Book Review: Shopaholic to the Stars

Book: Shopaholic To The Stars (Shopaholic book #7) by Sophie Kinsella

Source: Library

Rating: 1 star

Review:

I'm so glad I didn't buy this, Shopaholic to the Stars was not one of Sophie Kinsella's better books and it's definitely my least favorite out of the Shopaholic series. This was a jumbled boring mess of a story that went no where. Honestly, there was really no plot in this.

In this story, the Brandons are heading to Los Angeles (temporarily) because of Luke's job. Even though they are only planning to stay there for three months, Becky has decided to start a career as a personal stylist and has her heart set on styling for one of Luke's clients the fabulous Sage Seymour, a famous actress.

While taking her daughter Minnie to her new pre-school Becky runs into an old acquaintance Alicia Billington who has a connection to the school. In between trying to get Minnie settled and trying to break into personal styling, Becky was taking new age classes at Golden Peace to help her stop shopping. Becky was only taking those classes at that high profile and expensive new age center to meet celebrities. Those classes didn't help because she was still spending a lot of money if anything Golden Peace seems like a scam and a cult. Meanwhile, Becky got the chance to hang out with her best friend Suze who came to visit L.A. with her husband and kids. Unfortunately, Suze's husband Tarquin may have been enticed by Golden Peace's cult like philosophy.

Becky's father also goes to L.A. because he said he needed to fix something. With all of this going on, Becky has been enjoying the limelight of Hollywood and neglecting her family and friends to concentrate on her career as a stylist. Luke's mother was also in town looking to reconcile with him.

There was not much happening in the story but from time to time there were some funny moments but not enough of them to save this dreck of a story. There was really no purpose to this story and at one point, Becky and Suze were extras in a movie which somehow led to Becky finally getting closer to being a personal stylist.

After reading this all I can say is, oh Becky, what happened to you. This is not the Becky that had me interesting in reading about her funny adventures through six books. This Becky is shallow and immature and not so bright. All she cares about is herself. What happened to the kind hearted, fun, smart Becky who just so happened to have a shopping problem? She's gone and was replaced with this celebrity obsessed vapid person. I couldn't help feeling sorry for Luke because Becky was so exasperating and extremely selfish and she barely spent any time with their daughter Minnie who went from being adorable to being a brat.

But one thing I did have to agree with Becky that Alicia had not changed and was still being a huge jerk to her. But now she's hiding it all behind her new age transformation which Becky wasn't buying.

There is a scene near the end of the story were Becky says "I think I lost the plot a bit" and I have to agree. The plot for this was so thin it was nonexistent. I can't reiterate enough how selfish and celebrity and famed obsessed Becky was. She didn't care about anything or anyone but herself.

What makes me even more annoyed with this less than stellar book was that it ended with a cliffhanger.

I have really enjoyed reading the Shopaholic books they were fun and well-written, now it just feels like the author has lost sight of her own series.