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Title: Christmas ShopaholicAuthor: Sophie KinsellaFormat reviewed: PaperbackSource: PurchasedPublisher: Black SwanPublication Date: 1st October 2020Rating: 5 Stars
The brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel from the Number One bestselling author.
Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) adores Christmas. It's always the same – Mum and Dad hosting, carols playing, Mum pretending she made the Christmas pudding, and the next-door neighbours coming round for sherry in their terrible festive jumpers.
And now it's even easier with online bargain-shopping sites – if you spend enough you even get free delivery. Sorted!
But this year looks set to be different. Unable to resist the draw of craft beer and smashed avocado, Becky's parents are moving to ultra-trendy Shoreditch and have asked Becky if she'll host Christmas this year. What could possibly go wrong?
With sister Jess demanding a vegan turkey, husband Luke determined that he just wants aftershave again, and little Minnie insisting on a very specific picnic hamper – surely Becky can manage all this, as well as the surprise appearance of an old boyfriend and his pushy new girlfriend, whose motives are far from clear . . .
Will chaos ensue, or will Becky manage to bring comfort and joy to Christmas?
Without a doubt, 10000000% the best Shopaholic book to date, and my new all time favourite not only of the series but of Sophie Kinsella's.
How have we not seen Becky Brandon deal with Christmas before, it seems like such an obvious fit for a shopaholic, but anyway I'm so so glad this book now exists. I was fabulous.
I lost count of the amount of times I laughed, giggled, snorted and generally made mirth like noises while reading, my face hurts from grinning and there was even one rather beautiful moment where tears were pricking my eyes.
I thought Wedding Night was the authors funniest book, but this one really does take the crown. It is the author at the top of her game, and my only regret is that it finished. Although with the last words of the book I can't help but hope there will be more Shopaholic in the future.
If you have never read a shopaholic book book, where have you been over the last decade - the whole series is just superb and even though I sometimes find it hard to remember characters for a series, especially one that isn't released in quick succession, from the first page or two I was back in Becky's world and loving every last word of it.
Dont' ask me if it can be read as a standalone, I was far too busy enjoying seeing Becky's approach to online shopping, trying to work out if she can host Christmas, making up new marketable concepts, her quest for the perfect Christmas, and all the zaniness that only she and her friends and family can provide - to worry whether anyone unfamiliar with the series would be able to follow!
The mind boggles as to all of Becky's thought processes and this really is an ode to shopping, she tries to save money, she on advice of Jess tries to shop ethically, she has a massive quest for the perfect present for Luke which is beyond what I'd imagine most wives would attempt for their husbands. It's pure genius.
All the familiar faces are present, and we get to see Becky's parent's in a new light as they move to Shoreditch and try to embrace a whole new, much younger person's lifestyle!
This is 425 pages of pure pleasure, complete and utter joy, and why oh why did it have to end! This is a must have, must read for any Shopaholic fan, any fan of Sophie Kinsella, for fans of shopping and for hilarious rom-coms. It's easily one of my favourite books this Christmas season and possibly of the year!
Is it a stand along? I'm joking. This seems like a great book and with the Festive season coming it comes in fabulous timing!
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