Janet Evanovich - Hard Eight

Pros: A good basic premise
Cons: the main protagonist, the antagonist, the motivations, the ending

Stanley is a friend of our family. He eats dinner with us once a week. Often we've talked about what ...

Pros: Regular Plum humor, good plot
Cons: End fell a flat for my taste.

Currently I have three favorite authors one of them is Anne Rice, the other two are both series mystery writers. Both are extremely popular, and both have a mystery series currently going: One of them is Sue Grafton, and the other is Janet Evanovich. ...

Pros: Characterization, humor
Cons: I read it too fast

After the cliffhanger ending of the previous Stephanie Plum novel, Seven Up, I was looking forward to the publication of Hard Eight and had my local mystery/sci-fi bookstore on red alert. Always an easy read, I devoured Hard Eight...

Pros: funny parts, move the characters along, Ranger gets hot & heavy
Cons: too much focus on personal life, villain feels like a resurrection of another character

Warning: All subsequent reviews for this series may contain spoilers for earlier novels in the series. Stephanie Plum is back. For those unfamiliar with the lead character in this eighth book about her, Stephanie is a lingerie buyer who was ...

Pros: Great characterization, humor
Cons: Nothing memorable about the plot, weak ending

This book is the eighth book in the series by Janet Evanovich, starring Stephanie Plum, the bounty hunter. She was given the job by her cousin Vinnie, who operates a bail bond business, when she lost her job clear back in the first book. She did not ...

Pros: The rabbit; score one for Ranger!
Cons: Getting tired of the un-catchable FTA

I guess I might as well write the review while I try and figure out a title. Maybe a little Missy Elliott will help inspire me… Do you know who Stephanie Plum is yet? No? That answer makes me wonder what you’re doing here, hanging out with ...

Pros: Great characters, fun to read!
Cons: This story line was lacking umph...

I had been told about Janet Evanovich over a year ago and was encouraged to read her Stephanie Plum series. Life got in the way and when I did have time to read, I was playing catch up with my favorite authors – I had no time to start a book by a new ...

Pros: Simple, easy read. Isn't going to blow out many brain cells.
Cons: Simple, easy, straightforward plot. No real character development. Heroine makes dumb mistakes.

Actually – I didn’t like this book at all but the pun was too much to resist. I picked it up as a hardcover on sale at Barnes & Noble last week for $5. ”Hmm.. a Janet Evanovich novel” thought I, I’ve never read one of her ...

Pros: A Stephanie Plum Production.
Cons: No character evolution at all after eight books.

Stephanie Plum is a bond enforcement agent. In this recent installment of the long running series, h ...

Pros: Still fun to read these books
Cons: Stephanie's getting annoying, Worst book in the series so far

This is the eighth book in Janet Evanovich's beloved Stephanie Plum series, about the world's worst bounty hunter, and I found it to be a low point in the series. Background 30 year old Stephanie Plum is a bond apprehension agent (aka bounty ...

Pros: Hysterical characters, slightly crazy heroine, and memorable moments.
Cons: Stephanie should start learning from her mistakes.

Stephanie Plum is back with a vengeance, hot on the trail of another mystery when Mabel, her parents' neighbor, asks her to look for her granddaughter, Evelyn. Evelyn and her daughter Annie have disappeared with a child-custody bond hanging over ...

Pros: still funny and fun, a great middle
Cons: a very weak end and a tedious beginning

New Joisey-Burg girl Stephanie Plum is at it again in her 8th adventure in this wildly hilarious series. However with the smashing success of the previous 7 , there in lies the rub this time. While this is still a hoot of a read and a definite...

Pros: Extremely entertaining and easy to read
Cons: Some situations are hard to swallow

I had never read one of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum mysteries before I read Hard Eight. After hearing one of my friends describe the main character, I decided I need to check them out. So, I picked up the first one available at my local library. ...

Pros: Makes you laugh out loud.
Cons: Number 9 is not out yet.

Janet Evanovich is my hero. She is 8 books into a series and each one is funnier and more entertaining than the last one.
Stephanie Plum is a heroine that warms the heart. She is funny, loving and just doesn't know when to give up. Her family and...

Pros: Janet Evanovich does not disappoint in her eighth Stephanie Plum adventure
Cons: None!!! I looked forward to this book and was not disappointed

I started reading Janet Evanovich's crime fiction about a year ago and have since read all eight of the Stephanie Plum novels. Following the outrageous characters through fast action, sexual tension and hilarious misadventures results in a delightful...