Title : Shopaholic ties the knot
Author : Sophie Kinsella
Genre : Checklist ; Rom-Com ; Humor
Pages : 400
Blurb
For once in Becky Bloomwood’s life, things are going smoothly. She’s got the dream job as a personal shopper (spending other people’s money – and getting paid for it). She’s got a fabulous Manhattan apartment with her boyfriend Luke. They’ve even opened a joint bank account (although they can’t quite agree on whether a Miu Miu skirt counts as a household expense).
Then Luke proposes – and all of a sudden life gets hectic. Becky’s Mum wants her to get married in Oxshott and wear her old frilly wedding dress. Luke’s mother wants to host a grand extravaganza at the New York Plaza, complete with woodland glade and the New York Philharmonic.
Becky knows she has to sit down and decide – but to be honest, it’s a lot more fun tasting cake, trying on dresses and registering wedding presents. Time’s ticking by, plans are being made both sides of the Atlantic and soon she realises she’s in trouble…
Shopaholic Ties The Knot… because you only do it once. Don’t you?
Review
Shopaholic ties the knot is the third book in the Shopaholic series. As it says in the title and the blurb, this book is all about Becky Bloomwood getting married to her boyfriend Luke Brandon and the hardcore preparation going on the backdrop of their wedding.
Becky’s life is just perfect and she is about to get her perfect dream wedding but the problem is she is confused between the classic countryside wedding that her mother is planning for her and the grand extravagant princess kinda wedding her mother-in-law, Elinor Sherman offered to host. If she chooses Manhattan wedding over her mother’s Oxshott wedding, her mother will be deeply hurt, on the other hand, if she chooses her mother’s wedding over her Mother-in-law’s extravagant Manhattan wedding, she will regret missing out the best opportunity to have her dream wedding. The confusion, dilemma and unsettlement of Becky Bloomwood was ultimately understandable and relatable, the author has beautifully portrayed these feelings of Becky through her wonderful words.
Usually weddings are fun to attend and experience and this book just does the same. It broadcasts two different weddings and it’s preparations at greater extend by showing all the minute details of it. Shopaholic ties the knot will make the readers experience both the weddings magnificently. The way Becky’s mom and her neighbor Janice Webster does the preps was lovely and heart touching. The book also focus on the way The Wedding Planners in Manhattan works and Becky’s Manhattan Wedding Planner Robyn is a star, her working style and everything about her work was commendable. The upcoming fashion designer and Becky’s new friend cum neighbor, Danny graciously occupied the spot of a funny friend in the absence of Suze but that doesn’t mean Suze wouldn’t make her appearance in this book, she played a remarkable role as always in this book too. She has grown more matured and acted as the responsible one between both Becky and her.
Throughout the past two books in the series, Luke has been portrayed as someone who knows his shit and an epitome of perfection but in this book the author has managed to showcase the human side of Luke, it was really personal and was good to know him at that level. His relationship with his mother Elinor was also penned down elaborately, how that affects him as well as his relationship with Becky shaped the course of the story. Certain characteristics and behavior of Elinor Sherman will make the readers hate her as much as Becky does.
In this book Becky wasn’t overspending too much which was a good character development but her other stupidities remained the same, which was so Becky and that’s of course her trademark which isn’t worth losing. Her job as a personal shopper was exciting, this job was something tailor-made of Becky. And her relationship with her clients was really nice to read.
The most exciting part of this book was the way in which Becky and Luke gets married. The entire wedding procession was so good to read and experience. This kind of fulfillment can only be experienced by Sophie Kinsella’s writings. Also the way Luke believes Becky blindly and follow her lead throughout the wedding was adorable and it will make the readers fall in love with him deeper. (Told you, he is a worthy book boyfriend)
And as usual all the supporting characters played their role perfectly. Though the book mainly revolves around Becky Bloomwood, without the supporting characters supporting the plot like scaffolding, this book wouldn’t have been as great as it is now.
My views
I loved the way Luke proposed to Becky and I also really loved how the book ended with a perfect wedding. Throughout the book I was as confused as Becky and couldn’t think rationally because both the weddings were too good and it was really hard to leave one behind for another. The author has tremendously sketched the plot with everything falling into the right place in the end. And like in all the previous books in the series this book too has got funny letters from bank, stores, law firm and stuff and I really enjoyed reading those letters. If you are too lazy to read this book or any book, start reading with these letters in the series, I’m sure you’ll end up reading the whole series.
As usual I would suggest Sophie Kinsella’s books to anybody who wants to have a happy and humorous read. Chicklit and rom-com lovers will ultimately enjoy it. If you are someone who loves watching wedding processions and simply loves weddings itself, then this book is definitely for you.
My rating for this book would be 4 / 5 stars
Book 1 : The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella : Book Review
Book 2 : Shopaholic Abroad by Sophie Kinsella : Book Review
Hope you will love this book.
Happy Reading Folks!!
~Meenu
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