This book was a step above the past few Stephanie Plum books. I didn't end up hating Stephanie, or any of her kooky sidekicks, and her loose morals that so irked me in the last book seemed to have been handled. I laughed more than I rolled my eyes. WIN! I probably would have given this 4 stars, if the end hadn't been so absolutely, entirely without climax. I felt so deflated! 
 I did happen to notice, however, that the characters made a couple references to things getting old, and tired. Stephanie seems to be growing out of her role as disorganized bounty hunter. She kept her gun loaded (and out of the cookie jar), and her stun gun charged. She even makes a couple good collars, despite Lula's clumsy "help". Is Stephanie turning over a new leaf? Is the next book the last one? Or are we aiming for a nice round 20??