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Summary: This book RULES
Review: I read this book in one evening. I just could NOT put it down! Like her previous books in the Stephanie Plum series, the book has everything, mystery, humor, sex and so much more. The sexual tension between Joe Morelli is still providing great entertainment in this book and the addition of Ranger's affection only makes the book even hotter. Of course Stephanie's family is still a great source of laughs in this book as well from her mother's sign of the cross to her dad's rolling eyes. Prepare to be tired the next day cuz you won't sleep until you've turned the last page on this one.
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Summary: Another Fun Beach Book
Review: I'm a regular customer at a used book store and the lady behind the counter knows of my interest in the Sue Grafton series, so she told me about the Evanovich series. I couldn't start at the beginning, because her books are in popular demand, but you don't need to read the first four books in order to enjoy the fifth. I really enjoyed this book! It was a fast read that kept me giggling from page to page as Stephanie Plum went through her life encountering off-beat characters.Stephanie is a bounty hunter who is hired by her family to find her Uncle Fred who went missing after he had a dispute with the local garbage service. Along the trail of her uncle, she has to deal with dead-beat FTA's like Randy Briggs, commitment-phobes such as Morelli, psychotics like Ramirez and a potential hot affair with Ranger. Although I found the ending predictable, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I'm going to be on the lookout for the rest of the series.
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Summary: Better and better...
Review: I am a HUGE Janet Evanovich fan - she's one of three authors that I'll buy in hardback (Grafton and Parker being the other two) - and this was my favorite in the series... Until Hot Six appeared! JE's writing has evolved into tightly written, fast-paced, focused stories. Her earlier works, which I highly recommend, meander slightly and don't have the whole character and story development issues 100% worked out. Each entry into the series, however, has built solidly on her natural talents, and High Five fits right into that pattern. Uncle Fred, resident cheapskate and philanderer, has vanished. His spouse Aunt Mabel is worried - that he'll turn up and throw a fit about the new washer and dryer that she's bought. Enter Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter extraordinaire (!), enlisted by the family to find him. This sounds OK to Steph, until photos of a dismembered body lead to sinister doings at the trash company lead to... Well, you read the story. Meanwhile, Steph has to worry about paying her rent, her totally hot vice cop sometime boyfriend Joe Morelli, her totally hot bounty hunter colleague Ranger (who takes "a more entrepreneurial view of law enforcment"), a midget FTA who's taken up residence in her apartment - along with Bob the bulimic dog, Mooner and the Dealer, and the psycho boxer Benito Ramirez in a cameo from One for the Money. In the wrong hands, this type of writing could end up as complete over-the-top nonsense. It is JE's gift that she is able to make this seem real, as though this could happen to anyone, particularly anyone from Jersey. Me, I'm counting the days (12!) until Seven Up appears on my doorstep.
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Summary: I finished this book in one day!! I'm hooked!
Review: I got this book out of the library a little after 12 noon today and finished it by 9 pm! I stopped to make dinner and soon had my nose buried back in High Five in no time. I was introduced to this series by an online friend who, like me, is an avid reader of Sue Grafton (A is for Alibi, B is for Burglar-another great series) and drawn to the quirky character of Kinsey Millhone. My friend mentioned how great Evanovich's series is and as soon as I read One for the Money, I was hooked! I started reading them in February of this year and am now up to Hot Six and more than ready to read it!! I can't wait to find out who Stephanie ended up with. (My vote is for Joe!!) Sure, they aren't the most complicated pieces of fiction you'll ever read, but so what?? They aren't meant to be. They are the type of books that are perfect for by the pool or at the beach. Summer reading. They are light and fun, perfect for a someone like me, a mom of a two year old that can't always delve deep into a complicated novel. (Although I enjoy those too!) Try this series! You'll be glad you did!
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Summary: Absolutely hysterical...
Review: Evanovich and her cast of characters are great! If you enjoy mysteries and thrillers (served with a large helping of humor) you'll love "High Five".
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Summary: Funny and entertaining
Review: Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter from Trenton, New Jersey. When her Uncle Fred doesn't come back from the Grand Union one Friday afternoon her family enlists her help in finding him. What starts out as a seemingly innocuous search for a missing elderly man soon turns into an investigation of a trash hauling company as first one, and then a second employee of the company is murdered. On top of that a homocidal rapist is stalking Stephanie and a bookie named Bunchy is following Stephanie wherever she goes because her Uncle Fred owed him money and he wants to find the old man too. This is my first Janet Evanowich novel and I have to say I did enjoy it. It's written in a funny,breezy style very reminiscent of the Donald Westlake Dortmunder mysteries. Not a nail-biting type of mystery but it's funny to see how Stephanie deals with her slightly crazy Grandmother and her street-wise fellow employee, Lula. I'm from New Jersey myself and I found myself laughing out loud at some of the characters that Stephanie Plum has to deal with. Ms. Evanovich has the whole New Jersey attitude down pat. This is a fun, easy read and I'd recommend it. I'm going to go out and look for the rest of this series.
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Summary: Trenton's Stephanie Plum is "Damn Skippy!"
Review: Janet Evanovich is starting to evolve the Stephanie Plum books into a kind of quasi-caper series. They have a mixture of outrageous humor, explosions, dwarfs, dead bodies, a grandma who is downright dangerous with a stun gun and a 45, and a couple of love interests thrown in for you to occasionally catch your breath. I'm surprised they haven't made a movie out of at least one of these books. In this latest episode, Evanovich once again mixes the usual players with the right combination of both new characters and new twists on Stephanie's relationships with a few of the old characters. Along the way, you get to know more about Trenton than you really want to, while at the same time feeling that you really did know Trenton all along - you just know it as the town you grew up in. A good fun read that leaves you waiting for the next installment.
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Summary: Best read in ages
Review: One of the most enjoyable reads I've had in ages. I've now read all of her books and I've laughed out loud in each one of them. She's so inept that it almost makes her seem real. These books are so different from most others that you don't feel like you're reading the same book over and over again. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Sexy, exhilarating and funny...it's a winner!
Review: I got High Five for Christmas and was so excited because I've read the series up to #4 and was ready for more...High Five does NOT disappoint! It is full of intrigue, action, comedy and LUST! :) This time, not only does Stephanie have Morelli to contend with, but Ranger, too. The constant "Will she or won't she...and with whom?" thing was most definitely a page turner. haha The very colorful characters of Lula and Grandma Mazur were joined with a few others this time around, and the mix is pretty hilarious. That psycho boxer Ramirez makes a return appearance too, and will have you checking your locks!
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Summary: Hilarious, Engrossing, Highly Enterntaining
Review: I laughed out loud in many places in this very funny, fast paced book. I think this is her best book yet, and it is definitely worth a read.
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