Follow Friday #65

Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly event hosted by Parajunkee & Alison of Alison Can Read.

 

This weeks question:

Resolutions: Put together your blogger resolution list for all of us to see.

1. To read a minimum of 150 books;

2. To read a wider variety of genres; and

3. To read at least 1 book per month from the 1001 books list.

Book Review #403 - Four to Score (Stephanie Plum #4) by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum, Trenton, New Jersey's favourite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back - and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who's skipped bail. With the help of 73-year-old Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker Lula, a transvestite musician named Sally Sweet, and the all-too-hospitable, all-too-sexy Joe Morelli, Stephanie might just catch her woman. Then again, with more mishaps than there are exits on the Jersey Turnpike - including murders, firebombs, and Stephanie's arch-rival bounty hunter chasing after the same fugitive - Stephanie better watch her back big-time if she wants to live to crack this case.

 

 

My Rating: 4/5

 

 

The more I read of this series the more I love it. I am glad that I am not even a quarter the way through this series yet as I have so many more left to read.

 

 

Stephanie is one of my favourite female protagonists. She always gets herself into the most awkward and strange situations. The closer she gets to Morelli the more dysfunctional their relationship becomes.

 

 

The mystery aspect was again interesting although I predicted part of it before it was revealed. The inclusion of Joyce was humorous especially with her 'fainting spells'.

 

 

I like the setting of the Burg as it feels like a real community, especially when street names are continually used throughout. It would be helpful though if a map was included.

Book Review #402 - Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde

When Kerry’s little brother forgets his stuffed bear at the laundry, Kerry ventures out at 11:00 p.m. to retrieve it for him. The laundry is deserted and kind of spooky, and while she’s there three men burst in, dragging a bound and bloodied young man they insist is a vampire. Kerry helps him escape, only to be caught up in a desperate game between vampire hunters and their prey.

 

 

My Rating: 3/5

 

 

This book is just over 200 pages but took me around 3 days to read. The first few chapters were interesting but it progressively slowed down from there.

 

 

The story is told from a third person perspective which I think ruined my ability to connect to the characters. The characters themselves weren't really predictable and seemed to have split personalities (especially Kerry).

 

 

The whole vampire aspect, although more realistic than in other young adult vampire novels just didn't do it for me. I don't think enough about their nature was explained and Ethan was quite boring for a vampire.

 

 

This book is action packed and fast paced at times, but there just wasn't enough of this throughout the book and all the action seemed to be contained in the first few chapters.