Leonard

Conceptually, this sounded promising. An alien who accidentally becomes a cat! There's all kinds of plot-fodder there but the author presents us with a rather tame tale of a girl who has internalized a random remark by her mother's new boyfriend before being sent to spend the summer with her grandmother. By the end of the book, said boyfriend and mom have magically broken up with no explanation given and the alien has decided it likes being a cat with fEeLiNgS and being part of a family is superior to the hive mind existence on his home planet even though a hive is just a really big family. Maybe kids who really like cats would be into this but its mostly boring; it never plays out like there's anything actually at stake for the characters.

I received a free copy of the book from the publisher for review.