Review: Amanda Rules
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2012
Nice work, India Lee -- this plot is fantastic.  What a just-possibly-believable fantasy, and what fun to read!  I love this heroine -- she's brave, she makes mistakes and learns from them, she perseveres, she is loyal, she has a dry sense of humor, and she knows the value of a dollar.  When young men with means offer to buy her fancy clothes, she resists, and wears what she has from her small town Missouri closet or what she can afford.  In her romantic relationship, she keeps her own place and her independence, and she's happy.  She makes a career out of a hobby, celebrity gossip, and her community college degree in communication.  At first, the website moderator job does not pay well, so she lives at her parents' house.  She's an American written by (I presume) an American, so the language and situations and locations feel "on" and as an American would interpret them.  Miraculously, author India Lee has managed to keep both of Amanada's parents in the plot -- the first book I have read in this category where the heroine is not orphaned by tragedy.  The evil friend role is also deliciously played, as is the true friend's.  The love interests are just enough in the picture to keep things moving forward.  I cannot wait to recommend it!