Plum Lovin' (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) by Janet Evanovich
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Book Reviews of Plum Lovin' (A Between-the-Numbers Novel)
Book Review: awesome book
Summary: 5 Stars
i loved this book as I love all her books very worth the reading.theres always something to laugh about with Janet
Book Review: Plum Lovin
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved the book! As with every Janet Evanovich book, it's well written and a very cute story.Book Review: JUST LOVE EVANOVICH
Summary: 5 Stars
ANOTHER FUN READ BY THIS AUTHOR. I'VE READ MANY OF HER BOOKS AND ENJOYED THEM ALL.Book Review: between-the-numbers fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I ended up reading this out of order--mostly because I forgot about it. Whoops.
But that's not that much of a problem, because these between-the-numbers books (meaning Visions of Sugar Plums and this one, though I suspect there'll be more forthcoming) are just a wee bit off the series' track. The cast balance is shifted--Ranger and Morelli, and even Grandma Mazur and Lula are relegated to the sidelines, and the focus shifts to mystery man Diesel (we learn in this book that he's an Unmentionable--it's been a while since I read Sugar Plums, but I don't remember that being... er... mentioned). It's also where most of the plot developments with Stephanie's sister Valerie occur. And it's got a touch of the supernatural.
So, I'm a wee bit confused by everybody who was screaming that Ranger and Morelli were missing, and why was Evanovich changing the series, etc., etc. It's really the same format as Sugar Plums, and it's obviously not a regular series book, or the title would have a number. I'm guessing it's short memories.
Anyway. Knowing what to expect, I wasn't disappointed.
Stephanie's job collides with Diesel's when her FTA, Annie Hart, turns out to be somebody Diesel is keeping under wraps. So they make a deal: Steph will help Diesel do Annie's job, then Diesel will turn her over to Steph.
The job: relationship expert. They have to ensure that Annie's three clients have happy Valentine's Days. Of course, this being a version of the Plum-verse, it's not all that easy. It gets more complicated, and more personal, when it turns out that the third client is none other than Albert Kloughn, who would be Stephanie's brother-in-law if marriage didn't terrify him. So now it's up to Steph and Diesel to get Albert to the altar with Valerie.
Lots of fun, lots of laughs, short quick read. Between-the-numbers. Remember that. You'll enjoy the book a lot more that way.
Book Review: The return of Diesel, the supernatural bounty hunter
Summary: 4 Stars
Diesel, the supernatural bounty hunter first introduced in "Visions of Sugar Plums", is back and this time he wants Stephanie Plum's help to track down Bernie Beaner, an "Unmentionable" with a rather unfortunate super power, and to fill in for relationship expert, Annie Hart (another "Unmentionable" with Cupid-like talents).
This is the second of Janet Evanovich's "Between the Numbers" novellas (chronologically, it comes between "Twelve Sharp" and "Lean Mean Thirteen") and although it is a lot shorter than the regular Stephanie Plum books (and consequently lacks a lot of the detail and depth of these), I liked this book and "Visions of Sugar Plums" very much. In these two books, Evanovich takes a side-step away from reality and moves into a parallel universe where ordinary people and "Unmentionables" (those with supernatural powers, although don't expect the sort of superhumans that you find in comic books) co-exist. Given the larger than life nature of the Stephanie Plum books, this works really well and both of these books are a lot of fun (you can tell that Evanovich had a great time writing these books). In fact, in many ways they are better than the regular Plum books. I have felt that, recently, the Plum books have been running out of steam a bit, but these books bring something new to the series. I now eagerly look forward to reading Evanovich's next novella.