Although the cover of this book gives off the impression of a cute little romance of two people who go on a road trip, which it is, it is so much more than that too.
The book starts with a series of emails and school reports followed by Amy sitting on the front steps of her house watching the world go by. This is before she meets the handsome young man that she is going to be travelling across the country with. This is before the detour and the healing.
The reason for the road trip in the first place is because Amy is moving and someone has to take her mother's car to the new house. Amy is moving because her whole family has fallen apart. Her mother has a new job, her brother is in rehab and her father died in a car accident that she blames herself for.
Though the main reason behind the book is to watch these two strangers fall in love in the most unlikely way, I felt that following Amy's journey of reconnecting with herself and forgiving herself for "the accident" was the best part of the book.
Amy blamed herself for the accident because she was driving when she could have easily blamed her brother as it was him that they were driving to. This shows how much Amy cared about her father. He was more of her twin than her brother was and I think that is why it hit her so hard.
I could never imagine losing my father that way and him and I are not as close as Amy and her father. Losing a parent is just something that no child wants to think about, let alone try and move on from while you are alone.
I think that is why Amy had such a hard time coming to terms with her father's death. She closed herself off from the world and her mother and bother weren't ready to talk about it with her yet. I think the detour with Roger helped her to see that talking could help and that people can help you get through difficult times even if they don't know who you are.
I think that Morgan Matson was so clever with the way that she developed the romance throughout the book while also integrating Amy's life into the story. The development was so subtle that I barely noticed it until I was nearing the end. This is such a clever and insightful read for a romance book and I would highly recommend it.
The book starts with a series of emails and school reports followed by Amy sitting on the front steps of her house watching the world go by. This is before she meets the handsome young man that she is going to be travelling across the country with. This is before the detour and the healing.
The reason for the road trip in the first place is because Amy is moving and someone has to take her mother's car to the new house. Amy is moving because her whole family has fallen apart. Her mother has a new job, her brother is in rehab and her father died in a car accident that she blames herself for.
Though the main reason behind the book is to watch these two strangers fall in love in the most unlikely way, I felt that following Amy's journey of reconnecting with herself and forgiving herself for "the accident" was the best part of the book.
Amy blamed herself for the accident because she was driving when she could have easily blamed her brother as it was him that they were driving to. This shows how much Amy cared about her father. He was more of her twin than her brother was and I think that is why it hit her so hard.
I could never imagine losing my father that way and him and I are not as close as Amy and her father. Losing a parent is just something that no child wants to think about, let alone try and move on from while you are alone.
I think that is why Amy had such a hard time coming to terms with her father's death. She closed herself off from the world and her mother and bother weren't ready to talk about it with her yet. I think the detour with Roger helped her to see that talking could help and that people can help you get through difficult times even if they don't know who you are.
I think that Morgan Matson was so clever with the way that she developed the romance throughout the book while also integrating Amy's life into the story. The development was so subtle that I barely noticed it until I was nearing the end. This is such a clever and insightful read for a romance book and I would highly recommend it.
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