Darcy was born beautiful. Really… it’s true. Just ask her. She will be the first to tell you that she is perfect. She loves that men find her attractive so it’s no big surprise that she is stunned to find that her fiance friend Marcus takes work. Oh but never fear, Darcy continues to work her magic until she gets her way… only to be truly shocked and offended when she finds out fer fiance Dex, has also found his way to another… her best friend Rachel.
Oh the nerve of some people! While yes, Darcy to has cheated with Marcus (more than once but really who is counting) she is still appalled to think that Dex and Rachel had done the unthinkable to her. Yes… once again it is all about Darcy…
and as the title suggests….
she turns out to be pregnant with Marcus’s child… a child he does not want… and in fact he’s pretty tired of Darcy’s uppity ways as well. Darcy quickly finds herself without a place to stay, so she packs her bags and goes to London to stay with her writer friend Ethan… only the life lessons continue as Ethan’s flat isn’t “all that” and he is not about to put up with selfish behavior.
Oh whats a girl to do…. and a pregnant one at that….
Occasionally I enjoy a bit of a fluff read. Just a fun, no thinking involved read. When I found this audio on Amazon I thought I would give this audio a try. A series of emotions came forth as I listened to this audio:
disbelief
annoyance
horrified
disgusted
cautiously optimistic
passive
accepting
Ugghhh…. it’s almost like the stages of grief. 😛 I started out not liking Darcy at all. Really there was nothing to like. She is an extremely self-centered character who only cared about making sue all men had eyes only for her, always wanting what she could not have until she got it… and then drinking while pregnant just about pushed me over the edge. Fictional character or not, I was about to take Darcy out.
Then…. slowly…. she began to change, in an almost predictable way, she learns the errors of her ways and well… you will just have to read it to see exactly what that means.
This is the sequel to Something Borrowed which I have not read. ( I heard it was a movie and I was going to try to see it before I listened to this audio but I did not… I still may watch it at some point.) However I don’t think I missed anything by diving into this one, the characters were easy to figure out where they stood.
In recap…. I didn’t hate it. It actually grew on me a bit. Not so much as I would pursue the series, but in the end I may have been able to have lunch with Darcy without stabbing her in the neck with my fork.
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don’t give up on emily giffen….her other ones are really good…my mind is drawing a blank but the baby blues one and one i think is called heart of the matter were wonderful
Baby Blues must be the next one in the series….. Ugh…. ok Diana…. maybe.
Maybe.
LOL 😛
I read Something Blue, but haven’t yet read Something Borrowed…but I did see the movie.
Darcy in the movie was played by Kate Hudson.
I love how you Googled and found “a Darcy.” Don’t you love Google?
I like Kate Hudson and wouldn’t mind seeing the movie although I have heard “Darcy” is even worse in the first book.
LOL – I googled images of 5′ 9″, 124 pounds. I have a friend who is 5’9″ and is 130 pounds and I think she is super thin so 124 sounded like a sickly looking character. I was right…. the article that went with the pic was about anorexic women and models dieing. The pic is an actual model who is 5′ 9″ and 124 pounds.
I tried one of her books once before but it never really grabbed me before it was due at the library. I always thought I would go back to her at some point, but it hasn’t happened yet.
It wasnt horrible… some points were fun but the unrealistic over the top main character who is more in love with herself than anything was a turn off.
This is not my type of book but I really liked Something Borrowed. Something Blue was just ok for me, but I’m a series finisher so I HAD to read it!
LOL – I have been a series finisher beyond my liking of the books. I have a friend in my book club that has to finish all series too. 😀
So, does the series get any better?
Darcy sounds so annoying, I think I’ll skip this one.
I cant recommend it, thats for sure…. she was annoying.
While I have no interest in the book, I am kinda coveting the purse on the cover. How shallow of me. 😀
LOL… it is a nice purse….
just saying… 😉
I read Something Borrowed and hated Darcy so I’m curious to see how she changes. Its on my tbr list.
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From what I hear she was better int his book but I still found her pretty unlikable most of the read 😀
Chick lit tends to bore me a little bit but I really enjoyed this book, as well as Something Borrowed. I definitely want to see the movie!
I dont read a lot of it, but I have seen this series around for awhile and trying it on audio sounded fun… 😀
Yep…the first one is a movie…I don’t think it was out for very long…
Reagan mentioned that to me too… I think I will rent it just because I like Kate Hudson and curious what she does with this role.
I must say that for fluff read I quite enjoy her.
Have you read this series Esme? Or something else by this author?
This review made me giggle! Nice one.
Well… even books I didnt love… can be fun to review 😛
I love Giffin and maybe you can go read the first one???? But that photo of the perfect girl is so off base isn’t it?????
Really Staci? I am afraid of Darcy…LOL 😛
Oh and yes – when Darcy was described with those measurements I had to Google that to see what it looked like. I was pretty accurate as to what I was thinking… way too thin.
I couldn’t stand Something Borrowed because I didn’t like any of the characters, especially Darcy. Goodness only knows what I was thinking when I decided to read Something Blue. Like you, Darcy ended up growing up and growing on me and so I ended up quite liking this book!
LOL – I heard she(Darcy) was worse in Something borrowed… I dont even want to know what she borrowed! 😛
I had similar reactions to her one book I read. I think Giffin and her characters are just not for me.
I am thinking the same… 😀
I reviewed SOMETHING BORROWED a while back, and got slammed for it. I thought her female characters epitomized all the things people hate about women. I just couldn’t get into the book, I was too busy hating her characters. Needless to say, I haven’t read any of Giffin’s other books…not for me.