The Road Trip

Beth O'Leary

Penguin, Jun 1, 2021 - Fiction - 400 pages

Two exes reach a new level of awkward when forced to take a road trip together in this endearing and humorous novel by the author of the international bestseller The Flatshare.

What if the end of the road is just the beginning?

Four years ago, Dylan and Addie fell in love under the Provence sun. Wealthy Oxford student Dylan was staying at his friend Cherry’s enormous French villa; wild child Addie was spending her summer as the on-site caretaker. Two years ago, their relationship officially ended. They haven’t spoken since.

Today, Dylan’s and Addie’s lives collide again. It’s the day before Cherry’s wedding, and Addie and Dylan crash cars at the start of the journey there. The car Dylan was driving is wrecked, and the wedding is in rural Scotland—he’ll never get there on time by public transport.

So, along with Dylan’s best friend, Addie’s sister, and a random guy on Facebook who needed a ride, they squeeze into a space-challenged Mini and set off across Britain. Cramped into the same space, Dylan and Addie are forced to confront the choices they made that tore them apart—and ask themselves whether that final decision was the right one after all.

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User Review  - Dairyqueen84 - LibraryThing

I'm not a huge romance fan but this one had some depth. I liked the way the author wrote in short chapters as the plot darkened. It added to the intensity of the situation.

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User Review  - foggidawn - LibraryThing

Addie and her sister Deb have just started out on a road trip to a friend's wedding when they are rear-ended by literally the last people Addie wants to see; her ex, Dylan, and his jerkwad best friend ...

About the author

Beth O'Leary is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages. She wrote her debut novel, The Flatshare, on her train journey to and from her job at a children's publisher. She now lives in the Hampshire countryside and writes full-time.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Road Trip
• Author: Beth O'Leary
• Publisher: Penguin, 2021
• ISBN: 0593335031, 9780593335031
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary; Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy; Fiction / Women