Review: The absolute worst of the bunch
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
There will spoilers coming, because I don't know how to express the sheer magnitude of awfulness without them.I love Ian.  I sort of like Bradley, although a lot less than I did before True Luv turned his brain to mush.  Stanley is WAY past his sell-buy date.  Rosie is almost tolerable in this book, which indicates how far the series has dropped in my regard.And then there's Mary--a 30-something woman with an Internet connection and a strong relationship with her mother, asking Rosie questions about sex that would have the average 14-year-old rolling her eyes and snickering at her naivete.  AND she's too dimwitted to even understand what Rosie's talking about--geez, Louise.This book doesn't even have a decent mystery.  The "twist" after the trial could be seen coming a mile away.  The whole thing with Clarissa, ditto.  (And talk about bad mothers--Becca takes the award, hands down.). The whole book seemed like a contest between the characters for who would get the award for dumbest, most cloying, most annoying individual.  (Clarissa gets a pass, because she was only eight, and did her best with the situation her stupid mother got her into.)The only redeeming feature is that Mike's back.  Hopefully, he'll be able to salvage the next book.  (Why do I keep reading these if I'm so disappointed, you ask?  Because, like a dummy, I bought them all based on the strength of the first one, more fool I.)Oh, and she really needs to get a better proofreader than her husband.  Someone who understands the use of commas would be nice.I heartily recommend the first two books in this series--after that, proceed at your own risk!