With the playlist prepped and the snacks packed, Addie and her sister Deb are headed on a road trip to rural Scotland for a friends wedding.
Dylan and his best friend Marcus are headed to the same nuptials when they total their car by slamming into the back of another…driven by none other than Dylan’s ex girlfriend - Addie.
Left with little choice and a Mini jam-packed with luggage and secrets, the group continues on the journey together.
But the course of true love never did run smooth, and apparently neither does a road trip with your ex!
Oh how I wanted to love this book. The Switch and The Flatshare were such uplifting reads that I thought I was heading into this one as a sure thing. Sadly, it wasn’t to be.
This is by no means a slight to O’Leary, the story was just as well-written as her previous works but there was just an edge that was missing. This story was told across a dual timeline, both told from the points of view of Addie and Dylan, and whilst I usually love jumping from present to past I’m not sure it worked here. Perhaps the timelines weren’t quite far enough apart, as I often felt confused where I was chronologically.
Another thing that I found difficult was empathising with either of the main protagonists. I wasn’t invested in their love because I genuinely didn’t feel the chemistry between them. In fact, I thought they had a pretty odd relationship and were ill-suited from the beginning.
On a positive note, I though Deb was an absolute hoot! She had some brilliant one-liners that had me chuckling often.
And of course the banging playlist…as a huge Country fan any book that mentions “Body Like a Back Road”, Florida Georgia Line and Dolly Parton in the first few chapters gets my vote!!
* Thanks to Quercus, via NetGalley, for this ARC *
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