2013 books, mid-August, Vaughn and Burgis
The latest Kitty book, Kitty in the Underworld by Carrie Vaughn, came out recently. I started it and was cooking along for about 90 pages or so. Wanting to see where it was going, I skipped to the end. Now I don't see any point in reading the middle bits. Ugh. I'm underwhelmed with the whole arch-enemy storyline about Roman. Yes, we've learned a bit more about him, but only a bit. I'd much rather have more Cormac and Amelia!
This would probably be a decent book for someone who hasn't read the rest of the series. The focus is on Kitty, and she's removed from her friends, family, and pack for most of the book.
I was much happier with the Stephanie Burgis book, Stolen Magic, the third book in the Kat Incorrigible series. Kat, Katherine Ann Stephenson, is the youngest daughter of four children. Their mother died when Kat was 10 days old, and several years later, their father remarried. The stepmama isn't quite an evil stepmother, but has worries about propriety (their mother was anything but) and would like to be higher on the social ladder. The previous books revealed that Kat inherited her mother's Guardian-style magic as well as witchery and her older sisters found future husbands. In this book, her brother (who has now eschewed gambling and drinking) meets a wonderful young woman--but she has all but sworn to never entertain any but the most upright man. The also family also has a carriage mishap on their way to Angeline and Frederick's marriage which turns out to be sabotage. Who was it aimed at? Mix in some smugglers, horrible future in-laws, and other relatives and you've got a delightful book.
This would probably be a decent book for someone who hasn't read the rest of the series. The focus is on Kitty, and she's removed from her friends, family, and pack for most of the book.
I was much happier with the Stephanie Burgis book, Stolen Magic, the third book in the Kat Incorrigible series. Kat, Katherine Ann Stephenson, is the youngest daughter of four children. Their mother died when Kat was 10 days old, and several years later, their father remarried. The stepmama isn't quite an evil stepmother, but has worries about propriety (their mother was anything but) and would like to be higher on the social ladder. The previous books revealed that Kat inherited her mother's Guardian-style magic as well as witchery and her older sisters found future husbands. In this book, her brother (who has now eschewed gambling and drinking) meets a wonderful young woman--but she has all but sworn to never entertain any but the most upright man. The also family also has a carriage mishap on their way to Angeline and Frederick's marriage which turns out to be sabotage. Who was it aimed at? Mix in some smugglers, horrible future in-laws, and other relatives and you've got a delightful book.