Beth O'Leary's latest novel The Road Trip (#995) is much in demand at my local library Why is the very person Addie Gilbert least wants to see the same one who literally runs into her in the predawn hours of an all-day road trip to a friend's wedding in Scotland? The Mercedes Dylan Abbott is riding in is totalled, but time is running out to make it in time for the wedding over a holiday weekend. It's sure going to be a rough ride when the only option for all five invited guests is to squeeze into the battered Mini Addie is driving. Throw in Addie's devoted sister Deb, a random wedding guest from Chichester who also needed a ride to Cherry and Krishna's affair, Dylan Abbott, Addie's ex, and his best friend, Marcus, and there are endless possibilities for conflict, most of which the reader will not see coming.
It certainly is emotionally fraught as the plot alternates between Then and Now, the bumpy road trip and the equally bumpy backstory of how Dylan and Addie became exes. Lots of jealousy, sexual tension and posh surroundings. And that's not even counting the characters outside the Mini!
A thoroughly enjoyable beach read, although for my money, I have to admit preferring Beth O'Leary's previous novel The Switch (See my post of 3/2/2021.) which I see has been optioned by Amblin Partners and Steven Spielberg. Perhaps it will be coming to a small or large screen near you. I hope so!
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