Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Kitty's House of Horrors
    Kitty's House of Horrors
    Kitty's House of Horrors
    Audiobook7 hours

    Kitty's House of Horrors

    Written by Carrie Vaughn

    Narrated by Marguerite Gavin

    4/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    Talk radio host and werewolf Kitty Norville has agreed to appear on TV's first all-supernatural reality show. She's expecting cheesy competitions and manufactured drama starring shapeshifters, vampires, and psychics. But what begins as a publicity stunt will turn into a fight for her life.

    The cast members, including Kitty, arrive at the remote mountain lodge where the show is set. As soon as filming starts, violence erupts and Kitty suspects that the show is a cover for a nefarious plot. Then the cameras stop rolling, cast members start dying, and Kitty realizes that she and her monster housemates are the ultimate prize in a very different game. Stranded with no power, no phones, and no way to know who can be trusted, she must find a way to defeat the evil closing in before it kills them all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 18, 2010
    ISBN9781400185429
    Kitty's House of Horrors
    Author

    Carrie Vaughn

    Carrie Vaughn survived her air force brat childhood and managed to put down roots in Colorado. Her first book, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, launched a popular series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk-radio advice show. She is also the author of Voices of Dragons, her debut novel for teen readers. Ms. Vaughn lives in Colorado.

    More audiobooks from Carrie Vaughn

    Related to Kitty's House of Horrors

    Titles in the series (16)

    View More
    View More

    Related audiobooks

    Contemporary Women's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    Related categories

    Reviews for Kitty's House of Horrors

    4/5

    333 ratings34 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      This book was very different than any previously. It was great to see some old, familiar faces again, and it was a bit of a punch to the gut to lose some of them in the book. I knew Vaughn didn't pull punches from reading her stand alone books, but the body count that racked up was still surprising.
    • 5/5
      really liked this one. it sucked me in and i kept getting really attached to the characters which was crap when they died.
      but otherwise awesome.
    • 3/5
      This Kitty book wasn't as great as the previous books. The plot was relatively predictable and therefore a bit boring. Still, it had the Kitty action and fun, so it was a good light read.
    • 3/5
      Kitty is asked to do a reality tv show. She'd hoped it would be a platform to educate the public, but then her fellow contestants started dying. Now it's more like the Most Dangerous Game--with paranormal creatures!

      A good adventure yarn, but pretty light on characterization or the overarcing plot of the series.
    • 4/5
      This novel was so disturbing that I'm afraid to re-read it.
    • 4/5
      I've always found it difficult to review books when they're fairly far along in a series. With each installment, my reviews seem to get shorter and simpler. Oh well.This is the seventh book in the Kitty Norville series. The premise is that Kitty is joining a cast of supernatural celebrities (plus a skeptic) at a remote hunting lodge to film a reality show. Things, as usual, go from bad to worse to happy-ish ending.I found Kitty's "I'm a talk show host, so I'll act like I'm forever on air" attitude at the lodge kind of annoying and a little forced. Gradually, though, it wears off and she acts more like a person and less like a cliche. I especially loved the way she sort of channeled Cormac during the crisis. Cormac has always been my favorite support character in these books. It was nice to have him back, even in that limited capacity.The suspense was amazing. I actually caught myself daydreaming all of these horrible "there are people outside of my house waiting to ambush and kill me" thoughts. I admit that part of that is due to my overactive imagination (especially while pregnant - like I needed the encouragement to be paranoid!). The end of the crisis - the big save - was way too convenient for me. I won't ruin it by telling you why I think this, suffice it to say that it just seemed phony to me.All in all, if you've read the first six books of the series, you're going to read this one too. You know you will. And odds are, you'll enjoy it - otherwise you wouldn't have read all the previous books, right?
    • 3/5
      Wow, that was traumatic. Not surprising (it is as advertised) but upsetting. Hate it when characters die, but it does make sense for the series. Audio book was decent.
    • 4/5
      I am continuing to hide from the modern world by diving into the world of urban fantasy, with lycanthropes, vampires, psychics, and hunters of same. This book is a setup for the standard horror story of people trapped in a house, being hunted by the monsters outside. The twist is that the hunters are the monsters, and the ones trapped in the house are the supernaturally enhanced folks.There was a lot of character development, a few deaths, and easy reading.
    • 4/5
      This is by far the darkest yet of the Kitty books, but that tension made it read all the faster. Kitty agrees to participate in a reality show about supernaturals being filmed in the deep mountain wilderness. What could possibly go wrong? It's a fast romp as the situation escalates quickly. I needed a easy, escapist read, and this book was just about perfect.
    • 4/5
      Kitty what now ??? Kitty falls under the spell of a producer that wants to open the eyes of his watchers, to educate them about the supernatural. The famous supes from other 'races' will all be there. They have a loge rented, everything will be taken care of, it will be like a 2 week vacation. Tina her physic friend, Grant the magician and others she's heard of. It's supposed to be like a slumber party where we all have fun and learn. Located out in the middle of nowhere Montana. How could this go wrong ? A lot.
      I loved this installment in the series. I got to learn a lot more about some of the characters I've been curious about. It was Survivor for Supes plus. This was a tough one for my girl, she had to think like Cormac. Yes, it got that bad ! There was death, tears, anger, hate, friendship, mistrust, manipulation and more in these pages. it is a wild ride not to be missed in the series. At one point when she ran to her mate Ben I teared up, they are a lovely couple. You'll see, it will yank at your heart too.
    • 4/5
      Kitty agrees to go on a Big Brother type of show with supernaturals only to find that the plan is to pick them off one at a time. Kitty is determined to survive and to save her friends that she's with at this.Kitty realises that she can be a leader and the possibly she needs to step up and ensure that her people are safe. The hunters are determined to kill, and it did feel both breakneck and scary for a while there. I knew that Kitty Survived, there are more books in the series with her name, but I wasn't sure how many more would and was swept up by the story.I enjoyed the read and want more, there wasn't much really that went on in this story except Kitty learning more about herself and finding that her pack is more than just her fellow werewolves, that those she cares for are really pack, that that's a pretty big growth moment for her, easy to gloss over.
    • 4/5
      Read in 2010 Twice. I'm so glad I reread this book, I liked it so much better this time around without being bitter about the let down from a similar plotline in Anne Bishops stuff.

      Kitty gets to save people a lot, and really play up the alpha factor in ways that have not been so evident in the prior novels. Interestingly, she is the only one to come out of the debacle uninjured. There may be interesting points about penetrative deaths here, but I'm not prepared to get into that at this time. I liked the gender balance over all, and as always, the lack of gender BS. Kitty continues to strike me as a very believable character with flaws, strengths and realistic reactions to traumatic situations.

      There was some arcing plot development here, I hope to see more of that in the new book which I'm gonna go start right now. I feel so much better about the series having read this one in a different light.
    • 5/5
      This book was a return to form after the last two not-so-great books. The action and tension were amazing. It was like watching the movie Scream for the first time - you didn't know who was going to live and who was going to die a horrible death. There was panic, nobleness, cowardice, heroism and sacrifice. Love, hate, life and death. The isolation was lonely, the horror terrifying.

      I felt the first death as much as Kitty, it was shocking and saddening. We were just getting to like his character. I felt the same with the last death, that was almost too much. Another character's happiness died with him.

      Kitty kept it together surprisingly well under that kind of pressure and applauded when she lost control of wolf and ripped one of the killers a new one. Grant's self control was superhuman though I'm glad he managed to show some emotion when he very nearly almost saved someone but they died anyway - that was devastating but he managed to carry on.

      I'm glad Conrad wasn't one of the murderers, his attitude convinced me he would be a monster-hater, it would have been too obvious. I didn't understand why the humans among them were lured there, I can understand killing them to leave no witnesses but why bring them there in the first place? Was it because they were monster-lovers?

      The survivor club that was formed in the aftermath was understandable, it was a terrible thing to go through, they'd need support from one another and know that it really did happen and wasn't just a dream/nightmare.

      We have our story arc now with Roman and the Long Game. Grant and Anastasia's suspicion of one another and then becoming allies with Kitty was interesting. I wonder what will happen with that. Kitty isn't a major player but somehow she's managed to get herself involved.

      Cormac is back. I love his character. He kept Kitty alive without knowing it, his advice, his way of life kept her going, kept the others alive. No matter how guilty he may or may not feel or how many years he was punished in prison for killing many supernaturals, it's kept others alive in this instance, its karmic. I look forward to seeing what trouble he's managed to get himself into in prison and how much it's changed him, if at all.

      Kitty continues to grow and experience the highs and lows that life throws at her and deals with them with surprising strength.
    • 4/5
      Read in 2010 Twice. I'm so glad I reread this book, I liked it so much better this time around without being bitter about the let down from a similar plotline in Anne Bishops stuff.

      Kitty gets to save people a lot, and really play up the alpha factor in ways that have not been so evident in the prior novels. Interestingly, she is the only one to come out of the debacle uninjured. There may be interesting points about penetrative deaths here, but I'm not prepared to get into that at this time. I liked the gender balance over all, and as always, the lack of gender BS. Kitty continues to strike me as a very believable character with flaws, strengths and realistic reactions to traumatic situations.

      There was some arcing plot development here, I hope to see more of that in the new book which I'm gonna go start right now. I feel so much better about the series having read this one in a different light.
    • 4/5
      Carrie Vaughn once again brings the world of the supernatural to life with her 7th installment in the Kitty Norville series. What an imagination this woman has! Our intrepid DJ-slash-werewolf agrees to appear on a reality show about supernaturals. The group, which includes several shapeshifters besides Kitty, a couple of vampires and their person, a few psychics, the ineffable Odysseus Grant (remember him from Vegas?) and a skeptic of the abnormal and the religious are taken to a mountain lodge in the middle of the Montana wilderness and are supposed to "interact for the camera." But it is soon horrifyingly obvious when the participants start dropping like flies that the show and the remote location are nothing more than a trap with the participants as the prey. Can Kitty find a way to lead the others to safety or will they be hunted to extinction? The book is really really tense and I read it with a sense of the utmost urgency. Carrie Vaughn writes a damned good book. I want to be Kitty when I grow up. Or maybe a friend of hers. That works much better for me. On to the next book in the series. *squee*
    • 4/5
      At some point, while watching any episode of a TV show like Buffy or a scary movie, you know that you have spoken to the characters on the screen, despite the fact that they can't hear you. "Don't split up! That's when he'll get you!" or "NO! No sex! The ones who have sex DIE you idiots!" And you've wondered how it is NONE of the characters have ever SEEN a horror movie in their lives, right?Well, Kitty and friends find themselves in the middle of a snuff film being made by people who hate were-beings/vampires/psychics/etc. Kitty, at least, is smarter than your average scream queen. What ensures isn't exactly hilarity, but this being a Kitty Norville book there are a few bright spots here and there (although far fewer than usual).
    • 4/5
      One of the more suspenseful entries in this series.
    • 3/5
      Kitty is stranded in the middle of nowhere when she agrees to do an All New Reality TV Show featuring Supernatural’s. The cast of supernatural’s that also agree are mostly ones we have seen before. From the last book Kitty Raised Hell we have Tina from Paradox PI then there is also the always great and mysterious Odysseus Grant and our other favorite radio show host from a previous book Ariel Priestess of the night. There are a few new ones two and some new vampires are put into the mix. However what everyone needs to find out before the end of the book is why they are really at this cabin in the middle of nowhere and what are they doing there. It was a highly entertaining book; Kitty's snarky attitude is top of the line as always however I gave it 3 starts because I felt the writing is a bit slow at parts and rather predictable.
    • 3/5
      I adore this light hearted series, but this book just didn't do it for me. I think too many characters were killed off and I just wanted them to stand up and walk away. Still good, and foreshadowing big doings in the world of "supes". I am really glad that Kitty has become so strong by this point. She has grown a lot throughout the series. Plus, Cormac is up for parole....FINALLY!
    • 3/5
      Fast-paced and well-written as usual. I enjoyed the set-up in the first half, but the second half was a bit voyeuristically gruesome in a way that reminded me why I've never seen Saw or Battle Royale -- really not my scene. If you've never read a Kitty book before, I would definitely recommend waiting on this until after you've read the previous ones -- you'll be able to follow along, but you'll miss a lot of the subtext and it's important. Overall, this felt like CV is getting all the players in place for a major story arc starting with the next book.
    • 5/5
      I was a bit leery about the synopsis for the book since is based around a reality TV show. I do not care for reality TV, at all. Luckily, that wasn't a problem. Vaughn turned enough of the reality show business, to make it shine in the same light I think of it -- for most part pretend, with plenty of humor I could enjoy.After the initial start and setup of this novel, around 30 pages or so, the story became a nonstop page turner for me. I couldn't put the book down, almost every scene left me wanting to know what was going to happen next. Kitty's House of Horrors was the best novel yet out this whole series, action packed to hilt. And the ending was just "Wow!" Love it!If you haven't read this series yet, I recommend you start for the beginning. All of the books are setup so you can start anywhere BUT in order to get a real feel for the main characters and understand their trials and tribulations, start with Kitty and the Midnight Hour. You'll be glad you did.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoy Vaughn's pacing in her storytelling. This seventh installment did not disappoint. I loved the twists in the plot-and the rise in body count! It kept me on my toes!
    • 4/5
      I love Kitty Norville - she is spunky, down to earth, lives in a world that is more "real" than other urban fantasy stories. I also like the fact that the demons are mostly human, that the story setup is a nice step from the last story. What I like best about these books is that Kitty is not saving the world every single book, her stories are smaller, and make a lot more sense, well, I can see it happening :) Carrie Vaughn is making it clear what her world is - a mostly human world, filled with a few scared people and bigots (sound familiar?). I look forward to many more books set in this world.
    • 5/5
      In the latest installment of the Kitty Norville series, Kitty finds herself agreeing to be a part of a "supernatural reality television show." Kitty is shipped out to the middle of nowhere along with a variety of others that have ties to the supernatural world including some characters from previous books. But what starts out as a relaxing getaway for Kitty quickly changes into something more dark and dangerous as cast members begin dying and there is no way to reach the outside world.This is quickly becoming one of my favorite urban fantasy series. Kitty is an awesome main character: she isn't afraid to be herself around anyone and she doesn't apologize for it. The situation that Kitty found herself in was definitely unique and added up to make a tense and edgy atmosphere within the story. I liked that we got to see more from characters from previous novels even if Ben wasn't in this one that much. And I love Kitty's husband Ben! In fact, I really like the fact that Kitty is married as it is highly unusual within urban fantasy series. I can't think of any other married main characters in urban fantasy off of the top of my head. The book itself was fast paced and intense and was definitely hard to put down. I flew through it and it left me wanting more. More of Kitty and her adventures please!!! This is one of the VERY few series that I am caught up in and now I'm waiting impatiently for the next Kitty novel.All in all, a great addition to this wonderful series. I've seen a few negative reviews of this book and I have to say how important it is to read this series in order. The character growth makes these books great and probably affects readers who haven't read all of the books. But of course that is just my opinion...and I say that I highly recommend this entire series :)
    • 3/5
      Took me forever to finish, I started it and then set it down for a month or so. This series was always on the B team of paranormal books for me, and I just found this one pretty boring. Cheesy, and not really the good kind.
    • 4/5
      As always with this series, "House of Horrors" started off a little slow for me, then quickly launched into riveting. Once this story hit its pace, I couldn't stop reading. Kitty's character continues to develop into a complex, colorful heroine who handles herself like a superhero yet still manages to come across as a real person. Ben takes a backseat in this one, but you won't be disappointed with the cast of supporting characters that join the fun. As for my fellow Cormac fans, don't worry -- he doesn't get left behind.
    • 4/5
      This is another distressingly poor book in the series. It's better than the last two though, and hopefully will look up further still in the books to come.Kitty is approached to be holed up in a cabin in the woods with various other supernatural types and an arch-sceptic for a reality TV show. The set-up makes sense and inevitably there is a twist - a bunch of nutters try to kill them all and hijack the filming to do this.So why is it bad? Well the characters that are going to die are largely telegraphed from the start. The skeptic fails to maintain his skepticism in the face of a werewolf that shapechanges, as you might expect - and the delaying of this moment is essentially a tease to the point it's a relief when it finally happens.There's a little bit of a development of the Long Game plot but that's the only bit that isn't completely predictable, although even there, there's a lot of predictable "are they on my side or not" stuff.
    • 4/5
      Kitty’s House of Horrors by Carrie VaughnKitty is a radio talk show host. She deals with paranormal questions on her show. She is invited to a retreat with other paranormal experts. Oh, yeah, Kitty is a werewolf. Once again, I am surprised. I was very dubious as to my liking this book. I really enjoyed it. Mz. Vaughn does a great job fleshing out the characters. You find yourself pondering the ramifications of being a supernatural being. Intolerance is highlighted and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to extrapolate the obvious relationship to realities intolerances. The story has plenty of action and enough twists to satisfy most mystery fans. It was hardly a surprise to find vampires involved although at most they were bit players. I will seek out and read more of the Kitty series. It isn’t a cerebrally challenging book but it has beaucoup entertainment value. I highly recommend the book.
    • 5/5
      This is the seventh book in the Kitty Norville series by Carrier Vaughn and it was a great addition to the series.In this book Kitty gets invited to participate in a reality TV show. Her and a bunch of other paranormal celebrities are supposed to spend a week at a house out in the middle of nowhere. With them will be a skeptic; they are supposed to convince the skeptic that paranormal creatures exist. Of course things start going terribly wrong when people start turning up dead. It is up to Kitty and her housemates to figure out what is going on before everyone is killed!I was worried that this story line would be a bit cheesy for Kitty, but it really worked. I loved learning more about a lot of the paranormal celebrities that Kitty has interviewed on her radio show or talked about, but never really got to know. Then of course Odysseus Grant shows up and he is a whole lot of mysterious and interesting. The subtext that goes on between Odysseus and Anastatia (a very old vampire) is intriguing and leads this book to a whole new level and potentially a whole new story arc.The book was fast-paced and super easy to read. Vaughn's writing style is just so readable and personable; reading the book is such a fun pleasure. There were some very well done action scenes but not until later in the story. It takes a while to set up the story but Vaughn does a good job of making the setup suspenseful. The really strong feature of this novel is the characterization, there are some awesome characters in this book. Kitty especially has grown even more comfortable in her role as a leader and really steps it up in certain scenes of this book...knowing where Kitty started, it makes me proud of her :-)Given the horror house theme of this book I was happy that it wasn't too scary. It is definitely suspenseful and creepy just not crazy scary (I am too much of a wimp to read really scary books). The story arc that is developing longer term, that deals with the vampires' "long game", is fascinating. I was so happy that we got to spend more time with Grant...he is just super intriguing to me and my favorite character. Grant gets a chance to show his human side in this book as well as demonstrate some somewhat disturbing magician's skills.The only bad thing about this book was that it was over too soon. I can't wait to read the next book! I am also looking forward to checking out Vaughn's new young adult book "Voice of Dragons".
    • 5/5
      The premise: ganked from BN.com, and it also happens to be the back cover blurb: Talk radio host and werewolf Kitty Norville has agreed to appear on TV's first all-supernatural reality show. She's expecting cheesy competitions and manufactured drama starring shapeshifters, vampires, and psychics. But what begins as a publicity stunt will turn into a fight for her life.The cast members, including Kitty, arrive at the remote mountain lodge where the show is set. As soon as filming starts, violence erupts and Kitty suspects that the show is a cover for a nefarious plot. Then the cameras stop rolling, cast members start dying, and Kitty realizes she and her monster housemates are ironically the ultimate prize in a very different game. Stranded with no power, no phones, and no way to know who can be trusted, she must find a way to defeat the evil closing in ... before it kills them all.My RatingMust Have: for any Kitty fan. This book is unique in the series in that, while it refers to and discusses various elements in the overall plot, it's pretty much a stand-alone story (no, that's not a recommendation for anyone who HASN'T read the series to start with this one, don't be silly). I was worried about the premise at first, given the whole reality show angle, but this works really well, especially in how it transforms into a horror story, the first of the Kitty books that firmly places its foot in the horror genre (not to say there's not dark and scary stuff in the books before). I really liked this one, and I really liked seeing how the characters handled the situation they were given. So if you're a fan of this series, get your paws on this installment ASAP (especially since there's rumors that Vaughn's having trouble with her publishing house and they're not promoting the book--how true that is, I don't know, but you know, give the girl some love). I read this in less than a day, so that's saying something. :) Not sure when the next Kitty book will be released, as there's no info or sneak peek in this one, but I know I look forward to getting it.Review Style: spoilers yes, but I want to talk about how this book fits into the series as a whole, how it works as a stand-alone (and if, for that matter), and then I want to focus on the character of Kitty in general. If you haven't read this book yet, I don't encourage you to read this review, because this is the kind of story you don't want to spoil, due to its central mystery, but once you've read this book, I highly encourage you to come back and read the whole kit and caboodle. :) The link to the full review takes you to my LJ. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome.REVIEW: Carrie Vaughn's KITTY'S HOUSE OF HORRORSHappy Reading! :)