REVIEW: Shopaholic Ties the Knot

Book: Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Shopaholic #3
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Page Count: 394
Star Rating: 5 Stars!

Picture your typical romance…girls meets boy…girl and boy move in together…girl spends boy’s hard-earned dollar…girl and boy move to New York…girl and boy get married…twice?!

 

By now, we know Becky like the back of our hands, so we should have guessed she would want two weddings! Or does she? When Luke proposes, Becky’s mum (bless her!) wastes no time in booking the local church, and even asks Becky to wear her own sausage-roll wedding dress. Now, Becky admits that her mum looked gorgeous in her wedding pictures, but there is NO chance she’s wearing that…thing!

 

So, as Becky and Luke return home to New York and Becky (naturally) shows off her new, huge, sparkly diamond, Becky’s mum and, of course, Janice from next door, start making all of the arrangements. Becky’s biggest worry seems to be whether to go for swans or Bishop’s hats or the napkins…yeah, right! Luke has arranged for Becky to lunch with Elinor, his natural mother (we know by this point that she’s a complete cow), and Becky is surprised to be introduced to ‘her’ wedding planner! If that ain’t bad enough (like Elinor would really stop there!), the wedding has been booked…at the Plaza Hotel!

 

So, naturally, the first thing Becky does is decide which wedding she wants, and cancels the other *cough*. Nah, we know Bex by now. Of course, both sets of wedding arrangements go ahead, in two countries, for the same day. I ain’t gonna ruin the surprise, but you’ll thank me for that one day…suffice to say, things get messy, but in a style that only Becky seems to possess, all is well at the end of the day!

 

Now, as with Shopaholic Abroad, although Becky is the main character, my heart belongs to another. Michael (Luke’s business buddy) has got to be the best character in this book, with his quiet support, his unwavering loyalty, and the conspiratorial smile he shares with Becky as he conducts the…wedding?...ceremony.

 

A page-turner throughout, Sophie Kinsella just keeps on giving with this instalment of her famous series…stay tuned, folks…it ain’t over yet!