Good Lord, I thought Cutting Loose was boring ... well, apparently I hadn't seen anything yet. Everything I wrote in my review for Cutting Loose still stands for this book, but multiplied by 50%, at least. I'm ashamed to say that I think I may have skimmed over 60% of the book.It's too bad too, because I KNOW Poppy is funny as all get out and her and Jason could have had an off the charts 'zing-zing-zing' type of story but that apparently in not Ms Andersen's style :( too bad .... One more to go with Playing Dirty to finish the series but I really don't think it's going to change my opinion on the author.... Bending the Rules by Susan AndersenThe ladies are painting Agnes Walkett's house as she's taken them under her wing.Giving back allows them all to gain inner peace. Poppie is doing posters and greeting cards when she catches the teens defacing the town walls.She wants them to do community service. This follows the sisterhood and their lives.Jason approaches the task of what the teens should do from a different angle.They compromise and get so much more from the teens.Besides he as a detective he has many resources to help him solve the problem of the jewelry heists, and along with her they can talk to the kids and find out the information they need to solve it.The sexual tension they have about one another leads them each to discuss the problem with their respective friends...The mystery of who is after one of the teens comes to light as they join forces to help her get out of her problems.It also draws them closer as they solve it together..
What do You think about Bending The Rules (2009)?
This book was light and funny with a little suspense. A well written and very enjoyable read.
—maginawar
Loved it. This was a reread inspired by the release of the third in the trilogy.
—aashu
