His hair was thick and dark blond, somewhere between wind-blown, just woke up, and untamable. However, it feels more like she thinks in bullet points and lists rather than sweeping, coherent thoughts. Told in first person – my least favorite of all the persons, I might add – we’re privy to Lizzie’s assessment. He’s a rude primate, who has no concept regarding human manners and may or may not have a case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Brooke Shields’ eyebrows kind of thick, though let’s be honest, those things are a work of art.Ĭarl giving people the middle finger seventeen times in thirteen chapters, not so much. Unfortunately, Evanovich lays it on thick. Each character is more gimmicky than the last and they all have their own idiosyncrasies and running jokes. She’s got a host of oddball characters at her disposal: a cat with a glass eye, a coworker who undergoes several failed attempts at becoming a witch, an inappropriate monkey named Carl. The heroine is quirky, clumsy, and a tad awkward.

The book was just another Stephanie Plum novel, but in a less neon-colored packaging. The disappointment I felt upon finishing this book is second only to Geri Halliwell, a.k.a. And, aside from the terrible movie, I found One for the Money to be entertaining. Seven Deadly Sins? Hunting old artifacts? Cupcakes? It’s like Julia Child and Indiana Jones had a baby. With Diesel’s cousin, Gerewulf “Wulf” Grimoire, playing for the other team, Lizzie and Diesel must sift through the North End of Boston’s residents to find the first stone before he does.ĭespite the god awful names (Diesel? Really?), the concept was definitely something I could get behind. Her specialty is that she’s able to differentiate between normal objects and magical artifacts, relics that happen to represent the Seven Deadly Sins. Lizzie learns that she is an Unmentionable, a being with enhanced abilities.

When a man worthy of being a hair model, unfortunately named Diesel, essentially demands her help in stopping what could be the apocalypse, what’s a girl to do? It’s not like you can take a pass on that. Unsuspecting baker, Lizzie Tucker, is about to caught up in a battle to release hell on earth. I’m not too heavily invested in her Stephanie Plum series, maybe two books in, so I thought I’d have a pretty objective and unbiased opinion to start. First on the docket, is Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. I’ve compiled a reading list from your suggestions and ideally, I’d love to have all the sub-genres represented. My brother already dragged me down the Freedom Trail when he was here, and I will vow to anyone who will listen that the Freedom Trail is way longer than 2.5 miles! I was looking for romances set in or around Massachusetts, as kitschy as that sounds, but I thought it would be an interesting way to learn a bit more about the area. Earlier last month, Sarah called upon the power of the Bitchery to help a fellow bitch out.

Wicked appetite by janet evanovich