Kitty Raises Hell

Kitty Raises Hell (2009) Carrie Vaughn

WAH! Now I have to wait a whole year for the next Kitty book!

Picking up where we left off at the end of Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand, Kitty is back in Denver, and being haunted (quite literally) by the events that occurred in Vegas. Someone burned the name Tiamat into her bar, New Moon, and now her pack is threatened and she’s not sure where to turn, and other than her pack, she’s no longer sure who she can trust.

Unfortunately for her, more and more people are drawn into events, and that means more people who can get hurt.

First off, it was a quick, fun read. It took me four house–including stopping for dinner–to finish the book. The nice thing about the pace is it didn’t give me much time to stop and think about events, else I might have stopped to wonder who some of the individuals acted in the way they did. By the time I thought about it, the story had moved on and I’d already accepted things the way as they were.

Second, I really appreciate that Carrie Vaughn put out these two books in quick succession. I had cliffhanger endings, and having to wait only a month to find out what happened was nice. I think more authors should consider that–if you really must have a cliffhanger ending, the put out your books close together so we don’t have to spend so much time waiting. (I hate waiting.)

But what I especially liked was that Kitty Raises Hell was very amusing in places. Yes, lots of bad things happened, but Kitty managed to keep her sense of humor.

“Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot to take over the world?”

“I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia making corrections to the entries of historical figures I’ve known.”

That completely cracked me up.

So I enjoyed this every bit as much as I enjoyed the earlier books in the series. The story is well paced and well written, and Kitty is a lot of fun to read about.

This is not a good place to start the series. At the very least go back and read the book prior to this. But I think you’d be well-rewarded to start at the beginning and read the entire series through.
Rating: 7/10

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