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kathydavie's review
4.0
Second in the Katherine "Kitty" Katt science fiction-romance revolving around Kitty, a former marketing manager, now in charge of a unit of Top Gun pilots.
My Take
Another funny story with some big issues; romantic issues with the past and the present and the parents on both sides who are against what Kitty and Jeff have.
Koch has really done a lovely job of creating this alien world with their same issues and she slowly dribbles out the truth about why earth's A-Cs are here. Sad that prejudice and bigotry are rampant throughout the universe. As are family issues, sigh. Poor Jeff. Lucky for him, Kitty's on his side.
For such a bright woman, Kitty is amazingly dense, but then she turns around and comes up with the greatest lies when the gang emerges from various men's toilets around the world that will crack you up. I find myself wishing I could be as creative as Kitty when she's on the...hmmm, "fly" just doesn't seem the right word here...
Oh, oh, oh, wait'll you read the bit about the "camouflage" Jeff carries to the plane…pee beforehand...
Ooh, boy, several kinds of stalkers after Kitty in this one: the A-C sent mad by Club 51 and the 'gator.
Oh man, it's gonna be a tag-team fight tonight between Kitty Katt and Jeff's family. The one insisting that all married couples sleep separately!
Whoa…! Bitch, much? I cannot believe Jeff's mother. I wanted to smack her! Pissed because they're late for dinner. National security problems? Pish-tosh.
The Story
It's a fight. Jeff wants to go to Kitty's high school reunion; Kitty doesn't. But that's the easy part. The A-Cs and Kitty are being set up by their own.
The Characters
Katherine Katt is the new head of the Airborne Division; Lieutenant William Cox, Captain Jerry Tucker, and Lieutenant Chip Walker and Hughes are her pilots. And Jerry is a good teacher. Of course, Kat does need her tunes to really function well.
Mom, a.k.a., Mrs. Rambo, a.k.a., Angela Katt, actually is a consultant, for counterterrorism and the head of the Presidential Terrorism Control Unit (PTCU) while Dad, a.k.a., Sol Katt, is a cryptologist for NASA's ET Division. Both keep trying to turn her off Jeff. Dudley is their Great Dane, Dotty is the Dalmation, Duke is their black Lab, and Duchess is their very useful pit bull. Sugarfoot, Candy, and Kane are the cats. Uncle Mort is a very protective U.S. Marine, a Major General Mortimer Katt, in fact.
Kevin Lewis is an operative in PTCU, Angela's second-in-command, and absolutely gorgeous. Keep it down, ladies. He's also happily married.
Chuckie Reynolds is her best male friend and a conspiracy theorist. Seems he's been hiding some secrets too. Despised in high school, now he's a multimillionaire and gorgeous. Caroline was her sorority roommate in college, about to go to work for a senator.
The Centaurion Division includes:
Commander Jeff Martini is an empath, a very powerful one from another planet, who is madly, jealously in love with Kitty. Christopher White is an imageer, Jeff's cousin, and work partner. Richard White is Chris' father and the Sovereign Pontifex with a mostly symbolic role. Paul Gower is the Head of Recruitment and involved with James Reader, a human who was a male model for Calvin Klein. Tim is finally in. The women from Alpha Centauri are the big thinkers: scientists, doctors, etc. Claudia and Lorraine are good examples---Claudia is dating Randy; Lorraine is with Joe---two of Kitty's flyboys.
Canaveral Ops
Karl Smith is head of the base and doesn't want the A-Cs and their team at the base. Fred Turco is head of security; Alfred Martini is Jeff's dad and in command of alien security. There are three astronauts in quarantine: Michael is one of Paul's three brothers; Daniel Chee; and, Brian Dwyer, Kitty's old boyfriend from high school. Serene is an A-C and Alfred's assistant. She's really good with miniaturization and explosives.
The vicious Martini family includes:
Stephanie is 15, and anti-Kitty. Lucinda is Jeff's mother; Sylvia, Elizabeth, Constance, Lauren, and Marianne are Jeff's sisters. Barbara is Doreen's mother, you know, Jeffrey's intended. Except, Irving is her boyfriend. Kimberly is 3 and she's all in favor of Kitty.
Alicia is the hapless stewardess fending off complaints. Shannon O'Rourke is a most suspicious passenger. Leventhal Reidis a dirty politician whom Mom despises.
Club 51
Howard Taft is the leader. Casey Jones, a.k.a., Maureen, is the head of this chapter.
The Cover
The cover is a collage of events from the story: the snappin' 'gator, Kitty's red Keds, tumbling vehicles, and rocketships form the background for Jeff to race a rocket-launcher-laden Kitty to safety while she keeps a lookout for the bad guys.
The title is that happy place where Jeff takes Kitty via the Alien Tango.
My Take
Another funny story with some big issues; romantic issues with the past and the present and the parents on both sides who are against what Kitty and Jeff have.
Koch has really done a lovely job of creating this alien world with their same issues and she slowly dribbles out the truth about why earth's A-Cs are here. Sad that prejudice and bigotry are rampant throughout the universe. As are family issues, sigh. Poor Jeff. Lucky for him, Kitty's on his side.
For such a bright woman, Kitty is amazingly dense, but then she turns around and comes up with the greatest lies when the gang emerges from various men's toilets around the world that will crack you up. I find myself wishing I could be as creative as Kitty when she's on the...hmmm, "fly" just doesn't seem the right word here...
Oh, oh, oh, wait'll you read the bit about the "camouflage" Jeff carries to the plane…pee beforehand...
You'll appreciate Jerry and Joe's action more once you read about it. Just know that when Jerry says "I love working for you", he really, really means it, LOL.
Ooh, boy, several kinds of stalkers after Kitty in this one: the A-C sent mad by Club 51 and the 'gator.
"Then there's:
'Is that Karl Smith? Because, somehow, I'd expected him to look different. You know, like he was a man.'"
Oh man, it's gonna be a tag-team fight tonight between Kitty Katt and Jeff's family. The one insisting that all married couples sleep separately!
Whoa…! Bitch, much? I cannot believe Jeff's mother. I wanted to smack her! Pissed because they're late for dinner. National security problems? Pish-tosh.
The Story
It's a fight. Jeff wants to go to Kitty's high school reunion; Kitty doesn't. But that's the easy part. The A-Cs and Kitty are being set up by their own.
The Characters
Katherine Katt is the new head of the Airborne Division; Lieutenant William Cox, Captain Jerry Tucker, and Lieutenant Chip Walker and Hughes are her pilots. And Jerry is a good teacher. Of course, Kat does need her tunes to really function well.
Mom, a.k.a., Mrs. Rambo, a.k.a., Angela Katt, actually is a consultant, for counterterrorism and the head of the Presidential Terrorism Control Unit (PTCU) while Dad, a.k.a., Sol Katt, is a cryptologist for NASA's ET Division. Both keep trying to turn her off Jeff. Dudley is their Great Dane, Dotty is the Dalmation, Duke is their black Lab, and Duchess is their very useful pit bull. Sugarfoot, Candy, and Kane are the cats. Uncle Mort is a very protective U.S. Marine, a Major General Mortimer Katt, in fact.
Kevin Lewis is an operative in PTCU, Angela's second-in-command, and absolutely gorgeous. Keep it down, ladies. He's also happily married.
Chuckie Reynolds is her best male friend and a conspiracy theorist. Seems he's been hiding some secrets too. Despised in high school, now he's a multimillionaire and gorgeous. Caroline was her sorority roommate in college, about to go to work for a senator.
The Centaurion Division includes:
Commander Jeff Martini is an empath, a very powerful one from another planet, who is madly, jealously in love with Kitty. Christopher White is an imageer, Jeff's cousin, and work partner. Richard White is Chris' father and the Sovereign Pontifex with a mostly symbolic role. Paul Gower is the Head of Recruitment and involved with James Reader, a human who was a male model for Calvin Klein. Tim is finally in. The women from Alpha Centauri are the big thinkers: scientists, doctors, etc. Claudia and Lorraine are good examples---Claudia is dating Randy; Lorraine is with Joe---two of Kitty's flyboys.
Canaveral Ops
Karl Smith is head of the base and doesn't want the A-Cs and their team at the base. Fred Turco is head of security; Alfred Martini is Jeff's dad and in command of alien security. There are three astronauts in quarantine: Michael is one of Paul's three brothers; Daniel Chee; and, Brian Dwyer, Kitty's old boyfriend from high school. Serene is an A-C and Alfred's assistant. She's really good with miniaturization and explosives.
The vicious Martini family includes:
Stephanie is 15, and anti-Kitty. Lucinda is Jeff's mother; Sylvia, Elizabeth, Constance, Lauren, and Marianne are Jeff's sisters. Barbara is Doreen's mother, you know, Jeffrey's intended. Except, Irving is her boyfriend. Kimberly is 3 and she's all in favor of Kitty.
Alicia is the hapless stewardess fending off complaints. Shannon O'Rourke is a most suspicious passenger. Leventhal Reidis a dirty politician whom Mom despises.
Club 51
Howard Taft is the leader. Casey Jones, a.k.a., Maureen, is the head of this chapter.
The Cover
The cover is a collage of events from the story: the snappin' 'gator, Kitty's red Keds, tumbling vehicles, and rocketships form the background for Jeff to race a rocket-launcher-laden Kitty to safety while she keeps a lookout for the bad guys.
The title is that happy place where Jeff takes Kitty via the Alien Tango.
abookmarkedodyssey's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
katyanaish's review against another edition
4.0
****4.5****
It's honestly just a hell of a lot of fun. The pacing is still break-neck, but the characters are wonderful and hilarious. You have to suspend some disbelief at the coincidences - all the different plots and people lining up so perfectly - but it doesn't ruin my enjoyment of a thing.
Jeff's possessiveness - and his paternalistic insistence that Kitty stay on the sidelines - does get on my nerves a bit. But not so much that it hurt the fun. Just enough that I'd like to give him a kick in the junk.
Primary quibble is this:
More, please!
It's honestly just a hell of a lot of fun. The pacing is still break-neck, but the characters are wonderful and hilarious. You have to suspend some disbelief at the coincidences - all the different plots and people lining up so perfectly - but it doesn't ruin my enjoyment of a thing.
Jeff's possessiveness - and his paternalistic insistence that Kitty stay on the sidelines - does get on my nerves a bit. But not so much that it hurt the fun. Just enough that I'd like to give him a kick in the junk.
Primary quibble is this:
Spoiler
Kitty is established as a pretty brilliant character, putting the pieces together faster than anyone else. It's hard for me to believe she didn't realize what was happening with Jeff's sudden personality change... especially when the pieces were so obvious that I could easily see it. She's usually at least as fast as the reader, and often much faster.More, please!
birdloveranne's review
5.0
Awesome book. Loved it. I thought it started out a little slow, but once it picked up, it never stopped.
annabethbrooker's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
noetical's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
melissarochelle's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence
blodeuedd's review
4.0
My thoughts:
This series continues to be utterly amusing. There is lots of stuff happening and there is lots of humour promised.
How to write a review of this strange book, that is the question. First let me start that Kitty is an amazing heroine, she can kick ass, she is funny and when it comes to men she can be somewhat clueless. It is also impossible not to like her. She is now the commander of the Airborne and fights uglies together with her man Jeff. Aww Jeff, he is devoted to her, totally crazy about her and knew he wanted her from day one. I do like when he becomes all jealous too. He is my kind of alien. Together this couple is great.
The rest of the crew, nothing bad to say about them. I love how she banters with them, I like Christopher's glares and they are just one fun bunch.
Action, yes all the time. There is a conspiracy, and evil people want to take down the aliens. Not to mention that she gets a crazy stalker after her. What can I say a lot of crazy in this book and it made me like it even more. Hot sizzling romance too. I did not forget about that.
Why is it funny? Well there is always humour even in the darkest of times. Just look at the cover and you get the feel of the book. Cos yes there will be alligators and space shuttles in it.
Conclusion:
I read the book really fast and still it took me longer than normal. It is a mystery. But anyway the book is just that good. I kept on reading, I smiled and went woot woot. This is a fun series that I would recommend to PNR, UF and sci-fi lovers.
Rating:
Hard to put down
This series continues to be utterly amusing. There is lots of stuff happening and there is lots of humour promised.
How to write a review of this strange book, that is the question. First let me start that Kitty is an amazing heroine, she can kick ass, she is funny and when it comes to men she can be somewhat clueless. It is also impossible not to like her. She is now the commander of the Airborne and fights uglies together with her man Jeff. Aww Jeff, he is devoted to her, totally crazy about her and knew he wanted her from day one. I do like when he becomes all jealous too. He is my kind of alien. Together this couple is great.
The rest of the crew, nothing bad to say about them. I love how she banters with them, I like Christopher's glares and they are just one fun bunch.
Action, yes all the time. There is a conspiracy, and evil people want to take down the aliens. Not to mention that she gets a crazy stalker after her. What can I say a lot of crazy in this book and it made me like it even more. Hot sizzling romance too. I did not forget about that.
Why is it funny? Well there is always humour even in the darkest of times. Just look at the cover and you get the feel of the book. Cos yes there will be alligators and space shuttles in it.
Conclusion:
I read the book really fast and still it took me longer than normal. It is a mystery. But anyway the book is just that good. I kept on reading, I smiled and went woot woot. This is a fun series that I would recommend to PNR, UF and sci-fi lovers.
Rating:
Hard to put down
avid_reader_sf_and_f's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
diaryofthebookdragon's review
4.0
The second book is the one that decides if I will continue with the series if it was murky after the first one. Happy to say this one was even better than [b:Touched by an Alien|7283762|Touched by an Alien (Katherine "Kitty" Katt, #1)|Gini Koch|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388505181l/7283762._SY75_.jpg|8498290]!
LIKES:
✔ The quirky narration that I loved
✔ Heroine has the crazy complex plans that always go wrong. Or is it worse when they work as she intended? Only her team knows. The one with the crocodiles was my favorites. And yes, crocodiles appear in the plot. They are not just cover decoration. :D
✔ Love triangles cleared up.
✔ A lot of non-stop action and fun.
✔ Love the relationship between Kitty and her male BFF Reader:
"Still love you best."
"I know, same here. Working on turning straight, I swear."
"Promises, promises."
DISLIKES:
✘ Not much depth, but it's like complaining how BigMac has no vitamins. If you wanted a healthy meal, what the hell are you looking for in McDonald's?
The second book in Katherine "Kitty" Katt series, definitely earned it a permanent spot in my TBR. At least until I devour them all. xD
Recommended if you are looking fluffy and fun sf/uf romance for these tough times.
LIKES:
✔ The quirky narration that I loved
✔ Heroine has the crazy complex plans that always go wrong. Or is it worse when they work as she intended? Only her team knows. The one with the crocodiles was my favorites. And yes, crocodiles appear in the plot. They are not just cover decoration. :D
✔ Love triangles cleared up.
✔ A lot of non-stop action and fun.
✔ Love the relationship between Kitty and her male BFF Reader:
"Still love you best."
"I know, same here. Working on turning straight, I swear."
"Promises, promises."
DISLIKES:
✘ Not much depth, but it's like complaining how BigMac has no vitamins. If you wanted a healthy meal, what the hell are you looking for in McDonald's?
The second book in Katherine "Kitty" Katt series, definitely earned it a permanent spot in my TBR. At least until I devour them all. xD
Recommended if you are looking fluffy and fun sf/uf romance for these tough times.