A review by sydneys_bookshelf
Work in Progress by Kat Mackenzie

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Work in Progress was a wonderful, if not predictable at times, story of finding yourself in unlikely places and people. Some of the characters were a little too on-the-nose (the no-nonsense, German bird-watcher or the well-meaning but chaotic grandmother), but they were all comforting, to the reader and our main character Alice Cooper, and full of wisdom. They tended to find themselves in the perfect position to give Alice well-timed advice throughout the duration of our three-week bus tour of Scotland. I did enjoy the history of Scotland we readers learned throughout the book, but it became a little repetitive as the majority of the story took place on four wheels.

The romance between Alice and her love interest, Robbie, was fun to watch. Robbie, the tour guide and only man on this all-women bus tour, is quick witted and ready to meet Alice at every verbal sparring they share together. He is charming and everything you would want a Scottish man to look and sound like.

Thank you so much to Avon, Harper Voyager and NetGalley for this ARC!