Recently finished reading all the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich. Loved them. They gave me the giggles...and it isn't often I have that reaction from books. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter in New Jersey. She is mediocre at best. She really only catches her bounty through dumb luck and help from other sources, including a bad ass bounty hunter named Ranger. These books really shine though when they focus on Plum's family, including the random people she happens to pick up along the way. Stephanie's circle of friends and family is like a huge keychain with normal keys, keys you can't remember where they came from, keys that you don't use much, keys you forget about, and keys you only use in emergencies. These characters sometimes pop up in several books and they are usually a welcome addition.
The scenes with her parents and grandmother are hilarious and I hope these translate on the big screen. Of course, a movie starring Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum is in the works. Hope they get her Jersey swagger right.
Through a tragic event, Stephanie ends up meeting Lulu. Lulu, former prostitute turned filing clerk/wannabe bounty hunter. Their adventures together are one of my favorite parts of the books.
However, as much as I love these books, I do not recommend reading them back-to-back. Sometimes reading a series in this manner, especially light/fluffy books as I call them (where you know no one you care about is going to die and the plot is usually resolved nicely), draws more attention to the flaws. Stephanie's quirks began to grate a little by Sizzlin Sixteen, especially her indecisiveness when it came to the two men in her life.
More than anything, these books made me want to eat doughnuts all the time. Good doughnuts, which my city is totally lacking.
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