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Kitty is back, and her creator, Carrie Vaughn, has once again crafted a well-thought-out plot with wonderful characters. Kitty is addictive — she's a strong, self-reliant female character, setting the bar high for other urban fantasy heroines. In Kitty and the Silver Bullet, Kitty goes home to deal with a family tragedy and becomes embroiled in a vampire war. Along the way, events force her to battle her former "were-pack" and its violent "alpha" leader, leading to some major changes in Kitty's life. Vaughn always delivers a page-turner, and Kitty and the Silver Bullet solidifies her place as one of the best in the urban fantasy genre, right up there with Kim Harrison and Patricia Briggs.
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emmejo, August 10, 2009 (view all comments by emmejo)
Kitty's life is a mess. She discovers that werewolves can't have children, the baby doesn't survive the shapeshift, and she found out the hard way. Plus her mother develops cancer and Kitty must slink back to the town she ran from. Some things about Denver are different; the new Paranormal Police department for example. Others are just the same, such as her old pack leaders wanting to do her in for coming back, and the master vampire of the city who would like to see her dead. When a vampire that Kitty knows (and even thinks of as a friend at times) challenges Denver's master vamp, Kitty quickly ends up in the middle of it as he tries to sway her into publicly supporting him.

As with the rest of the series I really enjoyed this book. Kitty is finally totally a person who can stick up for her self and the people around her, even when the wolf part of her is in a panic and just wants to run. I think this book dealt with more emotional upheaval and deeper digging into Kitty as a character.

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Jennifer Lawrence, April 6, 2009 (view all comments by Jennifer Lawrence)
In book four of the werewolf DJ series, Kitty’s book, “Underneath the Skin” is about to be released. When she hears that her mother has breast cancer and must be operated on, she and Ben rush home to Denver. She knows that making this move will appear to be an act of aggression in the eyes of Carl and Meg, the alpha wolves in her former pack. A turf war is taking place between the Denver vampires and lycanthropes. Rick, Denver’s Vampire Master, asks Kitty to step in on this turf war. Kitty is forced to become the alpha wolf she has thus far avoided. Kitty must step up, grow a backbone, and help save the lives of those closest to her, and all the while, her mom is going through the scariest time of her life. This has to be my favorite of all the Kitty books thus far. Kitty’s character has grown and developed into a strong and powerful woman/wolf. The action keeps you begging for more. Be prepared to devote some time to reading this book—because once you start it, you won’t be able to stop. Another great book by Vaughn!

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780446618755

Author:

Vaughn, Carrie

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing

Subject:

Fantasy - Contemporary

Subject:

Vampires

Subject:

Disc jockeys

Subject:

Occult fiction

Publication Date:

January 2008

Binding:

Mass Market Paperbound

Language:

English

Pages:

326

Dimensions:

6.80x4.20x.99 in. .38 lbs.