Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - Kilt Trip

I saw this book in my StoryGraph, but the description made it sound more hokey than I usually like for my romance books. I only put it on my TBR list for the StoryGraph Onboarding Challenge prompt to read a book that starts with the same letter as your name. After feeling pretty melancholy during April, I wanted to read more lighthearted fiction and romance has always been comforting to me. When I was finally off my library’s waitlist for it, I knew it was time to read Kilt Trip.

Despite the description, the book was the right amount of hokey for a contemporary romance novel. Our main couple starts with an instant attraction that turns into a battle of wits and pranks when Logan (the male lead) discovers Addie (aka Heather aka the female lead) is the travel consultant his father hired to save their dying tour business. The conflict is between Logan’s deep love for his people and culture, which manifests as resistance to change, and Addie’s fierce dedication to creating marketable and profitable solutions for both her company and Logan’s. Logan is an open book who loves to share, while Addie is closed off and has seemingly forgotten what connections to other people look like. This is due to the death of her mother and the seeming abandonment of her father. I found both characters interesting, helped by the shifting of perspectives between the two throughout the book. In the arguments, I don’t think either is completely right or wrong. There is a third-act break-up, but I think it was necessary in this case. Or else the couple would’ve wondered if they had been able to complete their respective journeys by themselves. I found the business solution obvious by halfway in, so the fact that it didn’t get figured out until ~80% through was a bit annoying. Otherwise, I loved the chemistry of the couple, the storyline, the side characters, and the contemporary-made-magical setting of Scotland.

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caitevans7's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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unsuccessfulbookclub's review

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emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cute little contemporary that delves into grief and loneliness pretty heavily. Loved Logan and Addie and their shenanigans around Scotland, got a little frustrated with Addie’s unwillingness to let Logan in (relatable) and felt like the two of them jumped from office rivals (?) to absolutely smitten in a very short time. Their arguments were very “you never” and “you always” which like how well can you know someone in a month to be saying “you always run away”? Still very solid - I am nit-picking. Would absolutely read more from Kiley!

Scotty RoNovember prompts to consider: whisky, kilts, castles, contemporary

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cnostroski's review

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Wasn't bad just wasn't billed as an emotional book and was triggering

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reiverse's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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dianaschmidty's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Do you love and miss Outlander? Do you wish to picture Sam Heughan for most romance books that you read? Well then READ THIS BOOK!

This book was so much fun! Addie and Logan had AMAZING banter, especially when they were in their pranking stage of their strangers with attraction to hate to love relationship! They also had really good chemistry and once they got together, they just felt so right together!

I also loved their backstories. Addie’s story of following in her mom’s literal footsteps in Scotland was both sad and heartwarming. I didn’t really love how her story with her dad was never really given closure (yes, it’s in the epilogue, but that didn’t seem like enough for me), but I guess life doesn’t always have closure. It just really annoyed me (on behalf of Addie) that her dad never takes accountability.

I really liked the side characters in this book! I’m really hoping that we get to see more of this family with Luke’s brother getting books!

Thank you to Alexandra Kiley, NetGalley, Barnes & Noble (for my galley copy), and Canary Street Press for providing me access to this book.

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hazelgirl21's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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amberlfaris's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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