Metro Girl audiobook

4 Stars for Metro Girl Alex Barnaby Series, Book 1 (audiobook) by Janet Evanovich read by C. J. Critt. This was a fun start to a new series. I love getting to know a whole new set of characters. And they certainly went on a great adventure.

Love Janet Evanovich! No deep thinking or blood and guts, just plain entertainment.

I can tell this will be the first of many Janet Evanovich novels for me. Chick-lit mixed with a good mystery and lots of action, Metro Girl was truly entertaining. Alex "Barney" Barnaby and Sam Hooker make quite the pair, thrown together for very different reasons, both are in search of Barney's missing brother Wild Bill. They go on a dangerous adventure with lots of chaos and drama, while the Nascar driving Hooker tries to steal Barney's heart.

Janet Evanovich is best known for her Stephanie Plum series (“One for the Money”, “Two For the Doe”, “Three To Get Deadly”, etc) featuring Stephanie Plum: A so-so bounty hunter with big hair, a big mouth and a gun. Each of the novels has rocketed to the New York Times Best Seller List and has made her a publishing phenomenon. The books are laugh out loud funny and Evanovich has amassed herself quite the loyal fan base. Myself included.I for one love her Stephanie Plum novels, so I was extremely excited at hearing she would be starting a new series. I wondered if the new series would be as funny, if the main character would be as wonderful as Stephanie and if the mystery would draw me in from the get go. I am happy to say that I was not disappointed. In fact, I was overjoyed. “Metro Girl” is an incredible read!In it, we meet Alexandra Barnaby, or Barney to her friends and family. Though she hails from Baltimore instead of New Jersey, she is just as funny and endearing. Working in her father’s garage over the summers has instilled her and her brother “Wild” Bill with a love of cars. But, as she says: “Just because I know how to change a guy’s oil doesn’t mean I want to spend the rest of my life on my back, staring up at his undercarriage.” Barney wants the quiet life, which is quickly shattered when her brother goes missing.Things heat up when Barney flies to Miami to try and find her brother. She has no idea where to start, but quickly finds out that he disappeared on a boat named the Happy Hooker belonging to Sam Hooker, famed NASCAR race driver. Things are complicated, however, when Sam Hooker tags along with Barney to help her find her brother; he wants his boat back. Barney at first doesn’t want anything to do with the handsome racecar driver. He’s arrogant, suave and sexy and that is a dangerous mix.But “Wild” Bill isn’t just missing. He’s mixed up in something that goes beyond fixing engines or a busted carburetor. When Sam and Barney finally do find Bill, what he’s involved in will blow their minds and get them all in some really hot water. Barney and Sam become involved with a plot so incredible that their very lives may be at stake. Perhaps this is one race that Sam Hooker won’t win?I enjoyed every single word of “Metro Girl”. It was fast, furious and funny and had a lot of heart. While Stephanie Plum is kind of klutzy and dumb and the humour in the books is more slapstick funny, the humour in “Metro Girl” is subtler. There is also more of a focus on the budding relationship between Barney and Sam Hooker. With a plot that covers gay men, exfoliating, weapons of destruction, women in distress and fast cars, this is one summer read that keeps the reader guessing until the final pages.While my love for the Stephanie Plum books runs deep, it looks like I have a new heroine to look forward to! I can’t wait for “Motor Mouth” out in October 2006 to read her next adventure. Pick this one up, it’s well worth the read and you’ll laugh yourself silly.

I love how Janet's books always, ALWAYS make me laugh. She has a knack for narrating the most serious situations in a way that makes you chuckle.

FunA fast, fun , action packed book. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it. What are you waiting for? Buy it

A fun read. Don't mess with a girl.

Very funny, a hoot.

This heroine is a bit different than Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, but still as perky and sharp. Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby knows how to fix cars, how to race stock cars, and is the older sister of Bill, her younger brother. Wild Bill, who gets himself in trouble without even trying. This time Wild Bill has disappeared and Barney has to go to Florida to find him and save him from whatever dilemma he has fallen into. This is where all the fun and adventure begin, with many characters including a drop dead handsome NASCAR guy, a Cuban criminal and his henchmen, Cuban gals who roll cigars, and a gay high school friend and his Schnauzer that loves spice cookies. To name a few.It was just a fun read with a few chuckles until I hit the scenes involving NASCAR guy and Barney getting her hair entangled in the door handle of a Mini, being trapped by that and having one leg stuck through the steering wheel. I began laughing, then I roared for a good fifteen minutes as the pages turned. I haven't laughed so hard in over a year. I will definitely buy the next book in this collection.

I had heard a lot about Janet Evanovich and decided to read one of her books. It was a quick read and moved very quickly. It was a good mystery and some surprises but not what I expected. A lot of typical saying and much of it sounded like a script for a teen mystery. Am glad I read it and her true fans will love it.

I actually read this because I bought the sequel for like 1,5 euros at Boulinier (who am I to turn down a bargain). Of course, I knew the author thanks to her Stephanie plum series (well, the movie One for the money starring the romcom icon Katherine Heigl deserves more credit), so all is good. But it surpassed all my expectations, it was super funny and witty. The banter between the two main character was spot on. AAAND the side characters were hilarious. The thriller part was also quite entertaining. I can’t wait to dive into the second one!

I gave this book 4 stars because I’ve read other books by Janet Evanovich & like her easy to read with humor style. I can’t give this book 5 stars because of the books ending.

Funny!

Fast, fun read. Not very realistic, but who cares?