A review by km_allan
The Car Share by Lucy Mitchell

5.0

This is one of those reads that is just so fun to immerse yourself in. Matteo and Lia are strangers dealing with the failing health of older parents, death, and relationship breakdowns that have scarred them. When their circumstances lead them to a car share service, they meet each other and Stella, one of the best book characters I’ve come across in a while. She’s loud, her children are teenage monsters, and she has an unreliable friend named Useful Kim who is never that useful at all. Her antics are entertaining against the main story of Matteo and Lia carrying demons from past relationships, a frosty friends-to-lovers move, and the running commentary about commutes from the radio DJ they listen to during their drives. The Car Share is about finding new friends, new loves, and who you used to be, from a writer who knows how to pull all of the right heartstrings.