{"id":932,"date":"2009-01-28T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T18:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=932"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:40:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:40:57","slug":"kitty-and-the-dead-mans-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/932","title":{"rendered":"Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand<\/em> (2009) Carrie Vaughn<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kitty and Ben are trying to plan for their wedding, and when they decide on a Vegas wedding, Kitty’s producer decides that would be a great opportunity for Kitty to try her hand at a live TV show.<\/p>\n

I’m still not sure how I feel about Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand<\/em>. I almost feel like there was too much going on: Dominic, Odysseus Grant, Balthasar and his “pack”, Kitty’s wedding, Kitty’s live TV show… It felt like the story jumped around when I would have liked to have spent more time focusing on one or two elements, instead of being overwhelmed by so many different plot ideas. <\/p>\n

Then again, it was supposed to be an overwhelming action-packed weekend, so perhaps that’s the reason.<\/p>\n

I also didn’t care for the ending of the epilogue (I should just learn never to read epilogues. It never ends well for me), but I was appeased by the fact that the next book is coming out in a month–and coming out in paperback. So I can live with that.<\/p>\n

I’ll be curious to see which elements in this book are dropped and which are continued. Unless Kitty goes back to Vegas, I don’t see Dom coming back, but I would like to see more of Odysseus Grant.<\/p>\n

If you like supernatural fantasy, this is still a good series, and I’m waiting impatiently for the next book.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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