Stephanie Plum Series books 9-19

To the Nines, Ten Big Ones, Elven on Top, Twelve Sharp, Lean Mean Thirteen, Fearless Fourteen, Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Sizzling Sixteen, Smokin’ Seventeen, Explosive Eighteen, and Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich (11 books, 3494 pages)

These books represent volumes nine through nineteen of the Stephane Plum Mystery series by Janet Evanovich.

So, as you can probably tell, I am quickly blowing through this mystery series. It helps that all of the books are light, quick reads with little bits of humor thrown in. If you don’t know about this series, it follows the life of Stephanie Plum, who might be one of the most klutzy, yet still somehow successful bounty hunters in the world. Though she certainly is living the motto “if at first you don’t succeed…” To complicate her life even further, she is so hopelessly stuck in a love triangle, that even she has no idea who to choose. Add in the explosions, dead bodies and comic relief and you get nice easy read.

The only problem I have with the series is its repetitiveness. It seems that once Evanovich found the right “formula” to consistently sell books and make the bestseller list, she just repeats it over and over again. Every book will have the following; dinner with the parents, at least one destroyed car, Stephanie and Lulu getting knocked over by an escaping fugitive, lots and lots of eating and food, and Ranger coming to Stephanie’s rescue. Don’t get me wrong the formula works, but I would love to see this series expand beyond this.

If you need something that passes the time and does not require too much focus or deep thinking you can certainly give this series a try, but I would recommend starting at the beginning.