Kitty Goes to Washington

Kitty Norville, Book 2

By: Carrie Vaughn

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

The country's only celebrity werewolf, late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard, not seen. But when she's invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, her face gets plastered on national television. Kitty has been in hot water before, but jumping into the D.C. underworld brings a new set of problems - and a new set of friends and enemies, including the vampire mistress of the city; a super-hot Brazilian were-jaguar; and a paranoid, Bible-thumping senator who wants to expose Kitty as a monster. Kitty quickly learns that in this city of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone's itching for a fight.

©2006 Carrie Vaughn, LLC (P)2009 Tantor

Kitty plus DC equals trouble

Gotta love it when the book is set in my hometown. And in this case the author seems to actually have visited DC. I am really come around to Kitty. Beyond the amusement of a werewolf named Kitty, her character seems fairly consistent and is entertaining to me.
This time Kitty has been summoned to DC to testify to Congress. After the events of the first book, more of the supernatural is out and Congress wants answers. DC of course has it's own supernatural underground... A senior vampire with tight control of the city, were's who work for embassy's and a much more tolerant collection of were's.

The supernatural backstory of this world continues to grow, in this case we are introduced to the concept of elves (and magic that works).

Kitty's big mouth continues to get her in trouble, and her overriding curiosity doesn't help either.

Fun read and I am looking forward to the next book.

Entertaining and fun!

Entertaining and easy to follow. The writer offers great detail and the narrator really takes on the character. You can see it play out in your head.

Listen, Read, Do it!

Adore this series, read, listen, do whatever! Can’t say enough good about this series! Amazingly written!

Kitty Goes to Washington

Kitty Norville is a host of a late night radio show for supernaturals and she is a werewolf. After being forced out of Denver, Kitty decides to see the country so she buys a car and takes her show on the road for a while. Her show is as popular as ever and she even gets a senator to appear as a guest on the show.

Kitty is summoned to Washington DC to testify in a senate committee hearing, lead by the Senator who appeared on her show. Kitty convinces Ben, her attorney to accompany her to the hearings so that she doesn’t get herself in to any major trouble. When she arrives in Washington, she is escorted to the home of the Vampire who leads the city and is “invited” to stay with her, even though Kitty made arrangements to stay at the same hotel as Ben. She is also asked not to leave the house alone, but this doesn’t suit Kitty because she wants to see the city and try to find other werewolves.

I liked the story that unfolds during this book, Kitty learns to trust her instincts more and more though she still has room to grow, as you will see at the end of the book.

If you were a fan of book one, you will enjoy this book as well. At the time of this book, I have finished book 3 and plan to continue the series. As in the first book, the narrator is amazing. She delivers Kitty’s voice in such a believable way and completely embodies the radio show host.

Talk, no action.....

Cant put my finger on it but its a long hard listen. Story is slow and it makes you want to fast forward to get to a little action. All in all the book is ok for what it is. I hope she picks up the stories a little in the future...the price is right...

Really good addition to the series :D

4-4.5 stars

This was a really good story and addition to the series. Kitty is still doing her radio show and since her fallout with her old pack she's been travelling around the country (doing the show from whatever station is nearest at the time). Kitty being a werewolf is public knowledge...some people believe her and some think it's a publicity stunt for her show. Regardless of the doubters, Kitty gets called to Washington to testify in a Senate hearing about the existence of the supernatural. Kitty heads to Washington and quickly finds herself under the hospitality of Alette, the local vampire in power. While she was leery at first, Kitty finds that Alette is much different than other vampires she's met and she agrees to stay with her.

The hearing is being led by Senator Duke, a religious zealot that seems to have bad plans for the supernatural community. Kitty's lawyer, Ben, comes to Washington for the hearings and Cormic shows up eventually as well. Kitty gets to explore the city a bit and finds the shifter community to be much different that what she's used to. She even meets a sexy were-panther named Luis that she spends some of her free time with. There isn't a lot of free time though and there's a number of different players that are all trying to make moves to gain power in one way or the other and Kitty gets caught up in a number of different ways. She ends up going through some major crap that will cause a lasting impact on her life but does come out of it whole and doing alright. Things are pretty much wrapped up at the end of the story and Kitty decides to take a break from the show and find a place to hang out for a while she figures out what she wants to do next with her life.

I really enjoyed this story. Kitty is such a good heroine. I love how she gets pulled into things and even when she'd be better off staying out of it she feels the need to do the right thing. I also love that she is so eloquent and is able say a lot even with only a few words. I liked Kitty and Luis alright but I'm kind of glad he was just a dalliance for Kitty. I'm still kind of hoping for something between Cormic and Kitty but nothing so far... Overall, I really enjoyed this story and am looking forward to starting the next book. I'm recommend this book (and the series). :D

Great listen

I've listened to this series several times. It is always an enjoyable read. I recommend it to those who enjoy paranormal mysteries.

Excellent narrator for an excellent story

The voice goes so well with this story. i love the layered plotlines and how it slowly gets more complex. I look forward to hearing the rest of the series

I hate politics, but loved this

Kitty: “it could be worse.”
Ben: “yeah, you could be a communist werewolf.”

This may be the first book about congressional hearings, lobbyists, and politics that I’ve actually enjoyed. Even in fiction, the political mudslinging is often too aggravating. Thankfully here there’s a gripping, and decently credible, story about how congress might deal with the emergence of vampires and werewolves.

I like the addition of colorful characters such as the werejaguar and vampire Oletta.
Monster hunter Cormac and attorney Ben are fast becoming favorite recurring characters.
This book also improves on the tone, adding a smidge more humor and dialing back quite a bit on the pack-related triggers from book 1.

The pinnacle of oddities!

Found a book from an old series I hadn’t looked at in some time. Kitty Norville is a rogue werewolf who hosts a paranormal midnight radio show. She’s rogue because she couldn’t put up with the jealousy and in-fighting, so she was kicked out of the pack. As a well-known celebrity on the paranormal, Kitty is subpoenaed to testify at a Senate hearing on supernaturals. The underlying theme of the story has merit. The professor, using Kitty as an expert witness, wants to bring vampires and werewolves into society’s light; to research their “affliction” as a disease, treat it as such, and ultimately accept them as misunderstood people. That’s quite an enormous, if not improbable, objective to take on. But this is overshadowed by a boring Senate hearing and an all too strange kidnapping. Throw in some indiscriminate hookup sex, and there you have it. A rather odd mix of plotlines to be sure.