Review: Two for the dough - Evanovich

Title: Two for the dough

Author: Janet Evanovich

Pages: 326

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Plot:

Bounty hunter Stephanie Pum is still learning the ropes at her cousin Vinnie's bail bond office, so when she sets out on the trail of Kenny Mancuso - a suspiciously weatlhy, working class Trenton boy who has just shot his best friend - the stakes are higher than ever. That Mancuso is distantly related to vice cop Joe Morelli - who is trying to beat Stephanie to the punch - only makes the hunt more thrilling...

Taking pointers from her bounty hunter pal, Ranger, and using her pistol packing Grandma Mazur as a decoy, Stephanie is soon closing in on her mark. But Morelli and his libido are worthy foes. And a more sinister kind of enemy has made his first move... and his next move might be Stephanie's last.

My thought: 

OMG I do so love Janet Evanovich and the world she created! *_*

Telling the truth, I found this second volume of Stephanie Plum's novel even more amazing and appealing than the first one.. Maybe is due to Joe Morelli, one of the sexiest character I have ever found in my readinng experience.. I think I fell in love with him! *_*

He has great sex appeal, he's cool and well.. He's just adorable with Stephanie. I really love them together! *_* And I'm waiting for Joe to ask her.. Well, to ask her something!! 

Joe Morelli is not the only gorgeous character I found in this book: there are so many, it's hard to talk about them all!

First of all, of course, Stephanie herself. She's a great female character, she should be elected as president fot female characters.. Everyone should learn from her!

I wish I had a Stephanie Plum as friend.. That could be something interesting! She's funny, she's not perfect, she's hilarious, she's.. Well, you got it, don't you? :D

Another woman in this story that took part of my heart is Grandama Mazur. Ahaha!! Omg, she's  truly, madly and unbelievably nuts.. She really made me laugh so hard I couldn't stop!!

Here she starts to help out Stephanie and the two of them are extraordinarily extraordinary!!!

The book is funny, characters are strange, situations are even more stranger.. A perfect mix of whatever a reader hopes to find in a book, GUARANTEED!

Review: Believing the lie - George

Title: Believing the lie

Author: Elizabeth George

Pages: 688

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Plot:

Inspector Thoms Lynley is mysified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowing, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Linley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fiarclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and movies.

Deborah's investigation of the prime suspect-Bernard's prodigal son Nicholas, a recovering drug addict leads her to Nicholasìs wife, a woman with whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as she is beautiful. Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest of the family, including the victim's bitter ex-wife and the man he left her for, and Bernard himself. As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening te destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to Tim, the troubled son Ian left behind.

My thought:

Elizabeth George is a Goddes for the way she creates new worlds, outstanding characters and plots so hard to seep through.

So.. Why would give her only 3 stars?!

It was really hard to finish this book and everytime I had time to read, I spent it doing something else. I fell asleep after ten pages each time and it took me almost one month to read the word "end".

The plot is not a real plot: ok, we kinda have a murder to investigate.. But it only takes 1/4 of the whole story: we encounter too many characters and sub-plots, this time and everything gets really confused. There are also too many themes to deal with: pornography, pedophilia, sterility and so on.

Problem is, I think Mrs George lost herself dealing with too many pages in her books; first novels about Linley and Havers were way shorter then the last two or three, and they were perfect! Now -altough is always pleasant going through all Elizabeth's ideas, it's getting frustrating.

Furthermore when Linley and Havers: 1) work outside London plus 2) work detached, the lose their aura, they are the shadows of themselves and not so much enjoyable, that's it!!

Isabelle Ardery.. Oh, so unpleasant! Really, I think Elizabeth George was depicting a person she disliked, while creating this character!!

But the most annoying character over all is Deborah. Seriously!! Simon is an angel, forced to listen, understand, console Deborah and fix her mistakes.

After this story, If I were him, I would have asked for divorce ._.

Ok, I know I didn't make a good description of this book, but I would recommend it to all Elizabeth George, Linely and Havers' fan, because as usual, she writes as only great writers can do. Astonishing, really!