A review by estelleidekreads
Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

3.25

needed more diesel he’s fun

i actually like the story but im honestly bored of steph morelli and ranger it’s like they’re all just stuck in limbo (ranger maybe a bit less he seems to have some small character development sometimes)

i miss early series steph she was way more fun but now she’s way too one dimensional right down to her only wearing jeans a t-shirt trainers and a ponytail … WHAT HAPPENED TO GEL AND BLOW DRY THING OR THE DIFFERENT OUTFITS FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS?! like obs what she wears isn’t the end of the world but it’s just a perfect representation of her becoming very one dimensional cookie cutter cartoon character vibes which i’m guessing is so it’s easier for ghost writers??

and while i’m team morelli over ranger (although tbh im team neither / maybe diesel lol) im so bored of their relationship like at least add some drama to it or something. and joe’s also seemingly a lot more watered down

ranger’s only slightly less boring bc of his character but again like we see way less of the depth we had at first idk it’s all just gotten lazy and sloppy and water down versions of the OG characters

i do feel compelled to finish the series tho, wish me luck