Shopaholic Ties The Knot (Shopaholic # 3) - Sophie Kinsella
Life has been good for Becky Bloomwood: She’s become the best personal shopper at Barneys, she and her successful entrepreneurial boyfriend, Luke, are living happily in Manhattan’s West Village, and her new next-door neighbor is a fashion designer! But with her best friend, Suze, engaged, how can Becky fail to notice that her own ring finger is bare? Not that she’s been thinking of marriage (or diamonds) or anything . . . Then Luke proposes! Bridal registries dance in Becky’s head. Problem is, two other people are planning her wedding: Becky’s overjoyed mother has been waiting forever to host a backyard wedding, with the bride resplendent in Mum’s frilly old gown. While Luke’s high-society mother is insisting on a glamorous, all-expenses-paid affair at the Plaza. Both weddings for the same day. And Becky can’t seem to turn down either one. Can everyone’s favorite shopaholic tie the knot before everything unravels?
I hear wedding bells! Becky's got everything she could've ever dreamed of. A great job at Barney's, a best friend Suze (who just got married), and her wonderful boyfriend Luke. Everything's coming up roses for her, but we all know that disaster is just waiting around the corner. When Luke proposed to her, Becky thought she knew what she wanted, the dream wedding in Oxshott, or according to Luke's mother, Elinor, a fabulous all expense paid wedding ceremony and reception at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
She must listen to her heart, even though her wallet is itching to just give into Elinor's demands and spend spend spend.
This book definitely changed my opinion for the series, I still like Becky, but I'm a bit more annoyed that she'll never outgrow her old habits, i.e.: spending too much, lying to Luke about it, and then trying to patch things up (what a mess).
My only other criticism is that Luke, Suze, and everyone else just forgives Becky for all her shortcomings while it's really admirable of them, it's just too frustrating.
Consequences and conflict are two things that seem to be a bit unrealistic in Becky's world, but I think it also makes for a great series.
I'm still a fan, don't get me wrong.
Rating: ★★★★★