Something BorrowedEmily Giffin
Series: Darcy and Rachel #1
ISBN-13: 978-0-3129-9317-7
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: March 29 2011
Genre/s: Chick-Lit
Format: Paperback
Source: Bought
My Rating: 4/5
Rachel White is the consummate good girl. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and a diligent maid of honor to her charmed best friend Darcy, Rachel has always played by all the rules. Since grade school, she has watched Darcy shine, quietly accepting the sidekick role in their lopsided friendship. But that suddenly changes the night of her thirtieth birthday when Rachel finally confesses her feelings to Darcy's fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.
Review
I have to admit that I've seen the movie prior to reading this novel, and that the movie is my all-time favorite, but the book blows the movie out of the water by epic proportions and is now about to be added to my favorite shelf.
This novel was hilarious and had me laughing from cover to cover. I was a little sad to see that a friendship as long as the one between Rachel and Darcy couldn't survive the catastrophe that took place. But in the end it looked like their friendship had been a little lopsided all along. So was it really such a big loss?
I believe whole heartedly that Darcy in the end got what she deserved because karma is a b*tch in the end. Rachel and Dex are my favourite and it was about time the underdog finally came out on top. I had been rooting for Rachel from the very beginning, she did after all have dibs first on Dex.
The second book which is about Darcy, I don't think I will read, usually I read a series if I loved the first book, but in this case, I didn't really like Darcy anyway so I don't think I will be missing much. Her character was a little to shallow for my taste, I didn't like her personality of thinking she deserved everything no matter the price, or the fact that she had to have everything that Rachel had. that's a little too grade school for my liking.
Emily Giffin is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia School of Law. After practicing litigation at a Manhattan firm for several years, she moved to London to write full time. The author of six New York Times bestselling novels, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof, Love The One You're With, Heat of the Matter, and Where We Belong, she lives in Atlanta with her husband and three young children.
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