Here’s the thing that I love about Meg Cabot’s writing. She
very rarely pulls punches that you don’t see coming, and after reading really
heavy YA fiction, reading her work is such a relief. Her characters are witty
and written in such a way that you can’t help but relate to them in some way.
Queen of Babble’s heroine Lizzie – not Liz – is one such
character. She’s a recent college grad – sort of except for a 50-page thesis
that she still has to complete – who is on her way to England for the first
time ever to spend some time with her soul mate Andrew. She has all these
fantasies of how her time in England is going to be spent. And once she gets
there…
Well, what fun would it be if things in her fantasies
actually turned out in real life? No fun at all. She quickly realizes that
Andrew isn’t who she thought he was and she runs. Lucky for her, her best
friends Shari and Chaz are also in Europe – in France – and she flees to spend
the rest of her vacation with them. But, of course, due to her really bad day
she has a little bit of a breakdown on the train and spills everything that has
happened to her very nice seatmate.
Who turns out to be the owner of the château her friends are
staying at. Oh, boy…
I loved this book, except for the ending. For some reason,
even though there was a gradual build up to what happened, I felt that the
ending was rushed a bit. It’s like, okay, you’ve spent over 300 pages
describing the relationship and then it’s like wham, bam, thank you ma’am. The
End. I mean, honestly, I understand that it set it up perfectly for the next
book, but c’mon.
Final rating: 4 out of 5 stars. The ending still bugs me,
but I still loved the writing and the characters.
Bookshelf worthy? I’m a huge fan of Meg Cabot’s and if I had
the room I would own everything she comes out with – except her middle school
Allie Rules series – but alas, I don’t have the room.
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