Book Review: Shopaholic Ties the Knot

Shopaholic Ties the Knot
by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
"I really like it"

Yes. I read "Chick-Lit" upon occasion.
Don't judge me.

Perhaps some of you saw the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic? I loved it, but not as much as I've enjoyed the books. I started this series perhaps a year ago and then put it down to read other things, I'm now back to finish the series.

This is book 3 (of 5) in the Shopaholic Series. The main character and heroine is Becky Bloomwood. It's quite amazing how she manages to get herself into the most embarrassing situations! They get blown out of proportion and then Becky manages to come up with an astounding solution for a bang up finish. Sophie Kinsella did not let me down. In this book Becky gets engaged to the wonderful Luke Brandon [sigh]. Which means she needs to start planning a wedding. However her own mother and Lukes mother both have extremely different views of how this needs to proceed. Becky ends up with 2 weddings planed, one ritzy wedding at the Plaza Hotel in New York and one family style wedding in her parents back yard in Oxshott, England. And of course, they are planned on the same day. Oops. It's all rather hilarious and just plain fun to read.

What I did not like:
Kinsella uses a bit of language I could do without, however there is very little of it.

What I did like:
warning small plot spoiler ahead. The overall message of the book ends up being that the most imporatant thing is not the glamor and glitz but family. Luke needing his mother in his life. Becky learning to do things she may not have wanted to do, but doing them because she loves her parents and because she loves Luke. And finally Becky and Luke finding the greatest happieness when they are able to tie the knot properly with the family they love.

Favorite charcter:
Suze, Becky's best friend. She's just got spunk.

Thanks go to my sister Melanie for introducing me to the series. And thanks to Erica as well for lending me the final 3 books.

next book: Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella