After getting caught turning wolf on national television, Kitty retreats to a mountain cabin to recover and write her memoirs. But this is Kitty, s...
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Dec 17, 2009
Seth
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This series is unlike most of the genre: it's about how Kitty grows internally, not about her powers, her worldly power, or her exploits. The first book has her going from bottom beta to independent, getting even me to understand why she's happy as the (literal) bottom dog at first. the second is about her changing concept of community, pack, and pack responsibility.
This book is about her accepting responsibility. Not responsibility for her actions--she isn't "owning up," s More...
This book is about her accepting responsibility. Not responsibility for her actions--she isn't "owning up," s More...
Mar 16, 2009
Jules
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I'm really starting to like this series. Once I got past the boring title, I enjoyed the well-written character development between Kitty and her three-person quasi-pack. Vaughn has a quick, dialogue-heavy writing style that I'm appreciating more and more in authors and has the added bonus of making novels quick to read, even for notoriously-slow me. I polished this one off during a plane ride.
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Jan 15, 2012
kamelin
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By, by, Kitty! [german review]
Nach dem schwammigen Klappentext, konnte ich mir nicht wirklich vorstellen, was im 3. Teil der Kitty Norville-Reihe passiert. Nachdem ich das Buch nun gelesen habe, wundert mich das nicht, denn tatsächlich passiert auf 400 Seiten so gut wie gar nichts. Das bisschen Handlung hätte man auf 50 Seiten unterbekommen, und die Zusammenfassung würde lauten: Kittys Anwalt Ben wird von einem Werwolf angefallen und muss nun mit seinem neuen Leben als Lykantroph klark More...
Nach dem schwammigen Klappentext, konnte ich mir nicht wirklich vorstellen, was im 3. Teil der Kitty Norville-Reihe passiert. Nachdem ich das Buch nun gelesen habe, wundert mich das nicht, denn tatsächlich passiert auf 400 Seiten so gut wie gar nichts. Das bisschen Handlung hätte man auf 50 Seiten unterbekommen, und die Zusammenfassung würde lauten: Kittys Anwalt Ben wird von einem Werwolf angefallen und muss nun mit seinem neuen Leben als Lykantroph klark More...
Nov 22, 2011
Fangs for the Fantasy
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After the dramas of Kitty Goes to Washington, including her own kidnapping, Kitty needs a break. In fact she needs a holiday.
So her show is on hold, much of her life in fact, while she takes stock, finds some peace and writes a book of her memoirs (now in much demand after the dramas she’s lived through).
Of course, few things are ever that simple. Especially with curse wielding locals who are not happy to see a werewolf move into the area, unhelpful police and a campaign of i More...
So her show is on hold, much of her life in fact, while she takes stock, finds some peace and writes a book of her memoirs (now in much demand after the dramas she’s lived through).
Of course, few things are ever that simple. Especially with curse wielding locals who are not happy to see a werewolf move into the area, unhelpful police and a campaign of i More...
Jul 01, 2011
Kt from A Book Obsession..
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Since Kitty really isn't used to being the center of attention, the nasty events of the previous book have really damaged her confidence. She's snuck away to a remote location to try and escape her new found celebrity (and not in a good way) status. Of course things couldn't be easy for her, proven when Cormac shows up with her a changed Ben, her lawyer in tow. To make matters worse, someone keeps leaving blood spells around her cabin in apparent threat. Not to mention the redeyed creature deter
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Apr 08, 2011
Naomi
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Kitty takes a Holiday is the third book in the Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughn. This book was full of action and had a plot twist that I didn’t see coming.
Kitty has decided to take a holiday from the radio show ‘The Midnight Hour’ and from being the official spokesperson for the supernatural. She has holed herself in a nice cabin in the woods which suits her wolf’s needs and her human need for personal space from the outside world. But things don’t remain tranquil for very lon More...
Kitty has decided to take a holiday from the radio show ‘The Midnight Hour’ and from being the official spokesperson for the supernatural. She has holed herself in a nice cabin in the woods which suits her wolf’s needs and her human need for personal space from the outside world. But things don’t remain tranquil for very lon More...
Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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This is the third book in the Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughn. I think this was the best book in the series so far. It is the only book in the series that has actually grabbed me and yanked me right through the book. I didn't find any part of this book boring or forced.
In this book Kitty is taking a break from her radio show "The Midnight Hour" to go off into the wilderness to write a book about her experiences as a werewolf. She is having a rough time getting going on More...
In this book Kitty is taking a break from her radio show "The Midnight Hour" to go off into the wilderness to write a book about her experiences as a werewolf. She is having a rough time getting going on More...
Nov 30, 2010
Ailsa
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Originally posted to The Book Bundle - if you like my review, please consider popping over there for a look :-)
Book 3 in the series, so beware spoilers for 1 & 2!
My thoughts: I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. I read it all in one sitting, starting at about 11pm with the intention of reading a couple of chapters, and stopping somewhere between 1 and 2 am. Normally, reading a book this quickly would be a sign that I really enjoyed it, but there are a lot of things More...
Book 3 in the series, so beware spoilers for 1 & 2!
My thoughts: I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. I read it all in one sitting, starting at about 11pm with the intention of reading a couple of chapters, and stopping somewhere between 1 and 2 am. Normally, reading a book this quickly would be a sign that I really enjoyed it, but there are a lot of things More...
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Jun 10, 2009
Chris
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The Kitty series is great beach reading. This isn't a bad thing, for each book so far has been quite enjoyable.
Vaughn deserves credit for this book. In the first two books, the radio show formed some of the best parts. Here, Kitty has taken a break from her radio show. It's risky to not fully use the gimmick that first sold the books, but Vaughn pulls it off well. I loved the radio bits in the first two books, and surprisedly, I didn't miss it here because of how tight and quick More...
Vaughn deserves credit for this book. In the first two books, the radio show formed some of the best parts. Here, Kitty has taken a break from her radio show. It's risky to not fully use the gimmick that first sold the books, but Vaughn pulls it off well. I loved the radio bits in the first two books, and surprisedly, I didn't miss it here because of how tight and quick More...
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Apr 26, 2009
Myckyee
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I was really looking forward to reading this book since the last one I read (Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards) was such a depressing novel. All the while I was reading Mercy I was thinking ‘just a bit more and I can start the next Kitty book’. What a relief!
This is the third in the ‘Kitty’ series and it changes direction a bit with plot. The first two focused on Kitty’s job as a night time DJ and her challenges dealing with lycanthropy – a condition wherein the ‘patie More...
This is the third in the ‘Kitty’ series and it changes direction a bit with plot. The first two focused on Kitty’s job as a night time DJ and her challenges dealing with lycanthropy – a condition wherein the ‘patie More...
Apr 25, 2009
Literary Feline
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Ever since striking out on her own after being exiled from her pack in Denver, Kitty, the country's most famous werewolf and radio talk show host, has had it rough. Her trip to Washington only added to her now complicated life. She wants nothing more than to spend some quiet time alone and work on her memoir. A cabin in rural Colorado is the perfect getaway--or so she believes until strange things begin happening around her. A dead rabbit is left on her porch long with a cross painted on her doo
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Feb 20, 2011
Sasha
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I like Kitty as unwitting crime solver and I like Kitty as talk show host. The first two novels focused on these parts of her, showing that she was insightful and funny even as she struggled with her issues.
But then comes book 3, and the author departs from an enjoyable formula - Kitty isn't on the radio anymore but hiding out in a cabin in the woods - and the author departs from what appeared in previous instalments to be the romantic relationship between Kitty and Cormac. Intellectu More...
But then comes book 3, and the author departs from an enjoyable formula - Kitty isn't on the radio anymore but hiding out in a cabin in the woods - and the author departs from what appeared in previous instalments to be the romantic relationship between Kitty and Cormac. Intellectu More...
May 19, 2009
Tammy
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Apr 30, 2011
Heather
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After listening to book two on CD, reading three was a bit different because in my head, Kitty now sounds like the narrator of book two. That was strage since the narrator of the book sounded much older to me than I had imagined Kitty sounding originally. In this book, Kitty has halted work on her radio show and is staying in a small town to work on her memoir. It begins with her spending increasing time as her wolf, a dangerous thing for her humanity. Cormac soon shows up from a hunt he had
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Sep 10, 2009
Wendi
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Perfect for : Personal reading, anyone who likes vampire or werewolf stories
In a nutshell: In Kitty Takes A Holiday (Book 3 of the series), Carrie Vaughn shows readers that there are still more supernatural and magical things to explore in Kitty's world. Kitty is trying to mind her own business, writing her memoir in a quiet cabin in Colorado, when someone decides to try to scare her away from the quiet community. Out of the blue, Cormac shows up with an injured Ben (Kitty's lawyer), asking for More...
In a nutshell: In Kitty Takes A Holiday (Book 3 of the series), Carrie Vaughn shows readers that there are still more supernatural and magical things to explore in Kitty's world. Kitty is trying to mind her own business, writing her memoir in a quiet cabin in Colorado, when someone decides to try to scare her away from the quiet community. Out of the blue, Cormac shows up with an injured Ben (Kitty's lawyer), asking for More...
Sep 23, 2011
Sania
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*Spoiler*
I really had no idea what to expect from such a title especially with the beginning being all sedate and BEN! OH MY GOD BEN! I mean i did expect Cormic or Ben going all loup at some point especially with all the continuous three-person-pack reference in the past two books but romance on the BEN side of the river was NOT what i expected. Still im deliriously happy for him, he is the understated type of person but in a good way. I have to admit though that i did miss The Midnight Hou More...
I really had no idea what to expect from such a title especially with the beginning being all sedate and BEN! OH MY GOD BEN! I mean i did expect Cormic or Ben going all loup at some point especially with all the continuous three-person-pack reference in the past two books but romance on the BEN side of the river was NOT what i expected. Still im deliriously happy for him, he is the understated type of person but in a good way. I have to admit though that i did miss The Midnight Hou More...
Jul 11, 2009
Tamora
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Needing a break after the cataclysmic events of KITTY GOES TO WASHINGTON, Kitty has retreated to a wilderness cabin with a book contract, leaving her radio show in repeats while she listens to a show by a wannabe and grinding her teeth. She doesn't know what she wants to do. When someone local--she thinks--begins to place curse signs on her cabin, she learns that local law enforcement is not inclined to help, unless she asks them to help her pack. Then Cormac arrives with a badly hurt Ben, an
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Mar 23, 2009
Samantha
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This is getting a bit harder to do without spoilers for this series but here I go: Kitty has gone off to a cabin in the mountains to try and center herself after some recent bad experiences. What Kitty doesn't realize is that she attracts trouble like a magnet, and before she knows it is even happening trouble is at her doorstep in the form of Cormac and slaughtered animals. Cormac, the bounty werewolf hunter, brings his own form of trouble along with the fact that it looks like someone is tryin
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Aug 04, 2011
Vannessa
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Another good read in this series - I'm loving this one at the minute. I love Kitty's character - she's strong yet caring. And she always manages to get herself in (and out) of trouble wherever she goes!
In this one, Kitty is taking a well deserved break from her radio show and life in general and rents out a house in the middle of nowhere. She is supposed to be writing her memoirs but cannot find the inspiration to get going on it. Soon enough trouble finds its way into Kitty's life and More...
In this one, Kitty is taking a well deserved break from her radio show and life in general and rents out a house in the middle of nowhere. She is supposed to be writing her memoirs but cannot find the inspiration to get going on it. Soon enough trouble finds its way into Kitty's life and More...
Sep 17, 2010
MJ
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After her disastrous trip to Washington D.C. Kitty decided to take a vacation to get away from it all possibly write her memoir. But even in the small Colorado mountain town something or someone is stalking Kitty. Kitty thinks it is just a prank but so discovers its a curse. Then with out warning Cormac shows up on Kitty's doorstep with her lawyer Ben seriously injured. Now Kitty has a curse, an injured lawyer, Cormac and evil is right outside her door. It’s just another day in the life of Kitty
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Mar 09, 2010
Amanda
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4 1/2 Stars
Well the books are getting better and this one is definitely the best so far. It moves away from the radio show, taking Kitty out to a seemingly dull place but we all know that doesn't make for an interesting read. Carrie builds the plot nicely, introducing the key characters in their own time. While things are happening you aren't really sure what it is or who the bad guys are allowing the reader to come to their own assumptions. The bam! another plotline is introduced. O More...
Well the books are getting better and this one is definitely the best so far. It moves away from the radio show, taking Kitty out to a seemingly dull place but we all know that doesn't make for an interesting read. Carrie builds the plot nicely, introducing the key characters in their own time. While things are happening you aren't really sure what it is or who the bad guys are allowing the reader to come to their own assumptions. The bam! another plotline is introduced. O More...
Mar 29, 2010
Betty-Braden
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Okay- I'm not trying to be negative nelly... BUT these books just don't get any better! I had several people suggest Carrie Vaughn's books as "must reads" so I was really excited when I found these on sale online in bulk. I watch my mail and couldn't wait to start reading them. The first was unimpressive, the second was unimaginative and the thirst has just simply ho-hum! I want to love these books I really do. But it's hard to respect the character. Again this books doesn't hav
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Mar 24, 2009
Chris
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Once more, the story here is self-contained and does not rely on the first two to be enjoyed, but I would still recommened reading them in order because there are some things in this one that would be spoilers when going back to the others. In fact, there isn't a lot I can discuss of the plot of this one without spoilers. Let's just say that it was very engrossing and exciting to read, probably the best in the series so far.
It was great to see Kitty in southern Colorado. I actually k More...
It was great to see Kitty in southern Colorado. I actually k More...
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Jun 04, 2010
Skwerlie
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Like the previous two Kitty books, this was just good enough to keep me more or less interested in the characters and to want to read the next one.... eventually, no big hurry. Not as inventive as some other urban fantasy/paranormal romance books but neither is it a total dud (and it doesn't focus too much on endless boring sex or how goshdarn purty all the boys are). Like many others in this little subgenre the book felt very brief, like the author could have combined the plots of two of her
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Oct 21, 2011
Carolyn F.
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This series is getting much better. Kitty ends up taking some time off to write her memoir and is finding inspiration hard to come by. Cormack comes one night to drop off Ben who has been bit by a werewolf and they can already tell he is going to change. Ben and Cormack made a teenage pledge to kill the other if they become infected. Cormack wants to see if Kitty had help him get through it. At the same time she's being harassed by some unknown person who is trying to scare her out of town.
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Dec 21, 2011
Shara (Calico Reaction)
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Another must-read from Carrie Vaughn. As with all her books, I recommend new readers starting with the beginning, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, and reading the series chronologically, because Vaughn doesn't coddle her readers. She may remind readers of immediate, necessary details that relate to the current story, but like with the second book, don't go looking for Kitty's werewolf origins in these pages. Vaughn doesn't repeat unnecessary info, and I find that refreshing for a series writer. So g
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Apr 10, 2011
Cynthia
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This is the third book in the Kitty Norville series. I find that the plots are becoming increasingly more involved and I am loving this series in a big way. Kitty, after her experience in Washington DC, decided to decompress by renting a cabin in the woods and writing her memoir. When a friend shows up at her cabin carrying her lawyer over his shoulder and telling her that Ben has been bitten by a werewolf, her Walden Pond dream is shattered. But when she begins finding dead animals and barb
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Jun 14, 2010
Bry
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This review is probably going to sound really odd because I totally feel like I just read 2 books in 1.
The first part of this book was all about Cormac bringing Ben hurt and in trouble to Kitty's cabin (in which she is playing hide from the world as an aftermath from the events in book 2). This part of the books was great. Kitty is being threatened with some form of blood magic and something seems to be stalking them in the woods surrounding her cabin. Kitty was strong, Cormac e More...
The first part of this book was all about Cormac bringing Ben hurt and in trouble to Kitty's cabin (in which she is playing hide from the world as an aftermath from the events in book 2). This part of the books was great. Kitty is being threatened with some form of blood magic and something seems to be stalking them in the woods surrounding her cabin. Kitty was strong, Cormac e More...
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Dec 30, 2011
Tricia
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She's really good. Carrie and Kitty have just supplanted Kim (Harrison) and Rachel (Morgan) as my favorite whatever-this-genre-is series. The writing is excellent, stories are fun, and the author does a subtle and impressive job of weaving in details enough to remind you of past books without resorting to clumsy devices. The protagonist has a wonderful inner life and there is a refreshing lack of those elements of romance novel elements that seem to creep into this genre more often than I'd lik
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Mar 09, 2010
Gardavson
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Another good read. This one was probably my favorite of the series. The series isn't great, but it is good. Other than the fact that it's dealing with werewolves etc, the problems and lessons are very "real". It's written with more of a realistic flair than an entertainment flair, if that makes any sense. The characters aren't sensationalized. They aren't quite so black and white, good and bad.
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