Another Stephanie PLum book, another day. In this book we get the answer to that little cliff hanger from the last book almost immediately (thank goodness)! But I'm still feeling a little bit of the ick factor as far and Stephanie's involvement with Joe and Ranger. Although I have a preference, I could live with either. I could live with both at the same time (yum) or I could live with her seeing them both, but I can't live with her being jealous over Joe and fooling around with Ranger.

The mystery in this one bored me a bit overall and the guest characters of Dougie and Mooner became a little redundant. I miss Sally Sweet (I know, get over it..) But I also miss the logical person Stephanie Plum is when she's getting laid on a regular basis.

I'm going to actually have to read the next book because I can't seem to find the unabridged version of it on cd. These have become my go to on audio book and I look forward to continuing the series.

I'm 220 pages into this book and I'm dropping it. I'm possibly dropping the series too. I'm bored with Grandma hijinks, the weirdos Stephanie picks up, Rex and Bob the dog, who do nothing but eat food animals shouldn't eat and fuel poop jokes, and casual ha ha racism every other page. I'm tired of watching the thirty-something Stephanie acting like a thirteen year old around BOYS.

Usually I can disregard most of those things if the mystery is interesting. The mystery in this one? NOT EVEN A LITTLE INTERESTING. Life is too short to read bad books, y'all.

I’m gonna be honest… this was my least favorite so far.
I felt like not a lot was happening with the case Stephanie was working. A LOT of filler. And generally I got so bored.

Probably like 3.75

Idk how to rate these books, they’re just entertaining and hilarious

A love triangle was not on my bingo card but that’s probably what I get for going in blind

Stephanie Plum has grown up with half the cops and crooks in Trenton, which compensates for her poor aim with a gun, bad luck with cars and soft-hearted approach to her job (one bail jumper evades her four times). The police are after her mentor, the mysterious Ranger, wanted for killing drug and gun dealer Homer Ramos. Claiming he's innocent, Ranger persuades Steph to help him keep an eye on the Ramos clan. Steph teams up with her lover, vice cop Joe Morelli, then strikes out on her own when she realizes neither Joe nor Ranger will share information with her. When Mafia thugs get involved, she barely avoids kidnapping and torture. Meanwhile, there's her love life to deal with. Can she be physically attracted to Ranger and be in love with Joe? Includes: Steph's crazy Grandma Mazur, 80 years old; Mooner and Dougie, two zonked-out stolen goods dealers who have a closeout sale before going to jail; Habib and Mitchell, mobsters who follow Steph when Mitchell's wife doesn't need the car for kids' soccer games; and Steph's co-worker and pal, Lula, a gun-toting ex-prostitute always ready for an adventure.

Evanovich never disappoints and is always the perfect author to make you forget about those blizzards in April !!

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3+ out of 5 stars for Hot Six, the sixth book in the "Stephanie Plum" cozy mystery series, written in 2000 by Janet Evanovich. I've had some bad days before. I've even done some things I am not exactly proud of. But one thing I've never done... set someone on fire. Who does that? And what do you do to get revenge on the fire-starter? Maybe Drew Barrymore has some ideas. I'm a gonna call her today. On a more serious note, yes, that's poor Stephanie's life in this book. Bail jumpers are pushing her to the limit, but this one seems to want to kill her. While this book was funny and followed the same formulas, it was a little less remarkable than most of the others. I love all the kooky characters and the relationship issues between Ranger and Morelli, but I'm getting to the point where she either needs to kick one the curb, kick them both to the curb, decide Lula is the girl for her, or move to a new city and start fresh. I mean come on... something's gotta give here, right?

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The Prologue starts with Steph in a sexy little black dress. The line from a 2019 song by Florida Georgia Line, "Don't get me wrong girl, I love it. Now I just want to get you out of it." keeps running in my head long after I read this very hot, sexy section. That is just the start of one of the best and funniest books of the series. I didn't see the end of this one and Steph gets involved up to her eyeballs with Joe, Ranger and a twisted case. Lots of fun and we get introduced to Bob. I've decided that I'm going to be Grandma Mazur when I grow up. I even know which of my four granddaughters is most likely to be Stephanie! I have got to say, I wasn't happy with the audio as it was an abridged version and lacked a lot, so I went back to the book.

Stephanie Plum is a Bail Enforcement Officer, aka Bounty Hunter. She has a remarkably good record for someone who has no clue what she is doing, but manages to get the job done anyway. When Ranger, yeah Ranger, goes FTA Stephanie refuses to take the job, but ends up smack dab in the middle anyway. Another car, or two, bite the dust. Steph makes friends with a gun runner with a nicotine habit. Two goons working for a drug dealer tail her hoping to get to Ranger. Steph makes friends with Mooner and Dougie, who are just adorable. Just another chapter in the life of Stephanie Plum.

Yet again, another laugh out loud story with Stephanie Plum and her crew!

I had to set this book aside at first, as I had slightly o.d. on Stephanie Plum. I no longer found her antics humorous, I simply found them stupid. As these books have become a favorite guilty pleasure, I couldn't have them ruined. After a two week hiatous, I found my eyes wandering over to the coffee table, where "Hot Six" rested upon the top of my TBR pile, mocking me, wispering about Ranger in the wind, Morelli in heat, so on and so forth. Needless to say, I caved and read it in one setting.

Stephanie is back, and I have resigned myself to the fact that being ridiculous is all a part of her charm. Afterall, she wouldn't be entertaining if she were intelligent. As has become routine...

Hi-lights include:
1. Carol is talked off a bridge
2. Ranger tackles Stephanie
3. Stephanie wrestles a naked FTA to the ground
4. Grandma Mazure as a lusch
5. Stephanie saves a nip
6. Lula and Steph kidnap Captian Kirk
7. Morelli proposes, sorta, maybe

Janet Evanovich and her Stephanie Plum series is brilliant. Totally hilarious and worth its weight in gold.

Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude and an interesting fashion sense runs around with her sidekick Lula in attempt to catch and haul in criminals that have missed their court date.

Working for Vinnie, is interesting to say the least. Vinnie is anything but vanilla. His lifestyle and preference in partners although highly abnormal by society’s standards, I find intriguing and laughable. If you don’t understand something .. might as well poke and prod at it until it makes some kind of sense.

It was rumored that Vinnie had once been in love with a duck. And Joyce was said to be fond of large dogs. But somehow, the thought of them together was even more horrible.

Curiously finding herself with more roommates than she can handle, her Grandma Mazur and a stoner named Mooner, exhaustion rips through her and the only thing to keep her focussed is the food on the table, and the expectation that eventually her sex life will find its way back into her pants.

“Hey dude,” he said, “your granny fixed me some pancakes. You’re, like, so lucky to have your granny living with you. She’s totally the bomb, dude.”

Mooner is a character to say the least.

Stephanie’s relationship with Ranger takes an interesting turn. The growing attraction between them leaves them rolling around on her apartment floor, knee-deep in kisses and his roaming hands .. at least until Mazur busts out of the bedroom. Saved by Grandma or damned for days of mental lusting?

Between Morelli, Grandma and Ranger, Stephanie really has her hands full in this book. Mobsters jumping into her car to escape the freak show of a family, to Star Trek riots, this book is filled with tons of funny scenes.

With that said, I really didn’t find myself tempted to read this book. Sure, as hilarious as the others, filled with plots that leave your toes tingling, you would assume I’d get my kicks off. But for some reason, it really didn’t float my boat.

I’m not giving this book a bad review. Evanovich is awesome, and her books are phenomenal. I just didn’t care much for this one

I do recommend this book to anyone needing a laugh. If you’re reading this series, then of course this is a MUST READ! Mild sexual content and violence. Dead bloody bodies but with little detail for the sensitive minds.

I’m looking forward to the next book of this series, Seven Up!

Happy reading!

All I can say is. Ranger? Morelli? Who could choose...