Twisted Twenty Six

Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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If you don't like the Stephanie Plum series you won't like this book. On the other hand, if you enjoy them - and I do - this one was pretty good. There are a few changes. In this book, Stephanie manages to destroy her own car rather than having someone do it for her. In addition, she is competent in arresting some of the people who've skipped their hearings. Of more interest perhaps is she managed to escape the final bad guys all by herself. Normally she is rescued at the last minutes by a strong handsome hero. I suspect Ms. Evanovich is responding to some of her feminist critics. Whatever the reason it's a welcome change. Ms. Plum's ineptitude could be a bit trying from time to time.

On thing I found surprising was the placement of Grandma's age at seventy-five. I'd always imagined her as late eighties but still spry. It's possible the author did this so she could continue using the character for a long time to come but this is fiction. She could do that anyway. I'm not convinced a seventy-five year old would have all the idiosyncrasies Grandma displays and it's possible Janet Evanovich lacks a knowledge of gerontology.

Whatever the case I enjoyed the book. It was fun. It was charming. I thought the ending could have been improved but that's a nit. If you like the series in general you'll like this one.



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