Book Review - Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
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I'm a big fan of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. So when I heard about Plum Lovin', I was a little confused. Was Evanovich killing off the numbered title series? Were we going off in a different direction? Was this just a play on the series' popularity to eke out a bit more money? Fortunately, all the answers are "no". Subtitled as a "between-the-numbers" novel, it's a nice interlude to a full-on Plum adventure while keeping all the same insanity we've come to know and love...
Things are slow at the bail bond agency, and Stephanie doesn't have much to do. That is, until Diesel shows up. Diesel is another one of those mysterious men like Ranger (but different) who plays by a different set of rules, and has skills and abilities that aren't all too common. Diesel has the only person (Annie) who is a big-ticket bail bond item currently outstanding, and Stephanie needs to bring her in. But Diesel won't give her up unless Stephanie takes over the final five clients on Annie's list. Annie's a matchmaker who tries to hook people up. Desperate for the money, Stephanie agrees, and thus starts the fun. Imagine Steph and Lulu dishing out relationship advice to people who aren't losers but are definite hard-sells. But in the midst of all this, she finds out that others are looking for Annie, including someone with "unique" powers that you don't want to get close to. All in all, it's a typical day in the life of the Jersey bounty hunter, complete with dogs, donuts, and unwanted physical attractions...
About the only thing I have against this book is the size. At 164 pages, it didn't even last a whole day. You could almost think of it as a larger short story or a ".5" installment in the series (both in series and size). Other than that, it has everything that I come to expect in a Plum novel. Ranger and Morelli are background here, so that Diesel can play a larger role. But the rest of the family is present and accounted for, and everything else makes this a welcome addition to the series. I don't know that I'd want to spend $17 to read it in less than a day, but as a library book it was great... :)
I'm a big fan of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. So when I heard about Plum Lovin', I was a little confused. Was Evanovich killing off the numbered title series? Were we going off in a different direction? Was this just a play on the series' popularity to eke out a bit more money? Fortunately, all the answers are "no". Subtitled as a "between-the-numbers" novel, it's a nice interlude to a full-on Plum adventure while keeping all the same insanity we've come to know and love...
Things are slow at the bail bond agency, and Stephanie doesn't have much to do. That is, until Diesel shows up. Diesel is another one of those mysterious men like Ranger (but different) who plays by a different set of rules, and has skills and abilities that aren't all too common. Diesel has the only person (Annie) who is a big-ticket bail bond item currently outstanding, and Stephanie needs to bring her in. But Diesel won't give her up unless Stephanie takes over the final five clients on Annie's list. Annie's a matchmaker who tries to hook people up. Desperate for the money, Stephanie agrees, and thus starts the fun. Imagine Steph and Lulu dishing out relationship advice to people who aren't losers but are definite hard-sells. But in the midst of all this, she finds out that others are looking for Annie, including someone with "unique" powers that you don't want to get close to. All in all, it's a typical day in the life of the Jersey bounty hunter, complete with dogs, donuts, and unwanted physical attractions...
About the only thing I have against this book is the size. At 164 pages, it didn't even last a whole day. You could almost think of it as a larger short story or a ".5" installment in the series (both in series and size). Other than that, it has everything that I come to expect in a Plum novel. Ranger and Morelli are background here, so that Diesel can play a larger role. But the rest of the family is present and accounted for, and everything else makes this a welcome addition to the series. I don't know that I'd want to spend $17 to read it in less than a day, but as a library book it was great... :)
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