This had a reeeeally slow start but it got better. It was very predictable but saved because the characters were written very well and the chemistry between James and Anna was believable. Plus Mhairi is a very funny writer. I knew exactly what would happen at the end but I didn't mind because it was a satisfying ending

Well, that was quite something. Beautifully written, if a bit on the long side, with an intriguing story.

I read this book because at the time it was really high in the Kindle Unlimited charts and after seeing all the good reviews here I decided it was probably good.

But I'm really confused by all the positive reviews because this is the worst book I've read for a long time. The story isn't bad, per se, but it's too predictable and sugary and the writing is shockingly bad - it read like something a school girl would've written. The characters were so wet and I was so relieved when this was over (which happened when my Kindle was at about 85%?!)

The ending was probably the best bit about it, and it has a nice cover...so there's that, I guess.

This was a very funny book but it was let down by how drawn out it was. I get that the whole thing happened in a day but I got so bored reading such detailed descriptions about mundane details (like when Calum was shaving). Also, it plodded along really slowly until the last quarter or so when things suddenly happened extremely quickly, the pacing was all wrong.

Saying that though, I did enjoy this - some scenes had me laughing out loud, and I liked the characters. It just needs a bit of refining.

Oh, this book. At first I thought it was going to be awful - outcast girl in good fortune makes her popular, finally! shocker - but though the story took a well worn path it was way better than any stereotypical high school story.

It was painful to read at times because it reminded me of my awful school experiences, but I got totally swept away by Start and the characters Elise met there. I loved that she became a DJ and became true, believable friends with Vicky and I loved that Elise was such a great, fleshed out character. I just loved this book, it's very well written and the twists and turns kept my attention so well that I am writing this review at 6am after reading all night - I couldn't put it down.

I would love to see this book made into a film, and I don't think that very often about books!

(I would've given this 3.5 stars if I could have)

This was a good book, not as good as Nicholls' previous novels but a good read nonetheless. I didn't really like any of the characters and found the whole Albie running away thing kinda boring after a while, but the ending redeemed it. I really liked the ending - bittersweet, poignant, and then lifted by the last sentence.

I wasn't expecting much from the Shopaholic books but I loved the first one and it's one of the best 'chick lit' books I've read. I loved Becky as a character and so I've read each follow up as they've come out and my love for the Shopaholic world has declined steadily as the quality of the books have gotten worse and worse.

I was surprised that there was a seventh book because the last one was pretty awful. This one is even worse.

Good stuff first (and why this book got 2 stars instead of 1):
- Kinsella's writing is still great.
- It made me laugh out loud in parts.

Bad stuff:
- What has happened to Becky?! So I get that the whole point of this book is that she becomes swept up in what's happening to her but she's just SO self centered that it doesn't seem like her. I know she's always been a bit selfish and dim but still.

- There are too many sub-plots. There is too much going on and it all snowballs in the second half of the book, so much so that when I saw I was 80% done on my Kindle version I thought there must be some kind of mistake because there was so much left to resolve. But of course...nothing does get resolved because there's a bloody cliffhanger and a promise of book number 8. NO NO NO. I don't care about Becky's dad/Tarkie/Bryce's plot enough to read a WHOLE other book following up on it. Why couldn't Kinsella have cut the crap and just brought everything to a nice end?

- I've read so many romcom books (I hate the term chick lit) that this shouldn't bother me, but C'MON why doesn't Becky or Luke care one jot about all the money she is spending? Her shopping problem is mentioned a few times and I do think it's amusing how she justifies purchases to herself but aside from a few tame remarks by Luke she never gets questioned about it.

- The Luke/Elinor story was bizarre, over in a flash and added why exactly?

- I'd like to think that the next book is the last, it's been dragged out for so long and it needs to be put to rest. Kinsella has written some great stand alone books and doesn't need the safety of the Shopaholic series any longer. At the moment I'm thinking this Shopaholic book will be my last but I know I'll be buying the next one out of a sense of loyalty and finality, which I suppose answers the question of why Kinsella is still bothering with the series.

All in all...so disappointing.