Dang! At the beginning of the story, Becky and Luke are still on their 10 months round-the-world honeymoon! =) Must be nice! It has actually been one very long world-traveling shopping spree for Becky without Luke finding out until they’re back in London. How much can one buy? Well, then you don’t really know Becky. He jokingly gives her a $20p per week allowances (for fun), she secretly manage to sell all her honeymoon junk on ebay for extra income; at the end the truth always comes out when she accidentally sold something that doesn’t belong to her.
When the couple returns to London from Milan. Becky finds her world has turned upside down. Suze has replaced her with an insufferable woman named LuLu. Then she was surprise when her parents introduced her long-lost sister, Jess. Becky’s particularly eager to have a sister as she felt that her best friend, Suze, had replaced Becky while she was away. Becky dreams of them going shopping together and laughing the way sisters do. However they are totally opposite, Jess saves money wherever possible from reusing coffee grounds to makes kitchen scourers out of old onion bags. Jess seems to only be interested in rocks and doesn't want to really get to know her new family. While Becky thinks nothing of spending 2000 Euros on an Angel handbag in Milan and continues to hope that there is something there, some sisterly bond that will link the two women.
Of course, things don’t always goes as planned. They argue to the point where they don’t talk to each other, after some time Becky decided she wouldn’t give up. She then goes visit Jess and then learned about her sister’s life. Finally after a few misunderstanding and a broken ankle, they bonded and became good friends/sister. At the end, she realized Luke is not mad at her and Suze does care about her.
A few of favorite parts from the novels: At the beginning of story during their honeymoon in Sri Lanka, she didn’t realize she ran over hot coals to catch up with the man who was selling some jewelry; then Luke makes fun of her. When she has an emergency credit card hidden in her compacts-Code Red! Haha. Coming back from London, Luke discovers she brought 2-truck load of junks and demand her to clear out the junks. The part where she supposes to go horseback riding, instead she went shopping w. the horse.
Ok, =) I’m hooked on Sophie Kinsella’s novels. It’s just fun and relaxing to read, especially after a stressful day or week. Yes, her books are not for everyone especially NOT for GUYS! Becky Bloomwood can be very annoying and irritating, but is still loveable just like her sexy husband Luke! Ok, Somehow I skipped “Shopaholic Takes Manhattan” and “Shopaholic Ties the Knot”. I can’t wait to read it and then back to “Shopaholic and Baby”. I wonder if this would be the end? I hope not… =(
