Karissa E. (ophelia99) reviewed Kitty Steals the Show (Kitty Norville, Bk 10) on + 2527 more book reviews
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This is the 10th book in the Kitty Norville series. I thought this book was a bit weaker than previous books, it was nice to see Kitty expand to the international stage...but she deal with the same issues as have been dealt with before. I really dont have a ton to say about this book; it was okay.
I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was really well done. The narrator did an excellent job with distinguishing between voices and giving the characters a lot of emotion when they spoke.
Kitty and Ben travel to London to attend the first international paranormal conference. While there Kitty end up embroiled in local vamp/werewolf politics. The tension surrounding the 2000 yr old vampire Roman is rising and the long game is coming to a head.
There is nothing really all that surprising in this book. It mainly served to build up tension in the upcoming war between Roman and his enemies.
Kitty does many of things she has done in many recent books in the series; she gets in trouble and then proceeds to talk her way out of it. Neither her, nor Ben have a ton of character growth in this book and they were both kind of vanilla. Honestly I found both of them to be pretty boring.
Cormic is the interesting character in this book. We get glimpses into how he is coping with having Amelia sharing head space with him. Comric does change and grow a lot in the story, but he seems to do a lot of this off screen. I kind of wish we had gotten to follow his story a bit more. Although it is a bit creepy at times how he has a woman stuck in his head.
The plot mainly focused around Roman and the Long Game. There is a lot of posturing between vamp and were groups on either side. Lots of talking between groups and choosing sides. Again, it was pretty boring. I am getting a bit sick about hearing about the Long Game over and over but never really knowing what it is or really having much happen with it. I feel like its high past time to move on to something new.
Overall an okay addition to the series. The writing is solid but the characters and story felt a bit old and boring to me. I dont know if I am just getting bored with Kitty or what. At this point I am on the fence about whether or not I will read the next book in this series. There are just so many excellent urban fantasy series out there; I would recommend the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire, the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep, or the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews over this one if you are an urban fantasy fan.
I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was really well done. The narrator did an excellent job with distinguishing between voices and giving the characters a lot of emotion when they spoke.
Kitty and Ben travel to London to attend the first international paranormal conference. While there Kitty end up embroiled in local vamp/werewolf politics. The tension surrounding the 2000 yr old vampire Roman is rising and the long game is coming to a head.
There is nothing really all that surprising in this book. It mainly served to build up tension in the upcoming war between Roman and his enemies.
Kitty does many of things she has done in many recent books in the series; she gets in trouble and then proceeds to talk her way out of it. Neither her, nor Ben have a ton of character growth in this book and they were both kind of vanilla. Honestly I found both of them to be pretty boring.
Cormic is the interesting character in this book. We get glimpses into how he is coping with having Amelia sharing head space with him. Comric does change and grow a lot in the story, but he seems to do a lot of this off screen. I kind of wish we had gotten to follow his story a bit more. Although it is a bit creepy at times how he has a woman stuck in his head.
The plot mainly focused around Roman and the Long Game. There is a lot of posturing between vamp and were groups on either side. Lots of talking between groups and choosing sides. Again, it was pretty boring. I am getting a bit sick about hearing about the Long Game over and over but never really knowing what it is or really having much happen with it. I feel like its high past time to move on to something new.
Overall an okay addition to the series. The writing is solid but the characters and story felt a bit old and boring to me. I dont know if I am just getting bored with Kitty or what. At this point I am on the fence about whether or not I will read the next book in this series. There are just so many excellent urban fantasy series out there; I would recommend the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire, the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep, or the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews over this one if you are an urban fantasy fan.
Cheryl C. (moondance120) reviewed Kitty Steals the Show (Kitty Norville, Bk 10) on + 422 more book reviews
The prey doesn't know it's being hunted.
Kitty, Ben and Cormac travel to London for an international conference where Kitty is to be a keynote speaker. Master vampires from all over the world are present giving Kitty a chance to see who has sided with Roman for the Long Game.
Trouble follows Kitty wherever she goes. Her quest for Roman's location is aided by Master vampires that do not wish to follow the game. The conference seems almost a set up and I am a little surprised that kitty agreed to attend. The addition of new allies and a few new enemies makes this an interesting read. I agree that the Cormac/Amelia storyline is a little creepy. I like Cormac when he is big, bad and hunting. London's Master vampire, Ned, is an intriguing character. I like that he knew Shakespeare but does not claim to be anything more than a mere actor.
I go back and read earlier books in this series again and again simply because I enjoy them so much. I always look forward to the next one.
Kitty, Ben and Cormac travel to London for an international conference where Kitty is to be a keynote speaker. Master vampires from all over the world are present giving Kitty a chance to see who has sided with Roman for the Long Game.
Trouble follows Kitty wherever she goes. Her quest for Roman's location is aided by Master vampires that do not wish to follow the game. The conference seems almost a set up and I am a little surprised that kitty agreed to attend. The addition of new allies and a few new enemies makes this an interesting read. I agree that the Cormac/Amelia storyline is a little creepy. I like Cormac when he is big, bad and hunting. London's Master vampire, Ned, is an intriguing character. I like that he knew Shakespeare but does not claim to be anything more than a mere actor.
I go back and read earlier books in this series again and again simply because I enjoy them so much. I always look forward to the next one.
I really enjoy this series because it's not the typical werewolf series (with an extreme alpha male). What I really like about Kitty are her strengths; her intelligence, curiosity, and ability to talk (about anything). It was nice to reconnect with previous characters (Tyler, Emma, etc) and meet some new ones. Nice, fitting development with Dr Fleming. Good setup for the next book.
Kelly J. (KellitaJ) reviewed Kitty Steals the Show (Kitty Norville, Bk 10) on + 550 more book reviews
The 10th book in this series which I am great fan of, but this book was easy to put down. Fairys are introduced but no reason for the gift of a wish was provided nor any type of expected twisted penalty- really the fairys were wasted pages instead of interesting additions. This story needed something more. I guess for me to care about the outcome when at the end it looks like Kitty will lose her radio show. I think Carrie Vaughn should write other character stories so that the next Kitty story bursts out of her, because I prefer it when I'm hanging on my seat, unable to put her books down.
Nancy M. (imnellen) reviewed Kitty Steals the Show (Kitty Norville, Bk 10) on + 246 more book reviews
Kitty does it again! She loves to talk and she manages to entertain, diffuse, enlighten and persuade. Even when she is down she is far from out. Highly enjoyable series.
