Steph answers “Is this the last one? Stephanie is 54...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Look Alive Twenty-Five (Stephanie Plum, #25):

Is this the last one? Stephanie is 54 years old now, isn't it time to pull the trigger and end the series? (In the first book she's 30; it's now been 24 years since One for the Money came out).

Steph No, this is not the last book, and I don't expect the last one to come anytime soon as Evanovich has been quoted saying that she never wants this seri…moreNo, this is not the last book, and I don't expect the last one to come anytime soon as Evanovich has been quoted saying that she never wants this series to end.

There are two reasons why Stephanie isn't in her 50s after 24 books. The first is that each book does not equal 1 year of her life. Even though the technology improves at the rate of publication, each subsequent book is set anywhere from a few days to a few months after its predecessor. So, if the average time lapse between books is 3-4 months, she would only be in her late 30s by book 24.

However, the second and most important reason why Stephanie is perpetually 30-years-old is the fact that Evanovich said Stephanie will never age. I’ve been listening to the audio books since #9 or 10, and several books in the low to mid-teens had interviews between the author and narrator tucked in at the end as a bonus track. Much like the series, these interviews were copy & paste versions of each other where pretty much the same questions & answers were given, and the question regarding Stephanie and her apparent fountain of youth was asked in just about every interview. Alas, while the seasons come and go and Valerie’s children continue to grow, we will never see growth from Stephanie, whether it be in age, fiscal responsibility, or competence with regards to the physical side of being a bounty hunter apparently.

I would LOVE for Stephanie to wake up one day and realize that her strengths lie in tracking down and knitting together clues to make sense of the crazy schemes she stumbles upon. I think she’d make a fantastic detective, whether working for the police or as a private agent!(less)

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