Tag: Contemporary

The Road Trip was just the kind of contemporary romance I enjoy: a story with conflict caused by the characters’ values and priorities (not just miscommunication), gradual character growth, and humor alongside dealing with serious issues. The audiobook was recorded with two narrators (for the two leads), which worked well for the way the POV was passed back and forth between them. I also enjoyed the structure, which interspersed the present day timeline — full of unexplained interpersonal tension — with flashbacks that gradually filled in the reader on everyone’s history. I genuinely liked both Addie and Dylan, even when they were making mistakes, and most of the other flawed characters had enough humanity and depth to explain their actions. A really enjoyable read with a humorous literal journey and a moving figurative one.