Book Review: Eleven On Top

Title:  Eleven On Top
Author:  Janet Evanovich
Pages:  321
Publication Date:  2006
Version:  Paperback
Genre:  Adult Fiction  (Mystery)

Summary Via Goodreads.com:
"Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Stephanie thinks it's time for a change. So she quits. She wants something safe and normal. But the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now...

Stephanie is stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. Tempers and temperatures rise as competition ratchets up between the two men in her life -- her on-again, off-again boyfriend, tough Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and her boss, Ranger. Can Stephanie Plum take the heat? Can you?"

My Review:
Even after eleven books in this series, they just keep getting better.  So many times authors hit that "funk" after book three, or for sure by book five; Evanovich, however, is still going strong and I am loving it.  Stephanie Plum is one of my all time favorite characters from any book or series of books I have ever read.  She is just so hilarious, yet sweet in her own way too.  I love everything about Stephanie Plum and the cast of other memorable characters that surround her in her adventures.  Being that I have taken a long break in reading anything, much less a book in this series, I was a bit worried that I would come into this book and feel like I lost touch with an old friend and have a hard time remembering things from previous books.  This has been a series that I have always said was best when read in line and having read all the books ahead of the one you are reading.  BUT, I have also always said they would work well as stand alone books if they needed to or you wanted to read them as such.  I now have found that they are written with such greatness, that you can fall right back into them and remember everything you need to or hope to from the previous books read.  This series to me really can be described as a dear old friend.  It was easy to pick up again and even easier, thanks to the slight cues and reminders, to feel like I just finished reading the previous books yesterday.  That is quite impressive to me.  I also remember why this is one of my favorite series, the books conclude the "main" plot, but keep enough open ends that you just can't wait to continue on in the series with the next book to see where everyone goes from there.

This book was a great read and one that I thoroughly enjoyed!  The characters couldn't be better and the writing by Evanovich is simply jaw dropping.  The details, the characters, the plot, the sub-plots, and the way of writing that makes you want to read more and more, I can't say enough good about this book or this author.  In this book Stephanie is trying out new jobs to get away from the crazy life of a bounty hunter, but she finds maybe that's the life she is truly meant to lead, no matter what she thinks.  I just love how Stephanie is always getting into trouble, whether it is work, personal, love life, family, or some sort of other trouble.  The relationships she has with Morelli and Ranger only thicken in this book and I just love it!  Then there is Stephanie's Grandmother and Lula, her ex-prostitute friend!  LOVE THEM ALL!!  There is so much in this book...action, adventure, mystery, crime solving, family situations, friend situations, love, and lust.  If you have read any of the previous books this book is a must read to continue.  If you have never read one of the books in this series, this is a great time to start, remember I did say they would be great as stand alone books too.  

5/5 Stars!