diaryofthebookdragon's review against another edition
4.0
This was a start to an action-packed and a bit crazy mix of SF and urban fantasy.
Recommended to the fans of Darynda Jones' Charlie Davidson series because it features quirky humor and hot guys. ;)
Recommended to the fans of Darynda Jones' Charlie Davidson series because it features quirky humor and hot guys. ;)
sandyfrancesca's review against another edition
5.0
Awww. Perfect. I love this book a LOT. It took my a while to find a good on on a strong no-nonsence female that was funny and witty, and didn't take herself took seriously. I loved this book more because of who her partner was, an alpha male willing to sit back and be bossed around yet be able to pick up the baton when needed. The supporting characters were great, and the story brilliantly old, flowed seamlessly that i was enthralled from the beginning to end and was never disappointed along the way. Though i have to say towards the end there was a lot to action seems crammed back to back, i could see people easily annoyed by that fact, but i didn't mid it at all. I just loved this book.
lessa_riel's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
chelseavbc's review against another edition
5.0
This review was originally published at Vampire Book Club.
If you need a book to break you out of a reading rut, pick up Gini Koch’s Touched by an Alien. The paranormal fantasy is cheeky, action-packed and sexy. (I suppose that also makes it a perfect summer read, too.)
Kitty, the heroine of Touched by an Alien, endears herself quickly. She’s a bright, skeptical woman with a penchant for rock ‘n’ roll and comfy clothes. She finds herself outdoors when a man transforms into a monster — a legit, scary-trying-to-kill-everyone monster — right in front of her. Instead of turning the other way, she digs in her purse, snags a pen and takes down the damn thing. Men in Black types show up immediately, quarantine the scene and whisk Kitty off in a limo.
As much as the men may want to control the situation, Kitty is too smart for their double-speak. In addition to the standard “this doesn’t seem like the FBI” clues, all the agents are hot. Like male model hot. And as soon as Kitty is pointing out all the holes in the guys’ story, agent Jeff Martini declares he’s going to marry her. Turns out these handsome men want to recruit Kitty to be their newest field agent in a war against alien parasites.
Of course, the agency is made up of humanoid aliens. (The women are just as attractive, but tend to do work as scientists.) Kitty comes in and turns things upside. In addition to stealing the charming Jeff Martini’s heart, she’s fearless and able to tackle problems in ways the agents hadn’t even considered. (Hairspray as a weapon? Of course!)
I won’t give away the plot, but expect double agents, big scary monsters, family drama, unrequited love and the kind of steamy scenes that only happen when one character is an empath.
It’s hard not to enjoy characters that leap off the page. And, admittedly, I always love it when the heroine comes in and shows all the boys how it’s done. Kitty just plain kicks ass in Touched by an Alien — and she gets the guy, too.
Sexual content: Sex including a particularly memorable scene in an elevator.
If you need a book to break you out of a reading rut, pick up Gini Koch’s Touched by an Alien. The paranormal fantasy is cheeky, action-packed and sexy. (I suppose that also makes it a perfect summer read, too.)
Kitty, the heroine of Touched by an Alien, endears herself quickly. She’s a bright, skeptical woman with a penchant for rock ‘n’ roll and comfy clothes. She finds herself outdoors when a man transforms into a monster — a legit, scary-trying-to-kill-everyone monster — right in front of her. Instead of turning the other way, she digs in her purse, snags a pen and takes down the damn thing. Men in Black types show up immediately, quarantine the scene and whisk Kitty off in a limo.
As much as the men may want to control the situation, Kitty is too smart for their double-speak. In addition to the standard “this doesn’t seem like the FBI” clues, all the agents are hot. Like male model hot. And as soon as Kitty is pointing out all the holes in the guys’ story, agent Jeff Martini declares he’s going to marry her. Turns out these handsome men want to recruit Kitty to be their newest field agent in a war against alien parasites.
Of course, the agency is made up of humanoid aliens. (The women are just as attractive, but tend to do work as scientists.) Kitty comes in and turns things upside. In addition to stealing the charming Jeff Martini’s heart, she’s fearless and able to tackle problems in ways the agents hadn’t even considered. (Hairspray as a weapon? Of course!)
I won’t give away the plot, but expect double agents, big scary monsters, family drama, unrequited love and the kind of steamy scenes that only happen when one character is an empath.
It’s hard not to enjoy characters that leap off the page. And, admittedly, I always love it when the heroine comes in and shows all the boys how it’s done. Kitty just plain kicks ass in Touched by an Alien — and she gets the guy, too.
Sexual content: Sex including a particularly memorable scene in an elevator.
rosetyper9's review against another edition
5.0
I am still in shock over how much I adored this book. I started reading and I was hooked, no doubt about it. I love Kitty's personality, snarkiness, and family. They are all so amazingly written. Ok, now I will try to articulate the awesomeness.
The characters in this story know exactly what they are about. They know what they want, where they are going, and who their enemy is. I admire that in a character. They all are also so snarky and sarcastic, including Kitty's parents and I love snarky sarcastic people too. Not to mention everyone is smart and sexy. The emotions the characters felt also felt real for me as a reader. The anger and sadness Kitty felt over Cox, I felt too, even though I didn't know him either. The bad guys, oh, the bad guys, are vile...my opinion on the aliens as a whole was that the author made their evilness portrayed on the outside, they were ugly because they were evil and all the gorgeous aliens were great people on the inside so they were beautiful on the outside.
The plot moves fast...there was not waiting around for anything. It was like "oh look, a bad guy", "oh look, a bad guy" and then it rinsed and repeated. I loved everything, there was so much action and so many smart moves in order to get rid of the bad guys. I adored this book so much, now I want to cry while I wait for the next because it doesn't come out until December.
I also think I should say I dislike science fiction. I don't aliens and spaceships and all that stuff, I just don't like reading it, BUT, this book blew me away. Simply amazing!
The characters in this story know exactly what they are about. They know what they want, where they are going, and who their enemy is. I admire that in a character. They all are also so snarky and sarcastic, including Kitty's parents and I love snarky sarcastic people too. Not to mention everyone is smart and sexy. The emotions the characters felt also felt real for me as a reader. The anger and sadness Kitty felt over Cox, I felt too, even though I didn't know him either. The bad guys, oh, the bad guys, are vile...my opinion on the aliens as a whole was that the author made their evilness portrayed on the outside, they were ugly because they were evil and all the gorgeous aliens were great people on the inside so they were beautiful on the outside.
The plot moves fast...there was not waiting around for anything. It was like "oh look, a bad guy", "oh look, a bad guy" and then it rinsed and repeated. I loved everything, there was so much action and so many smart moves in order to get rid of the bad guys. I adored this book so much, now I want to cry while I wait for the next because it doesn't come out until December.
I also think I should say I dislike science fiction. I don't aliens and spaceships and all that stuff, I just don't like reading it, BUT, this book blew me away. Simply amazing!
karrynnagel_author's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic, quick-paced, super quippy, witty and engaging story from page 1. There's no break, it's 3 days of battles, sex, strategems, brainstorming, and crazy solutions when faced with aliens, Men in Black style. Enjoy!
snarkymotherreader's review against another edition
5.0
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch is one of those rare books that keeps the action, suspense, and humor going from start to finish. Kitty is smart, level-headed, and wields a mean can of hairspray. There were times when she seemed to catch on a little too quickly and her plans worked a little too well, but that’s often par for the course in fiction. After all, if the hero/heroine’s plans never worked, there wouldn’t be much of a book, would there?
Full review available here: http://www.bittenbybooks.com/38129/touched-by-an-alien-by-gini-koch/#more-38129
Full review available here: http://www.bittenbybooks.com/38129/touched-by-an-alien-by-gini-koch/#more-38129
fictionalkate's review against another edition
2.0
Touched by an alien is one of those books I think readers either love or they loathe. I did not love it. I found it frustrating, annoying and I fell asleep reading it three times. That never happens to me. I know I’m not the biggest fan of science fiction in general but surprisingly the parts of this book I enjoyed the most were the alien bits.
What I found hard was everything else. I didn’t like the characters. I found Kitty to be one of those main characters who are self described as average yet the plot shows them off to be oh so smart, intelligent, brave and sexy. She was practically perfect in every way. Almost Mary Poppins like in her perfection complete with bottomless bag of tricks. She even shows up the smartest aliens ever. The plot was unrealistic - not with regards to the sci-fi elements but rather with how Kitty was interacted with and the deference people gave her.
And the info dump within the first 15% of the novel? I just found it so hard to get into this book. Had I not been reading it for BSB I wouldn’t have finished it. But I’m actually glad that I did. Because I decided that I think it is meant to be a parody of the genre. Kitty’s Mary-Sueness, the Insta love, and a bunch of other romance tropes are thrown at this book and it is unapologetic in using them. Once I decided this book was making fun of itself I found myself enjoying it a lot more. I quite enjoyed this particular type of alien and the nasty creepy crawlies who put the earth at risk. It’s a little bit different and I didn’t even mind the religious elements brought in.
WIll I be reading another Kitty Katt book? Absolutely not. But I can see why others enjoyed this one and I’m happy to finally take it off my to-read list knowing that I’m not potentially missing out a new favourite series.
What I found hard was everything else. I didn’t like the characters. I found Kitty to be one of those main characters who are self described as average yet the plot shows them off to be oh so smart, intelligent, brave and sexy. She was practically perfect in every way. Almost Mary Poppins like in her perfection complete with bottomless bag of tricks. She even shows up the smartest aliens ever. The plot was unrealistic - not with regards to the sci-fi elements but rather with how Kitty was interacted with and the deference people gave her.
And the info dump within the first 15% of the novel? I just found it so hard to get into this book. Had I not been reading it for BSB I wouldn’t have finished it. But I’m actually glad that I did. Because I decided that I think it is meant to be a parody of the genre. Kitty’s Mary-Sueness, the Insta love, and a bunch of other romance tropes are thrown at this book and it is unapologetic in using them. Once I decided this book was making fun of itself I found myself enjoying it a lot more. I quite enjoyed this particular type of alien and the nasty creepy crawlies who put the earth at risk. It’s a little bit different and I didn’t even mind the religious elements brought in.
WIll I be reading another Kitty Katt book? Absolutely not. But I can see why others enjoyed this one and I’m happy to finally take it off my to-read list knowing that I’m not potentially missing out a new favourite series.
vikcs's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
pjonsson's review against another edition
1.0
Not the most intelligent book I've read. I wonder if the author wanted this to be humor, romance or adventure. It's not very good at any of these though.
The story is unintelligent to put it mildly. Aliens running around in Armani costumes falling madly in love after seen a voman for less than an hour humping each other in elevators and ridicolous background story which a bit more than half way through the books starts to get into the religious realm.
This one goes into the rubbish shelf I'm afraid.
The story is unintelligent to put it mildly. Aliens running around in Armani costumes falling madly in love after seen a voman for less than an hour humping each other in elevators and ridicolous background story which a bit more than half way through the books starts to get into the religious realm.
This one goes into the rubbish shelf I'm afraid.