from ethel55

Well, I feel somewhat rewarded for sticking with Stephanie Plum. Book 16 had more of the old feel to it! I thought it was inspired that Connie came out from behind her desk to assist Stephanie and Lulu in their pursuit of the guys that kidnapped Vinnie. Grandma Mazur is still bummed when there's ...

from honeydew69862004

Sizzling Sixteen has Stephanie trying to find and rescue Vinny. I blew through the book in less than 8 hrs. In my opinion it the series has been going down hill. I thought that the last one was bad but this one was worse. It is like shes not putting in the time or love that she used to in her wri...

from polywogg

BOTTOM-LINE: Still enjoyable read, but the plot was thin . PLOT OR PREMISE: Vinnie has gambling debts, and if he doesn't cough up $800K, he's toast. Which would put Connie, Lulu and Stephanie out of work, so they pitch in to help. If they can keep him safe that long. . WHAT I LIKED: The various o...

from brendajanefrank

"Sizzling Sixteen" only got 2 "laugh out louds" from me. Those occurred during the Hobbit scenes. That's WAY under the expected laugh count from Evanovich. The lucky bottle theme just didn't rate. The whole plot, such as it is, seemed lame. Is the Stephanie Plum formula just worn out, or is this ...

from phyllis2779

A good installment in the long-running Stephanie Plum series. Given how many of these books I've read it's not surprising that these are no longer fresh to me and the books do tend to blend together after a while. BUT I got a few laugh out loud moments from this book which earns it an extra half ...