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| Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) | 
 enlarge | Author: Janet Evanovich
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  439 reviews
Sales Rank: 541
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312349513
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312349516
ASIN: 0312349513
Publication Date: June 17, 2008
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 Back in style.... June 17, 2008
11 out of 29 found this review helpful
This book was so much fun--classic Evanovich at her best. Don't let the naysayers dissuade you from making up your own mind. No fan-fiction-esque homages to the Man in Black, but both heroes got plenty of page time in a funny, quirky, laugh out loud romp through the Burg.
 Big disapointment June 17, 2008
17 out of 23 found this review helpful
I really wanted this book to be great. I am a big series fan. Fearless Fourteen was a cobbled together mishmash of plots, gags and conversations from prior books. Whole scenes and conversations were lifted from earlier books, but the characters in the scenes were changed. If you are a Ranger fan, don't bother at all with this book. All his parts are in the chapters on the Evanovich site. Joe fans will be horrified. While he is all over the book, his portrayal isn't flattering. The excuse "hey it was dark in my parents' garage, I couldn't see for sure who I was messing with in there" And the hairy butt euwwwww.
My suggestion: Get it from the library. Wow. I hate our tax money is wasted on this book by the library.....
Cupcakes Beware - and Babes, too June 17, 2008
30 out of 44 found this review helpful
This is billed as a Morelli book, but it's not the classic Janet that we've come to know and love. There are scenes stolen from previous books, but it seems like they're mostly Ranger's scenes that were redone to have Joe in them. We also find out more about Joe's past and it's not what I wanted to hear at all. I don't much think gross irresponsibility is funny. I wanted to see Joe in his own adventure, with an exciting plot and some dastardly villain. You won't find that in this book - it's not the usual exciting, can't-put-it-down book that is what we expect from Janet. She usually has some funny subplots that eventually tie in to the main story and make you LOL. Not here. The subplots kind of appear during the book, and peter out without fanfare or explanation. People turning blue, reality show journalism, frozen pizza premonitions - these all are around and just don't add anything to the book. I didn't even like the relationship between Joe and Steph - he ordered, she obeyed. Where was her spunk? There just wasn't much adventure inside these pages. This author is enormously talented, but this book doesn't show it - hopefully #15 will find her back on her game.
Just disappointing June 17, 2008
21 out of 33 found this review helpful
This was just so disappointing on so many levels, I don't know where to start. Weak pretty much sums it up. Weak plot, weak mystery, weak bad guy, the list goes on and on. Who has less toes than when the book started? Why was Stephanie blue for almost the whole book? So many people want to make this about Joe or Ranger. It's not. It's about a well known author writing a sloppy and uninteresting book. I LOVE the Plum books. I love the characters, I didn't see them in this book. It just felt uninspired. If she can't come up with plot or mystery, take a year off. I would respect that alot more than writing crap and expecting me to buy just because she is who she is. From a top notch author, who can write a wonderful book, this was a disappointment all the way around.
Too little June 17, 2008
24 out of 37 found this review helpful
This was probably my second least favorite book of the series. Without giving away too many details, I'm disappointed with the story line. It was very ho-hum. No excitement, no suspense, very little humor. I didn't really care who committed the crime or where the money was hidden. And it seems that the Plum books are developing a trademark of unresolved subplots. Too many ends were left loose in this story. I felt the same about Lean Mean Thirteen. At this point, I think I'll spend my book money elsewhere and wait for the next Plum book at the library.
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