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kathydavie's review against another edition
5.0
Seventh in the Katherine "Kitty" Katt romantic sci-fi comedy series revolving around Kitty Martini. This story is based in Washington D.C.
My Take
Go into this knowing it's off the wall...Koch has so much fun writing these...almost as much fun as I have in reading them…*grin*... She does go over the top with the Royal Peregrines and the Poofs and Kitty's being able to interpret their minds---it cracks me up when Kitty does the translation of whatever the critters are tellin' her. And I do adore how much Kitty and Jeff love their daughter. Just makes my heart swell up and conga.
I got to thinking about it, and y'all know how OCD I am about chronology, but you could read this one alone. I don't think you'd get as much out of it without having read what comes before as there are so many associations that relate back to earlier stories, but, no, it's not an essential of life.
Koch has a ball peeling back the reality of politics and the Washington life of one hand washing the other. It's such a dreamy treat to think there might be people there who actually do have the public's, their constituents', interests at heart. It's rather Dave-like in that the A-Cs want to help and not just take. The characters reflect this with their family values, honor, and loyalty...with all the snark in the world to make ya laugh!
Oh, you will not believe who wants to be best man for Chuck's wedding! And, yes, they did follow through on the Zoo, acquiring the building next door and extending the embassy into it.
Kitty just hates the diplomatic thing. She'd rather pull out her Glock and be done with it. Instead she's gotta play co-ambassador with Jeff. Of course there are perks to the job, namely sex with Jeff anywhere they can manage it.
Their friends, heck, I was gonna say coworkers, but nobody is actually a coworker in any of this. They are all either friends or family, whether blood is involved or not.
Arghhh, it's the dreaded oh, I'll look at it later trope.
I do enjoy the rock 'n roll, Star Wars, and Wolverine references. That Apprentice thing, though...that's just nasty.
My only whine is that scene at the end---and it's difficult to whine without revealing too much, dang it! I never did get the logic of how Y set Z up for that kill shot when Koch is explaining how it's Y who initiated that murder.
The Story
Events in Alien vs Alien, 6, have thrown everything off and elections for the year have been put on standby. But that hasn't held up the process of removing representatives from office as a number of them are dying from seemingly natural causes until one is murdered at a dinner at the American Centaurion embassy. It leaves Jeff and Christopher worried that groups will start blaming the Alpha Centaurions---since their secret is out.
Only Kitty gets there first, suggesting it's an act of war against the A-Cs. It's one quick way to hush up a roomful of diplomats and politicians.
Spying on the A-Cs is a given, but with all the murders, it's confusion and attack until a pattern emerges.
The Characters
Kitty (with a major thing for Aerosmith) and Jeff Martini, the world's strongest telepath, are both ambassadors for the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps. Through her pregnancy, Kitty's has hyperspeed, superstrength, and the Doolittle thing besides being able to channel what the bad guys are thinking while Jeff got boosted in another of their adventures. Their daughter, Jamie-Kat, is quite forward with powers of her own, and her first birthday is coming up! The Poofs who belong to these three include Poofikins, who is Kitty's; Harlie, the head Poof, is Jeff's; and, Jamie-Kat's is Mous-mous. Bruno is Kitty's Peregrine; Lola is his mate, and she keeps an eye on the kids.
Mom, Angela Katt, is head of the Presidential Terrorism Control Unit (PTCU) and the only non-Jew to ever be in Mossad. After Alien vs Alien, the Katts' critters moved into the embassy: Sugarfoot, Candy, and Kane (the cats) and the dogs include Duchess, Dudley, Dotty, and Duke. Sol is her dad.
Christopher White is Jeff's cousin and an Imageer married to Amy Gaultier White, one of Kitty's best friends from high school and a lawyer. (see Alien Proliferation, 4). She'll be spending time with the board of directors for Gaultier Enterprises now that Daddy Dearest is dead. Toby is Christopher's Poof; Mignon is Amy's. Alfred and Lucia Martini are Jeff's parents. Clarence Valentino is Sylvia's husband (Jeff's oldest sister) and a traitor (see Alien Proliferation).
Charles Reynolds has been Kitty's best friend since they were thirteen; now he's head of the CIA's Extra-Terrestrial Division, and about to get married to Mimi. Fluffy is his Poof, and Han and Leia are his Royal Peregrines. Clifford Goodman as Head of Special Immigration Services reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Chuck likes him. Pia Ryan was CIA, until she played body-in-the-car. Representative Santiago Reyes sounds like a really nice guy. Colonel Marvin Hamlin was in charge of Andrews Air Force Base before he took off a couple days before Operation Destruction. Only, it turns out he took off a lot longer ago than that…! Esteban Cantu is also CIA, but his true role was revealed, and he's in prison.
Embassy inhabitants include:
Len and Kyle are former college football players who are now CIA bodyguards for Kitty and Jamie (see Alien in the Family, 3 and Alien Diplomacy, 5). Their peregrines are Barney and Betty for Len and Kyle's are Fred and Wilma. Malcolm Buchanan is a bodyguard assigned by Kitty's mother in Alien Diplomacy. Former Pontifex Richard White is Kitty's new partner and has a thing for the catsuit and Nurse Carter. Richard's birds are Samson and Delilah. Dr. "The Great" Tito Hernandez (Alien in the Family) is Kitty and Jamie-Kat's personal physician while Melanie and Emily, both Dazzler A-Cs (and Lorraine and Claudia's moms), assist Tito. Walter Ward is in charge of embassy security with the help of his Royal Peregrines, George and Gracie. Pierre is James' friend and the Majordomo Concierge for the embassy and did they ever luck out getting him! Kevin Lewis is second-in-command for PTCU as well as the Defense Attaché for the Embassy. He, his wife, Denise, and their children, Raymond and Rachel, live in the embassy; Denise is in charge of the embassy daycare and is the in-house teacher. Doreen (her parents were the traitorous former heads of the Diplomatic Corps) and Irving Weisman (he's human) with baby Ezra also live at the embassy. Nurse Magdalena Rijos-Carter has signed on to help Tito, and she and Richard are hooking up!
Alpha team includes:
Paul Gower is a half-A-C/half-human and can read dreams and memories; he's ACE's habitat and the new Supreme Pontifex. Commander James Reader is a gorgeous former supermodel, who is in a relationship with Paul and Head of the Field for Centaurion Division; Kitty considers him one of her best guy friends. Gatita is Reader's Poof. ACE is an alien entity, who is missing in action. Michael Gower is Paul's younger brother, a playah, and an astronaut at NASA (although his playboy days may be coming to an end!); Fuzzball is his Poof. Naomi, a.k.a., Mimi, and Chuck are getting married---she's going Bridezilla! She and Abigail are Paul's hybrid sisters and the new cultural attachés. Serene, the head of Imageering, is married to Brian Dwyer (Kitty's old boyfriend), and they have a little boy, Patrick. Yeah, he's maturing at hyperspeed too. Gladys is head of overall security for the A-Cs. Jennifer Barone has been assigned, along with her brother, permanently to the Embassy. Camilla is the double, triple, possibly quadruple agent.
Airborne includes:
Captain Tim Crawford is the new head of Airborne in Kitty's place; he's married to Alicia?? The unmarried ones include Captain Jerry Tucker, Matt Hughes, and Walker. Joe Billings is married to Captain Lorraine, and they have a son, Ross Edward. Randy Muir is married to Captain Claudia, and they have a son as well, Sean Zachary.
Hacker International
The boys are now residing at the Embassy as well, much to Jeff's disgust. Stryker Dane, a.k.a., Eddy Simms, is a brilliant hacker who is the resident UFO and extraterrestrial languages expert, and undercover in the military along with Big George Lecroix, who is Europe's best hacker and speaks some twenty languages fluently. Also Doctor Henry Wu is a software expert, China's most expert hacker, and covers the languages the others don't; Ravi Gaekwad, a.k.a., Ravi the Geek, is India's best hacker and big on hardware and software---he and Jennifer Barone have hooked up; and, Omega Red, a.k.a., Yuri Stanislav, is blind but killer with audio cryptology.
Mister Joel Oliver is a photographer with World Weekly News, and he's inherited Bellie, the parrot from hell. He also rates a Poof, Button. Peter "the Dingo" Kasperoff is an assassin who has assumed the role of Uncle with Kitty. A really good uncle as he's keeping an eye on all those assassins targeting her and hers. Vic is his cousin and partner and therefore another uncle. Akiko is the Embassy designer on retainer and doesn't that just make a number of the other women miaow! Rajnish Singh (he has troubadour power) is from the New Dehli A-Cs and most likely to be transferred over. Mona Nejem and her driver/bodyguard, Khalid, are Bahraini; Oren and Jakob are Mossad. "Herman", a.k.a., Officer "Melville", is one of the cops from Alien Proliferation with whom the Martinis have a good relationship. Prince is his K-9 partner.
Senator McMillan of Arizona's philosophy for being in politics is one that I wish a lot more politicians espoused. Kelly is his wife. Caroline Chase is a high school friend of Kitty's and works for the senator.
Olga Dalca (she's former KGB) and Adriana, her granddaughter and personal assistant, are with the Romanian embassy and very interested in events at the AC embassy after events in Alien Diplomacy, 5. Andrei, Olga's husband and the ambassador, is a stand-up guy.
Princess Rhami is the older and Princess Rhee the younger are Queen Renata's daughters from the planet of Free Women. They're here to help celebrate Jamie's first birthday, they think. In truth, it's their training mission.
The Cabal of Evil includes:
Well, most of them are now dead or in prison, but there are still a few hanging on… Senator Vincent Armstrong is the senior senator from Florida who owes and is owed favors by the A-Cs. Elaine is his wife---both Kitty and her mom like her! Lillian Culver, a powerful lobbyist, is a well-dressed skeleton and the unofficial spokesperson for the group. Abner Schnekedy, odious and an artist, is her husband. Eugene and Lydia Montgomery---she's the junior senator from New York. Eugene's on Kitty's naughty list for his shenanigans in Alien Diplomacy, 5. The French Nathalie Gagnon-Brewer, a former international model, is married to vintner, Representative Edmund Brewer of California. Guy Gadoire , a lobbyist for the tobacco industry, and his husband, Vance Beaumont, are too interested in anything Kitty, although Vance is a big fan of Oliver's. Senator Zachary Kramer and his wife, Marcia, are also at the party.
Marion Villanova is chief aide to the secretary of state, and she's dating Langston Whitmore, secretary of transportation. They make good beards for each other.
Raul Diaz, a.k.a., Dier, a.k.a., Lars Reid, was adopted by Leventhal Reid and became an assassin who is usually hired by the CIA.
Dazzlers are how Kitty collectively refers to the A-C females because that's what they do: they dazzle everyone with their beauty, intelligence, and compassion. Imageers manipulate images electronically and in front of you and can learn all about a person simply by touching an image. Empaths feel emotions.
Poofs look like "tiny, fluffy kittens with no ears or tails, but with shiny black button eyes", who can morph into Jeff-sized, very, very protective critters. Once you name one, they're yours for life. And they're procreating all over the place...there're dozens of 'em. Enough that even the cats get a Poof.
The Royal Peregrines have become very welcome gifts from King Alexander; they make great guardians and help the gifted with their powers. The Poofs and the Peregrines have an alliance and help each other. Harold and Maude are stressed about an invasion.
The Elves are Kitty's term for those invisible helpers who produce anything and everything...and clean it as well. They exist in any habitation for A-Cs. I wanna be adopted!
The Cover
The cover is very different from previous books with a white background and red-framed circular insets of Jeff in his fedora, Edmund falling from a building and the State Capitol, two Royal Peregrines are flying in between them, one couple is running and Kitty in a white dress is standing in a chalked outline of a murdered man.
The title is too true, although it did not go where I first thought it would. Poor Kitty, there's an Alien in the House.
My Take
Go into this knowing it's off the wall...Koch has so much fun writing these...almost as much fun as I have in reading them…*grin*... She does go over the top with the Royal Peregrines and the Poofs and Kitty's being able to interpret their minds---it cracks me up when Kitty does the translation of whatever the critters are tellin' her. And I do adore how much Kitty and Jeff love their daughter. Just makes my heart swell up and conga.
I got to thinking about it, and y'all know how OCD I am about chronology, but you could read this one alone. I don't think you'd get as much out of it without having read what comes before as there are so many associations that relate back to earlier stories, but, no, it's not an essential of life.
Koch has a ball peeling back the reality of politics and the Washington life of one hand washing the other. It's such a dreamy treat to think there might be people there who actually do have the public's, their constituents', interests at heart. It's rather Dave-like in that the A-Cs want to help and not just take. The characters reflect this with their family values, honor, and loyalty...with all the snark in the world to make ya laugh!
Oh, you will not believe who wants to be best man for Chuck's wedding! And, yes, they did follow through on the Zoo, acquiring the building next door and extending the embassy into it.
Kitty just hates the diplomatic thing. She'd rather pull out her Glock and be done with it. Instead she's gotta play co-ambassador with Jeff. Of course there are perks to the job, namely sex with Jeff anywhere they can manage it.
Sadly, so many of [the Cabal of Evil] had suggested many different "fun" ideas during Operation Assassination that I now associated them equally with World Domination Dreams and Triple-X Porn."
Their friends, heck, I was gonna say coworkers, but nobody is actually a coworker in any of this. They are all either friends or family, whether blood is involved or not.
Arghhh, it's the dreaded oh, I'll look at it later trope.
I do enjoy the rock 'n roll, Star Wars, and Wolverine references. That Apprentice thing, though...that's just nasty.
My only whine is that scene at the end---and it's difficult to whine without revealing too much, dang it! I never did get the logic of how Y set Z up for that kill shot when Koch is explaining how it's Y who initiated that murder.
The Story
Events in Alien vs Alien, 6, have thrown everything off and elections for the year have been put on standby. But that hasn't held up the process of removing representatives from office as a number of them are dying from seemingly natural causes until one is murdered at a dinner at the American Centaurion embassy. It leaves Jeff and Christopher worried that groups will start blaming the Alpha Centaurions---since their secret is out.
Only Kitty gets there first, suggesting it's an act of war against the A-Cs. It's one quick way to hush up a roomful of diplomats and politicians.
Spying on the A-Cs is a given, but with all the murders, it's confusion and attack until a pattern emerges.
The Characters
Kitty (with a major thing for Aerosmith) and Jeff Martini, the world's strongest telepath, are both ambassadors for the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps. Through her pregnancy, Kitty's has hyperspeed, superstrength, and the Doolittle thing besides being able to channel what the bad guys are thinking while Jeff got boosted in another of their adventures. Their daughter, Jamie-Kat, is quite forward with powers of her own, and her first birthday is coming up! The Poofs who belong to these three include Poofikins, who is Kitty's; Harlie, the head Poof, is Jeff's; and, Jamie-Kat's is Mous-mous. Bruno is Kitty's Peregrine; Lola is his mate, and she keeps an eye on the kids.
Mom, Angela Katt, is head of the Presidential Terrorism Control Unit (PTCU) and the only non-Jew to ever be in Mossad. After Alien vs Alien, the Katts' critters moved into the embassy: Sugarfoot, Candy, and Kane (the cats) and the dogs include Duchess, Dudley, Dotty, and Duke. Sol is her dad.
Christopher White is Jeff's cousin and an Imageer married to Amy Gaultier White, one of Kitty's best friends from high school and a lawyer. (see Alien Proliferation, 4). She'll be spending time with the board of directors for Gaultier Enterprises now that Daddy Dearest is dead. Toby is Christopher's Poof; Mignon is Amy's. Alfred and Lucia Martini are Jeff's parents. Clarence Valentino is Sylvia's husband (Jeff's oldest sister) and a traitor (see Alien Proliferation).
Charles Reynolds has been Kitty's best friend since they were thirteen; now he's head of the CIA's Extra-Terrestrial Division, and about to get married to Mimi. Fluffy is his Poof, and Han and Leia are his Royal Peregrines. Clifford Goodman as Head of Special Immigration Services reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Chuck likes him. Pia Ryan was CIA, until she played body-in-the-car. Representative Santiago Reyes sounds like a really nice guy. Colonel Marvin Hamlin was in charge of Andrews Air Force Base before he took off a couple days before Operation Destruction. Only, it turns out he took off a lot longer ago than that…! Esteban Cantu is also CIA, but his true role was revealed, and he's in prison.
Embassy inhabitants include:
Len and Kyle are former college football players who are now CIA bodyguards for Kitty and Jamie (see Alien in the Family, 3 and Alien Diplomacy, 5). Their peregrines are Barney and Betty for Len and Kyle's are Fred and Wilma. Malcolm Buchanan is a bodyguard assigned by Kitty's mother in Alien Diplomacy. Former Pontifex Richard White is Kitty's new partner and has a thing for the catsuit and Nurse Carter. Richard's birds are Samson and Delilah. Dr. "The Great" Tito Hernandez (Alien in the Family) is Kitty and Jamie-Kat's personal physician while Melanie and Emily, both Dazzler A-Cs (and Lorraine and Claudia's moms), assist Tito. Walter Ward is in charge of embassy security with the help of his Royal Peregrines, George and Gracie. Pierre is James' friend and the Majordomo Concierge for the embassy and did they ever luck out getting him! Kevin Lewis is second-in-command for PTCU as well as the Defense Attaché for the Embassy. He, his wife, Denise, and their children, Raymond and Rachel, live in the embassy; Denise is in charge of the embassy daycare and is the in-house teacher. Doreen (her parents were the traitorous former heads of the Diplomatic Corps) and Irving Weisman (he's human) with baby Ezra also live at the embassy. Nurse Magdalena Rijos-Carter has signed on to help Tito, and she and Richard are hooking up!
Alpha team includes:
Paul Gower is a half-A-C/half-human and can read dreams and memories; he's ACE's habitat and the new Supreme Pontifex. Commander James Reader is a gorgeous former supermodel, who is in a relationship with Paul and Head of the Field for Centaurion Division; Kitty considers him one of her best guy friends. Gatita is Reader's Poof. ACE is an alien entity, who is missing in action. Michael Gower is Paul's younger brother, a playah, and an astronaut at NASA (although his playboy days may be coming to an end!); Fuzzball is his Poof. Naomi, a.k.a., Mimi, and Chuck are getting married---she's going Bridezilla! She and Abigail are Paul's hybrid sisters and the new cultural attachés. Serene, the head of Imageering, is married to Brian Dwyer (Kitty's old boyfriend), and they have a little boy, Patrick. Yeah, he's maturing at hyperspeed too. Gladys is head of overall security for the A-Cs. Jennifer Barone has been assigned, along with her brother, permanently to the Embassy. Camilla is the double, triple, possibly quadruple agent.
Airborne includes:
Captain Tim Crawford is the new head of Airborne in Kitty's place; he's married to Alicia?? The unmarried ones include Captain Jerry Tucker, Matt Hughes, and Walker. Joe Billings is married to Captain Lorraine, and they have a son, Ross Edward. Randy Muir is married to Captain Claudia, and they have a son as well, Sean Zachary.
Hacker International
The boys are now residing at the Embassy as well, much to Jeff's disgust. Stryker Dane, a.k.a., Eddy Simms, is a brilliant hacker who is the resident UFO and extraterrestrial languages expert, and undercover in the military along with Big George Lecroix, who is Europe's best hacker and speaks some twenty languages fluently. Also Doctor Henry Wu is a software expert, China's most expert hacker, and covers the languages the others don't; Ravi Gaekwad, a.k.a., Ravi the Geek, is India's best hacker and big on hardware and software---he and Jennifer Barone have hooked up; and, Omega Red, a.k.a., Yuri Stanislav, is blind but killer with audio cryptology.
Mister Joel Oliver is a photographer with World Weekly News, and he's inherited Bellie, the parrot from hell. He also rates a Poof, Button. Peter "the Dingo" Kasperoff is an assassin who has assumed the role of Uncle with Kitty. A really good uncle as he's keeping an eye on all those assassins targeting her and hers. Vic is his cousin and partner and therefore another uncle. Akiko is the Embassy designer on retainer and doesn't that just make a number of the other women miaow! Rajnish Singh (he has troubadour power) is from the New Dehli A-Cs and most likely to be transferred over. Mona Nejem and her driver/bodyguard, Khalid, are Bahraini; Oren and Jakob are Mossad. "Herman", a.k.a., Officer "Melville", is one of the cops from Alien Proliferation with whom the Martinis have a good relationship. Prince is his K-9 partner.
Senator McMillan of Arizona's philosophy for being in politics is one that I wish a lot more politicians espoused. Kelly is his wife. Caroline Chase is a high school friend of Kitty's and works for the senator.
Olga Dalca (she's former KGB) and Adriana, her granddaughter and personal assistant, are with the Romanian embassy and very interested in events at the AC embassy after events in Alien Diplomacy, 5. Andrei, Olga's husband and the ambassador, is a stand-up guy.
Princess Rhami is the older and Princess Rhee the younger are Queen Renata's daughters from the planet of Free Women. They're here to help celebrate Jamie's first birthday, they think. In truth, it's their training mission.
The Cabal of Evil includes:
Well, most of them are now dead or in prison, but there are still a few hanging on… Senator Vincent Armstrong is the senior senator from Florida who owes and is owed favors by the A-Cs. Elaine is his wife---both Kitty and her mom like her! Lillian Culver, a powerful lobbyist, is a well-dressed skeleton and the unofficial spokesperson for the group. Abner Schnekedy, odious and an artist, is her husband. Eugene and Lydia Montgomery---she's the junior senator from New York. Eugene's on Kitty's naughty list for his shenanigans in Alien Diplomacy, 5. The French Nathalie Gagnon-Brewer, a former international model, is married to vintner, Representative Edmund Brewer of California. Guy Gadoire , a lobbyist for the tobacco industry, and his husband, Vance Beaumont, are too interested in anything Kitty, although Vance is a big fan of Oliver's. Senator Zachary Kramer and his wife, Marcia, are also at the party.
Marion Villanova is chief aide to the secretary of state, and she's dating Langston Whitmore, secretary of transportation. They make good beards for each other.
Raul Diaz, a.k.a., Dier, a.k.a., Lars Reid, was adopted by Leventhal Reid and became an assassin who is usually hired by the CIA.
Dazzlers are how Kitty collectively refers to the A-C females because that's what they do: they dazzle everyone with their beauty, intelligence, and compassion. Imageers manipulate images electronically and in front of you and can learn all about a person simply by touching an image. Empaths feel emotions.
Poofs look like "tiny, fluffy kittens with no ears or tails, but with shiny black button eyes", who can morph into Jeff-sized, very, very protective critters. Once you name one, they're yours for life. And they're procreating all over the place...there're dozens of 'em. Enough that even the cats get a Poof.
The Royal Peregrines have become very welcome gifts from King Alexander; they make great guardians and help the gifted with their powers. The Poofs and the Peregrines have an alliance and help each other. Harold and Maude are stressed about an invasion.
The Elves are Kitty's term for those invisible helpers who produce anything and everything...and clean it as well. They exist in any habitation for A-Cs. I wanna be adopted!
The Cover
The cover is very different from previous books with a white background and red-framed circular insets of Jeff in his fedora, Edmund falling from a building and the State Capitol, two Royal Peregrines are flying in between them, one couple is running and Kitty in a white dress is standing in a chalked outline of a murdered man.
The title is too true, although it did not go where I first thought it would. Poor Kitty, there's an Alien in the House.
katyanaish's review against another edition
4.0
Well. This one was MUCH better, more like the earlier books in the series. People finally got over their stupid "let's keep Kitty in the dark" bullcrap (may that be a dead story thread that is never resurrected, please), and for the most part, it felt like the team found a better balance for working together.
There were still a couple points where I wanted to punch Reader - what is with his constant need to blame Kitty for everything - but I was happy to see them get back to old form after a serious chat.
So yeah, he's not really in my good graces yet. And I still have a problem with the implication that he's in charge of DipCorps at all. Because, again, that's not how the early books laid out their structure, and it is also the government of a military dictatorship, which, no thanks. He's head of military. That does NOT mean he's boss of every person. And if that now does, then they have bigger problems than the US Government, because they've had a military coup.
But I enjoyed this one. So I'm tentatively optimistic that we've transitioned into a better place with the series, and I'll like them more going forward.
There were still a couple points where I wanted to punch Reader - what is with his constant need to blame Kitty for everything - but I was happy to see them get back to old form after a serious chat.
Spoiler
But I still think he's a dick for acting like she caused a big mess when she said Eugene committed an unfriendly act. I mean, Reader had just arrested him and said - directly and in front of a crowd - that he wouldn't get access to a lawyer because that's not how they do things in American Centaurion. How is that not the BIGGEST deal? The head of military and husband of the Supreme Pontifex just acted like a petty 3rd world military dictator. Then Kevin said the same - about it being an unfriendly act on their soil - and Kitty repeated him, backing them both up. So WTF with Reader freaking out at HER for the declaration? I literally wanted to punch him in the throat.So yeah, he's not really in my good graces yet. And I still have a problem with the implication that he's in charge of DipCorps at all. Because, again, that's not how the early books laid out their structure, and it is also the government of a military dictatorship, which, no thanks. He's head of military. That does NOT mean he's boss of every person. And if that now does, then they have bigger problems than the US Government, because they've had a military coup.
But I enjoyed this one. So I'm tentatively optimistic that we've transitioned into a better place with the series, and I'll like them more going forward.
blodeuedd's review against another edition
3.0
How does she do it? The craziness that must be Koch's brain, I just never know with this series. Who is the bad guy? How will it end, how will anything happen? But then that is why it's a fun ride.
So what did happen? Well Kitty is trying to find out why people are dying left and right. With her she has poofs, birds and the usual gang, and of course she makes new friends.
There is drama, shootings, death, smexy times, politics, wedding plans and a birthday party for Jamie to plan. Just another normal day in the life of Kitty Katt.
So this review was much better before I accidentally deleted it. Now I do not know what to say. Koch is just insane, all the plot threads here and there. I always wonder how she keeps track of things so that we in the end can find a murderer.
So what did happen? Well Kitty is trying to find out why people are dying left and right. With her she has poofs, birds and the usual gang, and of course she makes new friends.
There is drama, shootings, death, smexy times, politics, wedding plans and a birthday party for Jamie to plan. Just another normal day in the life of Kitty Katt.
So this review was much better before I accidentally deleted it. Now I do not know what to say. Koch is just insane, all the plot threads here and there. I always wonder how she keeps track of things so that we in the end can find a murderer.
vikcs's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
bewoelkt_aber_heiter's review
4.0
Obwohl ich Kittys Zeiten als aktive Agentin weiterhin schmerzlich vermisse, versteht Gini Koch es auch weiterhin, Kitty und ihr Team auf immer neue witzige, verworrene und actionreiche Missionen zu schicken, die fabelhaft und kurzweilig unterhalten. Jedes Buch der Reihe macht Spaß, aber das Level der ersten drei Romane erreichen sie leider nicht mehr ganz.
lalabristow's review
4.0
4.5 stars!
*NO Spoilers!
Kitty is back! Every “Alien” novel that comes out, is like finally getting a piece of your favorite dessert after too long without it! You are always feeling like you could have eaten much more.
I can’t believe we are already in book 7 of the Katherine “Kitty” Katt series. Gini Koch’s books are always a treat to read and Alien in the House is NO exception!
Kitty is back, along with all the friends, family and enemies she has acquired throughout the series. Alien in the House has a bit of a different pace from the previous books in the series, however. It is still a very fast-paced story and there is plenty of action. But, Alien in the House felt more like an in-between book. It was very dialogue oriented, which I LOVE, made us aware of a far-reaching arch from all the books and sets us up for much more action in the future.
We get a lot of Kitty and Martini time in Alien in the House. We also get to catch up with other couples in the series and even see some more budding romances all around. I love that and I love seeing the characters I have come to love from book one, find love.
One thing I did have an issue with was that there are SO many characters in the series, that the year since Alien Vs. Alien came out, meant that it took me awhile to situate myself. But, once I did, Alien in the House was a great political thriller that I could not put down for a second.
I loved Alien in the House, but in a different way from the previous books in the series. I mean, it still had the signature Gini Koch humor I so adore. However, it felt more like a Thriller/Murder Mystery novel than a Sci-Fi and I honestly was cool with that. It was a very interesting change of pace for the series, but a welcome one.
Alien in the House is another great addition to one of my favorite series EVER! I do caution you that, if you haven’t read the previous books in the series, it might be confusing. However, the Katherine “Kitty” Katt / Alien series is so freaking good, that you need to read them all anyways!
Originally Posted at Welcome to Larissa & Friends' Bookish Life
*NO Spoilers!
Kitty is back! Every “Alien” novel that comes out, is like finally getting a piece of your favorite dessert after too long without it! You are always feeling like you could have eaten much more.
I can’t believe we are already in book 7 of the Katherine “Kitty” Katt series. Gini Koch’s books are always a treat to read and Alien in the House is NO exception!
Kitty is back, along with all the friends, family and enemies she has acquired throughout the series. Alien in the House has a bit of a different pace from the previous books in the series, however. It is still a very fast-paced story and there is plenty of action. But, Alien in the House felt more like an in-between book. It was very dialogue oriented, which I LOVE, made us aware of a far-reaching arch from all the books and sets us up for much more action in the future.
We get a lot of Kitty and Martini time in Alien in the House. We also get to catch up with other couples in the series and even see some more budding romances all around. I love that and I love seeing the characters I have come to love from book one, find love.
One thing I did have an issue with was that there are SO many characters in the series, that the year since Alien Vs. Alien came out, meant that it took me awhile to situate myself. But, once I did, Alien in the House was a great political thriller that I could not put down for a second.
I loved Alien in the House, but in a different way from the previous books in the series. I mean, it still had the signature Gini Koch humor I so adore. However, it felt more like a Thriller/Murder Mystery novel than a Sci-Fi and I honestly was cool with that. It was a very interesting change of pace for the series, but a welcome one.
Alien in the House is another great addition to one of my favorite series EVER! I do caution you that, if you haven’t read the previous books in the series, it might be confusing. However, the Katherine “Kitty” Katt / Alien series is so freaking good, that you need to read them all anyways!
Originally Posted at Welcome to Larissa & Friends' Bookish Life
melodicfate's review
3.0
This took me ages to finish, and by the end, I was just relieved I had finally managed to. The book was pretty slow in places, with less action than the others. The story involved politics, murder, and lots of conspiracies all coming together. I really like Jamie, and how she seems to be an advanced baby. Plus, some characters we met a couple books ago turned out to be not all they seemed. To add to this, Kitty and Jeff had a lot of page time, and I liked seeing that. So I liked this book, but it'll never be one of my favorites in the series. I need a lot more action than this book gave me, and a plot that's just a bit less confusing. Still, I'll continue on with the series. I want to see how Jamie grows up, and if the whole ACE situation is figured out.
heyt's review
3.0
I can't keep myself away from this series. This one is really out there when it comes to the plot but I've learned with this series you just have to roll with it. I had fun while reading it and I think that's all that matters.
cj13's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
jbrooxd's review
5.0
This is one of my favorite books in this series. It is the one that reads most strongly as a mystery (in the midst of the science fiction/romance pieces). And it holds up strongly to re-reading.