Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge

This novel is about Luna, a lone werewolf, who lives in a city named Nocturne City. She is one of the best detectives on the police force, where she mainly investigates murder cases. Although this novel is written about a serial killer, Kittredge chose to add dark humor that lightens the novel's seriousness and makes you laugh out loud. When Kittredge describes the horrors of the first murder victim, she is able to make you envision the victim with her guts all around her and her index finger removed. She also makes her main character, Luna, feel human (or in Luna's case, werewolf) because instead of a two dimensional hardened character, Kittredge does a good job creating Luna to be a person you can relate to and feel the hurt that she feels when she goes to each murder scene or when she has to relive the first night she was changed into a werewolf. Not only does Kittredge introduce a good protagonist, she also gives Luna a cousin, named Sunny, who is the exact opposite of Luna in character. She is more of an ironic character, because even though she wears light colors and girly clothes, she can be a very strict person. Although she is nearly the same age as Luna, she seems to play as Luna's mother, or protector. Then there is Dimitri, who is the male werewolf, who Luna originally believes to have killed the women, but she quickly finds out that he is innocent. Luna befriends Dimitri and he joins in on Luna's hunt for the killer. At her work, she has many people who do not believe her to be a great detective, because of this animosity, Luna is first suspended than later fired.
In Night Life, there are some gaps in the writer's style that makes it difficult to understand what is happening at some points of the novel. There is also some confusion that can be made from the numerous number of characters that Kittredge in her novel. After a couple chapters, it can get confusing about who she is talking about. There were a couple times that I had to look back and figure out where I had read about the character previously in the novel. Also, Kittredge uses 'Hex' to mean a curse word in this world, at the beginning it is an awkward saying that is somewhat just thrown out there. By the end though it is understood as the substituted curse.
I will not actually say anything that will give away the end of the novel, but ...Kittredge throws in a unexpected twist and then resolves it in a different way. In all, the novel was good. It has its negitives, but it is an overall fun novel.