We only read this as a favor to Cammy.  And if you’ve seen her (probably retouched) author photo you can see why. Because generally when you hear a story is "furry", it means gay sex and a bunch of stories supposed to be original because in this one the wizards or warriors or whatever look like animals. And talking animals with kids???? Give a break.

BUT . . . 

Repeat:  BUT . . .  this one ain’t like that.  It’s more like Survivor Island meets Meercat Manor.  ET’s crashland on Earth, unaware the place is inhabited and certainly not by creatures six times taller than they are.  An interesting collection of personalities, even the old codger who is narrating the tale.  It’s a dry, scholarly recounting except it has humor and heart.

We got a kick out of all the characters’ names being keyboard characters.  Apparently they were given those names by people studying them.  So you have these little fuzzies named Quote (the narrator, duh)  and Asterisk and At and Greater Than.  Sounds hoky, maybe, but it works . . . and beats the hell out of all these characters you see called X’uac and Elisinandanor and such.

Twenty chapters in you can see where things are going: internal conflicts, possible conspiracy or sabotage behind them even being there, and edging into more human artifacts (which they don’t understand and use in funny ways).

It’s unusual,  kind of like Watership Down with Ewoks instead of rabbits, but relaxing fun to read.

Okay, Cammy, there’s your review.  Now are you going to come over to the house for our poker night, or not?

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