Alien Tango (Alien Novels, #2)

by Gini Koch

Sci-fi action meets steamy paranormal romance in Gini Koch’s Alien novels, as Katherine “Kitty” Katt faces off against aliens, conspiracies, and deadly secrets. • “Futuristic high-jinks and gripping adventure.” —RT Reviews 

For Alien Super-Being Exterminator Katherine "Kitty" Katt, anti-alien conspiracies, threats from outer space, and a couple of killer alligators are all in a day's work. It's been five months since Kitty joined Centaurion Division, working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri. She and Jeff Martini have grown closer and life looks rosy.

But when an experimental spacecraft is unexpectedly returned to the Kennedy Space Center, Kitty and the rest of Alpha Team are called on to investigate and are immediately embroiled in life-or-death situations that scream "political conspiracy."

The team must survive murderous attacks, deal with a mysterious space entity that has seized control of a group of astronauts, and evade a woman who'll do anything to eliminate the competition when she develops an obsessive crush on Kitty's old high school boyfriend. And that's all before the evil masterminds decide Kitty's extermination is vital...

 

Alien Tango is the thrilling second installment of the Alien series.

• ISBN10: 0756406323
• ISBN13: 9780756406325
• Publish Date: 7 December 2010 (first published 1 December 2010)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: DAW Books
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 448
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780756406325

Reviews

[celinenyx]

Often ridiculous and out there, but always with a lot of heart, the Katherine "Kitty" Kat books are one adrenaline-filled ride through conspiracies, car chases, government entanglements, and explosions. They're fun, they're sexy, and never dull.

My only true gripe with this one is that it sometimes falls into romance cliches that I do not enjoy, such as overly jealous/possessive partners, a heroine who literally every guy she meets wants to bang, and sex that only can be described in excessive superlatives.

[nitzan_schwarz]

To read more reviews and fun things go to my blog; Drugs Called Books!

First read: May 29-30, 2012
Second read: June 1-2, 2013

Alien Tango is an action packed, hilarious, romantic read. Who said Alien's can't be totally droll worthy?
The Alien series (aka the Katherine 'Kitty' Katt series) is one of my favorite fun series to pass time with.

This time, we join Kitty and the gang a few months after the event of Touched by an Alien. Kitty and Jeff are happily dating, the super-being threat is subsiding, and everything is going rather smoothly - if you ignore the fact Jeff's parents apparently doesn't like her, and that her own mother is still imploring her to "consider her other options".

That is, until a spacecraft, mysteriously lands back on the exact same place it flew from. Cue in: action, life-threatening situations, schemes and crazies. Yep, Kitty's life are still as exciting as ever!

Now, considering the detailed character descriptions I did for the first book's review, I will not be repeating that and instead I'm going to introduce to you guys the new characters we meet.

First and foremost we've got ACE...

To read the full review, go to my blog here!



Old review:
I loved this one a lot more than Touched by an Alien, mostly because I felt it was much more believable.
Kitty still manages to both figure out and solve most of the crisis (which I still love because it is such a win for females all over the world, even though it was hard to relate to in the first book because she was just always right, and it seemed a bit too perfect) but she's been doing this for half a year now, so it was believable (even when I knew she was like that from the start, as unreal as it appeared to me). Also, she also showed some weakness, and plenty of emotions that lacked in the first book and had my heart clenching and my teeth biting my nails.
I almost cried at one point of the story, with all that happened with Jeff. And again, I was happy no other man was actually an option for Kitty. Sure, she contemplated, but she was heartbroken and trying not to think about the death that is coming her way. It was never really an option, she knew she loved Jeff, and I loved that we didn't veer into a love-triangle. Truly and passionately hate those.
So, I loved this part of the story. I loved Jeff so much, I wish Reader was straight so I could have him and all the supporting characters (other than the icky bad guys) were just freaking awesome. I can't wait to see them marry, and again I loved how this book openly mentions the holocaust and the Jews and is against that.
There was a lot more I loved, but I'm wiped out from reading till midnight, so I'll stop here. I may or may not be back to edit this later.

[Amanda]

Actual rating 3.5

As much as I loved Martini in the previous book, he got on my nerves in this one. He definitely redeemed himself at the end, which just now got me thinking that while not necessarily intended to annoy me, Martini’s insecurities were somewhat vital to the plot line. It still made me want to shake him, though.

The space entity was a fun and interesting addition to the cast. I am interested to see how it is incorporated into the next book(s). Now that Kitty and Martini are together, or “getting closer” as the summary indicates, some of the fun of their relationship seems missing. Perhaps there was less fun banter, and more sex. Sex is good and all, but fun banter is important, too, and I felt that some of that was missing from this book when compared to the first.

Sometimes I felt lost in the description of action scenes, like I could not picture where and how everything was going down. I don’t know if that’s me, the book, or what. Kitty is an incredibly popular (or unpopular, as the case may be) in this book, and Gini Koch did a fantastic job of weaving two seemingly unrelated “situations” into one. The Martini family drama was fun – of course Kitty prevails, and has everything under control and figured out. As much as Kitty gets crap for being dense, sometimes I think the A-Cs (for as smart as they are) are actually quite dense on occasion, themselves. Chuckie made it into the fray this time (not really surprised, there), and while we certainly knew – even if Kitty didn’t – that Chuckie was going to be another contender for Kitty’s affections, who he turns out to be came as a surprise. A good one, because it means we’ll see more of him in the future.

See my review in its entirety here: http://onabookbender.com/2011/05/25/review-alien-tango-by-gini-koch/