Something Blue

Reader reviewed by Stephanie

At the end of SOMETHING BORROWED, Rachel's life seemed to be on the upswing, while her ex-best friend Darcy's was going downhill fast. Darcy was pregnant with Marcus' baby, while she found out that Dex, her ex-fiance, had been having an affair with Rachel--that traitor!--for the whole summer. It's enough to give any girl used to luxury, comfort, and coddling (like Darcy is) a major migraine that even a shopping spree won't help. Darcy intends to marry Marcus and raise their baby together, but when Marcus refuses to have anything to do with her anymore, Darcy, panicked and out of options in what once was the opportunity-filled New York, decides to go stay with her childhood friend Ethan in London. So she packs up most of her clothes and toiletries and jets over to Ethan's tiny basement flat, sharing his bed with him.

At first, Darcy is having a blast in London, what with all the new shopping that she can do and all. Who needs Rachel and Dex anyway? But a big fight with Ethan opens her eyes to all her faults. Despite his stinging words, Darcy realizes that he has only spoken the truth, and vows to turn her life around, for herself, her unborn baby, and Ethan.

And changing herself turns out to not be very difficult at all. She finds a gynecologist, Geoffrey Moore, but very soon switches doctors after she and Geoffrey start being an item. Geoffrey is everything Darcy had ever wanted in a man: handsome, rich, smart, caring. The perfect gentleman. Which is just as well because Ethan has started to see someone too.

But although life in London is turning out just as she imagined--finding the perfect man to take care of her and her child--something is just not right. Darcy can't seem to pinpoint it, until, over her baby's security, she realizes that maybe she was with the wrong man. That maybe she had never been in love before until this moment, and that the man she loved was right next to her and just might love her back.

As always, Giffin does an envious job creating real, complex characters and helping them grow into better people. In SOMETHING BORROWED Darcy was the me-me-me girl who wanted and got everything and who got on your nerves, but here she is a genuine heroine who you can grow to love and cheer for.

Reader reviewed by Ria

Darcy is the it girl, the girl everyone is jealous of. She has the perfect PR job, the perfect fiance, Dex, and the perfect best friend, Rachel. Until she cheats on Dex with his friend Marcus and gets pregnant. And she finds out that Dex and Rachel hooked up behind her back.

Suddenly Darcy's world falls apart and she finds herself pregnant, alone and nowhere to go. She eventually goes to London to live with a childhood friend, Ethan. She starts to recreate a life for her when she realizes that she can't live the way she used to.

I loved this book so much. I read it in one day. I can't wait to read Something Borrowed, which is Rachel's side of the story. I would definately recommend this to everyone. I hope Emily Giffin writes more books!