Review: Disappointed in this Follow-up
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
I was very excited to see there was more to Mercenary Kat Darah after reading her awesome adventure inHunting Kat (The Triton Experiment). However, I felt a bit disappointed by the overall story.It's been 6 months since Kat met Rygard, but they still keep in touch with communications and meet ups when they can. When Rygard's military unit goes missing, Kat and her team of mercenaries step in to find him and his men. Even though she rescues Rygard, half of his men have been shipped off-planet to be sold as slaves. Kat and Rygard team up to go undercover to make sure no man is left behind.FIGHTING KAT was a short and sexy futuristic sci-fi story. I had a hard time getting into this story--things just felt off to me.This installment was very political. Kat's team of mercenaries are working closely with the military bringing with it all the bureaucratic nonsense that goes along with it. Kat has been ordered to keep her shape-shifting abilities secret. Those she works with know of her abilities, but the government and military would incarcerate her. There was a lot of political power plays trying to maneuver Kat as well all the in their mission.  I found all the political and military influences took away from my enjoyment of the story.I didn't care for how obsessed everyone was about Kat--from the military who wanted to incarcerate her, to the prisoner who was almost infatuated with her, to all the other gladiators and spectators who are fascinated with her. It was overkill that everyone was so captivated with her.I felt like the romantic element was forced in this story.Despite these things I didn't care for, the story was fast-paced and action packed with interesting characters. I am still interested in reading more of Kat's adventures.