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Queen of Babble #3
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
Big mouth. Big heart.
Big wedding. Big problems.
It's the wedding of the century!
Things are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the love of her life, Jean-Luc, has finally proposed. Life's become a dizzying whirl of wedding gown fittings—not necessarily her own—as Lizzie prepares for her dream wedding at her fiancé's château in the south of France.
But the dream soon becomes a nightmare as the best man—whom Lizzie might once have accidentally slept with . . . no, really, just slept—announces his total lack of support for the couple, a sentiment the maid of honor happens to second; Lizzie's Midwestern family can't understand why she doesn't want to have her wedding in the family backyard; her future, oh-so-proper French in-laws seem to be slowly trying to lure the groom away from medical school and back into investment banking; and Lizzie finds herself wondering if her Prince Charming really is as charming as she once believed.
Is Lizzie really ready to embrace her new role as wife and mistress of Château Mirac? Or is she destined to fall into another man's arms . . . and into the trap of becoming a Bad Girl instead?
Big wedding. Big problems.
It's the wedding of the century!
Things are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the love of her life, Jean-Luc, has finally proposed. Life's become a dizzying whirl of wedding gown fittings—not necessarily her own—as Lizzie prepares for her dream wedding at her fiancé's château in the south of France.
But the dream soon becomes a nightmare as the best man—whom Lizzie might once have accidentally slept with . . . no, really, just slept—announces his total lack of support for the couple, a sentiment the maid of honor happens to second; Lizzie's Midwestern family can't understand why she doesn't want to have her wedding in the family backyard; her future, oh-so-proper French in-laws seem to be slowly trying to lure the groom away from medical school and back into investment banking; and Lizzie finds herself wondering if her Prince Charming really is as charming as she once believed.
Is Lizzie really ready to embrace her new role as wife and mistress of Château Mirac? Or is she destined to fall into another man's arms . . . and into the trap of becoming a Bad Girl instead?
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Meg Cabot
267 books35.3k followersLibrarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
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October 8, 2014
The second and third book in the series were awful!! She totally ruined the romance of the first one...
It's as if Jane Austen decided to write Pride and Prejudice II and III and by the end of the third book had Mr. Darcy being a real prick, had Elisabeth and Mr. Bigley secretly in love with each other and getting married, and dear Jane become a lesbian. It would spoil the story, wouldn't it?
So please authors, if you don't know how to develop a love story, don't go ruining it to sell more books... write about something else.
It's as if Jane Austen decided to write Pride and Prejudice II and III and by the end of the third book had Mr. Darcy being a real prick, had Elisabeth and Mr. Bigley secretly in love with each other and getting married, and dear Jane become a lesbian. It would spoil the story, wouldn't it?
So please authors, if you don't know how to develop a love story, don't go ruining it to sell more books... write about something else.
April 7, 2012
First off, let me say that I only read this book because the book club I'm trying to get into picked this as their read this month. I am only sticking with the bookclub after this book, because the person hosting sent out an email apology for how bad this book is. So I know I'm not going to be surrounded by women gushing about this stupid book.
Aaaagggggghhhh! Awful book. In the beginning I could only stand to read this one chapter at a time. As I got closer to the end, I read a big chunk at once, sort of like chugging something that tastes bad, so it'd be done sooner.
I detested Lizzie. What a hot mess! Chaz was more likable, but much less formed as a character. He seemed to exist only to be the object of Lizzie's lust/ hate/ confusion. (I say lust because I seriously don't think she was capable of loving, maybe other than her grandmother. When she thinks she's in love with Luke, she just gushes about how handsome and muscular he is. And when she's with Chaz, she talks about externals too.) Anyway, so I found no reason why Chaz would have liked her, much less loved her. She was an emotional wreck, incapable of realizing she didn't love someone she got engaged to anyway, or breaking it off, even when she realized she didn't love him, and she "loved" someone else, with whom she'd been sleeping for days/ weeks. I thought Lizzie was immature and selfish and undisciplined. Reading about her obsessive love of Diet Coke and junk food, and her resulting weight gain, and her embarrassment about it, resulting in fake stuff like Spanx and hiding her weight from her fiance...just wasn't enjoyable. I didn't like her. I didn't know why someone seemingly decent like Chaz would either. Or Luke, for that matter. then again, Chaz loves her, and his best friend is skeezy "perfect" Luke. so maybe he's not so nice as she likes to pretend he is either.
The book wasn't even subtle about ANY of this. From the first few pages, you know exactly where this is heading, but you still have to listen to endless repetitions/ variations on "Chaz and Lizzie, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and Lizzie screaming "no, no I don't. Take it back, or I'll tell Mom" or something immature like that. It's obvious who she liked and where it was going. Luke was barely a character, just an additional foil for her neuroses.
Her sisters were detestable. Her grandmother was a hot mess too. Her sidekicks--Monique and Tiffany and the rest--are annoying at best, and very trashy. I hated the constant name brand dropping--it's tacky, and unnecessary, and totally dates a book. Ava was annoying too. And I was completely annoyed and offended by her portrayal of Valencia, who is presented as detestable, for apparent crimes like self-control in public, being smart and accomplished, beautiful, and well groomed. Petty females like Lizzie are the worst. I went to college. I behave in public. I prefer to look neat and organized in public. I guess I'm the Devil too, in Lizzie's book. If she's so dumb she doesn't even read books, really, that's her fault. Not anyone else's. Her insecurities, and her pettiness because of it, drove me batty!
I really didn't like a single thing about this book (The wedding gown business/ her job was only mildly interesting.) I do not understand, based on this book, how this author is as popular/ well-published of an author as she is. I certainly doubt I'll ever (willingly) read anything by her again.
Aaaagggggghhhh! Awful book. In the beginning I could only stand to read this one chapter at a time. As I got closer to the end, I read a big chunk at once, sort of like chugging something that tastes bad, so it'd be done sooner.
I detested Lizzie. What a hot mess! Chaz was more likable, but much less formed as a character. He seemed to exist only to be the object of Lizzie's lust/ hate/ confusion. (I say lust because I seriously don't think she was capable of loving, maybe other than her grandmother. When she thinks she's in love with Luke, she just gushes about how handsome and muscular he is. And when she's with Chaz, she talks about externals too.) Anyway, so I found no reason why Chaz would have liked her, much less loved her. She was an emotional wreck, incapable of realizing she didn't love someone she got engaged to anyway, or breaking it off, even when she realized she didn't love him, and she "loved" someone else, with whom she'd been sleeping for days/ weeks. I thought Lizzie was immature and selfish and undisciplined. Reading about her obsessive love of Diet Coke and junk food, and her resulting weight gain, and her embarrassment about it, resulting in fake stuff like Spanx and hiding her weight from her fiance...just wasn't enjoyable. I didn't like her. I didn't know why someone seemingly decent like Chaz would either. Or Luke, for that matter. then again, Chaz loves her, and his best friend is skeezy "perfect" Luke. so maybe he's not so nice as she likes to pretend he is either.
The book wasn't even subtle about ANY of this. From the first few pages, you know exactly where this is heading, but you still have to listen to endless repetitions/ variations on "Chaz and Lizzie, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and Lizzie screaming "no, no I don't. Take it back, or I'll tell Mom" or something immature like that. It's obvious who she liked and where it was going. Luke was barely a character, just an additional foil for her neuroses.
Her sisters were detestable. Her grandmother was a hot mess too. Her sidekicks--Monique and Tiffany and the rest--are annoying at best, and very trashy. I hated the constant name brand dropping--it's tacky, and unnecessary, and totally dates a book. Ava was annoying too. And I was completely annoyed and offended by her portrayal of Valencia, who is presented as detestable, for apparent crimes like self-control in public, being smart and accomplished, beautiful, and well groomed. Petty females like Lizzie are the worst. I went to college. I behave in public. I prefer to look neat and organized in public. I guess I'm the Devil too, in Lizzie's book. If she's so dumb she doesn't even read books, really, that's her fault. Not anyone else's. Her insecurities, and her pettiness because of it, drove me batty!
I really didn't like a single thing about this book (The wedding gown business/ her job was only mildly interesting.) I do not understand, based on this book, how this author is as popular/ well-published of an author as she is. I certainly doubt I'll ever (willingly) read anything by her again.
May 7, 2018
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched is the third and final installment of the Queen of Babbles series. Now this isn't my favorite series but when I saw this book while passing by.. well, I couldn't just keep on walking. I figured I could suffer a little bit more and just read the last book of this series and never think about it ever again.
Let's just say.. I should've kept on walking. This book was terrible and just not for me. The main character, Lizzie, ugh.. I detested her so much. I thought she would magically get better by the third book and I was so wrong to assume that. She just kept getting worse and worse in my eyes.
I didn't care if she was with Chaz or Luke at all. In my opinion, both guys are better off without her. I mean there were other things that annoyed me like the whole weight thing, diet cokes (not really a fan of soda in general) and junk food. Now soda and junk food don't annoy me on a daily basis.. but coming from Lizzie.. well, let's just say that she could magically annoy me with anything. Like the weather or puppies.
Overall, I wish this book didn't exist. No, the series. I think I liked the first book if I try to remember anything about this series.. but obviously not enough to even try to reread this series. I'm so down with Lizzie and now I'm going to be hesitant about trying a new series by Meg Cabot.
Let's just say.. I should've kept on walking. This book was terrible and just not for me. The main character, Lizzie, ugh.. I detested her so much. I thought she would magically get better by the third book and I was so wrong to assume that. She just kept getting worse and worse in my eyes.
I didn't care if she was with Chaz or Luke at all. In my opinion, both guys are better off without her. I mean there were other things that annoyed me like the whole weight thing, diet cokes (not really a fan of soda in general) and junk food. Now soda and junk food don't annoy me on a daily basis.. but coming from Lizzie.. well, let's just say that she could magically annoy me with anything. Like the weather or puppies.
Overall, I wish this book didn't exist. No, the series. I think I liked the first book if I try to remember anything about this series.. but obviously not enough to even try to reread this series. I'm so down with Lizzie and now I'm going to be hesitant about trying a new series by Meg Cabot.
April 13, 2015
Again my suggestion is to stop at book number one.
Book number three goes beyond annoying. As I said in my review of book number two, I think the author should have left it at the happy romantic ending of book number one.
The last book of the series completely destroys the romantic hero of book number one, Luke, which had been already largely abused in book number two, making him a spineless jerk.
But then it goes way too far:
DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU STILL WANT TO READ THIS BOOK
The author makes the protagonist’s best friend a lesbian, so that the Queen of Babble can discover without regret of being in love with the best friend’s ex-boyfriend ??? Hello?
The perfect romance of book number one, badly battered in book number two, now it is completely erased.
Book number three goes beyond annoying. As I said in my review of book number two, I think the author should have left it at the happy romantic ending of book number one.
The last book of the series completely destroys the romantic hero of book number one, Luke, which had been already largely abused in book number two, making him a spineless jerk.
But then it goes way too far:
DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU STILL WANT TO READ THIS BOOK
The author makes the protagonist’s best friend a lesbian, so that the Queen of Babble can discover without regret of being in love with the best friend’s ex-boyfriend ??? Hello?
The perfect romance of book number one, badly battered in book number two, now it is completely erased.
August 15, 2008
Before I begin this review, please note that this has spoilers that will apply to all three books in this series. I don't normally do spoilers, but I feel their appropriate for this one as what I'm spoiling is part of the reason I liked this so much.
Keep reading at your own risk...
Ready?
As the first book in the series offered happy cotton candy reading material the third installment was no different. Lizzie, the main character, has however grown up quite a bit and things have changed a bit. She's become fairly well known for her designs and refurbs of wedding dresses, so much so that a well known tabloid celebrity (very Paris Hilton though more likable)has commissioned her for an original design.
Leaving off from the book prior, Lizzie has spent the night with Chaz, her best friend's ex and her boyfriend's best friend. Though nothing sexual actually happened (even if it was heavily implied), Lizzie finds herself in a dilemma when her commitment-phobe lover shows up to offer her the engagement ring she never thought she was going to get and had broken up with him over.
Here's where I have to give Meg Cabot high marks for taking the chick lit formula and giving it a real life twist. While most of these premises aren't exactly "real life" for most of us, some are more believable than others. While we like to read about love, romance, and happily ever after, there's actually something refreshing about reading something that's a little more likely to happen on the reality scale.
Book One could have given us the end all and be all of Lizzie's relationships. Anyone who's read it knows that the happy ending was her forming a relationship with Luke. As Book Three progresses, Lizzie has done the real girl thing and fallen in love with the other male character, a guy given a humorous (though flawed) personality, a lesbian ex-girlfriend, and the role of the "seconds" man. Yes! That's more like it! As a reader I could get swept up in the summer romance with Luke and two books later get caught up in another more permanent thing with Chaz.
Sure, this made part of me a little apprehensive. What happened to happily ever after? I rooted for Luke alot in the first book...so now why do I want him gone from the rest of the plot? But as Meg Cabot finishes off book 3, there's more of a satisfaction in the read, a mix of riding that fun little chicklit cloud for 200+ pages along with the feeling of actually kind of understanding the main character for once.
Four stars goes to this one, and it misses its fifth one because of the repetitiveness of Lizzie's inner monologue trying to tell herself she's not in love with Chaz). As a whole, the trilogy is fun to read and if a fourth book finds its way to the shelves, I'll be right there to grab it.
Keep reading at your own risk...
Ready?
As the first book in the series offered happy cotton candy reading material the third installment was no different. Lizzie, the main character, has however grown up quite a bit and things have changed a bit. She's become fairly well known for her designs and refurbs of wedding dresses, so much so that a well known tabloid celebrity (very Paris Hilton though more likable)has commissioned her for an original design.
Leaving off from the book prior, Lizzie has spent the night with Chaz, her best friend's ex and her boyfriend's best friend. Though nothing sexual actually happened (even if it was heavily implied), Lizzie finds herself in a dilemma when her commitment-phobe lover shows up to offer her the engagement ring she never thought she was going to get and had broken up with him over.
Here's where I have to give Meg Cabot high marks for taking the chick lit formula and giving it a real life twist. While most of these premises aren't exactly "real life" for most of us, some are more believable than others. While we like to read about love, romance, and happily ever after, there's actually something refreshing about reading something that's a little more likely to happen on the reality scale.
Book One could have given us the end all and be all of Lizzie's relationships. Anyone who's read it knows that the happy ending was her forming a relationship with Luke. As Book Three progresses, Lizzie has done the real girl thing and fallen in love with the other male character, a guy given a humorous (though flawed) personality, a lesbian ex-girlfriend, and the role of the "seconds" man. Yes! That's more like it! As a reader I could get swept up in the summer romance with Luke and two books later get caught up in another more permanent thing with Chaz.
Sure, this made part of me a little apprehensive. What happened to happily ever after? I rooted for Luke alot in the first book...so now why do I want him gone from the rest of the plot? But as Meg Cabot finishes off book 3, there's more of a satisfaction in the read, a mix of riding that fun little chicklit cloud for 200+ pages along with the feeling of actually kind of understanding the main character for once.
Four stars goes to this one, and it misses its fifth one because of the repetitiveness of Lizzie's inner monologue trying to tell herself she's not in love with Chaz). As a whole, the trilogy is fun to read and if a fourth book finds its way to the shelves, I'll be right there to grab it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 28, 2021
Update 10/25 - still awesome!
This is the third and last book in the series about "Queen of babbles" and I loved this one. The second book ends in with a cliffhanger and this one picks up where that one left off. However, you can easily read this as a stand-alone novel as well. The story is a classical tale on the theme "insecure girl meets perfect guy – but is he really perfect?".
Lizzie Nichols is a wonderful heroine who works with restoring wedding gowns. She is sincere and truly nice but insecure about her love life and doesn’t know her own feelings to well. However, on other aspects of her life she's strong and independent. In the first book she met the perfect prince Jean-Luc and moved in with him in the second book. They broke it off in the end of the second book and this one begins with him proposing and she accepts! But there is Chaz, her fiancés best friend who she accidently slept with (only slept) after Jean-Luc and her broke it off. And Chaz is determined that the wedding is a terrible idea!
Parallel to the story there is also small bits of history of weddings and Lizzie Nichols' "Tip to avoid a wedding day disaster". For a newly engaged this part is just icing on the cake.
The main plot might seem to be the love triangle between Lizzie, Jean-Luc and Chaz (in fact it's almost a square since Chaz is Lizzie's best friend's ex). However, I would say that Lizzie's personal growth is the main plot with the love story as a parallel story – developing in sync with her own growth. The other, equally important, plot is Lizzie's strive to become a successful wedding gown designer. In addition, there are several smaller subplots that push the story forward. In the end, Meg Cabot nicely puts all pieces together in a somewhat unexpected way.
I loved this sparkling book. It is sharp, fast-paced and witty. The romance is hot and believable and even though you can figure out the end – it is not at all clear at all how they are going to end up there. The chemistry between Lizzie and Chaz is to die for. The characters have enough depth to make the book exciting and I really cared for Lizzie. The subplot is intriguing and the book has a very good story structure. I couldn't put it down and look forward to reading it again!
Update: I now read it for the second time and it was just as good as the first time!
This is the third and last book in the series about "Queen of babbles" and I loved this one. The second book ends in with a cliffhanger and this one picks up where that one left off. However, you can easily read this as a stand-alone novel as well. The story is a classical tale on the theme "insecure girl meets perfect guy – but is he really perfect?".
Lizzie Nichols is a wonderful heroine who works with restoring wedding gowns. She is sincere and truly nice but insecure about her love life and doesn’t know her own feelings to well. However, on other aspects of her life she's strong and independent. In the first book she met the perfect prince Jean-Luc and moved in with him in the second book. They broke it off in the end of the second book and this one begins with him proposing and she accepts! But there is Chaz, her fiancés best friend who she accidently slept with (only slept) after Jean-Luc and her broke it off. And Chaz is determined that the wedding is a terrible idea!
Parallel to the story there is also small bits of history of weddings and Lizzie Nichols' "Tip to avoid a wedding day disaster". For a newly engaged this part is just icing on the cake.
The main plot might seem to be the love triangle between Lizzie, Jean-Luc and Chaz (in fact it's almost a square since Chaz is Lizzie's best friend's ex). However, I would say that Lizzie's personal growth is the main plot with the love story as a parallel story – developing in sync with her own growth. The other, equally important, plot is Lizzie's strive to become a successful wedding gown designer. In addition, there are several smaller subplots that push the story forward. In the end, Meg Cabot nicely puts all pieces together in a somewhat unexpected way.
I loved this sparkling book. It is sharp, fast-paced and witty. The romance is hot and believable and even though you can figure out the end – it is not at all clear at all how they are going to end up there. The chemistry between Lizzie and Chaz is to die for. The characters have enough depth to make the book exciting and I really cared for Lizzie. The subplot is intriguing and the book has a very good story structure. I couldn't put it down and look forward to reading it again!
Update: I now read it for the second time and it was just as good as the first time!
July 20, 2008
Meg Cabot's final book in her "Queen of Babble" series.
My biggest problem with this book- and the series in general- is that the first Queen of Babble book doesn't really belong with the last two books. It's as if Cabot just decided to use those same characters in two more books, but just chose to forget about the characterizations she set up in Book One. It's almost as if two different people wrote the books....
On the other hand, I like the heroine a lot. Lizzie Nichols is quite endearing, although she suffers from the same problem that all of Cabot's heroine's seem to share- the inability to communicate effectively.
This book picks right up where Book Two left off, and I admit I had a hard time remembering who some of the secondary characters were. But the book was still enjoyable enough, and I might even pick it up and read it again someday. I found it a very satisfying comclusion to the series.
My biggest problem with this book- and the series in general- is that the first Queen of Babble book doesn't really belong with the last two books. It's as if Cabot just decided to use those same characters in two more books, but just chose to forget about the characterizations she set up in Book One. It's almost as if two different people wrote the books....
On the other hand, I like the heroine a lot. Lizzie Nichols is quite endearing, although she suffers from the same problem that all of Cabot's heroine's seem to share- the inability to communicate effectively.
This book picks right up where Book Two left off, and I admit I had a hard time remembering who some of the secondary characters were. But the book was still enjoyable enough, and I might even pick it up and read it again someday. I found it a very satisfying comclusion to the series.
July 18, 2008
I read through this book critiquing (Silently, of course...After all, who am I to criticize...Have I written a novel yet?) the characters, writing and lack of tension/surprise/interest in the plot. Yikes!
January 23, 2013
2nd Read Rating: 3.5 Stars
I had to read this book a second time and review it to defend my honor. Someone,Karla who shall remain nameless, was trolling on my old ratings and poked fun at my chick lit past. I believe this person called me a "chick lit Hoover". It was a fun chat. So, yeah. BAVR used to read chick lit. Point and laugh all you want. I regret very little in my life except for the tremendously generous ratings I handed out when I first joined the site. You see, when I signed up for GR, they told me they could generate recommendations by having me rate a bunch of titles they splashed up on the screen. Like a good little soldier, I clicked through pages of books, and I swear to god that a majority of the books on those pages were chick lit. And I was like, "Yeah, I read them," because I'm not fucking DEAD. You can't walk into a book store without seeing some brightly covered book about shoes or credit cards or working a trendy job in NYC while wearing shoes and using credit cards. In the excitement of signing up for this awesome site (Hi, Goodreads!), I basically gave 5 stars to stuff that I tolerated (like this) and 1 star to stuff that I wanted to die in a fire (like the Twilight series). It worked, didn't it? I eventually found a group of book sluts just like me, and we're currently living happily ever after.
But yeah, the 5 star thing is a bit much.
Sue me.
In Queen of Babble Gets Hitched, narrator Lizzie is ob-fucking-SESSED with weddings. In the two previous books, she met her boyfriend at a wedding, dumped him because he didn't want a wedding, and basically talked about weddings the way that creepy guy waiting in line next to you at the grocery store won't stop telling you about his personal life. I don't understand what it is about chick lit that makes the heroines act like goddamn psychos, but it always seems like weddings turn perfectly reasonable, successful women into this:
It's the corsets, right? The corsets block the air from reaching the brain.
The opening of the book presents Lizzie in full-on panic mode. After the ex-boyfriend, Luke, crawls back to her at the end of Book 2 and PROPOSES, Lizzie now has to get his best friend Chaz out of her bed after their drunken make-out the night before. But Chaz doesn't want to go because he thinks that he's the perfect man for Lizzie. Also, no one thinks Lizzie should marry Luke because the only things she seems to like about him are his looks and the fact that he talks about maybe being a doctor to save little kids someday. Word to the wise, NEVER trust a man who talks in "somedays". He will disappoint you 95% of the time. As her feelings deepen for Chaz, Lizzie's left with quite a conundrum. Can she really date a guy who wears khaki shorts and baseball caps? (If you live in MY hometown, you can, snob.) Oh, and one more thing: Chaz doesn't believe in the institution of marriage.
Chaz has a fair point.
So you see where this is going. Nothing crazy happens, but the writing and characters are charming, and the book is easy to read. I still like that Lizzie chooses the beta in the end. I'm a bit of a beta whore when the occasion calls for it. They never seem to come out on top in these books, and I like an underdog. Lizzie's Gram is a real delight, too. I love it when old people lose all social filters and start saying everything that comes to their warped minds. Unless the old people are bothering me at work. Then I want them to go away.
Not a 5 star to me any longer, but there's nothing BAD about this book. Would I buy something with its description today? No. But my walk down memory lane was a nice enough for 3.5 stars.
Note: I didn't change my initial star rating because fucking with the overall rating seems unfair to me.
I had to read this book a second time and review it to defend my honor. Someone,
But yeah, the 5 star thing is a bit much.
Sue me.
In Queen of Babble Gets Hitched, narrator Lizzie is ob-fucking-SESSED with weddings. In the two previous books, she met her boyfriend at a wedding, dumped him because he didn't want a wedding, and basically talked about weddings the way that creepy guy waiting in line next to you at the grocery store won't stop telling you about his personal life. I don't understand what it is about chick lit that makes the heroines act like goddamn psychos, but it always seems like weddings turn perfectly reasonable, successful women into this:
It's the corsets, right? The corsets block the air from reaching the brain.
The opening of the book presents Lizzie in full-on panic mode. After the ex-boyfriend, Luke, crawls back to her at the end of Book 2 and PROPOSES, Lizzie now has to get his best friend Chaz out of her bed after their drunken make-out the night before. But Chaz doesn't want to go because he thinks that he's the perfect man for Lizzie. Also, no one thinks Lizzie should marry Luke because the only things she seems to like about him are his looks and the fact that he talks about maybe being a doctor to save little kids someday. Word to the wise, NEVER trust a man who talks in "somedays". He will disappoint you 95% of the time. As her feelings deepen for Chaz, Lizzie's left with quite a conundrum. Can she really date a guy who wears khaki shorts and baseball caps? (If you live in MY hometown, you can, snob.) Oh, and one more thing: Chaz doesn't believe in the institution of marriage.
Chaz has a fair point.
So you see where this is going. Nothing crazy happens, but the writing and characters are charming, and the book is easy to read. I still like that Lizzie chooses the beta in the end. I'm a bit of a beta whore when the occasion calls for it. They never seem to come out on top in these books, and I like an underdog. Lizzie's Gram is a real delight, too. I love it when old people lose all social filters and start saying everything that comes to their warped minds. Unless the old people are bothering me at work. Then I want them to go away.
Not a 5 star to me any longer, but there's nothing BAD about this book. Would I buy something with its description today? No. But my walk down memory lane was a nice enough for 3.5 stars.
Note: I didn't change my initial star rating because fucking with the overall rating seems unfair to me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 1, 2013
Meg Cabot, as you know, is the author of the Princess Diary series which were written for teenage girls. This book is supposed to be written for adults and I was curious to see how well Meg Cabot made that transition. Unfortunately, not so well. The characters are older but their mentality is just as young. I kept wondering why this young woman who is the main character was so clueless about herself. I realize it's because she is still writing as though the character is adolescent instead of adult. The woman can't figure out who she is in love with because she apparently doesn't know what she appreciates in a man. She needs her old friend (who is really her love interest) to tell her that she is a winner who is always successful in what she tries to do. She never noticed?!! Can an intelligent, successful woman really be that lacking in self awareness? I don't think so. I did finish reading the whole book because it was an incredibly quick read but it certainly wasn't a sophisticated story. If you want to read chick lit there is a lot better stuff out there to read. Try The Devil Wears Prada, try the Shopaholic series,...heck, even harlequin romances might be more sophisticated than this. And sadly, this Queen of Babble stuff is a series!
August 9, 2008
If you didn't believe me before... believe it now - I'm a sucker for a Meg Cabot book! A very nice bit of fluff - a true summer read. I've totally added Chaz to my list of literary men that have ruined me for real men. I'm sorry, but remembering that stupid stuff, the "I like a side of ice with my wine" stuff, is totally romantic gold. I was actually just channel surfing the other night and saw Kevin James' (The King of Queens) stand-up routine... he was advising the men of the audience to remember little details about things as often as possible - the clip that she wore in her hair - and throw them out whenever possible. It's a stereotype for a reason: men tend to overlook the details. I think I'm a love is in the details kind of a girl! Plus, Chaz totally made Lizzie (and myself) laugh, and that's the true key to pretty much every good relationship (in my opinion)!
A nice third book, that's for sure. You don't need me to tell you to go pick it up if you read the other two! If you're looking for some summer nonsense, check out the Queen of Babble books!
A nice third book, that's for sure. You don't need me to tell you to go pick it up if you read the other two! If you're looking for some summer nonsense, check out the Queen of Babble books!
March 8, 2011
Okay, I'm over last episode of American Idol,
I think I can handle this review now...
I looooved this book! everything turned out the way I was hoping
but somehow it was all better than what I imagined,
the answers to previous questions and actions were smoothly stated
and Lizzie finally makes a decition, I love how much Lizzie grew as a character,
she stopped being that small town girl with a big mouth that wanted to marry someone
sooooo bad that she was gonna do it with someone she didn't love (oh yeah, she loved the idea of
who the other person was, after all he was a friggin' prince). Now Lizzie understands herself better,
and understands the ones around her better too,
Like her friend Shari, who has found a new love and moved on from her ex-boyfriend, Chaz.
Who is also Lizzie's friend, and who is always there for her, cheering her up and sticking up for her.
This Chaz guy, he's awesome, I tell you, AWESOME.
I haven't mentioned this before, but there's a character in this series that I love
as much as Chaz, that's Lizzie's grandmother, Gran.
She's the funniest, most interesting character I've read in quite some time,
but unfortunately, she died in this book, and I cried! for a little bit, 'till I read
that her last will was that her favorite song was played at her funeral, and what song is that?
well, that'd be HIGHWAY TO HELL. Tell me what's not to love about a 90 year old lady that likes beer,
Dr. Quinn medicine woman, hates Brad Pitt and wants AC/DC at her funeral?
This book was great! the end was super cute and sweet and man, I just love that guy
and everything he does, and that last thing was the cherry on my ice cream.
I refuse to ever date again if Chaz is not the guy.
Okay that's impossible, so I'd settle for someone close.
I think I can handle this review now...
I looooved this book! everything turned out the way I was hoping
but somehow it was all better than what I imagined,
the answers to previous questions and actions were smoothly stated
and Lizzie finally makes a decition, I love how much Lizzie grew as a character,
she stopped being that small town girl with a big mouth that wanted to marry someone
sooooo bad that she was gonna do it with someone she didn't love (oh yeah, she loved the idea of
who the other person was, after all he was a friggin' prince). Now Lizzie understands herself better,
and understands the ones around her better too,
Like her friend Shari, who has found a new love and moved on from her ex-boyfriend, Chaz.
Who is also Lizzie's friend, and who is always there for her, cheering her up and sticking up for her.
This Chaz guy, he's awesome, I tell you, AWESOME.
I haven't mentioned this before, but there's a character in this series that I love
as much as Chaz, that's Lizzie's grandmother, Gran.
She's the funniest, most interesting character I've read in quite some time,
but unfortunately, she died in this book, and I cried! for a little bit, 'till I read
that her last will was that her favorite song was played at her funeral, and what song is that?
well, that'd be HIGHWAY TO HELL. Tell me what's not to love about a 90 year old lady that likes beer,
Dr. Quinn medicine woman, hates Brad Pitt and wants AC/DC at her funeral?
This book was great! the end was super cute and sweet and man, I just love that guy
and everything he does, and that last thing was the cherry on my ice cream.
I refuse to ever date again if Chaz is not the guy.
Okay that's impossible, so I'd settle for someone close.
June 3, 2017
*LOTS OF SPOILERS*
I read the first book in this series and thought it was amazing, but the ending of book 2 just ruined it for me. I kept hoping, for the longest time, that the storyline would pick up, but book 3 just went steadily from bad to worse. There's been so much unnecessary angst, and the plot just DRAGS.
Essentially, this just felt like a longer, and worse rehash of the plotline of the first book - she's dating a douchebag, except she thought he was really great at the beginning, but it turns out she barely knew him, and there's another guy on the side, but their collective relationships are extremely complicated... and so on.
There's no sign of the Luke we knew in Book 1 whatsoever - it's like he's turned into a more successful and less deadbeat version of what's-his-name? Andy Marshall from the first book. And Shari is completely cool with her best friend banging her ex boyfriend, and apparently Chaz and Liz have been in love forever, except they didn't know it. Funnily enough, the readers, who have seen quite a lot of the Chaz-Liz dynamics from Book 1 onwards, didn't have a clue as to this long lost epic romance.
And in Book 3, nobody has any issues with calling Shari a lesbian, when Book 2 was all about avoiding labels. What the heck is going on in this book anyway?
Then there's all the 'ordinary family angst', what with Gran's death, and the details of the other Nicholls sisters' family lives, and that lame friendship with 'skanky crack whore' Ava Geck. Meg Cabot seems to have forgotten that she was supposed to write light hearted chick lit somewhere along the way and it looks like she tried to write a book about normal lives. And what we end up with is this total and stupid mess.
I read the first book in this series and thought it was amazing, but the ending of book 2 just ruined it for me. I kept hoping, for the longest time, that the storyline would pick up, but book 3 just went steadily from bad to worse. There's been so much unnecessary angst, and the plot just DRAGS.
Essentially, this just felt like a longer, and worse rehash of the plotline of the first book - she's dating a douchebag, except she thought he was really great at the beginning, but it turns out she barely knew him, and there's another guy on the side, but their collective relationships are extremely complicated... and so on.
There's no sign of the Luke we knew in Book 1 whatsoever - it's like he's turned into a more successful and less deadbeat version of what's-his-name? Andy Marshall from the first book. And Shari is completely cool with her best friend banging her ex boyfriend, and apparently Chaz and Liz have been in love forever, except they didn't know it. Funnily enough, the readers, who have seen quite a lot of the Chaz-Liz dynamics from Book 1 onwards, didn't have a clue as to this long lost epic romance.
And in Book 3, nobody has any issues with calling Shari a lesbian, when Book 2 was all about avoiding labels. What the heck is going on in this book anyway?
Then there's all the 'ordinary family angst', what with Gran's death, and the details of the other Nicholls sisters' family lives, and that lame friendship with 'skanky crack whore' Ava Geck. Meg Cabot seems to have forgotten that she was supposed to write light hearted chick lit somewhere along the way and it looks like she tried to write a book about normal lives. And what we end up with is this total and stupid mess.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 16, 2018
I enjoyed Meg Cabot's writing and not to mention Lizzie is so much fun being around
The whole situation with is just weird. They both don't seem to have much interaction and chemistry since the beginning and suddenly boom!! :/
The whole situation with is just weird. They both don't seem to have much interaction and chemistry since the beginning and suddenly boom!! :/
April 5, 2016
Blesh, no, this is not a good book. Okay, I know that most Meg Cabot books follow the same exact formula, and I'm okay with that. I don't mind. I don't expect a masterpiece or anything, but this is just so bad it's unforgiveable.
I don't even know where to start? The way Shari being a lesbian is treated in the second book was not good but it was, I suppose, well-meant, in this there's a point where Shari's about to say "I'm a lesbian" and Lizzie INTERUPTS HER, because the word "lesbian" is so upsetting to her. What the shit, and this is a character I'm supposed to relate to? It's even worse, because Shari was only turned into a lesbian so that Lizzie could get with Chaz - Shari's ex boyfriend - with no real repercussions. Actually Shari is such a good friend she's been trying to set Lizzie and Chaz up for months. Because, as we all know, lesbians have nothing better to do with their time than setting up their straight friends with each other.
Oh yeah, and OBVIOUSLY Lizzie and Chaz gets together. Because Chaz remembers that Lizzie wants to have a side of ice with her wine and Luke doesn't. Also remember when Lizzie told Luke her dream was to work as a wedding dress restorer and he bought her a top of the line sewing machine for Christmas? I mean have you ever heard of something so inconsiderate??? I almost died because I was so embarrassed on his part. I mean WHO SUPPORTS HIS GIRLFRIEND'S DREAM LIKE THAT???? What a horrible fucking twat. It's a shame he wasn't immediately hit by a bus or something. I mean, come on. Lizzie gave him a SLEEK LEATHER WALLET. Okay. That is like the most thoughtful gift I have heard of in my entire life and he didn't even propose. And then he forgot the ice. But he knew about the Diet Coke but that was only because Chaz told him, so it doesn't count. He should have known by looking into her eyes and seen the depths of her soul. Or something.
And then like ... yeah, she's in love with Chaz, we get it. She can't break of her engagement because .......... yes, why exactly? Nothing in this book makes sense. She accepts Luke's proposal but then demand that they live in separate apartments until they're married. What??? I'm all for couples staying independent, but why would you wait until your married to live together???? That's is an awful idea, don't do it. Especially if you've just decided that living together wasn't working out for you!? And then she cheats on him with Chaz because Chaz was there for her at her grandma's funeral (why do Americans always act like flying to Europe and back is no big deal? I mean, fictional Americans. I don't know how real ones are. But like ... it's a long flight??? It's not reasonable to expect someone to do that to spend 24 hours with you, even if they love you) but she still can't break off the engagement because ........... I'm still at a loss. I realize doing it over the phoen is a bit awkward, but at this point EVERYONE knows there's not gonna be a wedding, so why keep pretending?
Speaking of everyone knowing, why does Lizzie's friend have zero interests outside of like getting married and Lizzie's love life? Everyone in her life is like "lol we know you like Chaz ahahhaa you should fuck him oh sorry I mean make love to him since you don't approve of bad language". Get a fucking personality. Or at least contain this to ONE character instead of five-ish carbon copies??? What's even the point????
I'm mostly annoyed that Lizzie gets a get out of jail free-card by the end. Because of course perfect prince Luke was never perfect (compared to perfect non-Prince Chaz!!! Because he's an American!! And American boys are automatically more trust-worthy than those suspicious Europeans!!!) nooooooooooo he was a cheating cheater who LIED. And because he did that it was okay that Lizzie cheated. And she never had to own up to it or evne tell Luke because oh my gods what if her actions had consequences that would just be awful. You know, the characters in Cabot's teenage-aimed books would NEVER get away with this shit, that's what's bothering me. They would have to own up to it by the end to get the guy, but Lizzie doesn't. It's all just working out too perfect, and she even gets to marry Chaz by the end, even though he said he never wanted to get married.
Of course that means Chaz is suddenly attainable and Lizzie has zero interest in guys she can actually get so I'm assuming they'll break up within two weeks or something. Honestly Lizzie dumping both guys and focusing on her career would have been the only acceptable ending to this book, but the point is not that you should be happy doing what you love, it's that you should be happy doing who you love. Because nothing in life is worth anything unless a man validates you. The end.
I don't even know where to start? The way Shari being a lesbian is treated in the second book was not good but it was, I suppose, well-meant, in this there's a point where Shari's about to say "I'm a lesbian" and Lizzie INTERUPTS HER, because the word "lesbian" is so upsetting to her. What the shit, and this is a character I'm supposed to relate to? It's even worse, because Shari was only turned into a lesbian so that Lizzie could get with Chaz - Shari's ex boyfriend - with no real repercussions. Actually Shari is such a good friend she's been trying to set Lizzie and Chaz up for months. Because, as we all know, lesbians have nothing better to do with their time than setting up their straight friends with each other.
Oh yeah, and OBVIOUSLY Lizzie and Chaz gets together. Because Chaz remembers that Lizzie wants to have a side of ice with her wine and Luke doesn't. Also remember when Lizzie told Luke her dream was to work as a wedding dress restorer and he bought her a top of the line sewing machine for Christmas? I mean have you ever heard of something so inconsiderate??? I almost died because I was so embarrassed on his part. I mean WHO SUPPORTS HIS GIRLFRIEND'S DREAM LIKE THAT???? What a horrible fucking twat. It's a shame he wasn't immediately hit by a bus or something. I mean, come on. Lizzie gave him a SLEEK LEATHER WALLET. Okay. That is like the most thoughtful gift I have heard of in my entire life and he didn't even propose. And then he forgot the ice. But he knew about the Diet Coke but that was only because Chaz told him, so it doesn't count. He should have known by looking into her eyes and seen the depths of her soul. Or something.
And then like ... yeah, she's in love with Chaz, we get it. She can't break of her engagement because .......... yes, why exactly? Nothing in this book makes sense. She accepts Luke's proposal but then demand that they live in separate apartments until they're married. What??? I'm all for couples staying independent, but why would you wait until your married to live together???? That's is an awful idea, don't do it. Especially if you've just decided that living together wasn't working out for you!? And then she cheats on him with Chaz because Chaz was there for her at her grandma's funeral (why do Americans always act like flying to Europe and back is no big deal? I mean, fictional Americans. I don't know how real ones are. But like ... it's a long flight??? It's not reasonable to expect someone to do that to spend 24 hours with you, even if they love you) but she still can't break off the engagement because ........... I'm still at a loss. I realize doing it over the phoen is a bit awkward, but at this point EVERYONE knows there's not gonna be a wedding, so why keep pretending?
Speaking of everyone knowing, why does Lizzie's friend have zero interests outside of like getting married and Lizzie's love life? Everyone in her life is like "lol we know you like Chaz ahahhaa you should fuck him oh sorry I mean make love to him since you don't approve of bad language". Get a fucking personality. Or at least contain this to ONE character instead of five-ish carbon copies??? What's even the point????
I'm mostly annoyed that Lizzie gets a get out of jail free-card by the end. Because of course perfect prince Luke was never perfect (compared to perfect non-Prince Chaz!!! Because he's an American!! And American boys are automatically more trust-worthy than those suspicious Europeans!!!) nooooooooooo he was a cheating cheater who LIED. And because he did that it was okay that Lizzie cheated. And she never had to own up to it or evne tell Luke because oh my gods what if her actions had consequences that would just be awful. You know, the characters in Cabot's teenage-aimed books would NEVER get away with this shit, that's what's bothering me. They would have to own up to it by the end to get the guy, but Lizzie doesn't. It's all just working out too perfect, and she even gets to marry Chaz by the end, even though he said he never wanted to get married.
Of course that means Chaz is suddenly attainable and Lizzie has zero interest in guys she can actually get so I'm assuming they'll break up within two weeks or something. Honestly Lizzie dumping both guys and focusing on her career would have been the only acceptable ending to this book, but the point is not that you should be happy doing what you love, it's that you should be happy doing who you love. Because nothing in life is worth anything unless a man validates you. The end.
August 19, 2018
Flashlight-Book Couples
This last book was good and unexpected compared to other chick lit books that exist out there and for that I loved every bit of it!
The book begins where the second book in the series left us and that is with Lizzie accepting Luke's proposal in marriage. But then why she is not so happy as she expected? Personally I do not think in a perfect guy so finding out that Luke was not so perfect is kind of realistic. I loved Chaz from the beginning to the last page, I mean he is not a perfect guy but he is blunt and sarcastic but in the end he is also a nice guy but in a kind of funny and different way compared to Luke.
I just loved the relationship between Chaz and Lizzie so much because compared to the relationship with Luke it felt real and I think that this was the intention of the author. Love is not only rainbows and roses but sacrifice, compromises, being there for the loved one in her/his difficult situations, encouragement, sincerity and respect and only for this aspect I give this book a 4 stars.
Unfortunately there are also some issues I had; like too much superficiality in the sense that there were a lot of relationship with boys that they were already married, the fact that Chaz did not felt guilty for betraying Luke, Lizzie's delay on telling Luke the truth, and the big question on when exactly happened that Chaz fell in love with Lizzie.
But despite those issues I really loved that Lizzie grew up as a character and I loved the Granny and her death was a little sad because yesterday my family buried my dear grandfather so that scene was way more significant for me then I though it will be...
This last book was good and unexpected compared to other chick lit books that exist out there and for that I loved every bit of it!
The book begins where the second book in the series left us and that is with Lizzie accepting Luke's proposal in marriage. But then why she is not so happy as she expected? Personally I do not think in a perfect guy so finding out that Luke was not so perfect is kind of realistic. I loved Chaz from the beginning to the last page, I mean he is not a perfect guy but he is blunt and sarcastic but in the end he is also a nice guy but in a kind of funny and different way compared to Luke.
I just loved the relationship between Chaz and Lizzie so much because compared to the relationship with Luke it felt real and I think that this was the intention of the author. Love is not only rainbows and roses but sacrifice, compromises, being there for the loved one in her/his difficult situations, encouragement, sincerity and respect and only for this aspect I give this book a 4 stars.
Unfortunately there are also some issues I had; like too much superficiality in the sense that there were a lot of relationship with boys that they were already married, the fact that Chaz did not felt guilty for betraying Luke, Lizzie's delay on telling Luke the truth, and the big question on when exactly happened that Chaz fell in love with Lizzie.
But despite those issues I really loved that Lizzie grew up as a character and I loved the Granny and her death was a little sad because yesterday my family buried my dear grandfather so that scene was way more significant for me then I though it will be...
August 26, 2015
I have read one other Meg Cabot book and I thought she was humorous. So I picked up another one and I thought I would give it a try. This book wasn't anything like the other one. It wasn't funny at all. This was truly awful, shallow and repetitive. The characters were so incredibly self absorbed and they focused their attention on such mundane things.
Now I could blame this on the fact that I was in the dentist chair getting a temporary crown put in, which is NOT fun. But I actually started this book last night, and I didn't like it then either. I was even cuddled in my nice, comfy warm bed. So, 1 star.
Now I could blame this on the fact that I was in the dentist chair getting a temporary crown put in, which is NOT fun. But I actually started this book last night, and I didn't like it then either. I was even cuddled in my nice, comfy warm bed. So, 1 star.
September 18, 2018
This series was just really fun, full of the ups and downs and trials and tribulations of being out in the world for the first time. I definitely, definitely, love how the series was resolved and how much personal growth and friendship and love it took to get Lizzie there. I'm not sure I liked the change wrought in Luke's character, but if I'm being honest, he and Lizzie were a strange pairing to begin with, so it works for me in the end. I've really enjoyed these characters -- even the crazy side characters and their antics -- and I'm glad I stumbled upon this series.
September 10, 2014
The ending of the series totally ruined it for me. The first book was great. Luke was an amazing character and the way they met on the train and their chemistry was fantastic and somehow the author totally turned it around by book 3 and took away the magic of the first book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 30, 2012
Did not finish. Didn't even skim. Blah!
June 7, 2012
Well, I am sick enough to skip classes for a couple of days, and too groggy to read anything of substance. So I chose this trilogy because Meg Cabot has proven to be someone who writes just that - books with no substance. I needed something light and brainless, and that's what I got. In that sense, it was good...Well, adequate.
I'm giving it two stars because Cabot's main characters are indistinguishable from each other - Lizzie in these books is exactly like what's-her-name in 'size 14 is not fat'.
I hate formulaic writing, and I hate main characters who obsess about their weight while chugging down soft drinks and chocolates, and lusting after every single male human being's 'perfect ass' and 'luscious eyebrows' as if there's nothing more to men and women than what they look like and what they wear. And Meg Cabot cares WAY more than I do about fashion, to the point where her label-dropping loses and bores me.
Gah. Reading this is like watching the Kardashians or My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding - not something you're proud of doing. Not something you'd suggest your friends do. But perfectly acceptable to keep you from dying of boredom when you're stuck at home with a head full of mucus.
I'm giving it two stars because Cabot's main characters are indistinguishable from each other - Lizzie in these books is exactly like what's-her-name in 'size 14 is not fat'.
I hate formulaic writing, and I hate main characters who obsess about their weight while chugging down soft drinks and chocolates, and lusting after every single male human being's 'perfect ass' and 'luscious eyebrows' as if there's nothing more to men and women than what they look like and what they wear. And Meg Cabot cares WAY more than I do about fashion, to the point where her label-dropping loses and bores me.
Gah. Reading this is like watching the Kardashians or My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding - not something you're proud of doing. Not something you'd suggest your friends do. But perfectly acceptable to keep you from dying of boredom when you're stuck at home with a head full of mucus.
July 9, 2008
Fiction. This picks up right where Queen of Babble: In the Big City left off, like the very next morning, so be prepared for that. Lizzie wakes up and has to deal with the fallout from New Year's Eve, and she does not deal with it well.
She does some serious backsliding in the self-awareness department here and because of that I didn't enjoy this book as much as the previous two. She's back to acting like a twit again. She repeatedly thinks that she wants to kill Chaz's new girlfriend, but never stops to ask herself WHY she feels that way.
Cabot also seemed to be relying on repetition for laughs. It started to get really annoying. I lost track of the number of times Lizzie bemoaned the fact she was "in love with my fiance's best friend and my best friend's ex-boyfriend!" It was maybe funny once, but not once every page.
Three stars. Mostly for Chaz. He's the real highlight of this book, but he's so steady and low-key that he kind of fades into the background of Lizzie's drama.
She does some serious backsliding in the self-awareness department here and because of that I didn't enjoy this book as much as the previous two. She's back to acting like a twit again. She repeatedly thinks that she wants to kill Chaz's new girlfriend, but never stops to ask herself WHY she feels that way.
Cabot also seemed to be relying on repetition for laughs. It started to get really annoying. I lost track of the number of times Lizzie bemoaned the fact she was "in love with my fiance's best friend and my best friend's ex-boyfriend!" It was maybe funny once, but not once every page.
Three stars. Mostly for Chaz. He's the real highlight of this book, but he's so steady and low-key that he kind of fades into the background of Lizzie's drama.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 15, 2014
It's been a year now, and I'm STILL TRYING TO FINISH IT! Why is this book so much harder to read than the other ones? LOVED the second book. Could not put it down. But this one? It just seems so....unnecessary. Just when I start to think she may have a brain under all that hair, and maybe even a spine under those spanks, she goes and says yes to the french phoney.
SHEESH....I'll update my rating/review when I can bring myself to FINISH the damn thing....
SHEESH....I'll update my rating/review when I can bring myself to FINISH the damn thing....
November 2, 2009
Complete crap. Lizzie Nichols was a pretty fun character in the first two books, but she just goes to pieces in this one. Biggest turn off (other than content and a LOT of unnecessary language) was the whole "yeah, I guess I kinda-sorta had an affair, but I found out later that he was cheating, too, so it's A-OK!!" argument that supposedly sorts everything out. Disgusting.
February 24, 2012
I'm slightly embarrassed I read this book, it was very very silly and I found the main character annoying. I should say skim read rather than read as it didn't hold my attention much. I liked Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries series when I was younger and was curious to see what her more adult themed books were like - conclusion not worth it..
January 10, 2019
Cabot surprised me a bit with this series, but I really enjoyed watching Lizzie grow and change. I was happy she finally opened her eyes and was able to see people without her rose colored filter, and I loved knowing that Lizzie was heading for a great future.
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July 26, 2021
Nothing describes how much I hate this trash .
Heroine had a boyfriend but found out that said boyfriend cheated on her ,breaks up with him her friend convince her to stay with her other friends for the summer there she basically forgets about the cheating boyfriend and starts lusting after Luke the hero who has a girlfriend.she even kissed the hero and almost had sex with him even though she knows he has a girlfriend talk about hypocrite ,stupid girl blabs the hero's dreams and confidence to his parents like it's her right ,hero forgives her ,hero girlfriend runs away with his cousins hero has sex with the heroine,
Book 2 heroine breaks up with hero because she thought he was going to ask her to marry him even though they've been dating for 3_4 months🤦. Ohh and heroine gets drunk and sleeps with the hero best friend,why?
Book 3 hero apologies,both make up but heroine has started having feelings all of a sudden for the hero best friend (the author tries to justify it that it's because they were friends but no I don't by that bullshit) also the said hero friend that the heroine is crushing on is the heroine best friend ex boyfriend ,the heroine best friend was in love with her boyfriend until all of a sudden in college she fell in love with her supervisor,an older woman and breaks up with her boyfriend ,moves in with the woman and they live happily ever after 🙄.
Anyway the hero best friend proposes to the heroine that he'll marry her they haven't even dated yet and heroine is still dating the hero! Heroine says yes then breaks up with hero (According to the heroine she wants to get married more than relationship).
The author then at the end gives some last minute bullshit about how the hero was sleeping with multiple Women while he was dating the heroine and the best friend knew about it but was too scared to tell the herorine .the hero cheating on the herorine is too justify why the herorine was so good and right to break up with him even though in book 2 we saw the hero coming back from class exhausted, also after hearing it 5 mins after the herorine broke up with the hero the herorine just giggles and brushes it off .she ain't mad that the former hero best friend her best friend ex boyfriend now the hero couldn't tell her what was happening 💀💀😬.
Yes this book is a mess and I couldn't keep up with whos cheating with whom . characters are basic, generic and plain hypocrite
Heroine had a boyfriend but found out that said boyfriend cheated on her ,breaks up with him her friend convince her to stay with her other friends for the summer there she basically forgets about the cheating boyfriend and starts lusting after Luke the hero who has a girlfriend.she even kissed the hero and almost had sex with him even though she knows he has a girlfriend talk about hypocrite ,stupid girl blabs the hero's dreams and confidence to his parents like it's her right ,hero forgives her ,hero girlfriend runs away with his cousins hero has sex with the heroine,
Book 2 heroine breaks up with hero because she thought he was going to ask her to marry him even though they've been dating for 3_4 months🤦. Ohh and heroine gets drunk and sleeps with the hero best friend,why?
Book 3 hero apologies,both make up but heroine has started having feelings all of a sudden for the hero best friend (the author tries to justify it that it's because they were friends but no I don't by that bullshit) also the said hero friend that the heroine is crushing on is the heroine best friend ex boyfriend ,the heroine best friend was in love with her boyfriend until all of a sudden in college she fell in love with her supervisor,an older woman and breaks up with her boyfriend ,moves in with the woman and they live happily ever after 🙄.
Anyway the hero best friend proposes to the heroine that he'll marry her they haven't even dated yet and heroine is still dating the hero! Heroine says yes then breaks up with hero (According to the heroine she wants to get married more than relationship).
The author then at the end gives some last minute bullshit about how the hero was sleeping with multiple Women while he was dating the heroine and the best friend knew about it but was too scared to tell the herorine .the hero cheating on the herorine is too justify why the herorine was so good and right to break up with him even though in book 2 we saw the hero coming back from class exhausted, also after hearing it 5 mins after the herorine broke up with the hero the herorine just giggles and brushes it off .she ain't mad that the former hero best friend her best friend ex boyfriend now the hero couldn't tell her what was happening 💀💀😬.
Yes this book is a mess and I couldn't keep up with whos cheating with whom . characters are basic, generic and plain hypocrite
April 21, 2020
This was my least favorite of the series. I thought some of the characters acted completely different than they had in previous books and Lizzie was less endearing and more shady. I really did NOT ship the romance in here so most of the book was full of eye rolling cringes. Im glad I read it to finish out the series and I still enjoyed the writing style, but the content of this one was not great.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
In this one, Lizzie is still in NYC. Luke decides to take a temp job in Paris with his uncle in banking (the career he had been doing before he decided he wanted to go to med school). He asks Lizzie to go with him but she says no because she has to stay and work at the wedding dress shop. Furthermore, her boss/ the owner has a heart attack so she's running it solo for awhile. Tiffany, the girl from the law firm, comes to help work there along with another friend and I thought they were both a little over the top in the ditzy stereotypes. They get a client named Ava (I think) thats a super trashy celebrity but she becomes a friend. Lizzie tells Luke she wants to take a break while he's gone because she breaks out in hives every time she thinks about their wedding. She still considers them engaged, but hasn't told him about Chaz and continues to hook up with Chaz. Her grandma dies and Chaz is there but not Luke. Then the owners of the dress shop say they're going to sell it and then Luke comes back. He says he doesn't want to do med school anymore and he wants to make the job in Paris permanent. They break up and she ends up with Chaz. She also finds out Luke was cheating on her the whole time. I thought Luke was so polar opposite of what his personality was in the other books-- it was obnoxious. Also, theres nobody else she could fall for besides her best friends ex? In the end, she starts making wedding dresses more affordably and with Ava's families backing, she has the money to buy the wedding dress shop. All ends well and her and Chaz presumably live happily ever after.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
In this one, Lizzie is still in NYC. Luke decides to take a temp job in Paris with his uncle in banking (the career he had been doing before he decided he wanted to go to med school). He asks Lizzie to go with him but she says no because she has to stay and work at the wedding dress shop. Furthermore, her boss/ the owner has a heart attack so she's running it solo for awhile. Tiffany, the girl from the law firm, comes to help work there along with another friend and I thought they were both a little over the top in the ditzy stereotypes. They get a client named Ava (I think) thats a super trashy celebrity but she becomes a friend. Lizzie tells Luke she wants to take a break while he's gone because she breaks out in hives every time she thinks about their wedding. She still considers them engaged, but hasn't told him about Chaz and continues to hook up with Chaz. Her grandma dies and Chaz is there but not Luke. Then the owners of the dress shop say they're going to sell it and then Luke comes back. He says he doesn't want to do med school anymore and he wants to make the job in Paris permanent. They break up and she ends up with Chaz. She also finds out Luke was cheating on her the whole time. I thought Luke was so polar opposite of what his personality was in the other books-- it was obnoxious. Also, theres nobody else she could fall for besides her best friends ex? In the end, she starts making wedding dresses more affordably and with Ava's families backing, she has the money to buy the wedding dress shop. All ends well and her and Chaz presumably live happily ever after.
October 26, 2008
Lizzie wakes up to the new year in the arms of..... Chaz! The streaming images of her memory flashes to the night before and the beard burn all over her face only confirms it! As if she isn’t surprised enough, who would happen to turn up on her doorstep, but Luke. And just like that he slips a huge rock on her finger and she gives Chaz the boot!
So, why does she get these warm tingly feelings whenever she thinks about Chaz, and she so conveniently breaks out in hives whenever she thinks about getting married to Luke. Luckily she is so busy at the shop she doesn’t have time to think about the wedding and with Luke being in Paris she can avoid the topic completely. But with Luke’s absence Lizzie finds herself becoming even more attracted to Chaz. What is a girl to do?
I absolutely love this series! Queen of Babble Gets Hitched was amazing! I couldn’t have asked for a better addition to this series! I hope that this isn’t the end, but I can say that I am perfectly satisfied with the way everything ended. Of course I would love to continue reading about these characters. If you are a fan of chick lit, you will not be disappointed. I devoured this book in no time, I literally did not put it down from when I took it out of the mail box! It was fun, light, entertaining and most importantly hilariously funny! Oh! And don’t forget the romance! I have no idea how Meg does it, but she does it and does it well. Lizzie Nichols’ fans rejoice!!
So, why does she get these warm tingly feelings whenever she thinks about Chaz, and she so conveniently breaks out in hives whenever she thinks about getting married to Luke. Luckily she is so busy at the shop she doesn’t have time to think about the wedding and with Luke being in Paris she can avoid the topic completely. But with Luke’s absence Lizzie finds herself becoming even more attracted to Chaz. What is a girl to do?
I absolutely love this series! Queen of Babble Gets Hitched was amazing! I couldn’t have asked for a better addition to this series! I hope that this isn’t the end, but I can say that I am perfectly satisfied with the way everything ended. Of course I would love to continue reading about these characters. If you are a fan of chick lit, you will not be disappointed. I devoured this book in no time, I literally did not put it down from when I took it out of the mail box! It was fun, light, entertaining and most importantly hilariously funny! Oh! And don’t forget the romance! I have no idea how Meg does it, but she does it and does it well. Lizzie Nichols’ fans rejoice!!
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