3.5 stars

I received a free digital copy from the author/publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Kim Dinan is unhappy and wants to explore the world. So she and her husband sell their house, and all their worldly belongings, so they can travel around the world for an entire year. The journey ends up being one of person self-discovery and comes close to destroying their relationship for good. Keeping them going is The Yellow Envelope - an envelope of money that is to be used to help make the world a better place, in little or big ways.

I quite enjoyed this book. For a non-fiction book, it had a really great flow to it and was very story-like. It didn’t come off too preachy and I really enjoyed finding out about Kim’s journey and all the different people she meets on her journey. Her relationship with her husband Brian did irk me at times, more so because there was a point she did seem to be unnecessarily selfish though I liked that she was eventually able to recognise this and apologise for it. The relationship problems came close to overpowering the story of the travelling and different countries at times. Near the end of the book, Kim did appear a bit pretentious at times with her opinions on other travellers and she seemed to place herself within a higher power of travellers and seemed to think she was better than others at time because she had seen and done more at that point.

I did love all the different, unique stories that Kim was able tot ell and all the wonderful people she met and who helped her and Brian on their journey. It does give a sense of relief that there are still good people in the world. Overall, this was a great look at different countries and their culture and the inclusion of the yellow envelope money gave the story a nice twist to make it stand out to others.