Monday, November 30, 2009

Book Review - Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

In what has to be the last book of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series, Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood)is back in 'Shopaholic & Baby' and yes, horrors of horrors, Becky is going to be a mother! Heavens, will she grow up in time for this responsibility?

Becky should be a responsible adult - she's a respectable married woman (to that hunky Luke Brandon who is still so enigmatic to me even though this is the 5th book!), well employed as a personal shopper at a trendy London boutique, AND she is pregnant and about to have a baby!

Sophie Kinsella scrapes the barrel in the plot for this novel - basically, she shows how silly and out-touch-with reality people can be with the obsession over shopping only in upscale baby boutiques, snagging the IT celebrity ob-gyn, the latest in 21st century strollers.

Pumped up with pregnancy hormones and the extra weight, Becky is extra insecure and suspects that her hubbie Luke is having an affair with her ob-gyne Venetia (who also happens to be Luke's ex!) - and Becky's kinda half right there... So, will Becky triumph in the end and have her happy ever after?

Well, all I can say is that I did hope for a happy ever after, since to be honest, I don't think I can stomach another book in this series. There's a point where you have to admit that a gimmick is all played out, and that point occurred in book #4 for me.

Check out Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella on Amazon!

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