Something Blue

Something Blue by Emily Giffin


My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Darcy Rhone has just broken up with her fiancée when she discovers he has been cheating on her with her best friend Rachel. Shocked by the discovery that anyone would choose Rachel over her Darcy is sent into a tailspin. And her new boyfriend and baby on the way are not helping her put things in perspective. But after being dumped by her new boyfriend Darcy runs off to London to spend quality time with her old friend Ethan. And love finds Darcy again but is she able to move forward or be stuck in the past.

I am not a fan of Darcy Rhone. In fact you can say I dislike her a lot. So when I started reading this book I was prepared not to like it and I didn’t. All because I didn’t like her character I Something Borrowed. There was nothing Darcy could do to redeem herself in my eyes. Okay she redeemed herself a little bit but I just don’t like her at all. Unlike Something Borrowed I will not be rereading this book in fact I may get rid of my copy of the book.


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Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Rachel and Darcy have been best friends since grade school. Rachel was always the reliable one Darcy the pretty one but one night on Darcy's 30th birthday things changed when Rachel had a one night stand with Darcy's fiancee and Rachel's friend, Dex. Determined to never let it happen again and to never tell Darcy the two friends cover their tracks but as the hot summer days roll by Dex and Rachel are drawn to each other and embark on a relationship that will change their friendship and lives for better or worse. As the story unfolds we learn that Darcy is not a good friend or a girlfriend. And we are unnaturally cheering for Rachel to steal Dex away form her friend.

This is the 2nd time I have read this book. And I fell the same way now as I did then. Good for Rachel, Darcy gets what she deserves. This causes me a fair amount of internal conflict, because Rachel is the other woman. And committing the ultimate violation of friendship. But for some reason I am okay with this and cheer for Rachel despite all my high moral ideas of cheating and honesty.

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