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A review by starfleeting
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
3.0
(Partial spoilers in this review but I felt it was necessary to warn for them since I had no warning going in.)
I've had this book on the shelf for a long time. I remember getting it because people told me the worldbuilding was really good. And, ultimately, I thought it was okay. A decent enough start for a series but not something that has me wanting to rush to the next one.
The writing was fine, the characters were pretty interesting, but the sexism and abuse in the pack dynamics made it really hard to get into it initially. Then we have the backstory for the main character and the traumatic night she was changed and it just felt a Bit Much for me. Like her being attacked and turned into a werewolf was already bad enough and adding in her being raped the same night she was changed (and rape that took her virginity, too) just felt way too much for me in trying to make it #tragic when her being randomly attacked by some over-eager wolf was already bad enough for anyone to go through.
I'm not really a fan of people just tossing in rape as part of character's backstories. If you talk to most people, even just casual readers, they will say the same thing. It just comes off feeling manipulative and trying to make you feel bad for a character. It doesn't add much to a character that was already doing fine in the development department with dealing with being a newly made wolf in a pack where she was considered lowest in rank.
All in all, I didn't mind the book aside from the things I mentioned above. Pretty decent overall and maybe I'll get to the rest of the series at a later time since I did like the characters and wouldn't mind seeing what happens with them.
I've had this book on the shelf for a long time. I remember getting it because people told me the worldbuilding was really good. And, ultimately, I thought it was okay. A decent enough start for a series but not something that has me wanting to rush to the next one.
The writing was fine, the characters were pretty interesting, but the sexism and abuse in the pack dynamics made it really hard to get into it initially. Then we have the backstory for the main character and the traumatic night she was changed and it just felt a Bit Much for me. Like her being attacked and turned into a werewolf was already bad enough and adding in her being raped the same night she was changed (and rape that took her virginity, too) just felt way too much for me in trying to make it #tragic when her being randomly attacked by some over-eager wolf was already bad enough for anyone to go through.
I'm not really a fan of people just tossing in rape as part of character's backstories. If you talk to most people, even just casual readers, they will say the same thing. It just comes off feeling manipulative and trying to make you feel bad for a character. It doesn't add much to a character that was already doing fine in the development department with dealing with being a newly made wolf in a pack where she was considered lowest in rank.
All in all, I didn't mind the book aside from the things I mentioned above. Pretty decent overall and maybe I'll get to the rest of the series at a later time since I did like the characters and wouldn't mind seeing what happens with them.