The Road Trip

Written By Tanya Ahmed

The Road Trip by Beth O’ Leary
Reviewed by Tanya
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This is the third book I’ve read by O’Leary and I absolutely adored it! Each book has been different but so great! I never find myself skipping or skim-reading any parts and I’m always fully invested in each character!

The story alternates between Now and Then. In the Now, Dylan and Addie have been broken up for nearly 2 years and are driving to Scotland for a wedding. A car accident results in Dylan’s best friend Marcus’ car being towed and 5 wedding guests crammed in Addie’s sister’s Mini Cooper for the rest of the very long journey.

There’s so much awkwardness in the car that I couldn’t wait for the Then part to find out how Addie and Dylan met and what caused them to feel and be this way with one another.

I found their road trip to be quite funny in parts, especially with Rodney the random passenger. I found Marcus (Dylan’s best friend) to be quite obnoxious and annoying and Dylan’s willingness to be influenced by him was awful. I know they were best friends but how could he not see through his BS? I didn’t even think of him as that much of a friend!

Overall I enjoyed it, definitely a great holiday read or one for a long drive!🚗

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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