Book Review: Kitty’s House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn

Kitty’s House of Horrors
Carrie Vaughn
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 0446199559
Mass Market

Kitty and the Midnight Hour had me hooked on Kitty Norville and Carrie Vaughn from page one. Instead of your usual vampire hunter or detective, this urban fantasy heroine was a Denver-based werewolf with a late-night talk radio show for the supernaturals.  Since then, Kitty’s gone to Washington to help increase national awareness of lycanthropes, gotten married to attorney Ben and established her own pack.

Of course, someone would have to approach Kitty and her supernatural friends to do a reality television show.  Kitty’s reluctant, but when she learns magician Odysseus Grant and Tina, a psychic, have signed up, she’s committed.  Soon after the group is taken to a remote hunting lodge in Montana, they discover the power cut and much of the show’s crew killed.  The show was a setup and Kitty’s going to have to let her wolf out in order to help herself and her friends survive.

The story’s a popular theme and Vaughn even lightly jokes the story’s been done before.  Savvy readers know the outcome and yet for a diehard Kitty fan, the book’s still a fast and fun read.  I’m not sure I’d recommend this book as an intro to the Kitty series–start at the beginning and if the reality television show is not your bag, skip this particular book.

Reviewed by Rebecca Kyle, March 2010.

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April 5, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews

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