Revenge wears Prada by Lauren Weisenberger I’m sure most of us have seen the movie of The Devil wears Prada. I loved this movie, mostly because it had Anne Hathaway in it and read the book soon after seeing the movie. This is the sequel to said book. In it, Andy Sachs, ex-assistant to Miranda Priestley, the ice-queen Editor-in-Chief of Runway magazine, has moved on after her quitting of the job that ‘a million girls would kill for’ 10 years ago in spectacular fashion (swearing at her boss in the Paris and quitting). She’s just about to get married to Max, an investor who she first met when she and Emily (ex-arch-nemesis at Runway) were seeking investors for their new high end magazine, The Plunge. It all doesn’t begin well when Andy finds a note in Max’s bag from her soon-to-be mother in law who begs Max not to marry Andy and to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend. Throughout the book, Andy’s still-continuing and unresolved terror of Miranda pervades, and you wonder exactly how Miranda will get her revenge on both Andy and Emily, who well- didn’t really do anything to deserve revenge except start a high-end magazine using Miranda’s name as currency! It gives a thrill of anticipation at what will happen. You also wonder just how Andy and Max’s marriage will hold out and the stakes are upped when Andy discovers she’s pregnant. I enjoyed the character development and again, really cared about Andy, who manages to keep her scruples. Max is an interesting character and seems genuinely caring about Andy. Emily is still a hard character to like, though you understand a little more, why she was so awful to Andy in the prequel to this book and her motivations. There are surprises in this book and I enjoyed reading it lots. As sequels go, it’s not bad!
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