A review by kthornette
Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

3.0

3.5 ⭐️ rounded

“I press my lips to her ear and whisper, ‘let’s go light some shit on fire.’”

On the surface, this story was made for me: beautiful cover, alluring title, girl power, road trip gone wrong.

Trixie and Lux’s relationship was so beautifully complex and complicated. From the start, you could tell how much they care about each other and love each other, friends or more. I wish we had more details on why they liked/loved each other. They were very different and complemented each other and I loved how their relationship wasn’t just happy moments but they dealt with tough and deep situations. I felt as if they were really dependant on each other; Lux on Trixie more than vice versa. I do think Lux was a bit immature and naive given her backstory and how she acted on the trip. Trixie acted like her mom at some point ... which I guess makes sense given Lux’s attitude.

That being said,
SpoilerI think it would’ve been more interesting if they girls took a detour on their road trip. Instead of going who knows where, they could’ve gone to the #MeToo marches they unintentionally started. It would’ve strengthened that theme even more.