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Review title: NOT the Evanovich I know and love
Product review: *Sigh* I want to start off saying how much I adore Janet Evanovich' stephanie plum novels...they're witty, concise, fun, etc. This isn't. I think that this book is more her lending her name to a friend who can't really write. Not only is the plot TOTALLY ridiculous, it is written very poorly. Jamie is falling for Max, an uber-rich, genius, James Bond-esque character who has created Artificial Intelligence, so he has a talking car named Muffin, who happens to think she is in menopause. Sheesh! I could forgive the weak plot if it was written well and/or amusing, but it's not. There is ZERO character development, and you only ever know what a character is feeling because they tell you...there is no "showing." Jamie will say things like "Oh dear, I'm falling in love with Max" and so that's how the reader knows...not because there's been any chemistry or interaction between them. There were a few times that I laughed during the story...but they were few and far between.
