Queen of Babble (Queen of Babble, #1) by Meg Cabot

Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:

What's an American girl with a big mouth, but an equally big heart, to do?

Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn't that she doesn't have the slightest idea what she's going to do with her life, or that she's blowing what should be her down payment on a cute little Manhattan apartment on a trip to London to visit her long-distance boyfriend, Andrew. But what's the point of planning for the future when she's done it again? See, Lizzie can't keep her mouth shut. And it's not just that she can't keep her own secrets, she can't keep anything to herself.

This time when she opens her big mouth, her good intentions get Andrew in major hot water. So now Lizzie's stuck in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date written on her non-refundable airline ticket.

Fortunately, there's Shari, Lizzie's best friend and college roommate, who's spending her summer in southern France, catering weddings with her boyfriend, Chaz, in a sixteenth-century château. One call and Lizzie's on a train to Souillac. Who cares if she's never traveled alone in her life and only speaks rudimentary French? One glimpse of gorgeous Château Mirac - not to mention gorgeous Luke, the son of Château Mirac's owner - and she's smitten.

But while most caterers can be trusted to keep a secret, Lizzie's the exception. And no sooner has the first cork been popped than Luke hates her, the bride is in tears, and it looks like Château Mirac is in danger of becoming a lipo-recovery spa. As if things aren't bad enough, her ex-boyfriend Andrew shows up looking for "closure" (or at least a loan), threatening to ruin everything, especially Lizzie's chance at ever finding real love...

Unless she can figure out a way to use that big mouth of hers to save the day.

My Review:

Ok, finally my review, and yes, it comes after I wrote the review for the second book in the series, Queen of Babble in the Big City.

I liked the main character Lizzie to an extend. She was very materialistic, but not in the way you immediately think. She tried so hard to not be that person, i.e. racists, sexist, ageist, etc., that it was a little annoying. She made a point to remind the reader and herself that she didn't think in those terms and she wasn't money hungry. It was mentioned throughout the book so often, that I can't help think that Lizzie does harbor those thoughts on stereotypes, she just doesn't reveal it in person that she does (however, since we are in her mind, we know differently). Despite all this, she was a bubbly fool, but a cute and somewhat lovely bubbly fool.

Lizzie's best friend Shari, I liked her a lot, she told it how it was, but was sometimes a little too harsh. I loved her boyfriend Chaz that absolute most. He was funny, caring, smart, and good looking in a goofy-don't-know-I'm-cute kind of way - my kind of guy. I didn't like Andrew from the start, and that never changed, thank goodness Lizzie started to see things my way pretty fast. I liked Luke right away too, who knew he'd become almost perfect.

As for the storyline, I liked that Lizzie was ambitious enough to do what she needed to do to go and visit her boyfriend in England. Once she realized she was being used, she knew what she deserved and since that wasn't it, she left. I would be just as crazy as she was, taking a quick trip across countries to get to a safe place without being able to get a hold of someone at said safe place. Which, as luck would have it, worked out in her favor.

I'm not sure what else I can say without giving everything away. I'd recommend this book if you are into fashion driven romances, a light read, or are looking for a happy ending.

Favorite Quotes:

“Sometimes we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for.”

“It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”

“Did you let him know that if he can't see fit to return your blow job immediately, you will have no choice but to sue?”

Read from December 21 to 31, 2014

Top 5 Genres*: Women's Fiction/Chick Lit, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Adult
*According to Goodreads
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My ratings system
5 stars - I absolutely loved it
4 stars - Good book and would recommend
3 stars - Decent book, but wasn't spectacular
2 stars - Not good, but was able to finish it
1 stars - Did not finish (DNF) and I don't usually rate a book I haven't finished (just to be fair to the author)

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