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Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5)
Visions of Sugar Plums - Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5
Author: Janet Evanovich
It's four days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for fugitive apprehension agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not a twinkle light anywhere to be seen in her apartment. — And there's a strange man in her kitchen. — Sure, this has hap...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312986346
ISBN-10: 0312986343
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 758 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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algernon99 avatar reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 418 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
I didn't know until recently that Evanovich wrote a "between the numbers" Stephanie Plum book. I understand there's another one coming, as well. This is a minor bit, but fun. It's quite short--just a novella, really--and is padded in the back with excerpts from the numbered books to make it thick enough to sell as a book.

In this story, a hunk named Diesel pops into her kitchen one morning and won't leave. He's mildly irritating and doesn't really tell her what his special talents are--other than demonstrating that he can open any lock any time by just thinking it open.

Stephanie tolerates his riding along as she works to find Sandy Claws--yes, that's his name, and he comes with a white beard, a toy factory, and elves--who has failed to appear and thus skipped bail.

There are supernatural elements to the story that make it a fantasy as well as a mystery, so stay away if that sort of thing irritates you. It is, of course, as much silly fun as the rest of Evanovich's books, so any Stephanie Plum fan who can tolerate a bit of the fantastic should get this right away.
reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Seriously not her best work. I love the rest of the series, but this one was... sort of lame. It felt like she got talked into doing something christmasy by the publisher and her heart wasn't in it. It was mildly entertaining, but I was completely sorry I paid full price for it.
reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 42 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Novella in between #8 and #9 of this series. Funny as usual.
JackieH avatar reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 36 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this book. I read it before Christmas and it made me laugh so hard! Evanovich as usual, is one of the best!
tish918 avatar reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 88 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A fun short book. Stephanie meets Diesel at Christmastime. Of course, Stephanie has no tree, no decorations and no gifts; her family is wild as ever, but Diesel loves the "dysfuncyionality" of all of them!
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reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 4 more book reviews
My first "in between" book. As always it was a good laugh. So far I am liking Deisel. He sounds like a hunk!
reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on
i just Love Janet Evanovich she is laugh out loud funny in a time of great need for a laugh
reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 2 more book reviews
I thought it was really funny.
reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 42 more book reviews
Just a short Christmas story that doesn't progress the series. I would probably have skipped this book if I'd known it was just a filler. Otherwise, all the characters are here, and then some.
23dollars avatar reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 432 more book reviews
I read this for this month's "Fruit" theme in my online book club, The Reading Cove. It's just not my cuppa book. The over-the-top comedic tone wore thin for me, and by the second chapter I had completely lost interest in Stephanie Plum and her dilemmas.
reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 15 more book reviews
Janet has done it again. The Plum Family is so funny. I can't get enough.
MsJell avatar reviewed Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum, Bk 8.5) on + 142 more book reviews
Fun to read - lots of laughs!


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