Ostensibly a sequel to Something Borrowed, this is really a continuation. The two together form a single, excellent novel. I had planned to wait several months before reading this but after sampling the first page or two I could not restrain myself from continuing on and on and on. Which was actually the right way to read it.

Something Borrowed was very good. It told the story about a smart, serious, woman named Rachel who steals her best friend's fiance. It was told in the first person by Rachel.

Something Blue, the continuation, is in the first person by Rachel's best friend Darcy, a New York publicist who is beautiful, superficial and selfish. The first quarter of it retells Something Borrowed from Darcy's perspective, which is wittier and, given the largely unsympathetic narration, more interesting than Rachel's version. The bulk of the book is about Darcy's self-inflicted adversity, her learning to overcome it, and a satisfying conclusion that really ties together both books. The form of Something Blue was a less conventional love story / chick lit / romantic comedy, but in retrospect one can see that is what it was all along.

Highly recommended.