Book #9
Book #9
Book Title: Hard Eight
Author: Janet Evanovich
Category: fiction; mystery; humor
# of pages: 326
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best].: B+
Short description/summary of the book: (taken from amazon.com):In Hard Eight, Stephanie Plum picks up a case a little nastier than anything the wisecracking bounty hunter's seen before. Evelyn Soder and her young daughter have gone on the run, leaving an angry ex-husband who's planning to collect on a child custody bond that will leave Evelyn's grandmother homeless. Stephanie's first clue that there's more to it than that comes in the form of Eddie Abruzzi, a shady local businessman who warns her to butt out of the case. Stephanie doesn't scare easily, but when Abruzzi's henchmen leave a bag of snakes on her doorknob and tarantulas in her car, she has no choice but to call Ranger, the hunky man of mystery whom she already owes too many favors. Steph knows that Ranger will soon be calling in his marker, but with her ex- fiancé Joe Morelli out of the picture, that should be OK--shouldn't it? In the meantime, she's got other fugitives to catch, aided by the usual band of misfits, plus a bumbling correspondence-school lawyer who's developed the hots for Stephanie's sister, Valerie. And Steph's in for a surprise from her mother, who proves she's not above wielding a dangerous weapon to save her daughter's life.
Author Janet Evanovich has made a bold move in using a soupçon of child jeopardy to pull this series out of the comfortable but formulaic pattern it was threatening to fall into. It's still funny, and yes, some cars are destroyed, but now there's a real edge of darkness under the humor. Fans needn't fear, though: Jersey girl Stephanie is still full of sass and Tastykakes.
My Thoughts: This series is very interesting. However I didn't like this one as much simply because Plum and Morelli were not together anymore. They made such a great couple and there is a great dynamic between the two. Without that the plot seemed a bit lackluster. However I am still enjoying this series and cannot wait to read the rest of the books.
Books read this year: 9/50. I'm 18% done!!!
Next read(s): I started rereading Jurassic Park since it has been a while.
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Book Title: Hard Eight
Author: Janet Evanovich
Category: fiction; mystery; humor
# of pages: 326
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best].: B+
Short description/summary of the book: (taken from amazon.com):In Hard Eight, Stephanie Plum picks up a case a little nastier than anything the wisecracking bounty hunter's seen before. Evelyn Soder and her young daughter have gone on the run, leaving an angry ex-husband who's planning to collect on a child custody bond that will leave Evelyn's grandmother homeless. Stephanie's first clue that there's more to it than that comes in the form of Eddie Abruzzi, a shady local businessman who warns her to butt out of the case. Stephanie doesn't scare easily, but when Abruzzi's henchmen leave a bag of snakes on her doorknob and tarantulas in her car, she has no choice but to call Ranger, the hunky man of mystery whom she already owes too many favors. Steph knows that Ranger will soon be calling in his marker, but with her ex- fiancé Joe Morelli out of the picture, that should be OK--shouldn't it? In the meantime, she's got other fugitives to catch, aided by the usual band of misfits, plus a bumbling correspondence-school lawyer who's developed the hots for Stephanie's sister, Valerie. And Steph's in for a surprise from her mother, who proves she's not above wielding a dangerous weapon to save her daughter's life.
Author Janet Evanovich has made a bold move in using a soupçon of child jeopardy to pull this series out of the comfortable but formulaic pattern it was threatening to fall into. It's still funny, and yes, some cars are destroyed, but now there's a real edge of darkness under the humor. Fans needn't fear, though: Jersey girl Stephanie is still full of sass and Tastykakes.
My Thoughts: This series is very interesting. However I didn't like this one as much simply because Plum and Morelli were not together anymore. They made such a great couple and there is a great dynamic between the two. Without that the plot seemed a bit lackluster. However I am still enjoying this series and cannot wait to read the rest of the books.
Books read this year: 9/50. I'm 18% done!!!
Next read(s): I started rereading Jurassic Park since it has been a while.
X-posted to my book community, book_stuff and a whole lot of other places!