Product Description

Rebecca Bloomwood has the dream job. She's a personal shopper, so is able to spend other people's money all day instead of her own. And she gets paid for doing it. The perfect job, the perfect man - gorgeous Luke Brandon - and now...the perfect wedding. Yes, Luke has proposed and wedding bells are in sight. No excuses are needed to start the shopping trip of all time. And Becky's parents are just assuming that the wedding will be at home - a marquee in the garden and Becky in her mum's wedding dress, which she's been saving specially for the occasion. But Luke's mother has very different ideas - a huge affair in New York in a forest glade setting - or perhaps a Venetian Ball, or a fin de siecle extravagance? Now Becky's getting confused. She doesn't want to say 'no' to anyone. The plans are going ahead, and soon it will be too late to turn back - from either wedding...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1182 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Publisher
Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something else new…

From the Back Cover
For once in Becky Bloomwood’s life, things are going smoothly. She’s got the dream job as a personal shopper (spending other people’s money - and getting paid for it). She’s got a fabulous Manhattan apartment with her boyfriend Luke. They’ve even opened a joint bank account (although they can’t quite agree on whether a Miu Miu skirt counts as a household expense).
Then Luke proposes - and all of a sudden life gets hectic. Becky’s Mum wants her to get married in Oxshott and wear her old frilly wedding dress. Luke’s mother wants to host a grand extravaganza at the New York Plaza, complete with woodland glade and the New York Philharmonic.
Becky knows she has to sit down and decide - but to be honest, it’s a lot more fun tasting cake, trying on dresses and registering wedding presents. Time’s ticking by, plans are being made both sides of the Atlantic and soon she realises she’s in trouble...

Shopaholic Ties The Knot... because you only do it once. Don’t you?

About the Author
Sophie Kinsella is a writer and financial journalist. She is the author of two novels, the bestselling The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic and the sequel, Shopaholic Abroad.

Customer Reviews

The Best of Becky Bloomwood (Brandon)
Shopaholic Ties The Knot in my opinion is THE best in the Shopaholic series. This book is different from the others, because this book does not focus on Becky's spending habits and this time (miraculously) she does not end up thousands of pounds in the red.

In fact this book focus's on Becky as she prepares for her wedding to Luke, one of which is being planned by his mother (the Ice Queen) in New York and the other which is being planned by her mother at her home in Oxshott England. This book is a laugh a minute read as the reader wonders how on earth she can get to 2 weddings, on the same day, on 2 different sides of the atlantic but in true Becky Bloomwood fashion she manages it (without the use of a Visa Card) - although I'll leave you to read it and find out how.

Becky Bloodwood is a fantastic character creation and even if you aren't (like me) a shopaholic you can still relate to this story and laugh with her (and at her) at the hilarious scrapes she gets herself into. If you haven't read the first 2 books in the series then don't worry, you can still read this one and pick up the previous story as you go along. A definiate recommendation for every shopaholic & non shopaholic out there!

A thoroughly successful sequel
I loved the first two Shopaholic books, and I can thoroughly recommend the third in the series. When I heard that a trilogy was planned, I was apprehensive that there could be no more mileage in the format - in the first two books, Becky Bloomwood gets spectacularly into debt and manages to rescue the situation through a combination of luck and personal initiative. How could that work a third time? Fortunately, the author doesn't try to. The plot of Shopaholic Ties the Knot instead plunges Becky onto a rollercoaster dilemma unrelated to her spending habit, but arising nonetheless from her already established weaknesses. The cast of characters from the first two books are developed and deepened, and once again it's funny, light-hearted and spot on in its observations. It's also a compulsive page-turner and if I had nothing else going on, I probably wouldn't have put it down until I read it straight through. Extremely entertaining.

Sophie does it again!!!
What a great book! I couldn't put it down. Any savy girl can totally relate to Becky Bloomwood! Somehow Becky always gets herself into the most unusual situations, yet manages to make it through them. I laughed out loud throughout the entire book. Her dream career being a personal shopper and her dream man Luke, what more could a girl want (except for Sophie Kinsella to crank these books out quicker!!) All the shopaholic books are super, you won't be disappointed. (Hopefully this isn't the last of Becky Bloomwood Brandon!