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I hated this book - all of the members of the werewolf pack are abusive, the “alpha” can sleep with anyone he wants to whenever he wants to and all the women therefore love him even though he has a “mate” (who is an awful person, as well), and the main character is a complete narcissist. It also has enough similarities to other, and better, urban fantasy authors’ work that it’s impossible not to make comparisons, with this as the loser. I don’t like the way the werewolves don’t think of themselves as responsible for what they do in wolf form - it’s the wolf who is in control, so the person can’t help it, and those scenes treat the wolf as a completely different character. The plot has several unnecessary, and distasteful, sex scenes. I’m only partway through the book, but can’t really even tell what the main plot is supposed to be - is it Kitty keeping her radio show, or learning to stop the Pack being so abusive towards her, or finding out who the rogue werewolf is, or... I can’t finish this book, it’s just so bad. Don’t waste your money.


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Kitty and the Midnight Hour Kitty Norville Carrie Vaughn Books Reviews

What I would first like to get out of the way before I start any criticism is that I like this series of books. The Kitty series is based on standard urban fantasy where werewoves and vampires come out of the closet and the struggles that people face as a result. Kitty is a reasonably likable main character and the plot twists are often surprising and entertaining.

When I first considered the series I had a lot of doubt about the concept of a werewolf DJ being a good basis for a main character, but Vaughn does a good job of making it work. Kitty isn't the fastest, smartest, or strongest in any of the books. She mostly survives her encounters with powerful people and beings on her wit, guile and good luck.

My largest criticism is that toward the beginning of the first book there is some brief but explicit sexual content that was unnecessary to advance the story. This brief explicit scene isn't indicative of the rest of the series where most sex that occurs is only suggestive and not explicit. So why Vaughn chose to spoil the series for a younger audience I have no clue. I would suggest that Vaughn go back and edit a couple of pages and have another release that could be read by young teens.

A minor issue is that while it isn't difficult to tell the political preferences of most authors, most have the good judgment to make fun of behaviors without directly associating those behaviors with a named political party. However, throughout this series the bad politicians have all been specifically labeled "Republicans". They could have just as easily remained unlabeled because the behaviors could have just as easily been attributed to politicians of either party, but it seems that Vaughn has chosen to leverage her fictional writing into a platform where she creates fictional bad-guys and labels them Republicans.

*Possible spoiler*
My main technical issue with the story so far is that there is no significant down side to being a werewolf (or were-anything) and with a 100% assimilation rate I don't understand how the "were" condition hasn't overtaken the population of the world.
Why am I writing this? Everyone knows this book is awesome. Carrie Vaughn stands as one of the most successful self-published authors in Denver and her "Kitty Norville" series, now concluded with "Kitty Saves the World," are the cornerstone of her literary achievements. But hey, I read the book, and I owe many local authors the courtesy of a review so here goes. This book introduces us to Kitty Norville, the host of a late night radio show that, through a series of bizarre coincidences, morphs into a talk show about the paranormal. Kitty herself is hiding the fact that she's a werewolf, and very much intertwined with the politics of her own wolfpack and the local vampire colony. The rising popularity of her show, the slow realization of mankind towards the supernatural, and the presence of a self described vampire hunter put Kitty in danger that she couldn't possibly imagine. Yet she rises, and overcomes, properly giving birth to a character whose popularity in this genre is deserved. This book has what you'd expect from a monster-based action title an assertive lead, some rising action, sex, violence, intrigue, and backstabbing, but none of these elements ever becomes too prominent as to drive a stake through the heart of the reader. It's a great novel, totally worth reading, and certainly exciting enough to merit reading the whole series.
The premise of this book intrigued me and seemed really different - a werewolf talk radio host?! As a former female radio DJ myself, I just had to read this. The surprising thing was even with my love of the broadcast life, the radio program parts became tedious for me. I liked the other parts of the story much better. I really liked the wolf POV. That was different and really interesting. It helped me connect with our shero much more than I ever did her human side. I really liked her wolf. The writing was good and I liked the overall story. A lot of interesting characters were introduced. So the book was good but something didn't quite click. It didnt hook me. Once finished I wasn't ready to immediately buy the next book. I think for me it was the lack of engaging romance or continuing story line. This book works almost too well as a stand alone. Everything seemed wrapped up fairly neat and I wasn't dying to know what happened next. I'd say this book is best for those who are in the mood for paranormal mystery/suspense rarher than
romance. I will probably continue the series later though when I'm in the mood for that. So If you want romance id suggest reading something else. But it's still an enjoyable easy read that introduces potentially good series.
I hated this book - all of the members of the werewolf pack are abusive, the “alpha” can sleep with anyone he wants to whenever he wants to and all the women therefore love him even though he has a “mate” (who is an awful person, as well), and the main character is a complete narcissist. It also has enough similarities to other, and better, urban fantasy authors’ work that it’s impossible not to make comparisons, with this as the loser. I don’t like the way the werewolves don’t think of themselves as responsible for what they do in wolf form - it’s the wolf who is in control, so the person can’t help it, and those scenes treat the wolf as a completely different character. The plot has several unnecessary, and distasteful, sex scenes. I’m only partway through the book, but can’t really even tell what the main plot is supposed to be - is it Kitty keeping her radio show, or learning to stop the Pack being so abusive towards her, or finding out who the rogue werewolf is, or... I can’t finish this book, it’s just so bad. Don’t waste your money.