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Title: Downward spiral continues
Review: After being delighted by the first six or seven books in this series, I noticed a big dropoff with book eight. It's no coincidence that Hard Eight is the novel where Stephanie cheats on Morelli with Ranger. And feels little or no guilt. She lost much of her charm in that book, and her continual string-pulling in the subsequent books does nothing to redeem her. I suspect that Evanovich decided her core audience is female, and chose to indulge a favorite female fantasy: two studs battling for Stephanie, and Stephanie doing pretty much whatever she wants, with no consequences. The "shake my head in disbelief" point for me in Twelve Sharp came when Morelli discovers Ranger is living with Stephanie in her apartment, closes the door, and meekly walks away. Right. That might be a female fantasy, but as a male reader, it is totally unbelievable ... unless you accept Morelli as a wimp, in which case, why care about him?
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