Oct 3

Oct 3 The Road Trip

Score: 4/5 Bookmarks

Thank you to Berkley Publishing for gifting me a review copy of The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary. Let’s just say I have loved everything I’ve ever read from her, and The Road Trip was no exception. I read this with The Chick Lit Book Club and I might have been the only one who actually finished it, and the only one who loved it. But a divisive book definitely makes for a passionate discussion!

This book does have a LOT going on, different storylines, characters, flicking between the past and the present. But I was totally here for it.

Addie and her sister start out on a road trip to their friend’s wedding in the North of Scotland when they’re in a car accident. The driver that hit them is none other than Addie’s ex-boyfriend, and his friend, who are also on their way to the wedding. Forced to all ride together in one car things get pretty awkward. And of course, of course, it isn’t smooth sailing. There’s one hiccup after another, and Addie and Dylan are forced to confront their past.

Most of the characters are pretty damaged, and their relationships are messy and often unhealthy, but that just made them feel even more real to me. I loved every bit of it, especially O’Leary’s amazingly dry humor.

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Synopsis:

Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend's wedding in the north of Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed.

But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie's ex, Dylan, who she's avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier.

Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they've totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with three hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can't avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship...

Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly... is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan?