Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) is back in Sophie Kinsella's fourth book 'Shopaholic & Sister' in her highly successful series. Personally, I think that the whole Shopaholic series is all played out, but Ms Kinsella is still pushing for as long as this ride lasts.
Becky is high flying and has had an amazing year! Somehow, Luke has agreed to go on a round-the-world honeymoon (slash shopping) trip with her, where Becky has managed to also indulge her spendthrift ways. But Becky goes crashing back on the ground when the couple go back to London.
Luke is none too happy when Becky's honeymoon purchases show up, and is buried back at work pretty soon. An increasingly insecure Becky finds that life has moved on while she went on her year-long jaunt around the world - her best friend Suze has found a new best friend AND Becky finds out that she has a hitherto undiscovered older half-sister Jessica (a product of Becky's dad's indiscretions before marrying Becky's mom).
Becky figures out that she gets to have the best of both worlds - why not befriend her new half-sister and end up with a new best friend of her very own? Unfortunately, Jessica turns out to be anti- Becky with her thrifty anti-shopping approach to life. Horrors!
Becky ends up wallowing in angst she has never had to deal with before (including a purchase that could possibly put a wedge between her and Luke), but will she be able to turn things around in the nick of time for her happiness as before?
The answer is of course yes for the irrepressible Becky, but I have to say that this is the least winning-est book yet in this series. It's hard not to be annoyed by how Becky never seems to learn her lessons and yet, how everyone around her always end up giving her a free pass in the end.
Check out Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella on Amazon!
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