Maybe I was just not feeling it this time around, but Three to Get Deadly was just not as good as Two for the Dough (see that review here). In this installment, Stephanie Plum needs to bring in Uncle Mo, a local guy who runs a candy store in the neighborhood and who is universally adored. People aren't that helpful. The story really moved slowly. Whereas the earlier books had a bit of suspense and drama related to the fugitive, those moments just fell kind of flat in this one. There was not enough Grandma Mazzur in this book either. She always provides good comic relief and has the most laugh out loud statements in all the books. This book seemed to rely more on Lula for that than Grandma Mazzur and the book suffered for it.
What the book did have was some steamy Joe Morelli parts. I'm a fan of Morelli. I think he knows exactly what he's doing when it comes to Stephanie. And I'm glad Stephanie finally realized in this book that she was interested in him. But then again, Stephanie's reticence was and is kind of getting old.
But overall, the steamy parts just couldn't make up for the utter lack of F's I gave regarding what happened with Uncle Mo and the candy store. It just took too long to build up. Even with a bunch of other goons running around threatening Stephanie, and a bunch of drug dealers showing up dead, the story just never gripped me at all. And given that his bail was relatively low, I didn't see why Stephanie cared so much about it.
3/5 Stars.
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