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Average rating3.3
Sophie Kinsella has conquered the hearts of millions with her New York Times bestselling Shopaholic novels, which feature the irresistible one-woman shopping phenomenon Becky Bloomwood. Now Becky's back in a hilarious, heartwarming tale of married life, best friends, and long-lost sisters (and the perils of simply having to own an Angel handbag!).What's a round-the-world honeymoon if you can't buy the odd souvenir to ship back home? Like the Chinese urns and twenty silk dressing gowns Becky found in Hong Kong...the five kilim rugs from Turkey...the splendid hand-carved dining table (and ten chairs) from Sri Lanka...the, um, huge wooden giraffes from Malawi (that her husband Luke expressly forbade her to buy)...Only now Becky and Luke have returned home to London and Luke is furious. Two truckloads of those souvenirs have cluttered up their usually immaculate loft, and the bills for them are outrageous. Becky's even maxed out on her second secret credit card, and she doesn't have a new job yet! Luke insists she go on a budget. And worse: her beloved best friend Suze has found a new best friend while Becky was away. Becky's feeling rather blue--when her parents deliver some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky is thrilled! She's convinced her sister will be a true soulmate. They'll go shopping together, drink cappuccinos together, have manicures together, and watch their favorite videos together.Until she meets Jessica for the first time and gets the shock of her life. Surely Becky Bloomwood's sister can't...hate shopping?From the Hardcover edition.
Series
9 primary booksShopaholic is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2 with contributions by Sophie Kinsella.
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Classic Bex! Letting her good intentions get her into all sorts of mischief, including being completely lost on how to vibe with her newfound sister. Bex has this totally believable tendency to build up ideas in her head of how people/relationships should be that she overlooks the reality. I really love the Bex and Jess dynamic and wish there was more of them in the series.
This book serves a several purposes:
1) What happens after Bex and Luke's happily ever after Book 1.
2) Bex's personal growth when she realizes her sister Jess has different, unfamiliar passions and that's okay.
3) Bex's morality and emotional self-awareness out-shining her conspicuous consumerism.
4) The social rift when some friends become parents earlier than everyone else.
Love this book--it delivers on all promises and it's one of the best in the series.