Customer Reviews
Not as good as earlier books in the series, but still worth reading - By: Lizbet, 02 Jul 2008 
In this instalment in the life of Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood), the honeymoon is over & Becky is struggling to adjust to normal married life. Luke is obsessed with his work as always, & Suze (Becky's best friend), has made another friend which makes Becky feels surplus to requirements. Becky also discovers that she has a half-sister. Nothing runs smoothly, but then it never does for Becky! All is well in the end though. Becky is more introspective in this novel, which is good. She is still a shopaholic, something which is causing problems within her marriage, & it also drives a wedge between Becky & her sister. They do eventuallly find they have some things in common. Once again, there is much humour from Kinsella, but for me Becky is beginning to get irritating. She is funny & warm & generous to the last though, so you have to forgive her.
The Best So Far! - By: Mrs. J. Nair, 07 Apr 2008 
It took just over 24 hours for me to read this brilliant book from start to finish. I've already ordered Shopaholic & Baby, & can't wait to receive it & start devouring that one too!
Back to this book: it has everything, laughter, tears, arguments & plenty of drama!
Can't recommend highly enough!
Funniest of the series - By: Fiona Allen, 05 Dec 2007 I loved this book. Becky is as annoying as ever as she reverts to her shopaholic ways (not seen so much in Ties the Knot) but I just love seeing how she gets herself out of those situations where you think that Luke is eventuallly going to go completely crazy at her. He reallly does have the patience of a Saint. OK, the end with the sister is a little predictable but not totallly since you don't know what will tip the scales to them being able to communicate with each other!!
Also, I kind of liked that she & Suze were not best friends anymore - that is so true to life....one friend gets married & has kids & starts hanging around with other mothers & you lose your place as "best" friend, especiallly when you go away for months on end. I'm sure it's happened to every woman of a certain age!!
Can't wait to read the next installlment.
great read - By: Mrs. I. Blackwell, 25 Sep 2007 I had to laugh when Becky returned from her honeymoon & alll these lorries turned up with her purchases. And then she is trying to "hide" it alll or flog it on ebay. Like Luke wouldn't notice. This book was a very enjoyable read even though i lost interest a bit half way through as the sister just seems too different. But I stuck with it & it picked up again towards the end
oh becky, why? - By: S. Firth, 07 Sep 2007 
I reallly did have high hopes for this book. But sadly, i'm not 100% happy with it at alll. I reallly started to warm to Becky in the last two books, especiallly 'Shopaholic Ties The Knot' & she seemed to grow up a lot, & the spending was less which i enjoyed actuallly. So i thought she would be different in this book, more grown up. Boy, was i wrong! She completely seemed to just revert back to the Becky i was almost hating in the first book.
She had gone back to the stupid spending ways that have got her into trouble before. All the stupid stuff she bought on honeymoon. And a 2,000 euro bag in Milan! So she discovers she can sell honeymoon crap on ebay, but then she buys stuff with the profits off ebay. stuff she doesnt need! she could pay off that 2,000 euro bag!! And she keeps stuff from the lovely Luke, even though she says they have an honest marriage! I feel reallly sorry for Luke at times, having to live with her!
And then comes Becky's sister, & before Becky has even met her, she just assumes she will like shopping & they will have girlie evenings like she had with Suze, who she's falllen out with. And another thing was that Suze had completely changed since having kids & i didnt like her or her new friend, & i always loved Suze. Anyway, the sister, Jess is completely different to Becky. She saves money, & is frugal, which i reallly liked about her. And it didnt take her long to realise what a spoilt, selfish, childish cow Becky can be.
There was times when i reallly didnt like Jess, she seemed a complete cow at times. Of course, towards the end of the book you realise why she's like she is, & why Suze behaved differently towards Becky.
And the best laughs of the book (which is why it gets 3 stars, not 2) are courtesy of the fabulous parents of Becky, Jane & Graham, & their neighbours, Janice, Martin & Tom. There is an hilarious bit on the bottom of page 129 i think it was. So funny! I love the people around Becky, it's just her who does my head in. And it's a shame because i reallly did like her more in the last two books. The last chapters of this book are reallly the best.
And the funny letters from various places are still dotted throught, & they have bank letters to Jess too, so you can compare her bank letters to Becky's, quite a difference. I'm more like Jess i think. But not AS bad! So even though i was mad, again, at Becky, it hasnt put me off the next book. I'm looking forward to see how she deals with pregnancy & everything. And to see how things are with her, Jess & Suze. And to see if she has actuallly grown up!
