- Real Women Never Wear Dresses: Kate, being a mom of a toddler, tends toward sweats and jeans except for when she has to wear dresses for her political aspirant husband's dinner parties.
- On the other hand, she's come to appreciate the piercing ability of a good set of stiletto heels applied to a demon container's eye.
- Wangst: Kate spends a significant part of each book whining about how guilty she feels about lying to her husband, lying to her children, lying to PTA members, etc.