If you read my review of Kitty and the Midnight Hour then you know I was having a hard time getting into this series. I’m glad to say this second book picked up some steam. I enjoyed it more than the first book. It was nice to see Kitty start to develop a spine. I also loved that we got to see Cormac again and we get to see a few more types of supernaturals in this story. We actually get to see more of her lawyer as well and learn more about his personality. I also found it interesting how there were some comparisons drawn to the treatment of supernaturals to that of other groups that were at one point or another persecuted for just being who they are. Overall an enjoyable story and I am hoping this series continues to get better and better. ( )

I actually liked this second Kitty book a little more than the first. There wasn’t all of the pack politics, and Kitty is starting to show her backbone. Of course, there are politics of a different sort at work here, as Kitty has been subpoenaed to testify in front of a congressional committee about the existence of preternatural beings. She finds herself bombarded from all sides, by not only a fire-and-brimstone conservative senator and a tabloid reporter, but also the mistress of DC’s vampires. I did find the confrontation with cult leader Elijah Smith to be a little too quick, almost an afterthought. I think there should have been some more buildup for that storyline. But overall, I really liked this and will definitely be continuing with the series. And hopefully, there will be more of were-jaguar Luis! ( )

Kitty Norville, the only "known" werewolf in the country and host of the radio phenomena show called "The Midnight Hour," finds herself being summoned to appear before a Senate committee that is about to decide on the future funding of the Center for the Study of Paranatural Biology, a little known lab run by the mysterious man named Dr. Flemming that keeps calling in to Kitty's radio program. It's literally an offer that she can't refuse, barring a contempt of Congress citation, so Kitty heads to DC with her lawyer, Ben to give her first-hand testimony about what it's like to be a werewolf. Between the "Men in Black" that shanghai her upon her arrival and the intensity of the Master Vampire of the City, Alette, who insists that Kitty accept her hospitality and stay in her home for the duration of her trip, it isn't long before Kitty suspects she's in way over her head. Being welcomed by the were community of DC is great, and meeting the wickedly handsome were-jaguar from Brazil are perks she didn't expect, but this trip is going to force Kitty to the brink of a precipice she never thought she'd have to face.

This series is very well written and easy to read, while being interesting enough to keep me turning the pages. I'm looking forward to the next one. ( )

I almost gave this 4 stars because the book takes an interesting look at what our government would do if confronted by vampires & werewolves. It wasn't very in depth, of course. This is a candy book - fun, enjoyable & a quick read. Still, she tackled a bit more than I would have expected. Good series so far. On to the next, "Kitty takes a Holiday". Since Kitty is a werewolf, it's bound to be fun. ( )

Perfect for : Personal reading, anyone who likes vampire or werewolf stories

In a nutshell: In Kitty Goes to Washington, Carrie Vaughn has continued adding dimensions to Kitty's life as new characters and places are introduced to the series (there are currently six books available). Book two finds Kitty wandering the United States as she broadcasts her show from different radio stations each week as a result of leaving Carl's pack. She is also called to a hearing in the Senate that is looking into recent research regarding supernatural beings. Her life is abruptly changed as she goes from behind the mike to being in front of cameras. She becomes a recognizable figure, which brings with it supporters as well as those who don't like her. While staying in Washington D.C., she is invited to stay with the area's vampire mistress, and she meets a group of lycanthropes (were-animals) without a pack or pack alpha. With a little help, Kitty also finds out the truth about Elijah Smith and his followers.

Extended Review: Kitty Norville continues to host The Midnight Hour remotely, even going as far as televising a show from a silver-lined cell while she is held against her will during a full moon.

Without a pack of her own, Kitty must carefully choose her friends and allies as she explores Washington D.C. and waits to testify in front of the Senate.

Characters: Old favorites return in the form of Kitty, Cormac and Ben. We are also introduced to Alette, the vampire mistress of the city and her companion Leo, as well as Luis, a were-jaguar. At the forefront of the Senate hearings is Senator Duke and Dr. Flemming.

Story-Line: This is another well-developed and fast-paced book that is sure to keep the readers interest.

Readability: A fun and easy read.

Overall: A great sequel to Kitty and The Midnight Hour! Fans of the first book are sure to love this one while continuing to learn more about were-animals and vampires. ( )

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. ( )

(On re-read):
I remembered the televised change scene quite well, but really didn’t remember much of the remainder of the novel. So this was a fantastic ride, even the second time around. This is incredibly pacy, it goes and goes and goes. The thing that impressed me most on re-read was how beautifully book one introduced all of the concepts explored in this book.Fantastic. ( )

Nothing good can come of going to Washington....especially if you're a werewolf! Kitty also discovers how hot Jaguars can be. I like that Kitty is no longer a victim but strong, scared and trying to be normal...or as normal as you can be for a werewolf with a pack.

Vaughn doesn't disappoint in Book 2 and leaves you wanting book 3. There was an edge to this book and I couldn't put it down! ( )

In the second book of this series, Kitty is on her own and traveling from town to town doing her radio broadcasts. We are shown the life she leads now that she is without a pack and how she is dealing with it. Kitty gets a summons to appear before a Senate committee in regards to all things supernatural. And before she knows it she is caught up in the midst of a bunch of shady characters.
This book was so much better than the 1st book of this series in my opinion. Kitty is portrayed as a stronger and more confident person than she was in the first one and the changes to her character are realistic ones. She still can be submissive but she has learned to stand on her feet more and that made the book more enjoyable for me. I'm interested in seeing her grow even more in the 3rd book and am now looking forward to reading it sooner rather than later. All in all, I recommend this one! ( )

Kitty, the werewolf turned talk show DJ, is on the move as a single werewolf without a pack's protection. Since her old pack was oppressive and abusive, Kitty is enjoying her new 'identity'. Here, Kitty has been called to Washington to testify before the Senate in a hearing publically announcing werewolves, vampires, and other creatures of the night. Kitty finds hereself messed up with new characters, she can't know who to trust and everyone seems to have their own agenda. By about 100 pages in this story, I was feeling disheartened. The story seemed slow, bogged down by too many new characters and not enough action. Time and again Kitty remarkes on things being a letdown, or 'anticlimactic' which fits the story here, actually. In the first volume, "Kitty and the Midnight Hour", I remember being disgusted by Kitty and how she let the alpha treat her. That book turned around for me when Kitty decided to stop playing the weak victim. This story too ends up much better off than I had given credit for. An old favorite shows up from the first book and several more interesting things shape up. There is a betrayal or two, a murder or two, and Kitty remains a strong heroine. I found myself a little sorry to have this one end. I also rate the bonus story "Kitty Meets the Band" as an excellent addition. It's only a short story, but its fun. I recommend this one, and I also look forward to the next installment. ( )

Great read. It was slow in the beginning but by mid-book it takes a totally different tone and becomes very engaging. I like the way she brings different supernatural beings into her story you didn't see coming into the story. I like the main character and I like the supporting characters she has chosen. I am running out to get the next one in the series! ( )

Worlds more entertaining and quite a bit less angsty than the first one. I wonder what the next one holds... ( )

I really love this series so far. Smart, funny, suspenseful. It's everything I wish ALL werewolf books would be. My only criticism for this one was that the "resolution" of the Elijah Smith storyline was really pretty anti-climactic. I guess I was expecting more. This guy seemed so ominious, and it seemed like it didn't take much to get rid of him. It was a bit disappointing. Maybe we'll find in a later book that they really didn't dispose of him afterall, and he'll come back with a vengeance? We'll have to see.

Other than that, again, I loved the book. Couldn't put it down. I'm really looking forward to reading more of this series. ( )

Includes short story "Kitty Meets The Band".

Synopsis:
"The Center for the Study of Paranatural Biology has gone public with scientific verification of vampires, werewolves, and the like. As the country's only outed werewolf celebrity, Kitty Norville is called to testify before a Senate special committee investigating this new information. She has taken her talk radio show "The Midnight Hour" on the road and travels to Washington, D.C. for the hearings.Once there, she meets a colorful series of local personalities, all of whom seem to have secret agendas: Alette, the vampire mistress of the city; Luis, an uber-hot Brazilian were-jaguar; Fritz, a grizzled old werewolf and possible Nazi in hiding; Roger Stockton, an enthusiastic reporter who wants to catch Kitty shape-shifting on film; Senator Joseph Duke, the paranoid Bible-thumper who chairs the committee; Elijah Smith, self-proclaimed faith healer to the supernatural. And Doctor Paul Flemming, the scientist in charge of the Center for the Study of Paranatural Biology, who seems strangely reluctant to discuss where his research has taken him.As usual, Kitty just wants to speak her mind and stand up for herself. But when so many people see her as a means to their own ends, she can't run fast enough to stay out of trouble."

I had a lot of fun with this one. I was home with a flu, so I read it in a day. Never a dull moment. The colourful personalities are colourful, the were-jaguar is really quite hot, the bad guys aren't too bad and there's a nice amount of fighting. Nothing taxing, just good entertainment. The story is a little all over the place - a bit of this, a bit of that...., but it didn't bother me too much. The short story at the end is cute. ( )

I'm still having a little bit of cognitive dissonance with this book because "the public" doesn't act (about the revelation of vampires, werewolves, etc) the way I think they would act. But once I stopped expecting people to act in a certain way I enjoyed this. I with Kitty could just settle down with some pack members and stuff. I found myself wishing she'd stay in DC. ( )

In this second book of Kitty Norville, the werewolf DJ who runs a midnight talkshow on the the supernatural, Kitty is called to testify at a congressional hearing about the supernatural, hence the title.
In Washington she is forced to accept the hospitality of the local vampire master, and while there she gets to meet other types of weres.
While waiting for her turn to testify she confronts the charismatic leader of a religious sect claiming to be able to cure weres and vampires of their afflictions.
She also pursues a governmentally employed doctor who researches the vampire and were diseases, but she ends up being the one pursued in her werewolf capacity. She is used to generate funding for the research, and to start a witchhunt on the supernatural.

This series follows a victim as she starts to take control of her own life, and describes the sacrifices as well as the victories of the process. Kitty is a realistic character whose emotions and reactions seems real. She is not some powerfull hero who barges into danger, and her bravery is as much in overcoming her fear and victimisation as it is confronting the dangers that threatens her.

This series is the only one of this type of urban fantasy that takes place in the time when the supernatural emerges into the mundane world. Most stories of this type are set in worlds where the supernatural and the mundane has coexisted in the same way for a while - either openly or in secret. Kittys position as a frontrunner or catalyst for the general acceptance of vampirism and shapeshifters as real, as well as her personal development adds an extra dimension to this well written and fastpaced story. ( )

I generally prefer vampires to werewolves, but I really like the world Vaughn has created. I like that weres are not necessarily wolves. A light, fun read. ( )

Kitty is travelling the US, broadcasting as she goes. Heading for Washington having been summoned to a Senate Hearing on behalf of supernaturals. She's gone from being an anonymous voice to being a known celebrity. The master vampire of the city extends her help, there's a sexy Brazilian were-jaguar and there's a bible thumping senator who wants her and her kind destroyed or contained.

It's fun, Kitty grows during the book and you can see her looking back at the actions and regretting some of them. A lot of the situations are quite well drawn and as realistic as they could be. I found it entertaining and absorbing and look forward to more in this series. ( )

I enjoyed this second book in the Kitty Norville series. I especially liked how Kitty learned about the other were-creatures in Washington, DC and how she learned that she could count on Alette, the vampire queen. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Kitty Takes a Holiday. ( )

If you haven’t yet read Vaughn’s work, and you like the pop-horror genre (vampires, werewolves, and demons—oh my!), definitely pick up Kitty and the Midnight Hour. I’m a sucker for reading books in order, and think everyone else should be too, but also: characters in or referenced in the first book make appearances in the second, and in terms of character, it’s important to know how Kitty has evolved and what her origins are. Don’t pick this book up cold and expect to get the details of how she became a werewolf, because all you get is a vague story without the truly heartbreaking details.

And if you have read the first book, what are you waiting for? Get the second and read, read, read! :) I will say the first book is a bit more gritty and dark, but this second is well-done, packs the punches, and also has a cute short story at the end: “Kitty Meets the Band”. So go forth, read, and tell all your friends about Kitty the werewolf! :)

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This was fun. A lot of urban fantasy deals with preternatural creatures living under human laws, but in this one the werewolf protagonist is called to testify before a senate committee. It's a juxtaposition of real and fantasy that no other book I've read has quite matched. That said, the remainder of the plot is quite predictable and the characters not engaging enough to make up for it. The most interesting sub-plot which involves Elijah Smith, a religious cult leader who claims to be able to cure vampires and lycanthropes, goes by so fast you'll miss it if you blink, which is a real shame as I thought it had some serious potential.

Ah, well. Like its predecessor, a fun novel to while away a summer afternoon, but not much depth. ( )