OK, so this is the one exception to my automatic-4-stars-for-Ranger rule. I guess this book could be 3.5.

I once again made the (probably unwise) decision to start book seven immediately after finishing book six, because I wasn't thrilled about how book six ended and needed to see whether it was really going to play out that way. So that made this my third Plum book in a row with nothing in-between, which made this the book where the repetition really started to get annoying.

The whole wedding subplot really dragged the whole book down. It just felt too unnatural and awkward, and not just in a "we're supposed to feel unnatural and awkward because that's how Stephanie feels" sort of way. This is also the book where Morelli went from being a "meh" character to being a character I actively dislike. And of course a lot of that is tied to the few grown-up conversations they had about the wedding, as well as his general male chauvinism.

Bob and Ranger, however, continued to be great.