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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780446618755
ISBN number: 0446618756
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: January 01, 2008
Publishing house: Grand Central Publishing
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Kitty's radio show is as popular as ever and she has a boyfriend who actually seems to understand her. Can she finally settle down to a normal life? Not if this is just the calm before the storm. When her mother falls ill, Kitty rushes back to Denver--and right back to the abusive pack of werewolves she escaped a year ago. To make matters worse, a war is brewing between the city's two oldest vampires, threatening the whole supernatural community. Though she wants to stay neutral, Kitty is again drawn into a world of politics and violence. To protect her family, her lover, and herself, she'll have to choose sides. And maybe become what she hates--a killer.
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I enjoyed the story enough that I ordered all that have been released and have her subsequent book on pre-order. I'll leave the details of the story to others. I hope that her future stories have a bit more depth. I was able to read so quickly that the story was over too soon. The book had many of the elements that I enjoyed in the early Anita Blake stories. I am excited to add another author to my list of favorites.
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Kitty continues her quest to find an identity she can live with in this book. Ms. Vaughn does an excellent job bringing Kitty and the rest of her cast to life throughout the series, and she keeps it going in this latest installment. A sparse writer (a good thing!), Vaughn truly shows the reader the action and the characters, and the way she handles the narrative when the wolf comes out is surreal and yet makes perfect sense.
This series is deeper than one might assume with its easy style and readability. Vaughn has done her homework when it comes to wolf behavior and monster-lore, and she delves into the psyche of Kitty in a way that a quick very first pass may not pick up. She has obviously studied archetypes and how they interact, as well as having a strong command of plot structure. In addition to all of that, the author slips literary nuances and references into the text of each book, making it look so natural that one hardly notices them without looking for them. She shifts between styles of writing without loosing the originality of her voice.
Quick reads, this series is one that I want to keep going back to in order to pick out the details Vaughn has painted into her world. I'd recommend this series for anyone over the age of fifteen, and anyone who likes urban fantasy. It will also be of interest to the furry community (which, I'm led to understand, is well aware of the series).
Nice job.
BW
5/5
21 July 08
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I just finished the fourth book in the Kitty Norville series earlier today. The very first two were a little slow for me, and I couldn't put down the last two! I was very interested in Kitty's growth from vulnerable follower to independent individual to strong leader, and this series has not let me down. As for the book... the homecoming, the family story, the paranatural war, and the relationships kept me entertained. Kitty's personal issue was unexpected, and it also added depth to the book.
There are a couple of things that took away from the good storytelling. Although I have a degree in English myself and understood the narrator's literary allusions, I still found them a bit pretentious for commercial fiction. Even if you understand the references, in my opinion, they disrupt the flow of the story and immersion in the world of the Kitty novels for the reader. I also noticed a few typos (which should have been caught in editing); this is minor, however, as many novels these days are unapologetically littered with them, so one or two typos is nothing at all.
While this can be either a positive or a negative quality, this novel was formulaic; for me, this was positive and made the novel more enjoyable. The Return Song is a popular story-pattern in oral-derived literature, consisting of an absence, devastation in the absence of the hero, the hero's return, retribution or restoration of order, and... well, I'll leave out the last one since it's a spoiler. :o) I was pleasantly surprised by its use when I finished the novel.
This series ranks as one of my top favorites in the Urban Fantasy genre. If you haven't read it already, do yourself a favor and read it!
Thank you, Ms. Vaughn, for the hours of entertainment you have provided me with, and I look forward to your subsequent novel!
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Almost against her will, Kitty has found herself becoming Alpha. Which, as it turns out, is a good thing.
Kitty's mother has cancer. Kitty, and Ben, have to go back to Denver to be with her and the rest of the family. The only problem is that Kitty has been, essentially, banished. She faces death if she returns, but really? What choice does she have?
Getting caught up in a vampire war and a werewolf dominance struggle weren't on Kitty's Things To Do List but get caught up she does. In the end, Kitty has her own pack and her family is safe. For anything else, you'll have to read the book.
I can't believe I have to wait until fall for a new Kitty book to come out!
Oh, and Ms. Vaughn? Should you happen to read this - white gold *is* funny!
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Absolutely wonderful eddition to the series. Kitty goes home. Yep, HOME. Kitty gets a call from her father informing her of a possible illness her mother may have and Kitty rushes home to support her family regardless of the death threat from her previous pride. Of course things come down dark and heavy and Kitty has to discover her inner alfa.
Strangely enough, as paranormal as this series is--it contains many true to life aspects that we "normal" people go through as far as family and relationships go. I think that leaves a very strong appeal toward this novel series and makes readers keep coming back to it for more.
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