If the crazies and weirdo Stephanie Plum is chasing to have them rebooked into the system after they missed their court date aren't enough; now, there is a stranger in town and she is stalking Stephanie.

The stranger claims to be the wife of Carlos, Manoso, AKA Ranger, and she's betting Stephanie will lead her to her husband. Ranger married? What is going on here?

While Stephanie tries to wrap her brain around that piece of information, she learns that Ranger is wanted in the kidnapping of his daughter. Ranger may not be one of the good guys, but he is a good, bad guy. Kidnapping just does not fit in with the Ranger Stephanie knows.

When Ranger contacts Stephanie for help, she learns the truth, now she is acting as both Ranger's sidekick and bait for a trap to catch the man impersonating him.

Is this really something Stephanie can pull off?

I had really mixed opinions about this one. In terms of the series, I really enjoyed this book, it was one of my favourites to date. However, I had some real issues with some things that happened in this series so couldn't rate it higher than 3 stars.

So Ranger, who is a total bad ass and has so many connections, needs Stephanie's help more than any others to get him out of this situation? I just didn't buy it.

My major issue though was with Ranger getting into Stephanie's bed without her permission after he said he wouldn't and him also stating at another point in the book that he would be fine with 'partial consent'. Really not okay with this.

I really didn't like that Evanovich teases us with the possibility of the love triangle being resolved in this book and then it just not happening. After 12 books I think it's time to put this love triangle to bed... so to speak.

At first I was pretty disappointed in Twelve Sharp because it wasn't hilarious. All of the other Stephanie Plum novels were super funny.

I gave book #12 5 stars because of the following:
1. Stephanie used some of her Bounty Hunter woman power. She didn't seem so helpless and kicked a little butt.
2. We actually learn some interesting facts about Ranger. YAAYY!
3. Stephanie tells a certain someone she LOVES him, not just l-l-likes him ; )
4. An important character gets severly hurt, which usually never happens. Tons of people have died in previous books, but usually the main characters get away pretty well off. Which in't to say I was happy about that person hurt, it just made the story a whole lot better.

Love Stephanie and her always challenging life. I really enjoyed this particular book. i thought it handled her situation differently than other books. It felt like the threat was very credible and I was thinking there might be a chance a major character might be eliminated. I liked this one a lot.

Stephanie seems to be getting better at the bounty hunter thing, but still has enough issues to make her takedowns humorous. She actually kicks in a couple doors. I do kind of wish she would learn how to pick locks though. All the usual folks are here also to add to the fun and a few new ones show up.

Janet Evanovich uses this book to flesh out the Ranger character. He's not just a batman like personality that simply pops up when he's needed. I definitely enjoyed that part of the novel.

Poor Stephanie has a problem now. She realizes that she actually loves both Joe and Ranger, she's not just in lust. Oh, to have such a dilemma.

I still love the series. The books are cute, funny, and light. As long as the books keep coming, I'll keep reading.

Having lived in NJ for thirty years - the character of Stephanie Plum is just plain fun.

I can't understand the obsession with fashion in these books. I also can't get past the some of the characterization of certain characters that seem to fall into racial stereotypes.

(3.75)

The ending of this was certainly much better than Eleven on Top but I'm still very much done with the love-triangle. And Ranger is starting to piss me off because he does a lot of nonconsensual stuff. Also, did we just completely forget except for the briefest mention at the very end of the book that Stephanie quite being a bounty hunter in the last book?

Twelve Sharp is a fast moving action novel with the main character being a female bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. While I had not previously read any of the Stephanie Plum series, she - and the stories- reminded me of Kinsey, the private detective in the Sue Grafton Alphabet Series. [A is for Alibi, etc.] I totally enjoyed those stories, and Stephanie Plum has that same appeal as Kinsey.

I didn't 'get' the Twelve Sharp part at all, but again, the book was a thriller, and was easy to read and easy to understand. Once the reader starts this one, she will keep reading to the end.

What can I say? Steph, love ya, Babe. (See? Not so hard to say.) Did have a bit of a start with Mrs. Ranger. But, we knew something was off. Great book, as always. One of my favorite writers ever!


Re-read...again. Still lovin' it. May, 2016

Reread May 2018—In this book we find out more about Ranger. Makes even cooler! Steph is becoming a better bounty hunter and finally admits she loves Morelli...and Ranger.

Je me suis bien amusée une fois de plus !

Lots of Ranger in one of these books always makes me give an extra star. He is dark, mysterious, alpha in a good way, and sexy AF. His looks get compared to Ricky Martin in this book and it was written in 2006. Here's Ricky in 2006:




okay, I can work with that.

So, in this book Stephanie is trying to help Ranger clear his name and is working as bait for the bad guy. She is on the phone with Morelli:

n  "I was getting read to go to bed," Morelli said. "I don't suppose you want to join me?"

"That would be nice, but I have to stay here and hope there's an attempt made to kidnap me."

"Other men have girlfriends with safe normal jobs," Morelli said. "Like swallowing swords and getting shot out of a cannon."n

Hmmm, so Morelli considers Stephanie his girlfriend? It seems reasonable since they are really really together. And yet, Stephanie is often kissing Ranger. So, she's crossing lines all over the place. But, there are always reasons why it's not really her fault because Ranger kisses her, or whatever, so maybe we are supposed to be okay with it even though she got divorced the first time because her husband cheated on her. You would think that this would make her not want to do that to someone else. But, you would think wrong! Because, Stephanie and Ranger cross a line in this book that has them naked in her bed while Morelli is knocking on the door. Bad Stephanie! She needs to either break it off with Joe or send Ranger over to my house or something so she won't be tempted anymore.