Queen of Babble Gets Hitched (Hardcover)

by Meg Cabot (Author)
Key Phrases: skanky crack whore, beard burn, Madame Henri, Monsieur Henri, Ava Geck (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
When last seen, the irrepressible Lizzie Nichols was canoodling with Chaz after she and Luke, Chaz's best friend, broke up (Queen of Babble in the Big City, 2007). Now—shocker alert—Luke returns to New York and slips a three-carat diamond engagement ring on her finger. Lizzie accepts even though she's still all googly over Chaz, who bluntly warns Lizzie that Luke's all about Luke and couldn't love her the way he does. Lizzie, a wedding dress restorer and budding designer specializing in wedding garb, faces a hives-inducing decision: dump rich Luke, who wants to be an investment banker in Paris, and hook up with Chaz, who wants to teach? Or should she marry Luke and ditch New York for Paris? And then there's the matter of her burgeoning design business, helped along by Ava Geck, a Paris Hilton–like celebrity heiress. Cabot takes full advantage of the material, delivering her trademark wit, sharp banter and lively antics from the first page. Fans of the series have another one to savor. (July)
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From Booklist
Lizzie Nichols should be the happiest girl in the universe. The phone has been ringing off the hook ever since a wedding gown she restored appeared in the New York Times. Her wealthy ex-boyfriend, Luke de Villier, has decided their breakup was a mistake and has finally proposed. But Lizzie made the mistake of sleeping with Chaz, Luke’s best friend, during the brief hiatus in her relationship with Luke, and now she spends more time thinking about Chaz than her fiancé. In addition to an angst-ridden heroine and a loyal, waiting-in-the-wings hero, Cabot’s novel is filled with unforgettable, quirky characters. There’s Lizzie’s bad-mouthed, cooking sherry–guzzling granny; a spoiled, self-centered fiancé; a best friend who is a newly outed lesbian; and a high-strung assistant. Celebrities demanding a Lizzie Nichols’ creation include a familiar, gum-popping, red-carpet regular always accompanied by her shivering Chihuahua and bodyguard. To add to the fun, each chapter begins with wedding trivia and advice. Cabot, author of the humorous Heather Wells mysteries as well as the wildly popular Princess Diaries series, has once again shown that she is a master at entertaining and amusing readers. --Shelley Mosley

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (June 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006085202X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060852023
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #182,366 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Huge disappointment, July 6, 2008

By	Kerry Blue - See all my reviews

I've recently become addicted to Meg Cabot's adult books, especially the Heather Wells series. I enjoyed the first two Queen of Babble books, although I was sometimes distracted by the thought that Lizzie's personality is only a slight variation on Heather's. Still, I really liked the books. A plucky heroine who always takes tough situations and makes them work in her favor, romance in a foreign location, a young woman struggling to make her dream career come true -- what's not to like?

So I was anxiously looking forward to seeing how the love triangle would play out in this book: how could a girl choose between Prince Charming and a guy who's been one of her best friends and staunchest supporters?

Simple. You assassinate the character of one of the men. And you have the other two characters indulging in behavior that's not much better.

The Lizzie of this book is an indecisive, neurotic mess. One of the guys is largely absent, and when he does appear he's pretty much unrecognizable as the guy from the first two books. The other guy, at least, emerges with his basically charming personality still intact, but some of his choices aren't likeable at all.

I hate to say it, but this is the only Cabot book I wish I'd left on the shelf. Even Cabot's always engaging writing style and the comic relief of characters like Gran can't make up for the deficiencies in the three main characters.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE PATH TO TRUE LOVE SELDOM RUNS SMOOTH, July 12, 2008

By	Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

Meg Cabot, popular author of The Princess Diaries series has crafted a featherweight plot filled with funny, finely drawn characters - suspend belief in rational thought and enjoy, which you surely will.

Lizzie Nichols has hit the big time in the Big Apple. After Vogue's editor called her restoration of an ancestral wedding gown "cunning,"and that comment appeared on Page Six the phone at Chez Henri has been ringing incessantly. Everybody who is anybody wants Lizzie to do her wedding gown.

Regrettably in the midst of this Henri, yes, the Henri immediately following Chez has a heart attack and it's left to Lizzie to take charge. Taking charge isn't such an easy task when one of your clients is Ava Geck, wealthy daughter of the owner of the Walmart-like stores whose motto is "Get It At Geck's." Ava is one of the funniest characters to ever grace pages. "Grace" is not the word to describe Ava - she's a gum chewing gal who is often seen "on the red carpels of movies in which she is not starring, since she has no actual talent." While her dad is worth billions Ava has a personal worth of more than $300,000,000, and she's engaged to marry a Greek prince. She's currently in NY to do a guest shot on Celebrity Pit Fight, and she wants Lizzie to do her gown. Being involved with Ava sets the stage for a series of laugh out loud scenes.

While Lizzie is a whiz in business her romantic life is currently on a fast road to chaos. She is also engaged to a prince, Jean-Luc, aka Luke. It would seem to be what a girl from Ann Arbor Michigan has always dreamed of - her own Prince Charming ready to take her away to France where she will live at Chateau Mirac. Problem is Luke's best friend is Chaz with whom Lizzie has recently shared a bed (only that), and he's the one who makes her heart do flip-flops. Nonetheless, she knows it is Luke she loves or does she?

Meg Cabot is a whiz at creating both fun and fantasy. She does it every which way with Queen of Babble Gets Hitched. A caveat: While some readers of the first two books in this series may have wished for further emphasis on original characters, first-time readers will probably find it a romp.

- Gail Cooke

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could NOT put this book down! , June 26, 2008

By	Colleen Laughlin (Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was the best out of the three, IMO. I absolutely loved it!! I laughed out loud quite a bit (you gotta love Gran!). I know Meg Cabot said this was going to be the final book in the QOB series, but I hope she reconsiders!! I don't want to give anything away, but I really want to know what happens with the other guy!! Maybe she could do another book from his POV?

In any case, do not hesitate to get this book! It's very much worth it!