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Dec 20, 2011

Regina rated it:

I didn't finish this, I was listening to the audio and stopped about 1/5 of the way in. The main character is very similar to Stephanie Plum -- except she can cook and has blonde hair. Her physical description, her style of dress, her voice, her experience with men/boys (a failed engagement v. Stephanie's failed marriage both failed in "comical" ways). The main character has a side kick that is goofy and off the charts but so not interesting -- it made me miss Lula. The main charac More...

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Feb 26, 2011

Vinaya rated it:

Be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm hunting Stones... or possibly dwawfes!

Wicked Appetite is like an episode of Looney Tunes. It's goofy, it's over-the-top, and it's hilarious! Janet Evanovich finally gets her groove back after a long, torturous 'Plum'met into really boring fiction. I first fell in love with Evanovich way back when she was writing weird, wacky romances for Loveswept. Books like Naughty Neighbor and The Rocky Road to Romance marked her as being a class apart, especially in More...

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Apr 12, 2011

Giovanni rated it:

I have received a lot of messages and questions about this novel. What do you think of it? How good is it? Does she deliver again? How much is Diesel actually in it? I could go on and on and on. I love it. Hopefully within the confines of this post I will answer all the questions that you may have, and then just do yourself a favor and click on the Amazon book cover here and suck this bad boy up. I laughed my fanny off and then some. I had many of the same questions you had. Can she pull a full More...

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Feb 19, 2012

Robert rated it:

"Hi, my name's ~~Stephanie Plum~~ Somebody Else and I'm just like Stephanie Plum except I bake cupcakes and have a Magical Talent instead of being a bounty hunter. You don't know who Stephanie Plum is? You should buy one of her books! There are heaps! She's not a supermodel but she's sexy, she doesn't have an intimidating set of qualifications but she's still smart and sassy and she has two dangerous, mysterious hunks who fancy her! So she's just like me - except I only have one mysterious, dan More...

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Nov 13, 2010

Jan rated it:

Hmmm, a sex-deprived baker with magical detection powers, a one-eyed, ninja cat, a monkey more human than apeish, a would-be witch and a wise-cracking hunk named Diesel. Must be the first book in Janet Evanovich's new paranormal series. Lizzie, our phenomenal baker, discovers that she is one of the two "Unmentionables" who can detect magical items when two hunky cousin vie for her help in finding a stone that is related to the deadly sin, Gluttony. Let the fun begin.

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Sep 22, 2011

Book Chick City rated it:

"Wicked Appetite" has everything I was hoping for from Evanovich: quirky characters, fun plot and a smidgen of romance. This is an incredibly light read but it's entertaining and amusing. I liked the characters, who are all a bit nuts in their own way.

Lizzy is a pastry chef working at Dazzle's Bakery in Salem with friends Glo and Clara. Her life if pretty ordinary until two mystery men enter the bakery a few minutes apart. From here her life changes and she's swooped along More...

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Mar 19, 2011

Scottsdale Public Library added it

Wicked Appetite was my first ever Janet Evanovich book, and I can see why her Stephanie Plum novels are so popular! The dialogue is witty, there were several laugh-out-loud moments, and the characters cracked me up!

-Jennifer W.O.-

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Feb 13, 2012

Alicia rated it:

It’s always a good thing when you’re shocked at how the story goes. My mom, sister and I are doing a book club and my mom chose Janet Evanovich’s Wicked Appetite. So when i started reading the book i didn’t realize that it was going to be a Urban fantasy/Paranormal Romance book. So when i started reading it i was pleasantly surprised.

Janet Evanovich leads the reader on an awesome adventure in her new series. There are seven stones that contain the seven deadly sins. This book focuse More...

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Jan 23, 2012

Chy rated it:

Maybe if I didn't read so much.
Maybe if I didn't read the Plum series.
Maybe if I didn't know "supernatural" stuff is "in."

It really reads like Evanovich wanted to cash in on the supernatural fluff department, but couldn't be bothered to leave Stephanie Plum's voice or reactions behind. I can't even remember the main character's name anymore, and I finished it last night.

Diesel used to be my sister-in-law's golden retriever, but now he's mo More...

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Jan 22, 2012

Caren rated it:

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Jan 08, 2012

Lady rated it:

Janet Evanovich é uma das minhas autoras "light" preferidas. Originalmente, era uma escritora de romances cor-de-rosa. Mas, segundo ela, um dia acabaram-se-lhe ideias para posições de sexo, e ela virou-se para escrever mistérios - a série pelo que é mais conhecida é a Stephanie Plum, e que já critiquei aqui. Enquanto ela escrevia as novelas normais, começou a escrever noveletas para a série, que tinham um tom mais fantasia urbana, com o personagem Diesel sendo um "Umentionabl More...

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Dec 27, 2011

Leslie rated it:

One word...RIDICULOUS!!!! I gave it a chance, to page 100, then skipped to the end, deciding I wasn't going to waste anymore reading time on it.

I'd never read Janet Evanovich. I'm aware her books have been hits, bestsellers, yadda yadda. So, in an effort to try a JE novel, without starting with the Plum series, I picked this most recent work. Well, if this is how JE writes, I am no fan. Fluff. Wayyyy too fanciful. Sure, I enjoy a fantasy and the opportunity to get away, get involved i More...

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Nov 11, 2011

Mitch rated it:

So any time you are lookin' for a fluffy fun read you will never go wrong with Janet Evanovich. Her Stephanie Plum books are awesome, and I was hoping this series would be just as good. And although "Wicked Appetite" with Lizzy and Diesel didn't quite stack up next to Miss Plum, it was still a fun read.

This book is about a cupcake baker named Lizzy who lives near Salem and whose life changes when the mysterious and handsome Diesel tells her she has the power to find special More...

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Sep 19, 2011

Alison rated it:

Signature Evanovich mixed with a little paranormal? Wicked Good...but not wicked great.

Funny female protagonist? Check. Even more hysterical friends of said protagonist? Check. Hot guy? Check. Baked goods? Check.

This sounds like the formula for any hilarious Janet Evanovich book. While the formula may get old for some, I find it comforting and entertaining. Hey, I've read Anna Karenina and The Fountainhead in the last year, but sometimes I need something fun a More...

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Sep 16, 2011

Daniela rated it:

Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich is such a fun read.
Lizzy has moved into a little house she inherited in Salem and started work at a local bakery since she is an amazing cupcake maker.
Enter Diesel, his cousin Wulf, Carl the monkey and a cat as well as the supporting cast in the bakery: Clara (Lizzy's boss) and Glo (a wanna be witch)and the quest for the seven stones of sin and your story's started...In this first installment ( of the Unmentionables series -the title itself is so fu More...

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Sep 11, 2011

Doris rated it:

I am a fan of the Stephanie Plum series by Evanonich, so when I had at chance to pick this up, I did. It was not as sidesplittingly funny as the Plum books, but had its own special attraction.

One of the main things I liked about the book was the fleshing out of Diesel, who was introduced in the Plum series. Here, he does more than pop in and out and say "fix it". He asks for assistance, and is right then when things get hairy.

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Jul 25, 2011

Shaida rated it:

"First off, this book does not have Stephanie Plum in it. I think this is a new series that Evanovich just started. However, it did have 2 reoccurring characters, Diesel and Wulf. Was the book as good as the Stephanie Plum series, no. Was it still a classic Evanovich storyline, yes. The new female main character is Lizzy. Lizzy and Diesel are off to find 3 stones before Wulf does. The relationship that Evanovich has created with Lizzy and Diesel is entertaining and predictable at the same t More...

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Jul 15, 2011

Jessi rated it:

Kicking off a new series, Evanovich sticks very close to the style that has served her so well in the Stephanie Plum stories. You could substitute Stephanie for Lizzie and come up with pretty much the same woman. A little klutzy, not quite comfortable in her own skin, but this one has a job. In fact, it's a pretty good job making cupcakes at a store in Salem, Massachusetts. Then, one day, two mysterious men show up. One (Gerwulf Grimoire) is described as your stereotypical vampire but he apparen More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Gwen rated it:

Janet Evanovich created a cross-over world where people are Unmentionable, having special skills. Their skills might be opening locks by just turning the knob. If you've read Stephanie Plum novels, you will not doubt know Diesel. He's a big dude, who has that special skill. He appears and disappears with speed and skill. Personally, I like him better in The Wicked Appetite world. I never understood how magic skills belonged in the ridiculous by believable Stephanie Plum, Trenton, NJ world. Lizzy More...

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Jun 09, 2011

Sabrina rated it:

I've had the hardest time ever writing this review. Please know that right off the bat. A fan of the Stephanie Plum series, I was super excited to learn that Janet had a new series coming out and was excited to see something different from her. Don't get me wrong, I love the Plum series, but after so many books I was looking to something refreshingly different but with the fun I knew would always be in Janet's writing.

What I personally felt about Wicked Appetite was that it felt too More...

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Apr 05, 2011

drey rated it:

This one's not a Stephanie Plum novel, but does feature Diesel, that six-foot-plus tall yummilicious babe-on-a-stick*. Instead of bothering my gal Steph, Diesel's trying to get Elizabeth Tucker (Lizzy) to help him find the pieces of one of the Seven Stones of Power. A Stone exists for each of the seven deadly sins, and it just happens that the one in Salem is for Gluttony.

Someone else is looking for the stone too though, and things gets a bit crowded around Lizzy. Mayhem quickly erupts More...

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Apr 01, 2011

Paula rated it:

Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich is the start of a new series with new characters with a familiar feel for those of us who are Stephanie Plum fans. This series takes place in the Boston and Salem areas, so there is a hint (sometimes more than a hint) of magic in the air. There are “stones” to be found of great power that make them very dangerous – and valuable – to those who know about them. Special gifts possessed by Elizabeth and others are needed by Diesel and/or Wulf to recover these stone More...

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Mar 10, 2011

Andrea rated it:

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Mar 08, 2011

Sarah rated it:

Wicked Appetite is a new series by Janet Evanovichfeaturing Diesel -- a charming recurring character in the "Between the Numbers" editions of the infamous Stephanie Plum series.

Wicked Appetite is set in Salem, Massachusetts and features heroine Elizabeth "Lizzy" Tucker. Lizzy is a baker with a knack for making perfect cupcakes and is also descended from a line of witches. When sexy, bad-boy Diesel enters her life, Lizzy learns that she possesses a unique power to fi More...

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Feb 15, 2011

Nancy rated it:

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Jan 03, 2011

Doug rated it:

I was curious but skeptical about Evanovich's foray into fantasy themed fiction, and was quite pleasantly surprised. (It turns out, it's not really her first foray; the "Between the Numbers" novels apparently introduced supernatural elements into the Stephanie Plum books some time ago.) Anyway, Wicked Appetite's find-the-ancient-mystic-artifacts plot and plethora of quirky characters reminded me in a good way of James P. Blaylock's gently humorous fantasies. Evanovich's prose is lean a More...

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Jan 03, 2011

Paradoxical rated it:

I went to this knowing Evanovich's usual work and expected something light and fun and not entirely serious at all. That said, I still had to grit my teeth at Lizzie's actions and the way the book is carried out. She finds a strange man in her house and what does she do? Not call the police. Everything is sort of just thrown at her and she's expected to fall in line really easy? Well, she does. Fall in line, that is.

It's immensely frustrating.

I dislike it when the heroes ta More...

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Dec 30, 2010

Yolanda rated it:

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Dec 02, 2010

Linda rated it:

If you're new to Janet Evanovich's novels, you'll probably enjoy Wicked Appetite, the first in her "new" series. Set in Salem, MA, this book is full of eccentric, sometimes wacky characters, an outlandish plot, a hapless leading woman attracted to the world's sexiest man, and an evil villain. On the other hand, if you're familiar with Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, you've seen nearly all of this before, numerous times.

In Wicked Appetite, pastry chef Lizzie learns that sh More...

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Dec 01, 2010

Jordan rated it:

This story was hilarious! I was laughing out loud at several points and probably scared the cats. Readers who’ve heard of Ms. Evanovich but were daunted by the thought of plunging into the long Stephanie Plum series—take heed! Here’s your chance to get into something new!

I think a lot of urban fantasy takes itself horribly seriously, and this new series is like “Evanovich does urban fantasy”… just like you’d imagine. Irreverently.

My niggles with the plot would be that the fi More...

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