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The Road Trip
by Beth O'Leary
I’m a huge fan of Beth O’Leary books having fallen in love with her bold and authentic writing style when I read 'The Flatshare' back in 2020. So I couldn’t believe my luck when I was gifted an early copy of the paperback edition of 'The Road Trip' from Quercus. With my Christmas cancelled due to catching COVID-19, I couldn’t think of a better book to keep me company!
So 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.
I really, really love Beth O’Leary books because they are easy to read but I always forget that her stories have so many different levels than just a feel -good rom-com. The book follows not only the broken relationship between Dylan and Addie but the friendships and family dynamics between Dylan’s best friend Marcus and Addie’s sister, Deb. All of whom are now travelling in one car from Chichester to Scotland for their other friend’s wedding.
The narrative flicks back in time between the present (with all 4 of them and some strange tag-a-long Rodney in one Mini) and the past to when Dylan and Addie first met and how they ended up splitting up. I really enjoyed how the narrative played out, with my heart breaking for nearly every character as the story unfolded.
I found all the different elements to the story so captivating and each of the characters had such a distinct voice in my head that I could easily picture where they were and what they looked like. It was such a fantastic reading experience and I was bitterly disappointed when it ended. I think the way Beth O’Leary creates such dynamic and endearing characters is like no other, as yet again I find myself obsessed with the characters in this book!
I’m actually incredibly grateful to Beth for writing a short follow-up to this book called 'The Return Journeys' which gives us a little glimpse into what happened after the book ended. Without this, I think I would have been so upset because I was genuinely gutted when the book ended and I could no longer get my Dylan and Addie fix!
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So 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.
I really, really love Beth O’Leary books because they are easy to read but I always forget that her stories have so many different levels than just a feel -good rom-com. The book follows not only the broken relationship between Dylan and Addie but the friendships and family dynamics between Dylan’s best friend Marcus and Addie’s sister, Deb. All of whom are now travelling in one car from Chichester to Scotland for their other friend’s wedding.
The narrative flicks back in time between the present (with all 4 of them and some strange tag-a-long Rodney in one Mini) and the past to when Dylan and Addie first met and how they ended up splitting up. I really enjoyed how the narrative played out, with my heart breaking for nearly every character as the story unfolded.
I found all the different elements to the story so captivating and each of the characters had such a distinct voice in my head that I could easily picture where they were and what they looked like. It was such a fantastic reading experience and I was bitterly disappointed when it ended. I think the way Beth O’Leary creates such dynamic and endearing characters is like no other, as yet again I find myself obsessed with the characters in this book!
I’m actually incredibly grateful to Beth for writing a short follow-up to this book called 'The Return Journeys' which gives us a little glimpse into what happened after the book ended. Without this, I think I would have been so upset because I was genuinely gutted when the book ended and I could no longer get my Dylan and Addie fix!
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