Shopaholic Ties the Knot – Sophie Kinsella
Throw together a shopaholic like Rebecca Bloomwood (Becky) and a wedding together and thats a great potential for good chick lit. This books exploits the potentia well.
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Shophie Kinsella is the third book of the Shopaholic series and is set in New York. Boyfriend Luke Brandon joins Becky to set up the second branch of Brandon Communications at New York. At her best friend Suze’s wedding, Luke pop’s the question in the most romatic way ever and before she realizes it, Becky finds herself in the middle of cake tasting, grooming, shopping for the wedding dress and other such bridal activities. Wedding preparations are in full swing and she only has some minor details to figure out – like which continent to get married in. Yes, two weeks to the wedding and the preparations are at a fairly advanced stage on either side of the Atlantic scheduled for the same day. Luke’s mother, Elinor has planned a sophisticated plaza wedding with the theme, Snow White and Becky’s mother has planned a good wedding at a local church inviting people Becky cares about. Becky cannot say no to Elinor’s bash else she’ll be sued and she does not have the heart to say no to her mother’s bash. This is the problem Becky tries to get out of in the rest of the book.
The letters from Becky’s bank manager (in response to her’s) are much more hilarious in this book than the previous ones. There are some good take aways from this book – for instance, accidental spilling of tomato ketchup is a good way to hide certain critical words/numbers in your credit card bill. Again, a good feel-good book.
