I am a huge fan of Janet Evanovich, I feel her
books are quick reads that allow you to completely take your mind off of life.
I have read almost all of the books that she has ever written so I typically
read her books as they are released.
Tricky Twenty-Two is the 22 book in the
Stephanie Plum series. The series follows Stephanie Plum a bounty hunter who
works for her cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds office. Stephanie always has
Lulu by her side and Connie doing the office work. Also, she has a love
interest Joe Morelli who is her on/off again boyfriend and Ranger who is like
her teacher and protector. Stephanie’s grandmother is typically featured
in her books as well.
In this book it follows Stephanie looking for a
college student Ken Globovic (AKA Gobbles) who apparently attacked the dean and
skipped bail. Stephanie interviews a few frat brother, his
girlfriend, the frat advisor and dean to try and locate Ken. Stephanie is
unlucky in finding him at first, but then gets lucky when he was eating at a
local restaurant. She loses him, but now knows he is close by.
Stephanie and Lulu always wind up in trouble during the books, which
leads to the comedy in Janet Evanovich’s writing. In this book the frat
keeps playing pranks on the girls while they go question them and Stephanie
losses a car to geese. Every book has Stephanie losing a car except Big
Blue that thing can never get a scratch on it.
During the book there are a few side stories as
always. For example Stephanie is also helping out Ranger by protecting
Doug Linken wife at the funeral home. Doug Linken does end up being
killed in the book and Stephanie is on the hunt to solve the murder mystery
along the way.
The book is a very quick read, but I felt it
come up short in the typical Janet Evanovich comedy. During her books I
typically will laugh out loud several times due to the ridiculous situations
Stephanie gets herself in. In Tricky Twenty-Two Stephanie is slightly
more serious about the job and far few side stories with the comedy appear.
The side story of providing protection for Doug Linken ends up
being part of the main story. Overall I feel the book has more
mystery in it and I didn’t really see the two stories intersecting at the
beginning, but it really tied the book together.
Also, Stephanie's mom is always a side character
in the books and has been known to be cooking, ironing, and drinking. I
feel when she went out to lunch with Stephanie this is the first time we see
the mother in a different light I really liked adding her in with more of a
main character instead of someone who is portrayed the same way every book as a
mother who worries about her child and irons to release the tension.
I loved the ending of the book that involved Stephanie's mom it
really added to her character.
*Frustrated Reader* At this point I feel that
Stephanie needs to make up her mind about Morelli and Ranger. I know at
the end it looks like Morelli will be her main choice and it does appear that
way in the end of several of the books, but I want them to get married to move
in together or something at this point. The flip flopping was funny for
awhile, but now it is kind of crazy at this point. If Stephanie keeps
ending up sleeping in bed with Ranger there is no hope for the
Morelli/Stephanie romance in my mind and it will remain this way for the rest
of the series.
I suggest starting from the beginning of the
Stephanie Plum series if you want quick reads that take your mind off of
everything. They are really fast paced and pretty funny. I can
typically not put them down! Also, I feel this is a take on the go book where
you can just pick it up and read it anywhere. Please note that Janet
Evanovich does give small details in the beginning of each book so technically
you wouldn't have to read all of them to know what is going on, but it is
totally worth it!
My rating 4/5
Author website
http://www.evanovich.com/
Publisher
Bantam
ISBN 9780345542960
Length 292
Format hardback
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