[Book Review]

One For the Money by Janet Evanovich

I had seen the Stephanie Plum series before. Mainly when the newer books came out because of the fancy cover art. (I judge books by their cover, shh!) To be honest I might not have picked up this series if I hadn't enjoyed the recent movie release so much. The movie was great. I've loved Katherine Heigl ever since Grey's Anatomy. I was so sad to see her go! I've still loved the movies she's been in since then though. I think she did a great job in the movie adaptation of One For the Money. As soon as Melissa, Tamara, and I got out of the money we went to Hastings and I bought the book.

I've been reading it off and on since then and finally finished yesterday evening. I really enjoyed the book. Funnily enough I kept reading in a Jersey accent... Janet Evanovich's writing is quite good. She has introduced a character (Stephanie Plum) and you immediately get an idea of who she is. I enjoyed Stephanie as a character because she's not wimpy or whiny (at least not any more than the standard woman, ha) and she's not in-your-face-bad-ass-chick-in-stilettos. Somewhere in between Bella Swan and La Femme Nikita you'll find Stephanie Plum. The lingerie saleswoman turned bounty hunter.

Since she receives 10% of the bond for bringing in a FTA (Failure To Appear) obviously the higher the bond the higher the check. Unfortunately, the higher the bond the more dangerous the suspect is. When she picks her first FTA to apprehend it's because of the $10,000 she'll receive if she's successful. When she finds out the man she has to bring in is a boy from her younger years, (Joseph Morelli) it will make the apprehension even sweeter!

Janet Evanovich takes you through Stephanie's first time in the field as a bounty hunter while adding suspensful moments as you realize this apprehension is growing increasingly problematic. Stephanie gets in much deeper than she planned. The murder surrounding Morelli turns into much more than she bargained for and she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time under the hand of the wrong person.

I would highly recommend this book to my friends or anyone for that matter! I'm excited to see what happens along the way and what other character are introduced. I don't currently have the second book Two For the Dough. I might get it this weekend but I've been wanting to read this Dean Koontz book I picked up called Velocity. I'll keep you guys updated!

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