The Road Trip - Beth O'Leary

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Title: The Road Trip
Author: Beth O'Leary
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 2.5/5
# pages: Audiobook ~10.5hrs
Date read: August, 2021

Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend's wedding in the north of Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed.

But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie's ex, Dylan, who she's avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier.

Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they've totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with three hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can't avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship...

Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly... is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan?


I rounded down my rating on goodreads (they don't do half-stars), because it really was just okay.

Which is a shame - I've liked both of the other books I've read by Beth O'Leary - but there was nothing at all feel-good about this novel, and it is just not romantic at all to read about the start of a relationship when you KNOW from the set-out that they're going to eventually break up. (Of course I also knew they'd get back together again - it's that kind of book). Reading about a relationship falling apart is just unpleasant.

I did like (most of) the characters, I loved the friendship between Addie and Debbie, but the plot itself? No thanks.