything she loves to keep her secrets out of the wrong hands?

Available at Audible

I really enjoyed this book.  I picked this one up as a freebie on Audible and decided to listen to it right away.  Unfortunately by the time I got around to writing my review, I didn’t remember enough of the details to put together any kind of halfway decent collection of thoughts.  It is a rather short book at just 5 hours of listening time so I decided I would just give it another listen, which is what I did.

While I read and listen to a little bit of just about every genre, I don’t tend to read a lot of science fiction.  I did appreciate the futuristic world that this story was set in.  I liked the technology that was worked into the story.  Even the cats in this story were not the normal cats like I have come across in my life.  These cats work as a team and treat Shining as their leader.  I liked the way that the world-building gradually built over the course of the story with each piece of information adding to the overall world. 

I thought that this book was exciting.  There was a lot going on and it is obvious from the very beginning that things are looking bad for Shining and the gang.  As the story progressed, I realized just how much danger they were really in.  I liked the way that the past that brought the characters to this point in their life was worked into the story and I thought that it really helped me get to know and like the characters better.

Khristine Hvam did a fabulous job with the narration.  I thought that she did a great job with all of the character voices and was able to add a lot of excitement to the story.  She read the story with a very pleasant voice and read at a perfect pace.  I think that her performance added to my overall enjoyment of the story.

I would recommend this book to others.  I found this to be a great story filled with great characters and just the right amount of action.  This is the first book in the Junkyard Cats series and I look forward to reading future installments. 

About the Author

Faith Hunter is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock series, the Soulwood series, and the Rogue Mage series.

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