This Christmas, things in Becky’s world are changing: her reliably boring parents decide to ditch cozy village life and become hipsters in east London an old boyfriend shows up with his new girlfriend, and they may or may not want to engage Becky and Luke in “multiplayer sex” Becky’s half-sister Jess (I love her) - whose militant dedication to sustainability, veganism, and eco-friendly living is the complete antithesis to everything Becky holds dear - seemingly refuses to get into the holiday spirit and, the biggest stress of all - Becky has to host Christmas Day at HER house. Becky also has a knack for getting herself into some unusual and awkward social situations, which she then must twist her way out of, much to the amusement of everyone around her. This newest installment in the Shopaholic series stars our girl Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood), a loveably ditzy but well-meaning woman who has a slight (okay, huge) shopping addiction that, amazingly and repeatedly, is funded by her very rich (and very understanding) husband, Luke. There’s the usual stress about Christmas shopping and Christmas day hosting, to which we can all relate, but there’s plenty of non-Christmas plot lines in there, too. Christmas Shopaholic isn’t a saccharine morsel of a novel, though you will want to devour it as quickly as possible. Which is why I was so delightfully charmed by Christmas Shopaholic. Although the story is centered around Christmas, Kinsella doesn’t hit you over the head with the holiday. I love these books for their holiday magic and sparkle, but sometimes I crave more mental stimulation and plot variation than what the Hallmark Channel can give me. On both counts, nothing could have surprised me more.Įvery December, I take a break from my more “serious reads” to indulge in a little Christmas reading - light, fluffy stories filled with messages of seasonal hope and love, a glowing tree and festive decorations, the drinking of cocoa and baking of cookies, and, quite frequently, a whirlwind holiday romance culminating in an impossibly too-soon engagement. It might also be the best book in Sophie Kinsella‘s Shopaholic series I’ve read in a long time.

Christmas Shopaholic may be the best Christmas book I’ve read in a long time.

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