Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Originally published at biblio + chic {infatuated with books}. Please leave any comments there.
Although my true love is for YA novels, I am also a big reader of many types of adult fiction, especially when it comes to the Stephanie Plum novels. Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum is one of my favorite fictional characters. She’s hilarious, and also relatable, but yet out of this world!
In the 15th installment of the Plum series, Stephanie is once again single (recently broken up with her on-again-off-again hottie boyfriend Joe Morelli) and still working for her cousin’s bail bonds office catching delinquents and your normal selection of crazies-a flasher and an old man that attacked his dentist, amongst others. Stephanie is once again recruited to work for Ranger, another notch on the bedpost of her past, as a somewhat undercover spy-someone’s been breaking into houses using Ranger’s company’s security devices, and Ranger thinks he has a traitor on the inside. The only person he can trust is Stephanie, and as a woman always in need of a few dollars, she agrees to take the job, despite the fact that it will bring her into close proximity to Ranger and his exceedingly gorgeous body and sly ways of getting Stephanie into bed with him.
Stephanie’s also dealing with Lula, her coworker/sidekick/friend/large and loud African-American woman, that recently witnessed the murder of a famous cooking show chef and is now at risk of being hit by the guys who did it. But what else is new when it comes to Stephanie Plum? It wouldn’t be the same if her car (or multiple) didn’t blow up, her apartment didn’t catch on fire, and if she didn’t get shot at a few times, right?
Honestly, Evanovich gets better with every novel. After 14, you’d think, hasn’t there been enough? HELL NO! I was reading this last night and literally laughing out loud almost the entire book. Lula is one the most hilariously crazy, insanely awesome characters I have ever read. What she says, does, eats, and um, releases from her body, will make you laugh until you cry. She really stole this novel and made it another great addition to the Plum family of books.
I can’t wait to find out more about the 16th book, and will be sure to share with my readers anything I should discover. If you haven’t check out the Stephanie Plum novels-these would be great even for older teens-the books have sex and foul language, but I think the comedy will appeal to many ages.
For More: Check out Evanovich’s web site where you can read excerpts of all of her books!
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