Mike Musings part 2

Welcome to the second installment of my blog. This week I want to talk about a series of books I have been reading. They are known as the Kitty Norville series. They are written by Carrie Vaughn, a very talented woman who is out of the Denver, co area. The first book is “Kitty and the Midnight Hour”
The protagonist, one Katherine “Kitty” Norville is a late night DJ for KNOB in Denver, CO. She is also a werewolf. Life changes for Kitty when one night she gets a call asking for advice on being a werewolf. This triggers many more calls and soon Kitty is the host of the Midnight Hour, a weekly radio talk show about the supernatural. It isn't long before she comes out on air as a werewolf.
However her rising popularity is not viewed as a good thing by all. Arturo, the Master Vampire of Denver doesn't like it. He wants the supernatural community to remain a secret and will go to great lengths to stop her including hiring a werewolf hunter to end Kitty and her show permanently with a silver bullet.. Carl the leader of her werewolf pack doesn't like that the former submissive Kitty is starting to stand out on her own and orders Kitty to quit the show which Kitty refuses to do.
To further complicate her, there is a rogue werewolf on the loose killing people and Kitty is drawn in to the investigation by one Det. Hardin, a woman who will use any tools at her disposal to catch this Rogue and stop him from killing. Kitty forms a wary alliance with Hardin as the neither trusts the other completely.
Kitty prevails throughout with all the twists and turns as she grows as a person and learns about herself. Everything leads to a climatic showdown with Carl and his wife Meg, the alpha female of the pack vs Kitty and her best friend TJ, another member of the pack. I won't say how it ends but the battle is fierce.
Throughout the series Kitty finds herself going through many trials and tribulations which only make her stronger. She also makes friends with people that she would have considered enemies. Vampires in particular. In Denver, Vampires and werewolves didn't get along but Kitty Norville finds outside of Denver, things are quite different.
I highly recommend this series as I find the heroine enchanting and captivating as I watch her endure trail after trial and become a stronger person for it. However my heart aches for her as well as she goes through much pain and heartache as well. Now this really doesn't get that graphic there are some sex scenes and some nasty fight scenes but neither one is described in too much detail. I would rate it PG-13 at worst.

Well until next time, this is Cmdr. Mike Vivian of the ISS tomahawk signing off!