Review: Fantasy mixed with reality, great combination!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2011
For a pet/cat lover this is a highly emotional and totally heartwarming story! I totally went awwww way too many times when the cat characters were relating to each other... By the time I finished the book my respect for true animal lovers and their humane efforts to rescue and turn the lives of feral cats around had increased immensely... A must read for every cat owner who is the proud custodian and provider for their rescued four-legged Kids !When the author first approached me to read for an honest review her e-books including this one, The Tribe was the first one to really appeal to me... As a person who loved to watch cartoons featuring animal character and animated movies about cats and dogs and their humans this story was for me along the same lines... From the first page the cat characters were in full living color, their personalities jumped off the page and were so lifelike that it was like being in the scene with them as the story unfolded...I have to say that meeting Daca and Bella and Tia was a very interesting experience, especially once the humans arrived to live on the farm the cats called home...From the first encounter between Susan and the colony of feral felines there is an ongoing narrative of her previous work with rescuing and rehabbing to caring homes cats in the same situation as those found on the farm..Not only was this an interesting part of the story but an integral one as well because before Susan and her husband Rob bought the farm the cats were near starvation and generally at the mercy of larger predators...Once the routine was established by the new owner and her mother of daily watering and feeding life improved for all the nursing mothers and every other cat who lived in the barn and surrounding fields.It was interesting to watch how the cats from the beginning were very wary and fearful of the human presence until at the end through persistence and humane actions they finally grew to understand that their lives had changed for the better!There is a lot to this book, much more than just a tale about cats and kittens... For the average person like myself it is also a wake up call to be sure and take the extra step necessary to ensure a quality of life for our small household pets, spaying and neutering them is one way to take that extra step...Abandoning an unwanted animal always has repercussions, this tale illustrates that very well and also brings home an obvious fact to pet owners that if you do not wish more cats and dogs to end up in a shelter or left to run wild and die from illness or injury it is best to spay and neuter them to prevent such a tragedy from occurring...The book does not preach this sentiment, indeed it handles it calmly and matter of factly as just part of the story...For young adults to older adults this is a book that can be enjoyed over and over!I have to disclose that an e-copy for this book was provided to me from Smashwords by the author for an honest review... There was no other compensation for this other than the pleasure I gained from reading the book.