From Publishers Weekly
Sykes picks up where the prospective-husband hunters of her bestselling 2004 debut,
Bergdorf Blondes, left off: "Married girls in New York these days put almost as much effort into losing husbands as they once did into finding them." When Sylvie Mortimer's husband, Hunter, gets called away for business on the second day of their Mexican honeymoon, Sylvie meets fellow Manhattanite Lauren Blount, in town for her divorce honeymoon, and Lauren takes the abandoned newlywed under her wing. Back in New York, Sylvie, working on the cheap for fashion designer friend Thackeray Johnston, brings a grounded perspective to Lauren's world of the rich, well-connected and freshly single, a world of theme parties (divorce showers, power christenings) and modest goals (make out with five men before Memorial Day, hook up their own surround sound). Meanwhile, Hunter's blossoming career as a television producer makes him a prime target for "husband huntresses," including his notorious co-worker Sophia D'Arlan. With Hunter acting secretive, Sophia popping up everywhere and Lauren egging her on, Sylvie sees her own divorce shower in the works. Though characters are as complex as the labels they wear and dialogue tends toward observations like "I want to be Lindsey Lohan most of the time, don't you?" Sykes's
Bergdorf formula is still light, wicked, name-dropping fun.
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Sykes made a splash on the socialite lit scene with her debut,
Bergdorf Blondes (2004), which centered on rich, glamorous party girls looking for the perfect accessory--husbands. Her follow-up celebrates the opposite: what the young wealthy women do when they unload said husbands. According to stylish divorcee Lauren Blount, they have the time of their lives, taking solo honeymoons, having divorce showers, and pursuing any man they like. Newlywed Sylvie Mortimer, the novel's narrator, isn't envious in the least--she's basking in the love of her handsome husband, Hugh, even if she's a little miffed that business obligations pulled him away from their honeymoon. But then Sophie D'Arlan, a notorious seductress who only dates married men, sets her sights on Hugh, and Sylvie fears she may soon be joining the ranks of the debutante divorcees, even though it's the last thing she wants. Readers who enjoy the novels of Candace Bushnell and the writing team of Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman will cotton to Sykes' depiction of Manhattan's jet-setting elite.
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