Summary:
Stephanie Plum, novice bounty hunter, gets the worst assignment yet. She's got to pick up Uncle Mo, Trenton's favorite candy shop owner. Mo missed a court date, and hasn't been seen at the shop in days. Stephanie gets in too deep as usual, and finds herself threatened almost every day after starting her hunt for Mo. Add to that Lula, a former hooker who's angling to become a bounty hunter herself, who decides that she's going to help Stephanie out, and often causes more trouble than good. And the icing on this cake is Joe Morelli, Stephanie's first bounty and a Trenton cop, who can't seem to decide whether he wants to kill Stephanie or screw her senseless. Tough life for anyone, but Stephanie deals. Barely...
Thoughts:
How obsessed am I with this series? So much. I love Stephanie Plum's voice. Evanovich makes me smirk like the Jersey girl I am, and I feel like Stephanie could be the girl down the street from me. I love the feel of the books, a little suspense, and a lot of Jersey jokes that only we really get. Even if you're not from Jersey, there's plenty in this series that anyone can love, including the hunky cop (that we all KNOW Stephanie's going to get her *ahem* hands on eventually), the crazy sidekick, the crazy dude that knows how to handle the worst of it, and a ridiculous family that you're thankful that you don't have. One of the things I love about this series is that the books don't end with a ridiculously open ending. They end with actual closings of the storylines, and the only overarching plots are the romantic plot with Stephanie and Morelli, and the plot that carries Stephanie through her learning how to be a bounty hunter. Well done, Ms. Evanovich.
Book 24 of 50
Pages: 384
Genre: Mystery, with hints of romance
Grade: A
Would I Recommend?: Yup. For sure, especially if you're from New Jersey.
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