The age of reality TV comes to Kitty’s world with an offer to bring her, and several other well-known supernaturals, together in a house with a skeptic for a period of time.  Kitty’s House of Horrors (Kitty Norville, Book 7) is Carrie Vaughn’s latest entry (that I’ve read) in her superb Kitty series.  Werewolf Alpha Kitty finds herself being wooed by television executives and her radio boss to go to an isolated cabin in the mountains for the reality show despite her objections, she goes.

 Once at the location, Kitty learns that her cooperation was used to convince others to join the reality TV show.  The producers managed to convince the most high profile of the movers and shakers in the supernatural community – including the most vociferous skeptic.  This is the first sign that something may not be all as it seems.

As the guests start settling in, strange things start happening – including murder.  Soon, the safety escape route is gone as well and the contestants find themselves fighting for survival.  This story places the novel in the horror camp as not everyone survives despite the combined power among the house’s inhabitants.

This is a worthy entry into the Kitty mythos.  It acts as a universe expanding book where larger battles previously hinted at start to come to fruition.  Some scenes are truly gory and may upset sensitive readers – but they are appropriate for the story. 

I have noticed some folks complaining that there was no character development in this story.  I have to disagree.  I think it shows that Kitty is growing in her recognition of what it really means to be the Alpha and in charge of a pack – no matter how that pack may be defined.

Leader of the Pack (Tales of an Urban Werewolf, Book 3) by Karen MacInerney is the latest book about Sophie Garou – a werewolf who lived outside of the pack and wants to avoid pack politics like the plague.

In the last book we were left wondering what exactly is Mark, her client/boyfriend – and boy do we find out. Why Sophie and Heath fell into another’s arms makes a lot more sense once the identity of Mark is revealed – and what he wants from Sophie. It’s little wonder her mother disliked him from the start. We also were left wondering why Tom continued to lead Lindsay on – even this is answered to some degree in the latest book.

Leader of the Pack (Tales of an Urban Werewolf, Book 3) opens with Sophie’s erstwhile father, Luc comes to town and is accused of murder. Sophie finds she must take on Wolfgang, his female alpha, and learn all about pack politics seemingly overnight.

I enjoyed this book but am a little confused by the number of people calling this a humorous book. I didn’t find it especially humorous, but I did find it a pleasant completion of the previous two books.

Salt and Silver by Anna Katherine is a look at what might happen in the later years after an adolescent opens a doorway to hell. It is an interesting book, but for some reason I was not captured by the characters. Perhaps they were too shallow?

Salt and Silver is a journey through hells of various flavors in order to save the world. It is also a love story between the perpetrator, Allie, and her hero, Ryan. Ryan is a member of a group of “hunters” who are sworn to keeping the bad things from overflowing through the doors into our world.

I was not sympathetic to the characters. I found that there was something missing from this book that I cannot quite put my finger on. I love paranormal romance, but this book left me cold. I will not be seeking out any sequels or prequels as I really don’t care what happens to the characters. I guess, for me, characters are more important than world-building and plot – or maybe I’m greedy and expect all three to be there when I read something.

Salt and Silver may be worth getting from the library, but I wouldn’t consider it a book to spend hard-earned cash on.