I thought this was a great book. Kitty is a wonderful character to read! Many paranormal series' work under the premise that the general populace already knows that these creatures are real. It was fun to read a book where that knowledge is actually coming to light at that time. Great Book!!

DJ Kitty has gotten herself into quite a mess this time. She has to go before the senate and gets stopped by the Men in Black on her way to DC. The proceed to take her to a Vampires house where they say she will be protected from those of her own kind in the area. She decides to trust them, then proceeds to go out and about on her own and finds herself into more than she realized she was going to get into. This book was great and I won't go anyfurther as I don't want to put spoilers out there. But I am really enjoying the series thus far. So off to read the next one. ( )

Wow. Real people dealing with real problems while being weres/vampires - not so much the saving-the-universe or even society here, just getting along and managing their own problems. Best urban fantasy I've read yet - gives me hope for the genre. ( )

This is the second book about Kitty Norville, talk radio host and werewolf. Again, not great literature but enjoyable.

This follows pretty much immediately after the events of "Kitty and the Midnight Hour." I was pleased to see that a minor character in the first book plays a major role here, a sign that the author has given some thought to the series as a series. There were also signs of other things being planted for future volumes, which I also enjoyed.

Kitty continues as a smart character who learns from her mistakes. She also has emotional reactions to previous events - she's a little too reluctant to accept help, and a little too ready to believe in utopia. These are presented in a believable way, and are reasonable responses to previous events.

The only part I found weak was the denoument of a subplot. The villain was another character coming back from the first volume, and the set-up was good and the solution well worked out. However, as written, it seemed abrupt and too quick, with too few consequences.

But that's a minor quibble, and I continue to recommend the books. ( )

Kitty Goes to Washington is the second book in Carrie Vaughn’s fun, supernatural series. This book follows our heroine, Kitty the Werewolf, (how cute is that name?) as she is ordered to appear before a Senate Committee and testify during a Senate investigation of “paranatural phenomena”. Along the way, Kitty meets up with vampires, both the evil sneaky kind and the sophisticated old world type, were-jaguars, were-bears and a creepy other worldly creature that’s sort of like the nastiest evil fairy/troll you could ever meet up with. Who woulda thought we would wind up feeling sorry for werewolves and vampires?

I think one of the things I love about these stories is that Kitty herself is darn human. She has the same fears, hopes and worries that everyone has, but with a really heightened sense of smell, and a bit of a fur problem once a month. I enjoy how the author takes the folklore surrounding supernatural creatures and manages to tweak it just to enough to give it an original edge, but not so much that it makes it irrelevant. For example, Vaughn keeps the “silver bullet equals death” theory, but allows her werewolves to choose to go “wolf” or be human, with the exception of full moon nights. Even then, she allows the wolves to be wolves, not some inhuman monsters that are out hunting just for the sake of killing. She alludes to the fact that there are werewolves who go completely wolf, and that they can be the scary monsters of childish nightmares. However her characters are such a good read because we can still identify with them. They control the monster within, and really, isn’t that what we hope everyone does?

I’m really enjoying the Kitty series, and I’d recommend them to anyone looking for a good satisfying book. ( )