china rich girlfriend. kevin kwan. (297)

i absolutely loved kevin kwan's crazy rich asians, and when i discovered that the sequel, china rich girlfriend, came out, i had to check it out.    

it has been a year since i read crazy rich asians, and i never blogged about it. (i always have a tough time blogging when i love a book, because all i want to do is gush.  but i will try to get that post up.)  so i was little rusty on what happen.  thanks to google, i was able to piece things together and of course, also as i read, things came to me. i will say that to start i did get arminata and astrid confused, but i got that sorted out.

so again, astrid was my favorite character.  i really hope that she is the focus of the next book.  i read that this a trilogy, but i would be okay if kwan decided to make books.  back to astrid, i just love that she is just so flawlessly and effortlessly chic.  i loved how the gossip columnist dismissed her, but it was only because her jewelry was so valuable that the columnist had no idea what it is.  i absolutely love how understated her outfits are yet, if you have money, you know that the girl's clothing and accessories are crazy expensive or belong in a museum.  though i love astrid, i hated reading about her good for nothing husband!  it was frustrating to read about how abusive, he was, but she did nothing.  i am glad that she left him in the end, and hope that the third book is all about her getting back with charlie wu!

so the focus of the story is nicholas and rachel.  nicholas and his family are still not on speaking terms after his mom hired that pi to dig up dirt on rachel.  they are planning their wedding, however, rachel is still searching for her father.  i would give more, but really you need just to read this book for yourself.

some random thoughts before i close:

-loved reading all about art auction!
-the return of kitty pong!  that story was outrageous and it was crazy to see how bernard ended up.  i could totally see him as one of those eco-friendly, vegan, gender-neutral kind of dads.
-i loved reading about all of the restaurants.  i want to check them out when i am abroad.  

here is what was named checked:  *mandarian kitchen for lobster noodles *four seasons for roasted duck

*royal china for dim sum
*dai pai dong for wonton noodles

*gerard mulot
*din tai fung (i'm excited cos i can do this in LA!)
-i wish i was crazy rich!!!

spoiler alert:  regardless of what her assistant said, colette was behind of it!!! psycho crazy china girlfriend!

oh and i have to add i still love kwan for his wit and his footnotes are the best.  the fire island was my favorite!! lol

read this book and i hope you love it as much as i did.