The main idea around which the action of this story revolves is good: to take the supposed natural enmity between cats and dogs into space, but the execution of said idea is terrible: the story starts well, but then begins to tangle like a ball of wool that a cat has been playing with: it goes back and forth without getting anywhere.
To top it off, the book ends abruptly, leaving the reader with the regret of the lost hours. It's a shame, but this book does not deserve to take up space in my library.
One positive thing: the cover is exceptionally simple and beautiful.
One star for the idea and a second one for the cover.
I thank the author and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.
The opinion I have expressed above is based solely on what I think and feel about this book.

2.5 rounded up. Didn’t feel much for this, to me it was a silly little read that seemed like it was in the Middle Grade Sci-fi genre. A lot of telling instead of showing, needs to be edited and proofread as a lot of lines were basically conveying the same meaning just phrased differently.

Thankfully it was a short read.

A fun middle-grade featuring a cast of cats who command a spaceship. It was enjoyable and uncomplicated, perfect for kids. There isn't much in the way of character development, but I don't think it matters for a short, pacy book aimed at a younger audience.

With creativity and a sense of humor, Space Cats: Making Enemies is a fun novella to fill your mind between more lengthy or serious books. At 114 pages, one can indulge their love of science fiction and felines without fear of a serious tone. The crew of our cat “manned” ship goes off on a curious mission, while steadily taking naps and getting distracted from their individual jobs along the way. So many cat stereotypes are included along with sayings and great descriptions of the main characters. Dogs are also included in this short adventure by authors Craig A. And Shayne Price, great for middle school age and above. Thanks to Netgalley for a chance to read this book in return for an honest review.

Round up to 3.5 stars.

This is a fun middle grade novel written by a father-son duo combining space exploration and the classic cats vs dogs idea. Beyond the surface level I can see this being useful in classrooms or book clubs to have more serious discussions about loyalty and / or questioning authority, doing what’s right etc. I did find some of the text repetitive and the timeline confusing (or rather, judging how much time passed between events). But, I did enjoy the story idea and will probably read the sequel when it’ comes out.

The ongoing saga of cats v dogs continues in space in this middle grade novel by Shayne Price and Craig A. Price. This appears to be Shayne Price's debut novel.

Full of action from start to finish, and ending on a cliffhanger, Space Cats swings between three viewpoints: two feline exploration teams captained by Jade and Blake, respectively, and a pair of dog soldiers who encounter these teams.

This was an interesting premise - Star Trek if it was cats - and my middle grade child thoroughly enjoyed it.

As an adult reader, I found the pace a little choppy (this happened and then this and then this without space for breath), and I would have liked a little more detail in parts - a backstory to explain why Felix was so formidable or descriptions of the suits and how they worked - but I'm not the target audience for this book!

As I said, my middle grader loved this book, and blitzed through it in a day. For the target audience, the pacing was great, and kept the pages turning.

This is a "clean" action story - while there is fighting, there are no deaths and no swearing. The bookends on a cliffhanger, and I hope some of the dangling threads are resolved in subsequent books.

As a debut for a young writer, I can see lots of potential here.

~Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ~

Space Cats weaves the tale of cats and dogs in space. This middle grade book is very reminiscent of Star Wars! While the beginning was great and captivated me, it unfortunately lost my attention quickly after. I found the shifting of three character perspectives, and worlds, to be too choppy instead of a flowing story. Until the worlds blended, I did not enjoy the book as much. The amount of characters in itself was hard to follow. The storyline had great potential and did cover meaningful lessons to learn. I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in trade for my honest opinion. My thoughts are my own.
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Many thanks to Claymore and NetGalley for a digital ARC in exchange for a review.

I'm not much of a sci-fi reader, but I saw the cover of this one and I couldn't resist. This is written in a very readable style, and would be a good option for children and younger teens who are keen on the Warrior Cats series. The story was enjoyable and not too high-concept, and it was fun to imagine the cat characters in the different scenarios. The switching perspectives for each chapter was a bit confusing, as there was no clear pattern to this, but it helped that it wasn't written in the first person so I had regular reminders of who the characters involved in a scene were.

This is an action packed, fast, cute read. There are a lot of characters, and a lot happens for how short this book is, so obviously not as much time/space is spent developing characters, settings of worldbuilding, but this is still a pretty good book. It may have a bit too much violence for younger middle-grade readers, but should work just fine for older middle grade readers, and of course for adults looking for something fast, easy and entertaining. The cover is adorable.

Silly fun. Not the best middle grade I've read, but not the worst. The cover is amazing though. Worth the time to read for the right age group.

Oh, dear, I really wanted to like this. It has exactly the kind of bonkers premise that seems fun. But it doesn't do anything with that premise. C. J. Cherryh's Chanur saga built an entire galaxy based around the idea of cats in space. This book goes for the easy gags about cats liking to nap. The writing is plodding and pedestrian, the plot lurches from one cliche to another and there is nothing in there that does anything with the premise besides provide the most surface-level story.

I read this to one of my friends kids and they loved it ! It was purrfect and they were giggling with certain parts.

To be honest i didnt no what to expect from reading this book. But i was surpised to find out i enjoyed reading it. I found it was a easy read. I liked how at the end of the book Shadow trust the cats that he was prissoned with. The cats got into a space war by accident. they had wondered into that galexy. witch was controlled by dogs.

My daughter is really into middle grade books right now. She likes anything involving cats and dogs. She read this and thought it was funny and easy to read. She is 11 and said it was "pretty good" Thank you for the ARC.

The cover, the title, the blurb - everything about this book looked so utterly ridiculous, I simply had to read it. Once in a while it's a good thing to read something that doesn't take itself too seriously. And when I read the contents - yes. Just purrfect.

It's very short - only 170 pages as an ebook, nothing more than a novella. Probably a good length for a book like this, any more might be boring or annoying, but it has to be long enough to support a story. Unfortunately, it could've been better paced.
A book that presents itself like this one does - it doesn't need to follow the rules of a normal novel. It doesn't need character building or development, it doesn't need explanations. Just vibes. Lots of action. And there simply wasn't enough of that in this one.
It also wasn't ridiculous enough. I expected lots of puns and to laugh my head off. Everything about this book screams peak humour. And while reading it, it does get obvious that this is supposed to be more humourous. But it's not enough. With a book like this, you have to dedicate yourself to the ridiculousness. Imagine how ridiculous you want to write it and dial it up 200%. Be creative, be crazy and definitely don't be afraid of embarrassing yourself.
It was too stiff, too careful.
The best part of it were the chapter titles and the short quotes at the beginning of the chapters. They were how I expected the whole book to be like. Full of puns and simply hilarious. If the whole book had been like that, it would've been a five-star-read for sure.

The characters unfortunately didn't lift this book up. First of all, I don't even know what they are supposed to look like. Yes, they are cats and dogs. But at some point someone has fingers? Are they anthropomorphised? Are they animals? What? I just want cats and dogs. And if you ask "how would they be able to hold weapons?" Hey. I don't care. Don't mention it. As I said, I don't need character building. I don't want details. It's cats and dogs in space. I won't question it if you say that they hold something with their paws. I won't question how they managed to build a space ship or communicate with each other. It gets weird if you give me details like that.

Another minus is unfortunately that this book had exactly two named female characters. And they were very minor characters who could've easily been left out and probably didn't say more then ten things in total. Things like that don't bother me if they make sense for the book. But in this case, we have multiple different POVs, different main characters and lots of side characters. I don't even need a 50% female cast, but it would've been so easy to exchange one of the more important characters for a female character. Just one. Also, it's cats and dogs in space. You literally wouldn't have to change anything except for the pronouns.

Also, why is one of the dogs named Felix? That's literally the most cat-like name ever.

So in general - didn't reach my expectations. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but I did expect something utterly deranged and hilarious and I didn't get it. Give me a whole book that's like those chapter titles and I'll be happy.

Thank you, NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.