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A review by erinbrook
Wanderlust by Elle Everhart
2.0
I picked this one up because of the tagline "People We Meet on Vacation meets The Unhoneymooners." Unfortunately this one completely missed the mark.
Dylan calls a radio station and wins the trip of a lifetime, however there's a catch. The radio host will choose a random person in her phone to travel with her. The person he chooses? An old one night fling. If that isn't awkward enough, she doesn't even remember who he is.
This premise sounded adorable, but where the author went wrong was here-- Dylan chooses to use this trip as an opportunity to hopefully snag a permanent column in the magazine she writes for, but this sudden spike in popularity, reminds her readers of a viral article she wrote about her abortion a few years back.
I understand the author was trying to be relevant and bring up the very important topic of women's rights, but it was incredibly overdone...to the point where it felt like she was preaching to us. There was one conversation, in particular, that went on for SO long i was totally pulled out of the book.
I liked the travel aspects, but I feel like the atmospheric opportunities were missed. I found myself forgetting they were supposed to be traveling, so i think we needed a little more details about the locations they traveled to since this book was literally about people traveling the world. Because the synopsis compares itself to People We Meet on Vacation, (one of my favorite romance books of all time) I couldn't help but also compare the two, and Wanderlust didn't meet those expectations.
There were parts that were sweet, and i did appreciate that the spice was there, but not smutty. I also really loved Dylans relationship with her brother and thought the end was sweet. Overall I think it's a solid two star. I would consider reading another of her books because the idea of this one was fantastic. I just hope the next one is cleaned up a bit. :)
Dylan calls a radio station and wins the trip of a lifetime, however there's a catch. The radio host will choose a random person in her phone to travel with her. The person he chooses? An old one night fling. If that isn't awkward enough, she doesn't even remember who he is.
This premise sounded adorable, but where the author went wrong was here-- Dylan chooses to use this trip as an opportunity to hopefully snag a permanent column in the magazine she writes for, but this sudden spike in popularity, reminds her readers of a viral article she wrote about her abortion a few years back.
I understand the author was trying to be relevant and bring up the very important topic of women's rights, but it was incredibly overdone...to the point where it felt like she was preaching to us. There was one conversation, in particular, that went on for SO long i was totally pulled out of the book.
I liked the travel aspects, but I feel like the atmospheric opportunities were missed. I found myself forgetting they were supposed to be traveling, so i think we needed a little more details about the locations they traveled to since this book was literally about people traveling the world. Because the synopsis compares itself to People We Meet on Vacation, (one of my favorite romance books of all time) I couldn't help but also compare the two, and Wanderlust didn't meet those expectations.
There were parts that were sweet, and i did appreciate that the spice was there, but not smutty. I also really loved Dylans relationship with her brother and thought the end was sweet. Overall I think it's a solid two star. I would consider reading another of her books because the idea of this one was fantastic. I just hope the next one is cleaned up a bit. :)