Cat Core

What makes it funny?

An error has sent the wrong soul into the dungeon system, so Florence demands to see the manager. The administrator responsible must become her assistant, Doug, in the body of a kitten. Their bickering brings an everyday complaint to a very strange customer-service desk.

The comedy at work

Florence approaches dungeon management as a homeowner who wants her property and pets respected. Doug has rules to explain; she has her own ideas about what a home needs. The disagreement reaches from furniture choices to which creatures she will allow inside.

Try this if…

Dungeon-building readers can follow upgrades and defenses from the dungeon’s point of view, with house cats doing the fighting. Florence needs the rules explained to her, giving newcomers a way in; the repeated explanations may try more experienced readers’ patience.

Good to know

The cats take part in battles and can die before returning. Their deaths are temporary, but the descriptions can still be upsetting for readers sensitive to harm to animals. Andrea Parsneau narrates the unabridged audiobook.