Author: Carrie Vaughn
Series: Kitty Norville #1
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
About the book (from Goodreads)
Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station - and she also happens to be a werewolf. One night, sick of the usual lame song requests, she accidentally starts 'The Midnight Hour', a late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged. Almost immediately she's deluged by calls from desperate vampires, werewolves and witches from all across the country, wanting to share their woes and ask her advice.
Kitty's new show is a raging success, but it's Kitty herself who could use some help, not least because her monthly change is a deep and dark secret to all but a very special few.
And when she finds one very sexy werewolf-hunter on her tail, not to mention a few homicidal undead, she realises she may just may have bitten off more than she can chew...
My Review
Kitty Norville is in many ways your average young urban
female and happens to be a werewolf. Kitty starts a late night chat show for the
supernaturally challenged by accident through boredom of doing the late night
shift which she took through necessity. Suddenly her show is a real hit, she
gets a raise, a desk & a researcher. Great right?
Unfortunately for Kitty her success becomes her problem.
Someone is not happy about her show bringing attention to the supernatural set,
which in Kitty’s world is hidden from Humanity. Is it the local vampires or her
werewolf pack? Of course the story has both of these creatures; we’ve come to
expect both if one is there right! Initially Kitty is not too worried, that
changes when someone tries to kill her live on air. She does not want to give
up her show so she sets out to find out what is going on. I think that’s all I’ll
say here or I’ll be getting into spoilers (unless I’m actually the last person
to read this book!)
I found Kitty to be a believable character; she was far from
perfect and annoyed me a little sometimes – so it’s just like knowing someone in
real life. That is why I liked her. However, I did not like the way she accepted
some of the pack dynamics in the earlier stages of the story. I know the
submissive wolves do as told, however I felt a little uncomfortable a few times
with just how submissive Kitty was and what she put up with. I enjoyed seeing
her grow as time went on.
Overall I enjoyed Kitty and the Midnight Hour, it is a
fairly easy read and will appeal to those who enjoy the urban fantasy genre.
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