Review 6: Kitty Kitty by Michele Jaffe

Title: Kitty Kitty
Author: Michele Jaffe
Publisher: Harper Teen
Rating: 7.5/10
"My best friend, Polly, thinks that people should come with warning labels, like mattresses. If they did, mine would be CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS."
The Lowdown:
Jasmine C is a pretty normal 17-year-old teenager. She likes to divide her time solving crimes, learning Italian, hating her dad, solving crimes, and talking with her friends/obsessing over boyfriend. Did I mention solving crimes?
After her dad moves her family almost halfway across the world to Venice, she is catapulted inside a world of international mystique and intrigue when one of her friends gets murdered. Will she solve the crime and stop the growing obsession of her boyfriend?
The Good:
A. Much more fast paced than Bad Kitty.
B. Less "footnotes" to distract the reader (although much longer.)
C. Hilarious.
D. More development of Jasmine's character
E. More secrets about the mysterious J.R.
The Bad:
A. Less involvements of cats
B. Kind of predictable.
C. Cheesy
D. She is kind of a Nancy Drew, which at times can get annoying.
E. Can be kind of confusing.
F. J.R. (kind of copied from Burn Notice.)
The Consensus:
I definitely liked Kitty Kitty over Bad Kitty. The plot was better, the mystery was cooler, and the characters were more hilarious, although at often times not really believable. For example, where was Jasmine going to school? How can you just walk out of a classroom without a call home? So yeah, some facts were incorrect. But if you're looking for something to just pass the time and sort of mellow down, then Kitty Kitty is your kind of read.