Kitty's Greatest Hits

A Kitty Norville Book

By: Carrie Vaughn

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's Summary

Kitty Norville, star of a New York Times best-selling series, is everybody's favorite werewolf DJ and out-of-the-closet supernatural creature. Over the course of eight books, she's fought evil vampires, were-creatures, and some serious black magic. She's done it all with a sharp wit and the help of a memorable cast of werewolf hunters, psychics, and if-not-good-then-neutral vampires by her side.

Kitty's Greatest Hits not only gives listeners some of Kitty's further adventures, it offers longtime fans a window into the origins of some of their favorite characters. In "Conquistador de la Noche", we learn the origin story of Denver's Master vampire, Rick; with "Wild Ride", we find out how Kitty's friend T.J. became a werewolf; and in "Life Is the Teacher", we revisit Emma, the human-turned-unwilling-vampire who serves the aloof vampire master of Washington, D.C.

This entertaining collection includes two brand-new works: "You're on the Air", about one of Kitty's callers after he hangs up the phone; and the eagerly awaited "Long Time Waiting", the novella that finally reveals just what happened to Cormac in prison, something every Kitty fan wants to know.

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©2011 Carrie Vaughn, LLC (P)2011 Tantor

Critic Reviews

"These side stories set in the world of Vaughn's paranormal novels are all well written and tightly plotted." (Publishers Weekly)

It was ok

I bought this book because I knew that it would tell of Cormac's time in jail and tell the story of TJ. I enjoyed the stories about Cormac history the most. TJ's story was also excellent. There were three stories that featured Kitty. Only the one in which she was helping a fellow werewolf was actually good. The other stories seemed out of place. As always Marguerite Gavin was great.

Short stories, not another novel

Of course if I'd read the description I would have known this before I purchased it, so that's my fault. On the other hand the majority of the stories just didn't grab me. You do get to learn some of the back stories of some of the characters, and the final story is definitely the best of the bunch, as someone else had noted. But all in all, unless you're a fan of short stories, and are desperate for a Kitty Norville fix, I'd take a pass on this one.

A Variety of Kitty!

Kitty's Greatest Hits was another nice addition to the Kitty Norville series. I would not buy this as an ebook, but it makes a very good listen.
Yes. This is made up of a variety of 'shorts' that have been included in anthologies and I believe at least one was available on the author's website. It's important to know that up front.
But I'm not about to criticize on that point. A greatest hits CD is nothing more than a group of hit songs that are re-released with a couple of new ones thrown in to help sell the next CD....and we all buy them. This audiobook is running on the same idea. I haven't read all the anthologies that include a Kitty Norville short, so I'm glad that this collection is available. I like the variety that you get while staying in the 'Kitty' universe, and it was well worth the money just to listen to "A Long Time Waiting".

Recycled

While the stories are good, many have appeared elsewhere in theme anthologies. If you like Carrie's work, and don't normally buy short story collections, this is a good value. I just think there should be better disclosure.

A lot of good mini stories

I really enjoyed this book. My particular favorite was the Book of Daniel. It was great having some of the mysteries solved.

Some really great stories!!!

Would you consider the audio edition of Kitty's Greatest Hits to be better than the print version?

Always is...thats the only way to do it!!!!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Kitty's Greatest Hits?

Loved the ending story about Cormac....it was awesome....Cormac kicks butt!!

Have you listened to any of Marguerite Gavin’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

It was awesome as usual...and yes MG is an awesome narrator,,,,my 2nd series with her and she does not disappoint!!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Kitty's Greatest Hits!!!

Any additional comments?

This was an excellent selection of stories....if your a Kitty fan, you will love them all!! I really wish there was more of a story from Ben's perspective....but this was still a priceless book of stories!

Always a delight

I love the world of Kitty Norville. It's nice getting to know more about Ricardo and Cormac.

Some stories are better than others

Nice background for some of the main cast and some stories about historical fiction. I think thet this is still a good book but not of the stories are at the some level

Why did I wait so long to listen to this??!!

I held off listening to this for far too long. I thought it might somehow detract from the series to go off on a bunch of random tangents just to give a little extra character background, especially if they didn’t live up to the theories I’d made up in my head. I was so wrong. Great stories that do a fantastic job of filling in all those blanks!

Great!

I wasn't sure about this series when I started it but I'm pleasantly surprised by the captivating story and the characters. Great narrator too.