Look Alive Twenty-Five

Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


*** Possible Spoilers ***

Like all Janet Evanovich's books, I enjoyed this one although not as much as #24. Possibly, after her 24th book, Ms. Evanovich decided to changer her pitches slightly but this one seemed just a little flat.

There wasn't as much bounty hunting going on and what did happen seemed pretty cut and dried. In the past, the heroine, Stephanie Plum, managed to mess up in a spectacular manner with amazing consistency. This time there wasn't as much action to those scenes.

There is a running gag throughout the series that Stephanie will destroy at least one and possible several cars by the end of the book. Not one car was totaled in this one.

Stephanie's rather eccentric family barely made a cameo in this book.

Occasionally, Stephanie finds it necessary to work at a job other than bounty hunting. When that happens she generates chaos for all concerned. This time she became the manager of a deli restaurant and, while it eventually burned down, it was Lulu, her sidekick who managed it.

I can't say there's anything categorically wrong and I still recommend it for those who enjoy the series but lower your expectations just a little because this one isn't quite as amusing as we have come to expect.



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