A review by zydecovivo
Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

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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