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Summary: Funny, sexy, charming...
Review: I don't usually like reading mysteries, but I absolutely loved reading this book! I will have to go back and read the first four in this series. Stephanie Plum is an unlikely bounty hunter. I loved everything about her: how she was scared (in funny ways), how she was brave (in funny ways), the clothes she wore, and the things she said. The dialogue is extremely funny. This is a fast-paced, snappliy-written book that never disappoints. The secondary characters are wonderful as well. Among them are Grandma Mazur (she is hilarious!), ex-lover and cop Joe Morelli (he's a cutie), and Stephanie's mentor Ranger (the Sexiest Hunk of Man in fiction today! Yum!). Read this. It's a sure thing.
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Summary: Great series, so-so entry
Review: Hailing from the Garden State myself, I've known many women like the resourceful Stephanie Plum (and admit to sporting the big hair and eyeliner look myself on occasion . . .). I've been hooked on this series since "One For The Money"--Janet Evanovich has a deft touch with dialogue, and many of the scenes are laugh-out-loud funny. However, "High Five" shows the first signs that the series might be running out of steam--many of the scenes are retreads from the earlier books, albeit with different names. And suddenly Ranger is in the picture as a romantic interest for Stephanie? Here's hoping "High Five" is just a speed bump, rather than the start of something bad.
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Summary: Morelli or Ranger????
Review: Stephanie's torrid affair with dear Joe Morelli is history for now - maybe - she needs more money than she's making being a bounty hunter, and her family is more trouble than she needs. So what else is new? She asks Ranger for help, and he gets her a job that's even MORE dangerous than bounty hunting, if that's possible. Ranger, who has remained Stephanie's mentor, may be angling for more of her affections, and makes a worthy rival for Joe Morelli. The ending, however, is one hell of a cliffhanger.
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Summary: Wow, what a book!
Review: Mystery novels were not my cup of tea when a friend supplied me with a bunch of Janet Evanovich books as I recuperated from a broken hip (at 30, such an injury was quite debilitating and left me overwrought with cabin fever). What I found in this series utterly - and pleasantly - surprised me: smart, funny stories with characters so real I felt I could run into any one of them on a Trenton street. High Five was one of the best, I think. By this time, the characters are so well-developed and real that their interactions are as engrossing as the plot itself. Stephanie Plum, the heroine, is as flawed as she is funny, and while some of her escapades and escapes verge on being too slick, this does not detract from the fun of reading High Five. I know, from what I've read, that some find these books as much romance novels as anything else. I'm not a fan of that genre myself, nor did I feel that these books fall into that character despite an off-and-on relationship that spans the series. That complicated and interesting aspect merely, for me, added to the fun and funny stories without taking over the tone of the books. Now that these books are firmly entrenched on my bookshelf between George Eliot and Faulkner, I highly recommend all of the Stephanie Plum books to any reader looking for something new and different, some truly likable and engaging characters or a book that is just plain fun and hilarious while still remaining clever and suspenseful.
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Summary: Janet Evanovich has done it again
Review: Stephanie Plum and the whole gang are back and better than ever. What fun it is to spend time with these characters. No matter how slowly you try to read this book, it's over way too soon and then you have to wait another year for the next one. Evanovich gives you a good mystery, interesting, wacky characters and scenes that have you laughing out loud. Do yourself a favor, start with One for the Money and read them all.
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Summary: My fave of the series to date
Review: This was a funny, sexy read. My fave in the series so far. I have to admit I did take issue with how the result of the search turned out, but with a dynamite ending like High Five has, who cares!
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Summary: Janet Rocks!
Review: I actually finished this book several months ago, and am eagerly awaiting 'Hot Six' to hit the shelves. I must say that I have NEVER been so completely entertained by a series of books as I have been by the Stephanie Plum novels; I have been suffering from severe Plum withdrawal since I finished 'High Five'. My sister turned me on to these books last summer and I read one right after another until they were gone, and I have been desolate ever since! These books appeal to readers of all ages--even my Mom and Dad are reading them! I love it! Can't wait for book six. Stephanie Plum is the ultimate amateur sleuth, not to mention bounty hunter extraordinare! Janet Evanovich's characters are SO colorful and she describes things in such detail, you will believe that you KNOW these people--she is truly amazing. FANTASTIC reads!
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Summary: High Five
Review: Five is Funny & Fabulous. I loved this book. I laughed out loud several times. This book has everything, a little sex, a little tension, humor. Fun ending and I'm sure I know who was involved in the ending....I think.. Where's the movie? I'm thinking Sandra Bullock. Come on number six!
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Summary: High Five
Review: Excellent book! The type of book that makes one laugh out loud. There's a cliff hanger ending that makes the reader anxious to read the next book!
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Summary: Stephanie, you're a peach of a Plum!
Review: I give this book a high five. What a fun read. Anyone who hasn't read the other four books in this series needs to get right at it...now! A very entertaining book. Please keep them coming, Ms. Evanovich
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