For years I have heard the saying, “Do not judge a book by its cover.” This is something I thought I had adopted as a way of life, and yet for years I was making a judgment on not just a book, but a series of books, based not just on the covers, but on the titles. For that all I have to say is SHAME ON ME!!!
Touched By An Alien is the first story published in 2010 by Phoenix author Gini Koch. It is also the first in a series of the Katherine “Kitty” Kat Alien novels. The minimum recommended age for reading this is 17 years. Oddly enough the recommended MAXIMUM age for this book is also 17. To that I say “PSHAW!!!”
The book introduces us to Katherine “Kitty” Kat (and as the book almost immediately says, her parents have a sense of humor), and from the moment we meet her we are off and running! In short order she is introduced to, what would make some conspiracy theorists stand up and shout “I told you so,” a government cover-up that Aliens have been, for the most part, co-existing peacefully with humans on Earth for some time. She learns that these peaceful Aliens are all drop-dead gorgeous, super athletic, and some are gifted with special talents allowing them to perform covert operations in defending the planet against threats, not only from outer space, but on Earth as well.
Another flaw that I have found with so many books is that sometimes it takes a few chapters in order to set its players in place for the story to effectively take off. Touched By An Alien does not do this. It seriously hits the ground running and within the first few pages of the first chapter I found myself so engaged in the book, both with its humor and exciting adventure, that I could not put it down.
The book does contain some highly sexual moments so it is best that this be read by someone who is at least a young adult, otherwise Touched By An Alien is something that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys fast and fun science fiction adventure with a healthy sense of humor and plenty of pop culture jokes.
Touched By An Alien is available in the iTunes store as well as Amazon.com in both print and for the Kindle. Also, if you’re interested, we here at TGGeeks had the pleasure of interviewing Koch for our show and you can find it at TGGeeks Webcast Episode 7.
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