It’s getting kind of
hard to believe that Evanovich has managed to squeeze Twenty Two books out of
her popular Stephanie Plum series but here we are with number Twenty Two.
Whilst the series was initially strong the last few have definitely lacked the
sparkle that originally made them so great. However Twenty Two definitely shows
some positive growth after the last few passé novels.
Stephanie Plum is the world’s worst bounty hunter, who regularly
blows up cars and is caught in the world’s longest love triangle with Italian cop
Joe Morelli and better than bond security expert Ranger.
I’m not going to lie, the frustrating love triangle is still
here, and I’ve given up on expecting Evanovich to give Plum fans the answer
they so desperately want. Plum will never chose between her two men and despite
a slight break by Morelli in this novel, it appears the men in her life will
never force her to choose either.
However all of the important aspects that make Stephanie
Plum so brilliant are still here, Lula is on top form and though I usually
prefer my Grandma Mazur with a little more scandal I always enjoy when Stephanie’s
Mum steps out of the kitchen and into the Plum circus.
As always Stephanie was forced to drive big blue, she blew
up another care, she failed at catching felons, she needed Rangers help, she
got involved in one of Morellis cases, she used some Bulgari green shower gel,
she spoke to Rex, Lula did something crazy with her hair and Vinnie was a
slimeball.
I gave this one a four, I always rate Plum so high, because
she’s such a brilliant creation and her world is always fun to immerse yourself
in. This marks a definite improvement on a few less than brilliant novel and I hope
Evanovich delivers another winner with book Twenty Three (though surely, she is
running out of titles by now?!)
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