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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 in rural Surrey wants one thing, Luke’s mother in New York wants the complete opposite. Becky knows she has to sit down and decide – but to be honest, it’s a lot more fun testing cake, trying on dresses and registering wedding presents. But time’s ticking by, plans are being made both sides of the Atlantic and soon she realizes she’s in trouble…

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Shopaholic Ties the Knot Review

E.P. Clark

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nail-Biting and Hilarious at the Same Time!
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2016

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So, I’m totally in love with the Shopaholic series, but this book was the one I had the most difficulty relating to. I’m still giving it five stars because I think it was really well-done, but the conflict in this one was difficult for me to deal with–almost TOO scary! I’d like to say that nothing like that would ever happen to me, just like I’d like to say that I’d never get into debt and throw away my bills without reading them, but…it’s like reading about all my worst fears! I don’t want to say any more and spoil the plot, so you, dear reader, will have to read it yourself to find out just what was so nail-biting.

Which is one of the achievements of this series. It seems so lighthearted and glittery, and it is, but it uses its surface glitter to tap into deep-seated fears and problems. How do you deal with the fact that you have recurring patterns of behavior that you can’t seem to control and that repeatedly cause problems for you and the people you love? How do you deal with the conflicting demands of your family, your in-laws, and your own desires? How do you stop things that you’ve innocently set into motion out of a desire not to make things bad, but that are now threatening to blow up in your face? Becky Bloomwood is peculiarly like a figure out of classical or Shakespearean tragedy (snobs, stop your howls of outrage!), caught up in the inevitability of her fate and her character, it’s just that her problems come wrapped up in Vera Wang wedding dresses. Technically there’s so much to love here, despite a certain repetition that keeps repeating itself (haha!) as the series goes on, and scholars of literary technique would do well to study the apparent lighthearted effortless that Kinsella imbues her plot with, even as she draws subtly on tricks from detective and horror fiction in order to keep the tension ramped up to high.

RYCJ

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5.0 out of 5 stars 100%, Absolutely, Unequivocally, take sides with a Shopaholic!
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2009

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Kinsella’s writing style was a pleasure to read. The antics were plentiful, and they start as soon as you open the book. The letters to the bank and from the bank, the shopping sprees, and Becky’s excuses and conniving rational during and after each were just far over the top humor.

Can’t call them tips as I think Becky and I might be running neck and neck, but there are lots of tricks in this one… like the explanation of how the white out got on the bank statement, but then damn, the clunk of gook falls off and Luke sees what she’s tried to hide. Darn it, she should have spilled ketchup on it… like she did the last time! Hilarious! The discussion about the Mui Mui skirt and when Luke again argues about her spending, her getting choked up on her own brilliance playing the victim. Hysterical! Suze’s going into labor and there’s Becky again, obligated to go shopping for the baby and her friend… I mean, come on now, …when she can’t find an inflatable ball (the kind that would cushion Suze’s back), she settles for a canoe… and funnier… has the salesman inflate it. This just goes on and on… the antics in so abundance that it’s remarkable following this smooth yarn without so much as one knot in the story.

All of the characters are endearing, to include Elinor who wasn’t exactly painted with a soft charm brush meant to win over admirers. And still that fru-fru woman won me over. I, in fact, liked her as much as I enjoyed Becky’s conniving deeds. Both of them `two peas in a pod’ made the story a charming read. Very easy on the eyes and light on the heart anticipating what they were up to next. My only problem was, …sssh… validating my own spending habits using Becky’s logic, which as I see from the reviews, it’s not ONLY ME!

This is a book good to carry in your purse, or in your pocket. It goes down easy whether you’re having a good day or bad day, and definitely is a winner for those guilty days when you know good and well you’ve spent too much! I’d be very surprised to find that this is the only `aholic book of Kinsella’s I like.

About Sophie Kinsella Author Of Shopaholic Ties the Knot pdf Book

Sophie Kinsella Author Of Shopaholic Ties the Knot pdf Book is a writer and former financial journalist. She is the number one bestselling author of Can You Keep a Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, My Not So Perfect Life, Surprise Me, the hugely popular Shopaholic novels and the Young Adult novel Finding Audrey. She lives in the UK with her husband and family. She is also the author of the children’s series Mummy Fairy and Me / Fairy Mom and Me, and several bestselling novels under the name of Madeleine Wickham. Visit her website at www.sophiekinsella.co.uk.