Book Review: High Five

High Five by Janet Evanovich

Just finished reading High Five last night (well in theory it was four this morning but I'm counting it as last night), and it was definitely everything you expect from a Stephanie Plum novel.  Cars exploding and stolen, the powder blue Buick, crazy grandma and the two hunky guys the Stephanie is attracted to.

The book starts off with Ms. Plum getting a little low on funds since nobody is skipping out on bail, desperate for some money, she ask Ranger to let her help out with his "business" ventures.  But her family is also in a crisis because Uncle Fred is missing.  His dispute with the garbage company has caused him to disappear because of a 2 dollar discrepancy.

So while Stephanie is trying to help search for Uncle Fred and work with Ranger, hilarity and catastrophe ensue.

I enjoyed the book, again, it was a quick read and whenever I started to read I had a hard time putting down the book.  I love how Janet Evanovich give all of these random characters their craziness and personality where you can say, "I know someone like that."  My favorite part in the book has got to be though when Grandma Mazur finds Stephanie's stun gun and well uses it, ON HER FATHER!  I had to say, that had me giggling up a storm at four in the morning.

The book is the fifth book in the series, but you can read it out of order with out being lost.  There are little inside jokes and stories that are through out the book that makes it easy to understand if you had read the previous four books, but you aren't completely lost if you hadn't.

I really enjoyed reading High Five and it's a good book to read in between I couple of heavy book or dramatic books.  This book is a comedy and you find yourself laughing at the different scenarios that the characters find themselves in.

Rating: 4 out of 5

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