Wicked Appetite (Lizzy & Diesel #1)by Janet Evanovich
Description:
For centuries, treasure hunters have been eager to possess the stones, undeterred by their corrupting nature. The list is long — Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, to name a few. Now the Stones have found their way to Salem, Massachusetts, and so has Gerwulf Grimoire, adding himself to this rogues’ gallery of power seekers. He’s an uncommonly dangerous man, with a hunger for the forbidden, and a set of abilities that are way beyond ordinary. Abilities that he feels entitle him to possess anything he might desire.
That would include Elizabeth Tucker, the woman he needs to find the Stones. She’s freshly transplanted from New York City to Boston’s North Shore. With a new job as pastry chef at Dazzle’s bakery and an old house inherited from her Aunt Ophelia, her life is pretty much on track …until it’s suddenly derailed by a guy named Diesel, a rude monkey, and a ninja cat.
Lizzy can handle the monkey and the cat. She’s not sure about Diesel. He’s offering up his own set of unusual talents, promising to protect her from Grimoire. The kind of protection that Lizzy suspects might involve guarding her body day and night.
The Seven Deadly Sins are pride, greed, lust, envy wrath, sloth and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that is wicked. Diesel thinks it also pretty much covers everything that’s fun. And Lizzy thinks Diesel and the Seven Deadly Sins cover everything her mother warned her about.
My Review:
One word: delightful.
Ok, now more words. I loved this story. Funny, sassy, has monkey, has one-eyed cat, has charmed items with rather unfortunate (but hilarious) side effects. The butter, oh the butter! I won't spoil it, though. If you've read it, you know.
Recommended by a friend. Borrowed audiobook from library. I too recommend this. Fun read!
All that being said, I was floored by all the negative or meh reviews on this. Apparently, folks are burned out on the author due to the two dozen plus Stephanie Plum books, all of which seem to have some things in common with the new Lizzie and Diesel series, including having the same narrator. This is the first book I’ve listened to from her, though, so I took it as it is and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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