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Kitty Goes to War (Kitty Norville #8)

by Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads Author)

3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 · rating details · 4,147 ratings · 263 reviews

Kitty Norville, Alpha werewolf and host of The Midnight Hour, a radio call-in show, is contacted by a friend at the NIH's Center for the Study of Paranatural Biology. Three Army soldiers recently returned from the war in Afghanistan are being held at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs. They're killer werewolves—and post traumatic stress has left them unable to control their sh...more

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Published June 29th 2010 by Tor Books

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Dec 01, 2010 Liriel27 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, first-reads, supernatural-romance, supernatural-mysteries, vampires

I won this book through First Reads. This book was considerably less tense and awash-in-gore than the last one, but the story lines felt looser. The main plot features Kitty attempting to help war vet werewolves (who mostly, despite the back cover, don't seem to be that poorly adjusted or difficult to help, given the circumstances). I like the idea of examining what would happen with lycanthrope soldiers, but it might have been better to focus just on that and its complications, rather than thro...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Yolanda Sfetsos rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy, werewolf

This is one of my fave UF series but for some unknown reason, I've fallen behind. The other night, I decided to change that. :)

Kitty survived a pretty awful ordeal in the previous book and it still haunts her. But when a sketchy guy--and CEO of a chain of convenient stores--sues her after she speculates about him on her radio show, and she's called in to help with three rogue werewolf soldiers with PTSD, she hasn't got time to dwell on it. Then there's Cormac. Her husband's enigmatic cousin who'...more

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Jan 04, 2013 Kathy Davie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, urban

Eighth in the Kitty Norville urban fantasy series about a pack of werewolves in Denver led by a radio talk show host.

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Yup, Kitty will go to war with anyone to protect those she believes need protection. On the wolf-side, it's Green Berets who need Kitty's help. Seems someone took Paul Flemming's ideas a few steps further and now it's all blown up. And the U.S. Army needs help from Kitty.

On the personal side, questions have been raised about supernatural-type events that center around Spee...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Sara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 4-5-stars

Plot: 4.5 Stars
There's never a dull moment in Kitty Norville's life. My favorite part of every novel is the beginning, when she's doing her radio show. It's such a great concept and the reason I fell in love with this series in the first place. I really enjoyed her radio show this time around, as she did a segment on Speedy Mart, a convenience chain, and whether or not there was something paranormal happening with the business. And of course, this gets her into a bit of trouble with the CEO. Bef...more Plot: 4.5 Stars
There's never a dull moment in Kitty Norville's life. My favorite part of every novel is the beginning, when she's doing her radio show. It's such a great concept and the reason I fell in love with this series in the first place. I really enjoyed her radio show this time around, as she did a segment on Speedy Mart, a convenience chain, and whether or not there was something paranormal happening with the business. And of course, this gets her into a bit of trouble with the CEO. Before much can come of the libel suit, she is asked to help with a group of military werewolves. The alpha of the military werewolves was killed and in Afghanistan, and the now the pack is unable to function. It was very interesting to see how Kitty and her pack dealt with these newcomers to their territory.

Pace: 4 Stars
This book took a bit longer to get into than the past couple of the series. Given the two main story lines being so different, there was a bit more introduction than the average novel from this series. Although the two story lines came together in the end, for the majority of the book they seemed to be happening parallel to each other, with Kitty bouncing from one to the other as needed. This isn’t a bad thing; it just led to a bit more explaining before we could get to the action. But once the metaphorical crap hit the fan, this novel was action packed and kept me on the edge of my seat. It was definitely one of those novels in which I seriously did not know how the good guys were going to come out on top. I have to remember not to bring any books in this series to work because I end up taking longer than I should for lunch because I can’t put them down.

Characters: 4.5 Stars
The past couple novels had focused a lot on Ben and Kitty and the growth of their relationship, so I was glad to see this novel focus a little more on their pack, Cormac, and some newcomers. Kitty didn’t try to deal with everything on her own, which allowed members of her pack to come into the spotlight a bit. If it wasn’t for her pack and their reach, the bad guy would have ended up with much more power. It was also really fun to read about the pack dynamic after the last couple novels focusing more on Kitty. My favorite part of this novel was that Cormac was back and ready for action, although he did seem a bit different than the last time we saw him outside of a jail cell. He’s very quiet and seems to know a bit more about certain supernatural things. When Kitty finally got some answers out of him, it definitely wasn’t anything I expected, but it makes his character even better. The military werewolves that the story kind of centered around were a very interesting concept. The dynamic between them and Kitty was probably the highlight of the book.

Cover: 4.5 Stars
I’m glad that Tor kept the same feel to the covers after acquiring the series. It was easy for me to know that it was the next novel in the Kitty Norville series, and not something similar but random. The addition of the small “first time in print” also helps with any confusion. My favorite part of the cover is the camouflage tank top Kitty is wearing, playing off of the title. I also like how the cover model is proving her dominance by standing over the three wolves on the cover. The three wolves are also very important to the novel, so it was great to see all three and not just one or two. The different textures in the background were a nice touch and gave the cover a bit more depth. I’m not sure if yellow was the best color for this cover, especially since the series already had a yellow cover, but the oranges mixed in allow it to stand out against the other yellow cover.

Overall: 4.5 Stars

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Mar 03, 2012 Fangs for the Fantasy rated it 4 of 5 stars

The government has a job for Kitty – or a request anyway. It seems that that nasty idea of werewolf soldiers has actually gone forward. Not officially, but a werewolf soldier thought it was a great idea and created his own little pack/squad. The problem? Well, a mortar round landing on him in Afghanistan, leaving his squad leaderless, and worse, his pack alphaless is the problem. Even more of a problem is the remaining werewolves, ignorant of what it is to be a werewolf, trained with lethal comb...more The government has a job for Kitty – or a request anyway. It seems that that nasty idea of werewolf soldiers has actually gone forward. Not officially, but a werewolf soldier thought it was a great idea and created his own little pack/squad. The problem? Well, a mortar round landing on him in Afghanistan, leaving his squad leaderless, and worse, his pack alphaless is the problem. Even more of a problem is the remaining werewolves, ignorant of what it is to be a werewolf, trained with lethal combats skills warring with each other for the new alpha position. Oh, and going AWOL.

Kitty, as the public face of werewolves, is asked to find this little pack of soldiers, bring them back to military custody and, even more, try and find a way to reintegrate them not only into civilian life, but into humanity as a whole. Something she has to think of as she goes along for, despite being Agony Aunt for the supernatural community, no-one has written a manual on exactly what it means to be a werewolf anyway.

At the same time, her reporting of a series of weird supernatural occurrences at a chain of convenience stores seems to have ruffled feathers. Faced with a lawsuit – and extremely dangerous magic, she has to rely on the newly released Cormac to figure out exactly what insidious plotting is happening at Speedy Mart.

This book isn’t an action packed book, at least, not until the end. But nor does it need to be. After all, Kitty has lead a pretty action packed life, especially in the last book. It was nice to see Kitty take on a more cerebral, emotional challenge after the death defying action of Kitty’s House of Horrors. After all, Kitty can’t have a life that is entirely death and destruction – even if she does have plenty of action, drama and major issues to deal with.

I really love the story about re-integrating the were-wolf soldiers into civilian – and human – life. I think it shows not just an idea of how adapting to civilian life can be difficult, especially after a war zone but it also brings home the message we have seen in book after book about how hard it can be to be a werewolf. We’ve seen kitty fight her instincts, the effect of body language on her and her pack, the effort of navigating life as a werewolf, but this really brings it together as to the full difficulties of being a werewolf above and beyond the need to go camping every month. It also shows the importance of a supportive and helpful pack extremely well as well as why werewolf soldiers would be such an utterly poor idea.

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Feb 09, 2012 Melani rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Two plot lines here. First in the A plot Kitty deals with two werewolves who’ve recently come home from war. They were turned over there and used as super soldiers, though in a great twist not by the government but by an overenthusiastic soldier who dies over there. And since they’ve lost their leader, and the one person who made the werewolf thing make since they go crazy. Out of the small squadron of six, only one of the soldiers makes it. I think this was a pretty harsh, if accurate, look at...more Two plot lines here. First in the A plot Kitty deals with two werewolves who’ve recently come home from war. They were turned over there and used as super soldiers, though in a great twist not by the government but by an overenthusiastic soldier who dies over there. And since they’ve lost their leader, and the one person who made the werewolf thing make since they go crazy. Out of the small squadron of six, only one of the soldiers makes it. I think this was a pretty harsh, if accurate, look at what happens when we send young men (and women) out to do terrible things and then expect them to come home like nothing happened.

The B plot deals with Cormac, the over arching plot of the Long Game in this set of books, and radio personalities and what they face. Kitty gets sued for libel, and honestly I’m shocked it hasn’t happened sooner. Of course, this being urban fantasy the libel suit isn’t what it appears and is instead an attack on Denver. Who is behind the attack is unclear, though Roman is certainly implicated. The wizard who instigates the attack, a major blizzard that would destroy the city, is the person who is suing Kitty for libel. We also find a little bit more about what happened to Cormac while he was in prison. I thought the fact that he’s now sharing his body with a dead British wizard was accepted a little too quickly by both Kitty and Ben. It’s weird and I thought that bit of information was dropped on the reader and then passed over as the book wrapped up. However, it’s also a plot point I figured out early on, and I was wondering if we’d get a story line where Cormac is actually possessed and there has to be an exorcism.

All in all, another enjoyable addition to the books, though this one felt a little more like a ‘gather the threads for the big showdown’ type book then one with any major plots. I was also a little sad that there wasn’t really a whole lot of Kitty dealing with the events of the last book. We sort of got in the beginning where she has nightmares, but that was dropped the moment the soldier werewolves, and thus the plot, showed up. I suppose you could argue that Kitty dealt with it by taking care of other people, but that isn’t really dealing with it, it’s shoving it down.
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May 28, 2011 QueenB rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this one....right up until the end. The action was great, character development was there and I can see that the series isn't stalling out or becoming redundant. All good things. But then there's Cormac.
Cormac is such a fabulous character. I love his dynamic with Kitty. Love his dynamic with Ben. Love the three of them in this committed yet slightly awkward pack of three. The thing is, there has to be resolution at some point. The Cormac/Kitty unresolved issues have to be resolv...more

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Dec 31, 2010 ALPHAreader rated it 2 of 5 stars

I am a HUGE fan of the ‘Kitty Norville’ series. This is one Urban Fantasy in which the heroine has a very discernable character transformation – going from meek werewolf and runt of her pack, to Alpha of her very own werewolf family. Over the course of eight books it has been fascinating and uplifting to read Kitty as she comes into herself. For me, that’s been the most fulfilling aspect of the books – Kitty’s emotional journey. Especially her finding love with Ben, and entering into a complicat...more I am a HUGE fan of the ‘Kitty Norville’ series. This is one Urban Fantasy in which the heroine has a very discernable character transformation – going from meek werewolf and runt of her pack, to Alpha of her very own werewolf family. Over the course of eight books it has been fascinating and uplifting to read Kitty as she comes into herself. For me, that’s been the most fulfilling aspect of the books – Kitty’s emotional journey. Especially her finding love with Ben, and entering into a complicated truce with his bounty-hunter cousin, Cormac.

But in this, the eighth Kitty book it feels like Vaughn has sacrificed emotional characterization for an action-packed plot.
In ‘Kitty Goes to War’ there are two major conflicts that Kitty is dealing with. One is a lawsuit brought against her by the owner of a chain-store called ‘Speedy Mart’, whom Kitty has accused on her show of being involved in cultish rituals.
The second is a werewolf-related favour she gets called in for by Dr. Schumacher. Turns out a unit of Green Beret US soldiers who were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan were turned lycanthrope by their commanding officer. This soldier thought to start-up his own, unofficial and unsanctioned, werewolf unit. All was fine until said commanding officer got blown up, leaving his pack Alpha-less and in a power vacuum. Dominance fights ensued and now only three remaining members need Kitty’s help if they have any chance to rehabilitation into civilian life.

Let me just say, the werewolf soldier plot is fantastic! It makes for really intense drama and a lot of werewolf ‘what if’s’ and questions are answered and explored in-depth. Such as – would werewolf soldiers be a breakthrough for the army? How much would pack hierarchy affect their combat training?
I was less in love with the ‘Speedy Mart’ storyline. My disgruntlement was mostly because it was an underdeveloped and second-fiddle storyline to the werewolf soldier’s – but also because it felt like ‘Speedy Mart’ took the place of emotional and relationship development in ‘Kitty Goes to War’.

At the end of ‘Kitty’s House of Horrors’ Cormac was released from prison and came home. This was such a huge event – because Cormac and Kitty almost had a romantic entanglement, until Cormac’s prejudice and Ben’s affections put that on hold. Then Cormac got thrown into jail and it seemed like behind the plexiglas, Cormac had made some profound realizations about his feelings towards Kitty. Then he comes home – home to Ben and Kitty in wedded alpha mate bliss - and lots of fans were wondering how this little love triangle would play out.
But in this eighth book that tension is barely even mentioned. Twice Ben and Cormac make allusions to a possible past romance between Kitty and Cormac... but for the rest of the book it feels as though everyone (Carrie Vaughn, essentially) are walking on eggshells around this triangle.

“You smell like his apartment,” he said and shook his head. “But you don’t smell like him.”
“Of course not, I didn’t even touch him,” I said, exasperated. “Did you really think I’d cheat on you? With your cousin?”
He shrugged. “I don’t think I expected to smell anything.”
“But you had to check anyway.”
“You two did have a thing.”
Yeah. A still undefined “thing.” Whatever it was. “That was awhile ago. A lot of water under the bridge.”

I don’t know if Ms. Vaughn has something big planned regarding this trio, but I went into ‘Kitty Goes to War’ with my fingers crossed for some confrontations and realizations and I got neither.

We don’t even get to read much affection (i.e.: smut) between Kitty and Ben. It took me a while to warm up to Ben, I thought he was just a minor secondary character and Cormac would be Kitty’s HEA... so when she mated Ben, I was thrown for a loop. But in subsequent books Vaughn really illustrated their affection and dependence on one another, and I really came to like Ben. But in recent books there hasn’t been the same warmth between him and Kitty, and I am again wondering if Ben is Kitty’s true HEA?

So ultimately this book was a disappointment for me. I may have been less upset by the lack of emotional progress for the characters if I’d had a big pay-out in the seventh book, ‘Kitty’s House of Horrors’. But in that seventh instalment Kitty was by herself in the wilderness, with no Ben and no pack for comfort. So it feels like we’ve been given 2 books now in which Kitty’s relationships and emotional development have been put on hold.
At the end of ‘Kitty Goes to War’, Kitty does ask a rather profound question of Ben, which may have repercussions for future books... but it is literally on the last page and a case of too little too late.(less)

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Dec 29, 2010 Karissa rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was the eighth book in the Kitty Norville series. Last I heard there are 10 books planned for this series. I didn't like this book quite as much as the last book "Kitty's House of Horrors" but it was still an enjoyable and engaging read.

Kitty has a couple problems on her hands. First she is being sued by the owner of Speedy Mart stores after she does a radio show on suspicious supernatural happenings that are going on at Speedy Mart stores across the country. Second she gets a call from the...more This was the eighth book in the Kitty Norville series. Last I heard there are 10 books planned for this series. I didn't like this book quite as much as the last book "Kitty's House of Horrors" but it was still an enjoyable and engaging read.

Kitty has a couple problems on her hands. First she is being sued by the owner of Speedy Mart stores after she does a radio show on suspicious supernatural happenings that are going on at Speedy Mart stores across the country. Second she gets a call from the government about a group of werewolves that have returned from service in Iraq and are a bit crazy; the government is wondering if there is any hope for their rehabilitation and if Kitty will help.

Vaughn does a very good job of seamlessly juggling the two separate plot lines. The story line about the werewolves returning from war to be integrated back into society is politically timely and interesting; it is something that is unique to consider. Overall the book was very engaging and well written. I enjoyed the addition of some of the new characters that were introduced with the ex-military werewolves.

The best part of this book is seeing Kitty act on her own and make decisions like a strong leader. If you think back to the first couple Kitty books, Kitty has come a long way as a character and I really enjoyed seeing that in this book.

The majority of the story deals with the ex-military werewolves. The second plot dealing with the Speedy Marts was interesting but I was at a loss at what it had to do with the overall story. It seemed like this second plot might be part of something bigger that we don't fully understand yet. Also Cormac returns to the story, but the direction his character takes is kind of unexpected. I am not sure I enjoyed the character changes in Cormac, but I am sure that it has something to do with the overall story.

Overall this was an excellent installment in this series. I enjoyed it and look forward to Vaughn's future books. Next to read by Vaughn is her new book Steel that is due out Spring of 2011.(less)

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Jul 11, 2010 Belinda Boring rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm a fan of Kitty Norville and this was a pretty good addition to the ongoing series. I kinda guessed that it was pretty fitting for what is currently happening in the world and was interested to see that the author was one of the first (that I've seen) to introduce it into the world of their characters. I like any and every situation that Kitty finds herself in and love the fly by the seat of her pants way she lives her life. She is loyal and dedicated to her relationships and pack. She's a bi...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Shdnx rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy, werewolves, shapeshifters, pack, paranormal

I didn't like this one nearly as much as the previous book, which is a shame, because the ideas behind the story really had potential. But somehow it just didn't get together right.

We again see wizards and magic, but it's not as interesting as it should have been. It just felt like giving a background to the whole plot. There wasn't even too much mystery involved - the questions were answered pretty quickly.

The story is in fact a 2 in 1; we get two completely independent stories bundled into the...more

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Sep 30, 2010 Spuddie rated it 5 of 5 stars

In this eighth series book featuring Kitty Norville, werewolf and radio talk show host, Kitty is asked by the military to help round up some soldiers who were also werewolves--members of an elite group specifically turned werewolf by their commanding officer in an attempt to develop a 'super soldier.' Recently returned from Afghanistan, now only three of the unit remain, the rest having been killed off by the dominant male, and they are headed for Denver right into Kitty and Ben's territory. Kit...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Nancy O'Toole rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: library, paranormal

Werewolf DJ Kitty discusses the supernatural on her radio show, Kitty and the Midnight Hour. When she accuses the owner of Speedy Mart, a chain of quick stop shops, of being part of a supernatural conspiracy, she is sued for libel. This leads her to believe that there may be some truth behind her claims. Meanwhile, the Center for Paranatural Biology have surprised Kitty by asking her for help with a group of werewolf soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan with serious psychological damage....more Werewolf DJ Kitty discusses the supernatural on her radio show, Kitty and the Midnight Hour. When she accuses the owner of Speedy Mart, a chain of quick stop shops, of being part of a supernatural conspiracy, she is sued for libel. This leads her to believe that there may be some truth behind her claims. Meanwhile, the Center for Paranatural Biology have surprised Kitty by asking her for help with a group of werewolf soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan with serious psychological damage.

Kitty Goes to War is the eighth book in the Kitty Norville Series by Carrie Vaughn. Although it lacks the emotional intensity of the previous volume, Kitty's House of Horrors, Kitty Goes to War is still an enjoyable addition to the series. One thing I really enjoy about the Kitty series is the fact that it feels so current. Vaughn has a knack for taking things that are so twenty-first century American, and giving them an appealing supernatural twist. At times, this reminds me of what my favorite television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, used to do with its “high school is hell” metaphor. This time around, we have soldiers returning from the war in Afghanistan who are suffering from psychological issues that stem from the fact that they are newly minted werewolves, and a villain that may have the ability to create disastrous hurricanes (including Katrina) through magical abilities.

I found that I connected quite well to the werewolf solider storyline. Like Kitty, I really wanted to find a way to rehabilitate these individuals and make it so they could find a way back into society. This storyline also gave us an opportunity to see Kitty more in her role as alpha. I'm glad that Vaughn explored this because it's so unheard of to hear of a female alpha in a paranormal series. I can only think of one other series that has done it. More often, werewolf alphas are testosterone/sexually charged uber-agressive males. Kitty, on the other hand, leads not through violence but persuasion, which I think suits her really well. The secondary storyline involving the Speedy Marts was less interesting for me. Although I like the concept, it felt a little tacked at times, as if it was thrown in purely because the werewolf solider storyline could only fill so many pages by itself. During this storyline we also get a big revelation about Cormac, who has been recently released from prison. I'm not sure how I feel about this particular revelation yet, but will keep an open mind until I see it explored a little more in future volumes (of which I hear there are going to be at least two).

Although Kitty Goes to War is not the strongest volume in the Kitty Norville series, it's a quick and fast read filled with satisfying suspense, character interaction, and sweet romance between Kitty and her werewolf husband Ben. I'm looking forward to the ninth volume, Kitty's Big Trouble, set to come out next year.(less)

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Jul 14, 2010 Maggie rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was another great addition to the Kitty series. It didn't pack quite the action filled punch that Kitty's House of Horrors did but let's face it. She couldn't keep going at the pace and have anyone left to play with when she was finished. What I liked best about this book was her take on werewolves as soldiers and the problems you might run into with soldiers who were turned for combat purposes, essentially putting baby weres in a situation that is rough for anyone to deal with and then see...more

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Jun 30, 2010 Nan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: nook, vampires, urban-fantasy

Kitty faces two challenges in this newest adventure: a libel lawsuit and werewolves with PTSD.

The lawsuit is Kitty's fault. Someone, she decided to devote an entire episode of her call-in show to supernatural occurrences involving Speedy Marts without consulting a lawyer to find out if that would constitute libel. No one is surprised when Kitty gets served with papers. There are two defenses to libel--apologize, or prove that you weren't lying. Of the two, Kitty's path should be obvious to her r...more

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Jul 29, 2011 Lynda Tatad rated it 5 of 5 stars

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It's double trouble for Kitty Norville, werewolf DJ, in this novel. One of the subjects on her late night radio show one night was the possibility of supernatural weirdness at the various Speedy Marts... and mentioning the franchise owner's name brings on a libel suit against Kitty. While dealing with that, she gets a call for her expertise in werewolves (she's an Alpha of her pack) by a friend at the NIH Center for the Study of Paranormal Biology. Army soldiers recently retu...more

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Aug 13, 2010 Sandi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: nook-book, fantasy, 2010

When I was a little girl, my friends and I would walk to our neighborhood Speedy Mart to get Slurpees and candy. By my teens, Speedy Mart had been renamed 7-11, but I still thought of it as Speedy Mart for years afterward. I wonder if Carrie Vaughn knew about the real Speedy Mart when she wrote Kitty Goes to War and made her fiction chain of convenience stores the locus of some really bad magic.

The Speedy Mart story line is one of two plots that make up Kitty Goes to War. The other story is of...more

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Jul 07, 2010 Hali Sowle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: carrie-vaughn, werewolves, vampires, mystery, supernatural, military, rogue

In the 8th installment of the series Kitty has a new question for her listeners - are there supernatural things going-on around the Speedy marts all over the country? Seems like lots of people think so including one caller who says that the owner had been seen at the speedy marts in Louisiana just before Katrina and at other places before hugely powerful natural disasters. This line of questioning leads the owner of the chain not only suing her but coming to give her the look over, which raises...more

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Aug 31, 2010 Karen rated it 4 of 5 stars

The title is a bit misleading. I was expecting Kitty to gather her pack and go into battle against another pack or some other force. Rather than that scenario, Kitty gets involved with some military werewolves and it's more about rehabilitation than battle (although there is some fighting). But that doesn't really affect the book itself, just my expectations going into it. The book was a fast read and once again I marvel at how far Kitty has come from the submissive wolf that she was in the firs...more

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Oct 30, 2010 Amanda Reed-Collett rated it 2 of 5 stars

What is going on with Kitty Norville series? Don't get me wrong; I have been a fan since the series first started. But it seems that the last couple of books (except for Kitty's House of Horrors) have been a little lacking.

This book had 2 very different story lines. The first story dealt with three werewolfs that were part of an unauthorized military unit. After their alpha is killed on a mission, these werewolves turn rogue and Kitty is brought in to help rehabilitate them. The second story dea...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal-thriller, science-fiction, urban-fantasy, beach-read

I chose this book with some trepidation. I didn't think the title and cover looked familiar but I've been tricked before. I don't know why but I have a hard time differentiating the Kitty books until I'm deep in the story. I suspect I've missed several books from the series.

I really liked this one. I thought the libel suit would be the main storyline but I was wrong. The other storyline ended up being interesting and entertaining. It's just an intriguing concept in a world filled with wizards, w...more

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Jun 27, 2010 Heather Tisdale rated it 4 of 5 stars

I liked it. It was traditional Kitty. I feel like I was more along the ride for her emotional issues than any real fear for her safety like in the previous book. Despite that, it wasn't a bad ride. It was nice to see Rick back, but I'd like to see him participate a little more. I was very excited to have Cormac back, but it just doesn't feel right when he doesn't have guns to play with. Of course, Vaughn mentions this so it fits within the context of the story. The one issue that I've every had...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Wealhtheow rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy

When a pack of Green Berets infected with lycanthropy goes rogue, and on United States soil no less, the NIH calls in Kitty Norville, talk-show host and werewolf. Shell-shocked from war as much as from being were-wolves, the soldiers are having a hard time of it. Kitty tries her best, but she's distracted by mysterious goings-on at Speedy Mart and how much prison changed her ex-foe, Cormac.

Kitty really seems like a pack-leader at this point, not just someone trying to make the best of forced re...more

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Aug 05, 2010 Cathy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: zz-challenge-bcc-fantasy-2010, zz-challenge-library-borrowed-2010, fantasy, magic-users, mythology, paranormal, read-in-2010, urban, vampire, werewolf

A very quick read. It didn't add much to the overall story arc but was fine as an episode in Kitty's life. Vaughn's sympathy for returning military veterans is laudable and a timely topic that I'm happy to see addressed, even in this fictional/fantastical way. But it didn't make for much of a story about Kitty, with the most interesting character in the book being one of the vets, Tyler. He was the most interesting and sympathetic part of the book, even if only in the last quarter when his chara...more

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Jul 07, 2010 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, 2010

When Kitty finds out that Flemming's werewolf soldier experiment didn't completely die out, she feels compelled to try and help four rogues. The story gets complicated and not all of the soldiers make it.

Cormac is back in this book, but I didn't really feel like he had a strong enough presence. He was the tough guy that Kitty secretly desired (and perhaps she still does a little bit...). I'm just not sold on the whole Ben/Kitty relationship. To me, it doesn't work.

However, Ben and Kitty team up...more

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Jul 30, 2010 Nathan Burgoine rated it 4 of 5 stars

I've really enjoyed the Kitty series from Vaughn, and was really pleased with this latest entry. While long-term plot threads continue to tangle and untangle around Kitty, this book had a strong self-contained plot to it that I really enjoyed.

The previous book in the series left me frustrated with the darkness and - to be blunt - depressing turn the story had taken, but this book recovered some of the "hope" and fun for me. I didn't feel like Vaughn was just killing off characters for base shoc...more

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Jul 13, 2010 Jessica rated it 3 of 5 stars

Kitty Goes to War was interesting, but only because I'm familiar with the characters and everything. It was still a good read, but it didn't seem to have as much danger and action as the previous books have. There was danger and action, but it just didn't feel like it had the same intensity as past books. It was still interesting to read and we definitely got to see more of Cormac, which was a plus. Cormac is what made the book more interesting because there is something up with Cormac, somethin...more

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May 14, 2012 Dotti Elrick rated it 3 of 5 stars

Kitty, the Alpha of the Denver pack, is contacted by the Army base in southern Colorado. It seems the Army has had its own secret werewolf pack deployed overseas. With their Alpha dead, they are returned to the base, where they soon escape and head north into Kitty's territory. Kitty is asked to help rehabilitate the soldiers. At the same time, Kitty is being sued for libel by the owner of the Speedy Mart convenience stores for something said on her late night call in radio show. I've enjoyed th...more

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Nov 16, 2010 Julia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy, werewolves

Kitty Norville, out werewolf, Alpha of her pack in Denver and radio host of “Kitty and the Midnight Hour” gets asked by the Army to rehabilitate three veterans returned from Afghanistan who are also werewolves. Their Alpha was killed by a bomb, and he did a lousy job explaining the peacetime life of a werewolf.

"All the men in Gordon's unit ever wanted to do was their job. Serve their country the army way, and all that. Now look where they'd ended up." (page 240)

Meanwhile, Kitty gets sued for li...more

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Aug 06, 2010 Missy Ann rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle, urban-fantasy

A mixture of fluffy & solid. Kitty's solid, as always - a level headed gal with a soft heart making the best of a bad situation.

Cormac twist... really? Eh, meh, huh?

Captain of the werewolf soliders... too bad he's dead. There's a story there. I would love to read a short story about him & the making of his unit.

Now onto what dragged this book down. A fairly ridiculous 1 dimensional cartoon-ish villain. That character was never fleshed out. It was like it was a place holder, like Vaughn...more

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Vaughn was born into a military family and has lived all over the U.S. She received a BA from Occidental College, after which she went on to work too many jobs to count until she went back to school to receive her MA from University of Colorado at Boulder. She currently lives in Boulder, CO.

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“... We're werewolves. We don't get to judge 'crazy.” — 6 people liked it

“I was under the impression that werewolf packs were not meant to be run by committee."
"Yeah," I said. "But I dont want to be like all those other werewolves, you know?"
"Says the werewolf named Kitty."
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