Shopaholic Ties the Knot By Sophie Kinsella Review

18-June-2009

Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella

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The gist

Rebecca Bloomwood has the dream job. She's a personal shopper, so is able to spend other people's  money all day instead of her own. And she gets paid for doing it. The perfect job, the perfect man –  gorgeous Luke Brandon – and yes, Luke has proposed and wedding bells are in sight.

No excuses are needed to start the shopping  trip of all time. And Becky's parents are just assuming that the wedding will be at home – a marquee in the garden and Becky in her mum's wedding dress, which she's been saving specially for the  occasion.

But Luke's mother has very different ideas – a huge affair in New York in a forest glade setting – or perhaps a Venetian Ball, or a fin de siecle extravagance?  Now Becky's getting confused. She doesn't want to say "no" to anyone. The plans are going ahead,  and soon it will be too late to turn back – from either wedding...

Our verdict

The author seems to be on and off in the Shopaholic series and this book she's definitely off.

We give it a 1.5 / 5 because most of the book is about Becky deliberating on whether to have the wedding in the USA or UK; plus she focuses on what other people want for the wedding. AS IF! She is Becky Bloomwood – total Shopaholic, and the only shopping for the wedding she did was for a dress (and she only visited one store); plus she organised gift registeries and went to a cake tasting appointment (that someone else pretty much forced her to go to).

This is the girl who buys silly things all the time – as if she wouldn't look through every bridal magazine and go through every single bridal shop to find the perfect everything... colour themes, napkins, flowers, bridesmaid dresses, decorations, etc. etc.! Becky's character in this book isn't in line with the other books. It was a let-down.

The last 50 pages are about the actual wedding happening... we would have liked the book to have the wedding just after half-way through the book and then for the rest to be about post-married ilfe, etc. Plus the way Luke proposes is just not what you do... The storyline is lacking for us.

And again (as with Confessions of a Shopaholic), Becky's just too sneaky, lies far too much and has too many secrets behind fiancé Luke's back – to the point of it just being annoying.