March 15, 2003
Another entertaining entry in Kinsella's unabashedly fluffy Shopaholic" "series. Life could not get any better for Becky Bloomwood, the irresistibly daft heroine of "Confessions of a Shopaholic "(2001)" "and "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan "(2002). She has managed to parlay her personal and professional passions into a dream job as a personal shopper at Barney's, and she and her wildly successful boyfriend live a life of relative peace and prosperity in Manhattan's West Village. Well, at least they would if Becky could manage to curb her extravagant spending habits a bit. When Luke finally pops the question, a euphoric Becky manages to entangle herself in another rather sticky predicament. Becky's cozy mum back in England has planned a homespun wedding for her only daughter on the same day for which Luke's frosty society mother has booked the Plaza in New York. Two weddings on the same day, what's a committed consumer to do? Chock-full of the charming antics and asides that made the first two installments hilarious best-sellers. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)