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Queen of Babble Gets Hitched | 
| Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 29103
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 006085202X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060852023
ASIN: 006085202X
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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blockquote p Big mouth. Big heart. /p p Big wedding. Big problems. /p /blockquote p It's the wedding of the century! /p p Things are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the love of her life, Jean-Luc, has finally proposed. Life's become a dizzying whirl of wedding gown fittings#8212;not necessarily her own#8212;as Lizzie prepares for her dream wedding at her fiance's chateau in the south of France. /p p But the dream soon becomes a nightmare as the best man#8212;whom Lizzie might once have accidentally slept with . . . no, really, just slept#8212;announces his total lack of support for the couple, a sentiment the maid of honor happens to second; Lizzie's Midwestern family can't understand why she doesn't want to have her wedding in the family backyard; her future, oh-so-proper French in-laws seem to be slowly trying to lure the groom away from medical school and back into investment banking; and Lizzie finds herself wondering if her Prince Charming really is as charming as she once believed. /p p Is Lizzie really ready to embrace her new role as wife and mistress of Chateau Mirac? Or is she destined to fall into another man's arms . . . and into the trap of becoming a Bad Girl instead? /p
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 I wish there were more! December 16, 2008
The Queen of Babble books are spectacular (Meg Cabot is SPECTACULAR), and this book is a perfect ending to the Babble series. I just wish there were going to be more! I'm sad they're over with! I definitely recommend buying and reading all three Babble books, especially before the movie comes out. Things get a little unpredictable in this book, don't expect a fairy tale plot, but you won't be disappointed either.
Great fun, but slightly out of character for the series November 7, 2008
The final book of the QoB series finds Lizzie finally getting her proposal from Luke, but unfortunately she has just one small problem. She's already spent the night (without sex) with Chaz, and was planning on dating him. Rushing headfirst into the proposal, Lizzie finds that things aren't as easy as she thought they would be, whether it's at work or at love. Between trying to get over her panic attacks over the idea of marrying Luke or trying to play "My Fair Lady" with a Paris Hilton/Britney Spears-esque heiress, she also has to figure out how to keep the business running.br /br /I've loved the Queen of Babble series ever since I picked up the first book, and from the beginning I knew that Chaz liked Lizzie. It was clear from the get-go, so I was more than willing to embrace the idea of them getting together. I could even see why she would have reasons to pick him over Luke, who is charming... but devoid of any true personality. However, rather than play off the plot idea that Lizzie is with a man who doesn't know her (and whom she in return doesn't really trust enough to reveal herself to him), Cabot decides to (as one reviewer put it) assasinate his character. While I still enjoyed the book immensely (openly giggling at many parts), everyone just seemed incredibly out of character for the majority of the book. Poor Luke got the worst of it, I'm afraid. In fact, the most interesting characters are the ones in the sidelines, such as the socialite heiress Ava Lizzie's incorrigeable Granny. br /br /Overall? I liked the book, but it just didn't seem to click with the rest of the series. It's good enough to where most people will enjoy it, but many will be scratching their heads wondering what happened to everyone.br /br /4/5
Loved it - Great way to end the trilogy! October 27, 2008
I felt this was the best book in the trilogy. Why? Because there was more depth to it. The secondary characters were great, especially with the addition of Ava Geck, the Paris Hilton prototype who soon becomes one of Lizzie's friends and clients. I loved the other two books, but I felt this one actually had Lizzie faced with some tough decisions, rather than just floating around with her life and just accepting what comes her way. She really had to find out who she was and what she wanted in her life, like what direction she wanted to take her bridal gown business, as well as what to do about her love life. Should she marry Luke because he gives her a huge rock of a ring, has tons of money, and because she's always wanted to get married whether or not she truly loves him? Or should she go with a guy that loves her immensely but doesn't believe in the notion of marriage, that all it is to him is a piece of paper? I understand what one reader said, about assassinating Luke's character. I slightly felt the same way. I felt that Meg Cabot did some twisting to his character to make him not as likeable in the the third book, which didn't fit so much with the decisions Luke had made in the first book. However, she was able to make it work, making Luke more of a guy with no real direction in his life who is not willing to settle down, someone that Lizzie didn't deserve or fit with. Meg Cabot then brings Chaz to the forefront who, in the previous book, is spurned by Lizzie's best friend Shari (who turns out to be interested in girls). You can't help but feel sorry for Chaz, but this paves the way for Chaz and Lizzie in realizing their true feelings for each other. Meg Cabot does a great job at making sparks fly. Chaz knows a great deal about who Lizzie is and loves her for her. He's there for her. And Lizzie has these same realizations about Chaz. She's known him forever and loves his quirks. When comparing Luke to Chaz, Luke only loves the idea of Lizzie, but doesn't really know her and only wants to be with her so he doesn't end up alone. You soon feel yourself rooting for Chaz and Lizzie, even though the past two books have centered on Luke and Lizzie. The chemistry of Chaz and Lizzie was intriguing and sweet, a reason I couldn't put this book down. This is a book where Lizzie is forced to grow up and fight for what she wants. It's not easy, but in the end, she's rewarded for following her dreams and her heart.
very cute October 7, 2008
After listen to the first two Queen of Babble books on audio, I couldn't wait to read the third installment. I wasn't disappointed.
Couldn't put it down September 7, 2008
Very light, fun, "summer" reading - I couldn't put it down! I like happy endings!
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