This is excellent, it's criminal that you don't have more reviews. Congrats on managing to to something original with were-animals, putting them into a world in a way that was realistic. Good job with the mystery thriller element as well, you kept the suspense going nicely. I'm off to go read the sequel now, looking forward to seeing how roan's abilities develop.

Wonderful story! I can't understand why you don't have tons of reviews. It's pretty awesome. It's one of the few good stories I have found here in fictionpress for a long time. I loved Roan and Paris, they are superb characters. The world you created, almost like ours, is fascinating. And it was extremely good to mix everything with two good mysteries. Now, I'm going to read the sequel :)

Oh, wow. I really, really liked this. It was very well written, and you had very few spelling and grammar mistakes. I also really liked the werecat aspect, and the fact the Roan was a special case. The ending was also very sweet. I absolutely adore Roan and Paris together. They're perfect for one another. Okay, now, off to the sequel!

Ash

Okay, the premise to this story was freaking awesome. Kitties!

And you made repeated, yes, repeated, references to Pansy Division. Which makes you FREAKING AWESOME. And Death From Above, with their "flaming heterosexuality" lol.

Fair question.

The cats DO have slitted pupils - when exposed to bright light. But mainly - and this applies to most cats, but I'm discussing tigers here - they have elliptical pupils. They appear round most of the time, but technically aren't, and tigers have a bigger lens (cornea) and pupil than Humans. Everything changes when a person afflicted with the virus changes: their face, body shape, and eye shape. So the eyes do change into a closer approximation of cat's eyes, but that's all they are, an approximation. Like the "cat people" themselves, they are not perfect replicas of the cats in question.

But in later stories, it's established that Roan's eyes hardly change at all. (Although his vision does - lions are farsighted, and when he shifts, he becomes more farsighted. Useless fact #2. :D)

I've just started this series, and I really like this interpretation of what it might be like to be a were-creature. Using cats instead of wolves is a unique twist and somehow helps to take it out of the realm of fantasy/magic and into the realm of strange science. It's a great idea and very nicely executed.

I have just one pet peeve: none of the cat strains mentioned (cougars, lions, leopards, panthers and tigers) have slitted pupils. They all have round pupils like humans do. So, why are Paris's eyes slitted as he comes down from his transformation?

Your story is really good. The plot is riveting and the characters are well described.

I've spent today and yesterday evening reading this. It's great - really brilliantly done. I know you have it listed as horror, but to me it reads exactly (style, phrasing, details) like a detective novel. A really, really good detective novel. This is (in my opinion) publishable. If I were you I would have a weed through for the occasional spelling and grammer errors and send it off to a literary agent.
Really enjoyed this. The type of thing I would gladly read over and over again. Am definitely going to attack your sequels once my exams are over. Truly outstanding and original.

I didn't really know what to write you, "Your story is excellent" gets a little boring after a while. So I decided to take five minutes to think of everything I didn't like in your story… The five minutes was the time it took me to realize that there wasn't much that I really disliked. So there are a few things that come a little out of the blue, like when Roan tell the girl he is infected, he could've been a little bit more subtle about it, but it can be explained by the fact he already knew she was a Kitty-adept. The bad cop deciding to get into Roan and Paris's apartment to kill them wasn't the most realistic thing either but it takes all kind of people to make a world, even stupid ones. So all in all, your story was very well plotted (did you plan it all before writing it?).
Now I'm going to rent on what I liked.
First, Paris threatening Eli to have him share his cage was simply brilliant. Then all the kitty-related things were very well explained and it made everything all the more interesting. The fact that the infected population doesn't have supernatural powers (apart from roan) was also nice. I don't know about the other but the X-men and other super heroes are already a large enough population without addition. I say that but I'm still one hundred percents behind you for all the new powers of Roan, his distress makes for interesting situations.
Now if you don't mind I feel like I've written enough and will leave you to go read the sequels. See ya there.

Wow, now that's getting interesting. How come your story starts flawless and only get better when I BUY stuff that bores me after two chapters?

That's a way of threatening people that I would have never thought upon. I like it a lot. Subtle and all.

I'm amazed, it's the ninth chapter and I'm still looking for some flaw in the style or plot. But you sure know how to make us want to know more. Your characters are also a good points in your favor. Varied, not overly clichés and true to their personality. A sarcastic maine character is also something that can easily become annoying, your, though, gets more sympathic with each second.

So far this looks rather good… I fear you'll have to cop with me for some time now that I'm hooked.

Wow, what a great ending! The 'wrapping up' of the loose ends ended the suspense and intrigue just right I think. I was still a little confused about some things, but that was most likely my own fault as I don't read things properly and often skip many words, even whole sentences when I really get into the story, which is kinda your fault for writing such a good story! (Jokes)

The part right at the end was an amazing finishing touch: Paris talking to Roan while he's a lion. It was funny, and tells the reader just how much we've got to know these two guys during the story.

I bet the sequel is going to be just as good, if not better! I really want to hear more about these two guys.

I liked that Roan and Paris's personilty's were so well developed and expressed.

A sequal would be cool. This was a good read, and I think it would be nice to see a little bit more of Paris and Roan's backgrounds. Although I liked that the parts of their pasts you did show were spaced out and not shown in one huge flashback like some stories tend to do.

I'll be hoping to see more from you.