Book Review: Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My last and final book in the Kevin Kwan read-a-thon I didn’t even know I was doing, and I have to say, I actually enjoyed it. This book, though it made me long for the days of going to Shanghai or New York with Rachel and the Shang-Young family, but reading about the Chruchills and being in their world was a refreshing thing. The sad thing about the whole entire thing was Lucie’s annoying fucking fiancee, Cecil Pike. Honestly, I can tell right away when I met him that I didn’t like him: he treated Lucie like a fucking barbie doll, he didn’t know her at all, and on top of that all he wanted was to use her for Instagram likes and stuff, and he’s also so very fucking dramatic, and I couldn’t stand him.

But let’s start at the beginning, shall we? Let’s start with…

CAPRI

Lucie is invited to go to Capri by her best friend, Isabel, who’s getting married to Adolfo de Veechi. Coming along with her is her cousin, Charlotte Barclay, because Lucie had never been anywhere by herself, and she needed a chaperon (why. Why does she needs one? She’s fucking grown) but when she gets there, she meets George Zao, and….survey says...she hates him. Like really hates him. But how can she hate him when he kisses her in an ancient ruin? How can she hate him when they nearly had sex during the wedding reception, and then had to stop because of a drone catching them in the act? Why did he come back to check up on her when a man had a heart attack, and she froze on the spot? Not even the beauty of Capri can get Lucie away from George Zao, but she was wrong...totally wrong.

THE HAMPTONS/NYC

Lucie is engaged to Cecil Pike, and everyone in her family loves/hates him (I hate him with a passion). Everything that happened to Lucie in Capri is over...so over...or so she thought. Because once again, George and his mother appeared, and once again, Lucie cannot stand it. She tries so hard to get rid of George and his mother, but it has became useless. George and Lucie’s brother has been hanging out, and there was a movie where a certain scene was in it...and Lucie lied to go to the bathroom, but instead kissed George and told him to fuck her (in which I would like for this to happen, please...like seriously, I want this to happen). She freaked out as soon as she said that, and left him standing there, speechless.

Then when she found out that Rosemary Zao is moving into her apartment, she does the most horrible thing ever: write a really terrible recommendation letter to make sure that she never gets the apartment, and she tried to do a smear campaign against her when Cornelia Guest was in the bathroom, and she overheard her. Lucie caught up with her, and Cornelia said:

Lucie, I’m really trying to stay out of your business, but it seems like you won’t let it go. Who are we kidding here? You were in the middle of a takedown, a total smear campaign. Now, I don’t live in your building, I don’t know any of these people, and this really doesn’t concern me, but please have some self-respect and stop trying to bullshit me. Because the only person you’re deceiving is yourself. And from the looks of it the only thing you’ll succeed in doing is pissing off your mother.

….burn, am I right??

But at the end, Lucie apologized to Rosemary and she and George went back to Capri to live there (yay) and also they went back to the grotto where they kissed the first time. Also they’re together, so I’m very happy about that.

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