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Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, #1)

Carrie Vaughn

Start date: January 1, 2020

Finish date: January 31, 2020

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May 19, 2012 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it really liked it

Shelves: what-modern-fantasy

Updated 10/8/12

My review is a cautionary tale. If one listens to a book on tape and hates it, but it's something they expected to like, always give the print edition a try.

Here is my review after I tried to read this book for the first time:

I listened to the first couple of chapters on cd, and it was so bad I had to stop even though I still had a hundred miles to drive with nothing on the radio. Since then I've realized that a bad narrator can ruin an audiobook so I think I'm going to try to re ...more

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Jun 12, 2010 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it it was ok

Shelves: library-has-a-copy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is a pretty good story. But it's far from the best I've ever read. The plot itself is really good and it was definitely enough to keep me turning the pages. But the characters on the other hand........ In a word? Terrible. Kitty for starters was a wimp, the girl's a freaking werewolf! And what does she do when provoked or challenged? Instead of fighting and sticking up for herself, she just inwardly whimpers and whines and externally looks all cowed and scared and subservient. And she lets This is a pretty good story. But it's far from the best I've ever read. The plot itself is really good and it was definitely enough to keep me turning the pages. But the characters on the other hand........ In a word? Terrible. Kitty for starters was a wimp, the girl's a freaking werewolf! And what does she do when provoked or challenged? Instead of fighting and sticking up for herself, she just inwardly whimpers and whines and externally looks all cowed and scared and subservient. And she lets the guy who's her pack master run roughshod all over her and basically use her! And the pack-master (Carl)? J-E-R-K doesn't even begin to describe him, he uses Kitty and pushes her around and is a total bully. And when his mate (Meg) (more on her later) tries to have Kitty killed and also creates a werewolf to try and have her mate killed, what does he do? She kisses up to him and acts all subservient and crap and he forgives her! And that just pissed me off to no end. And there's also the fact that he has sex with Kitty in spite of the fact that he already has a mate! And not only does Meg know, but she doesn't seem to care. And Kitty willingly has sex with him. That element is what turned me off most of all, when you're seriously involved with someone you don't sleep with other people, period. As for Meg, nasty and petty doesn't even begin to describe her, like I mentioned she tried to have Kitty killed and have Carl killed. Why? Because Kitty does start to show some backbone and she doesn't like that. And as for Carl, it seems to be because she wants to be pack-master, but doesn't have the guts to fight for herself. *Gag* How simultaneously petty and spineless can you get? To be honest, I flat out hated Carl and Meg. As for the other characters? There was one, Cormac who I actually liked a fair amount, he was a pretty interesting character and he wasn't a jerk. But the author decided to give him a mustache, and I don't like mustaches (too many Burt Reynolds associations *shudder*), that aside though I liked him. And the rest of the characters ranged from interesting to unremarkable, some I liked, some I didn't and some I was neutral on. The plot on the other hand was pretty good and about the only thing that kept me from giving up on this book entirely. The whole Midnight Hour radio show where the supernatural and undead can call in and get advice from Kitty? Very cool, and I just all around enjoyed it And the secondary plot of the rogue werewolf murdering girls? Pretty good, if somewhat predictable. But I did like the ending, it was nice to see Kitty break free of her abusive pack and grow as a person. Final verdict, while I didn't love this, I did like it and the storyline is interesting enough that I will be giving book 2 a spin. The plot itself=4 stars. The characters=2 stars. ...more

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Dec 24, 2009 Kati rated it really liked it

Shelves: in-english, 2010, urban-fantasy, look-for-more

Liked it a lot! It reminded me of Patricia Briggs' "Mercedes Thompson/Alpha & Omega" books. What I loved about it was that we met Kitty at her lowest point, at a moment when she told herself that enough was enough and she started fighting for herself. And the ending? I actually cried, it was so sad. It doesn't happen often that I cry while reading books but this time I did. Vaughn really knows how to stir emotions.

Looking forward to book #2 in the series! ...more

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Feb 19, 2017 Carrie rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, supernatural, paranormal-romance, vampire, urban-fantasy, werewolves, 1st-in-a-series, sos-bingo, uno

Maybe be spoilerish ?

Kitty is a werewolf, but she's also the host of a late night radio show. She won't play any songs released after 89, so don't ask her. Supernatural beings are still new to coming out and she's one of the first to be outed, after a hunter attempts to take her down on air. Because of her knowledge and of what she is she's asked to help the police investigate a few homicides that up until now would have been chalked up to wild life.

I feel like the characters in this series are ...more

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Dec 31, 2009 Louise rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, ebook, re-reads, paranormal, z-2009-10-winter-challenge, setting-contemporary, owned, fiction

While I've read a fair bit of paranormal and urban fantasy fiction lately, I think this might be the first one where the protagonist is a werewolf. I thought the way that being part of a werewolf pack has taken over pretty much all parts of Kitty's life was very interesting, and the way her 'human' life and career starts to conflict with that was great. I loved the way she developed through the book, along with the wider universe of the story. I'm looking forward to reading the next one and seei ...more

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Jun 05, 2008 Christal rated it really liked it

Shelves: female-lead, urban-fantasy, vampires, weres-and-shifters

I enjoyed Kitty's personal journey throughout this book. The DJ aspect was interesting as well and I really enjoyed the segments with her radio show. ...more

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