The Road Trip, by Beth O'Leary | Review

Beth O'Leary's popularity over the past year has skyrocketed, with her cult following quickly falling head over heals for her delightful stories of romance and heartache.

Having impressed her fans with The Flatshare in 2020, The Switch in early 2021, fans hugely anticipated her latest release - The Road Trip - which came out in April 2021.

O'Leary has a unique style, altering perspectives each chapter between the two protagonists. In The Road Trip we follow Addie and Dylan, two ex's who've crashed into each other on their car journey to Scotland for a mutual friends wedding. What I loved so much about this book was the added dimension of returning back in time to when Addie and Dylan first met. In the summer haze of Provence, the sexual tension is thick like the humidity of the balmy French summer nights.

As the book progresses we are allowed into their worlds every now and then, yearning to understand more and more. O'Leary builds the suspense as we are craving to discover the cause of their breakup.

Compared to her previous two books, which I loved, The Road Trip grasped me even more. The characters were more developed and the relationships felt incredibly relatable. Don't get me wrong, the odds of getting into a car crash with your ex at 4am and spending 12 hours or more together in a tiny care are slim, however, the interconnectivity, emotion and heartbreak felt more real than ever before.

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