Publisher : Berkley (June 1, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593335023
Two exes reach a new level of awkward when forced to take a road trip together in this endearing and humorous novel by the author of the international bestseller The Flatshare.
What if the end of the road is just the beginning?
Four years ago, Dylan and Addie fell in love under the Provence sun. Wealthy Oxford student Dylan was staying at his friend Cherry’s enormous French villa; wild child Addie was spending her summer as the on-site caretaker. Two years ago, their relationship officially ended. They haven’t spoken since.
Today, Dylan’s and Addie’s lives collide again. It’s the day before Cherry’s wedding, and Addie and Dylan crash cars at the start of the journey there. The car Dylan was driving is wrecked, and the wedding is in rural Scotland—he’ll never get there on time by public transport.
So, along with Dylan’s best friend, Addie’s sister, and a random guy on Facebook who needed a ride, they squeeze into a space-challenged Mini and set off across Britain. Cramped into the same space, Dylan and Addie are forced to confront the choices they made that tore them apart—and ask themselves whether that final decision was the right one after all.
MY REVIEW:
I had been a huge fan of Beth O'Leary's writing from her debut, The Flatshare to this heartwarming story that I loved, The Switch, I found both stories just completely enthralling, heartwarming, and immersive. The Road Trip has been one of my most anticipated reads, and it sure did not disappoint.
In The Road Trip we have Addie and Dylan who met and fell in love in a French Villa where Addie was working as an on-site caretaker for the summer for her friend Cherry, and Dylan was one of the guests of the villa. But their relationship ended two years ago and neither had kept in touch or had seen each other, until the fortuitous accidental meeting. Dylan literally in an accident rear ends the mini Addie was driving. Fortunately, the damage to her car was minimal while Dylan's car had to be towed. They found that they were all off to Scotland for Cherry's wedding and to get there on time, they had to all carpool and make the road trip together to Scotland. In the car were Addie and her sister Deb, Dylan and his friend Marcus, and Rodney whom they met in Facebook who was also invited to the wedding.
The motley crew of characters sure made this read a delight and crazy funny. But what I enjoyed the most were the flashbacks to the time in France when Addie and Dylon first met as the THEN chapters, and the wonderful way O'Leary weaved this second chance romance where they both were able to work out their relationship as the NOW chapters.
In O'Leary's beautiful style with charming characters and dialogue, I found this book both heartwarming, funny and just overall a lovely read.
Beth studied English at university before going into children’s publishing. She lives as close to the countryside as she can get while still being within reach of London, and wrote her first novel, The Flatshare, on her train journey to and from work. You’ll usually find her curled up with a book, a cup of tea, and several woolly jumpers (whatever the weather).
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