Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
In the beginning when Luke and Becky are away for a weekend in the country; Becky ship off her clothes to the hotel but realized it wasn’t there when she arrives. She panic but manage to stay calm until her clothes arrived. I agree w/ Becky that good luggage is a good investment. The treadmill part was hilarious; I can't help but laugh out loud that I had tears in my eyes! Later at a dinner, she found out it was her bf’s new business partners. How embarrassing! Haha..
As Becky finds herself in the shopping districts of Manhattan, we can hardly expect her to pass up on all of the savings! From designer sample sales to visiting the Guggenheim-well not the actual museum; Sample sale-marked down 50-70 percent off. =) Girls, You know you don't need them. You buy them anyway b/c you're saving money. It happens to us sometimes, just not extreme as Becky. She always had an excuse to shop or why she needs it. She then starts spending money like crazy, runs up debt, and avoids paying her bills and end up getting herself in even bigger trouble than she in London.
Her past catches up with her; her financial situation is splashed all over the front page of "Daily World", a tabloid in London has reported about London's top financial consultant Becky owes many pounds to London shops and still spends her time shopping till she drops in all of New York's finest stores. All of the sudden, her New York prospects are not interested in her. Things get pretty out-of-hand when she’s back in London; she was fired from her job. She tries to stay positive but it’s so hard that she got depress for a few days.
She comes to her senses and realizes she must pay off her debts. I agree w/ Becky, ‘When you get yourself into a mess; take action to get yourself out.“ She manages pay off her debts; keep Luke from losing his business completely without him knowing until the end. I’m proud of her for raising money and paying off her debt completely w/out taking the money from Tarquin. Luke finally shows up at the airport to stop Becky from leaving, he begs her to stay and even offer her a job so she wouldn’t have to leave. He even thank her for secretly helping him save his company and tells her that it was not her fault but instead he got her into this mess. At the end, I’m glad she didn’t drop everything like she did for Luke to go to New York; instead she leaves Luke in London to go pursuit her new career in the America. (Sometimes we need to do things for ourselves.)
I think this was my favorite sequel. It’s simple, fun and very entertaining book. =) Luke's reactions were even funnier and now I really wish I had a friend like Suze. I did in fact stay up all night reading it; the last few chapters were so good. =) I think I should just start reading the last few chapters of all books.
