Review: Fun, Fun, Fun Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2013
I have fallen in love with Razz (Rachael O'Brien) and her gang of Southern misfits.  Even though this book takes place in her hometown in Ohio and it has that Southern charm written all through it.  Razz is finally home for summer break and trying to figure out what has happened with her mother, trying to accept her father's new girlfriend who is closer to her age than her father's, and trying to figure out how she is going to lose her virginity.  Razz's mother, Maeve, has gone overboard with the psychic melodrama and brought a suspicious woman, Betts, who claims to be an aura reader, into Rachael's family life which doesn't set well with Rachael.  Hilarity ensues when things happen between her, her mom and Betts, the crazy psychic and it turns out the person who is really on her side is the last person she expected to be.  All the while, Rachael's suspicion towards Betts grows and she goes snooping to find out if this woman is full of it.  What she finds makes her suspicion grow and her fear her mother is being brainwashed heightens.  Within all the craziness and snooping, there is a touching long lost reunion which brings warmth and a happy fuzzy feeling in this book. Towards the end of the book Rachael realizes there is a tie in to New Bern, NC (from Deep Fried and Pickled)and has figured things out and why the art piece has been stolen.This is one of those series you don't see often, it is filled with humor, 1980s memorabilia, and great friendships.  Ms. Ray has used her wit and cunning in this series and I laughed most of the way through both books.  The only complaint I have is that I have to wait another couple of months until the next book in the series comes out!