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| Published by St.MartinsPress read an excerpt here. |
The star of the book? Diesel, whom we have met in the Plum series already. Apparently, Diesel is getting his own series with this debut and we can look forward to another 6 or 7 books here. The twist? It's got a paranormal vein -- Diesel is one of the "Unmentionables," a group of humans with special (magic!) abilities.
My take? I love Janet Evanovich as a writer, she entertains me. She makes me laugh, guaranteed. And that's important -- laughter at the ready. I'll read Wicked Appetite. However, Mrs. E is also astute in following the marketplace.
She's tipped her hat to Nascar fever with another series (Alex Barnaby). She's also taken a stab at graphic novels. And, we all know she began in romance and has seen her romance work reissued over the past few years.
So, while I look forward to the Diesel series as a reader, I'm also pondering Diesel as a writer. Humor and paranormal, meshing? Where else is this happening, or is it? Is this Janet E's taking note of the success of the Twilight series? of Harry Potter?
(Which brings to mind the mash-ups, particularly the Austen ones, but that's a different post for a different day.)
UPDATE: I read Wicked Appetite, and I was disappointed. Read my review over at Amazon if you want to know why.
2 comments:
I found the book disappointing, too. The dialogue is stupid and why on earth are her female characters always so stupid? "Whatever you do, don't leave the house." Then of course the woman always leaves the house, gets kidnapped and needs to be rescued. And why on earth would she let her friends give her a monkey? And the book doesn't explain why she suddenly cannot bake. This is just another Plum book with the names changed to protect the innocent.
I loved this book, couldn't put it down. It made me laugh all through it. I hope there is a sequel(s) so I can find out if Diesel and lizzy stuck together or not
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