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A review by katyanaish
Alien in the House by Gini Koch
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.
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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.