First of all, let me start off by saying that I was almost positive this did not publish until 11/30 and when I saw it at Half-Price Books I legit blew a gasket thinking it was like mistakenly put out early. No ma'am it was published 10/31 and I am a moron who just didn't bother to pay close enough attention or I would have had this book THAT DAY and read it. 

Needless to say, I scooped it up and completed it in two days! 

LISTEN.
HATERS.
BE GONE! 

I know that a lot of people have given up or had less than positive things to say as this series has continued; however, I am here for it. I will ride with Stephanie Plum until the motherf*ckin' wheels come off, do you understand?! This is not up for discussion. If you don't like it, cool, but no one is making you read it so if you're going to be negative just stop reading and kindly move on to something else.

ANYWAYS. *end rant* 

If you're new around here, without going into too much detail, Stephanie Plum is a Bail Bondswoman living in New Jersey that has a knack for getting herself into trouble. We usually are following her as she tries to scoop up some FTA's that *should* be easy but never quite are. She's usually running around handling a high profile case that blows up in face..or her car..or her apartment. She has a Grandma that is here for the tea and is always down for a funeral or getting into some shit. This time her Mom was even in on the adventure. Not to mention, she's sort of dating a cop Morelli and is friends with..benefits? to Ranger, an ex-special forces man that use to be a bails person and is now operating his own high profile security business. Oh, and her boss is her cousin but a slime ball. The office manager has mob ties but is a good time and Lula, her forever sidekick is a hoot! 

I wouldn't say that you *HAVE* to read all of the others to enjoy this, but I would recommend it because it is a good time, indeed. One of the things that I love about this series is that you can pick them up and read them individually and they are great at stand-alones OR you can binge the series and not be able to get enough of it. I of course, have a few that stand high above the rest and this might be a new one added to that list. 

Seeing as this is #30, I'll keep it brief on the description.. In this specific book, we meet up with some old characters along with the new while Stephanie is trying to find out what exactly went down when a local jeweler's was 'robbed'. She think's there is more than meets the eye and she's determined to get to the bottom of it. I will say, there was a little less action in this particular story and not enough Grandma Mazur for my liking, but that's alright, we can't win them all. It doesn't deter me from the 5-star rating because there is enough other things happening that kept it interesting.

Lula was *the best* in this book. I always enjoy when the storyline is heavily including her and this did not disappoint. 

One thing I will say is that the ending had me #shook. I was mad as hell knowing that Janet Evanovich is over here making us wait another book to find out what is going to happen. #TeamRanger #iykyk 

I will also add that because of the ending, I am a little worried that this series might be drawing to a conclusion and I'm not sure I'm ready for that -- any thoughts on that fellow Plum friends? 

So that's my review in a nutshell which is more just me rambling then a review but, alas, it's my life.