A review by chloek608
Side Trip by Kerry Lonsdale

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

 I recommend this book if you like: 
-Multiple POV 
-Forbidden romance 
-Working through loss, guilt and grief 

This story was unexpectedly good. I liked the main characters, they both had their demons to face and in the end they were able to help each other out. 

Joy is engaged but embarks on a solo road trip along Route 66 to fulfil her dead sister’s bucket list. We later learn why Joy is so set on completing her sister’s life goals, due to guilt about the car accident. 

Joy is intrigued by Dylan, the hitchhiking musician. She doesn’t expect to develop such strong feelings for him and neither did he. He was so sure that musicians aren’t able to love and settle down (bad advice from his uncle). 

This book flips between timelines: before, after and now. The ending has me confused as there seemed to be two different endings. The one in ‘after’ was sad and emotional where after Joy and Dylan parted ways they never saw each other again. The ending in ‘now’ was spontaneous, risky and joyous. 

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