Eh. Meh. Boring. Sadly.
It was not as enjoyable and fun as i had hoped...it just did not catch my interest.

A fantastic lesbian story. From the start, I was sucked into the story. And omg it was a great ride, perfectly illustrating the perils of being a gay young adult in a small town.
Well worth a read.

The plot was really interesting, but maybe I've missed something because I haven't read the first book.
For me, as I'm not a native speaker of English, some traits of the language were a little too emphasized, for example the repetition of some words, like "queer", that from my "foreing" point of view seemed a bit strong.
It seemed like the only important thing for Lorraine wasn't what was happening around her, but the fact that she was queer.
I will read for sure the first book, in order to understand if I missed something of this character, of her need to manifest her queerness and I hope I will be able to enjoy more also this one, because it left me something, I liked it and I would love to read more about it.

Thank you NetGalley, Nancy J. Hedin and NineStar Press for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest opinion.

This book was trash. The word "Queer" to describe lesbians, and mentioned countless times through out the book was just tastelees. Being apart of the LGBT-Q community it's offensive. I honestly didn't even finish reading. DNR

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The storyline was good for this book, but the author's language to describe the lesbian characters as "queer" felt insulting to me, as I know many of my friends do not like that term. I think I would have enjoyed the book more had I not felt like my friends were being victimized with the language.

Stray is a well written book with a tough language for LGBTQ community. Topics those of us in the community we face all year long, so perhaps we hate reading it in books. As reviewers we don't have to like all the characters, but I did like a few. Well written and good storyline.

Life in a small town is not always idealic.

Lorraine's mama is a huge, high maintenance personality who is competive, manipulative, an amazing cook who means we'll.

Lorraine's dad is mild mannered and lives in the shadow of his wife. But his strength is there when it counts.

Lorraine's nephew, Little Man, is the center of her universe .

Lorraine wants to be a vet and trains with the local womanizing vet.

A full, hectic life is derailed when Lorraine's girlfriend becomes unavailable, her brother in law becomes romantically involved, her mama brings home a young cosmetology student to stay in the spare bedroom and a vicious attack makes everyone examine their beliefs, dreams and ambitions.

I hope Lorraine's story has a sequel!

I’m not really sure where or how to begin this review. I was really interested in this book as there are not many mainstream books that feature lesbians in a “normal every day” way. While I enjoyed the story the language used incensed me. The word “queer” was used all through the book and as a lesbian I am disgusted with that word being used in this day and age. This clouded any review I could possibly write on this book. It is just downright discriminatory and offensive!