I thought this breathed a bit of life into the series in terms of having the cats be cats for a while; the first chunk of the book is seen through the eyes of people who don't know that Kit, Joe, and Dulcie can talk, so they get to be just odd cats. I liked this in terms of being reminded that they aren't, in fact, human, because you kind of forget that sometimes.But heavens above, if there had been one more "little did s/he know" moment, I would've chucked the thing. There were SO MANY asides by Murphy talking about the peace of the moment that would soon be crushed by whatever, and that just gets wearisome. Yes, dramatic irony, good. A little goes a long way.As a relative of law enforcement folks, I also appreciated the references in Charlie and Max's new marriage to the constant stress of worrying about safety on some level (also in Ryan's view of Dallas), but it was again a tad overdone. Yes, you worry, but you move forward, and I felt some of the characters almost didn't.All in all, it was enjoyable, but trite. I was never concerned about any of the characters, and I still really don't like the Kit much. A beach read, I think.
