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Book Description:
FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.
The Crime:
Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars
Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money and did the time. His family couldn't be more proud. He always was the smart one.
The Cousin:
Joe Morelli
Joe Morelli, Dom Rizzi and Dom's sister Loretta are cousins. Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. The All-American family.
The Complications:
Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux
Less than a week after Dom's release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement. He's getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing.
The Catastrophe:
Moonman
Morelli hires Walter "Mooner" Dunphy, stoner and "inventor" turned crime-fighter to protect his house. Morelli can't afford a lot on a cop's salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes.
The Cupcake:
Stephanie Plum
Stephanie and Morelli have a long-standing relationship that involves sex, affection and driving each other nuts. She's a bond enforcement agent with more luck than talent, and she's involved in this bank-robbery-gone-bad disaster from day one.
The Crisis:
A favor for Ranger
Security expert Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, has a job for Stephanie that will involve night-work. Morelli has his own ideas regarding Stephanie's evening activities.
The Conclusion:
Only the fearless should read fourteen
Thrills, chills and possible incontinence may result.
Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.
The Crime:
Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars
Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money and did the time. His family couldn't be more proud. He always was the smart one.
The Cousin:
Joe Morelli
Joe Morelli, Dom Rizzi and Dom's sister Loretta are cousins. Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. The All-American family.
The Complications:
Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux
Less than a week after Dom's release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement. He's getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing.
The Catastrophe:
Moonman
Morelli hires Walter "Mooner" Dunphy, stoner and "inventor" turned crime-fighter to protect his house. Morelli can't afford a lot on a cop's salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes.
The Cupcake:
Stephanie Plum
Stephanie and Morelli have a long-standing relationship that involves sex, affection and driving each other nuts. She's a bond enforcement agent with more luck than talent, and she's involved in this bank-robbery-gone-bad disaster from day one.
The Crisis:
A favor for Ranger
Security expert Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, has a job for Stephanie that will involve night-work. Morelli has his own ideas regarding Stephanie's evening activities.
The Conclusion:
Only the fearless should read fourteen
Thrills, chills and possible incontinence may result.
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Dana (
21 member(s) found this review helpful.
I totally wasted my money buying this the day of release...
Even though I've loved this series, something about this one was just... well... missing. I got my laughs (light as they were), but the story seemed weak. Maybe I'm getting too picky as a reader, or maybe the author just rushed this one. I know I've found the earlier ones far more enjoyable than this one, though. They also seemed longer. The book I had looked like I had bought a large print edition and so I got through it extremely quickly (which was okay, because it was less painful this way).
The characters were seriously lacking and Stephanie really needs to stop pulling the chains on Ranger and Joe and just freaking pick one already! It also seemed like Evanovich brought back Mooner just because he's a favorite and she needed to do a little more writing because she was lazy with the story. I've read the series because I loved laughing so hard I was crying, but all I really got out of this was a few chuckles. Lula was good, but I still expected more out of her character as well.
It really reminds me of her earlier books (some of which should never have been re-released but apparently publishers decided to take advantage of how well this series was doing...)
Overall, I won't be running to the store when the next one comes out. There are other authors out there that deserve my hard-earned cash.
Cyndi T. (
20 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have to say...this is the first time I have been disappointed and didn't have to read the book in one sitting (I had to remind my self to finish this one). Not too much going on with this installment and the laughs were few and far between. I'm a Ranger girl, so this one doubly disappointed me.
Is it just me, or did anyone notice that the books are getting printed in larger fonts with bigger margins? I'd say the story line has about run it's course. This one could have been squeezed in as an in-between book because it just seemed to lack...SOMETHING.
By the way, I waited for the usual funny line about were grandpa Mazur is...and it was missing. That always set a tone for the book, if you ask me.
The Lula/Tank side-story line was the best part of this installment. The whole Brenda thing was ridiculous--and not in a good way.
(...ho-hum...)
Kristen S. (
12 member(s) found this review helpful.
It was OK.
That about sums it up. The fans looking for a resolution for the Steph-Morelli-Ranger triangle will be disappointed ... there was very little love-line interaction (a few conversations, a few smacks of the lips, but very little detail regarding the mindset of Ms. Plum.)
The BIG mystery: the who-done-robbed the bank and hid the money 10 years ago, and now wants it mystery??? It was OK. Nothing exciting.
The skips: uh ... what skips? There were very few of the usually laugh-inducing skip take-downs.
The laughs: I chuckled a few times, but there was no laugh-until-I-cry episodes.
The monkey: .. all I have to say is WHY? There was no reason to have a monkey as a gimmick for a plot point. There were a few comments about finding monkey poop, etc, but the monkey could have been left out of the story completely, and the book would have been better for it. It screamed gimmick to me.
The side characters:
Lula - gotta love that woman. She's a big hoot.
Grandma - I didn't buy the big gamer g-ma, either. Although Grandma is 'hip', buying her as a hardcore gamer is an enormous stretch.
Mooner - I loved seeing Mooner back :)
So overall, if you are a fan, you may be glad you read it. It's Stephanie Plum, who is still entertaining .. but don't expect to find your new favorite of the series. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it .. but I'm still glad that I read it. 3 stars.
11 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fearless Fourteen was a huge disappointment. I thought after a feckless thirteen, Evanovich would really ramp things up on this series. Instead Evanovich has gotten either bored, lazy or both.
Besides being an absolute snooze, Fearless Fourteen was poorly written. The storyline was undeveloped, characters were assassinated, and what was formerly a laugh out loud series fell flat.
In today's struggling economy I cannot in good conscience recommend the public spending their hard earned $25 on this book. Spend it on an author who is still working hard to entertain you and loves his or her characters. Or spend it on 5 gallons of gasoline. I won't be waiting around to see if JE can redeem herself with a 15th book. So I am saying goodbye to Stephanie Plum.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
Still funny as usual, but I think this series has about run its course. It time for Stephanie to pick Morelli or Ranger. This one is a bit of a let down in the end. Still worth the laughs.
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
I enjoyed this book. For the first time in awhile no cars were blown up, and Stephanie doesn't make so many amatuer mistakes. Both Joe and Stephanie seem to have matured,and that made, for me, an interesting change. Now, I can't wait to read Fifteen.
Linda (
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
As an avid reader of all 14 Stephanie Plum books, I must say this one was ok but not near as good as some of the earlier ones. The funniest thing in this book was watching Tank's reaction to Lula's "engagement". That and the Potato Brigade. There are no car chases, no blown up cars, Stephanie doesn't get stuck in any really "difficult" situations, like those that she is so famous for. And Brenda and the monkey are just unnecessary. If you like Stephanie Plum, I'd go ahead and read this one but I certainly wouldn't spend full price on the book. Wait until it makes the rounds.
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5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read it in one evening. I laughed and laughed! Its typical Stephanie Plum and Janet Evanovich didn't let me down. I'm only sad because I have to wait another year for the next one!
Deborah G. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Having been a fan of this series for several years now, I have to say this is the best installment since To The Nines. Many laugh out loud moments. Stephanie shows lots of maturity in this one, thinks things through. I was thrilled to see more of one mystery storyline rather than a series of skips that Steph bumbles her way through. I like to see her showing her intelligence. And Janet moved the triangle forward with plenty of interaction with Stephanie and Joe and a positioning of Ranger back in the role of mentor that he held in the first several books. New characters like Zook and Gary blended well with old favorite Mooner. Felt this book was more in line with the beginning of the series than any of the recent books and was happy to laugh out loud with Plum fun.
Andrea R. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Loved every minute of it!
Stephanie is still making mistakes and getting into crazy situations and they are still hilarious! I loved the return of Mooner and new characters Zook and Gary. Morelli and Ranger are hotter than ever and Stephanie is becoming slighty, if not dysfunctionally more domestic. Good for you girl! If you are a Stephanie Plum fan you will enjoy her and Lula's lastest adventures of mystery and paths of destruction!
Please Rate these Book Reviews
Loved this one in the Stephanie Plum series as I've loved all the others! You will too!
Fun book, fast moving as always and hard to let it go.
This book was good- but not as interesting/funny as the rest of hers. I'm kind of partial to Ranger and didn't read much about him in this book.
I don't know how Janet continues to surprise readers after 14 novels, but she has in Fearless Fourteen. Stephanie Plum's character seems to get richer and richer while her adventures never get old.
Very fun and exciting read with Stephanie Plum, bond reinforcer. Quite humorous.
Another win for Evanovich. Laugh out loud funny but with good plot and great characters and dialog. Don't miss this one.
Robin M. (This book had some amusing moments, but wasn't laugh-out-loud funny like the first couple of books in the series. The actual mystery was very weak. This kind of felt like one of the "between the numbers" books instead of a full-sized novel. I sure hope the next installment is better. My score: 3.5 Stars.
Not bad. Similar to the other books in the series. Got a few laughs. Enjoyable light reading.
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