Off the Map by Trish Doller
Publication Date: March 7th 2023 by St. Martin's Griffin & Macmillan Audio
Pages: 272
Audio Book Length: 6hrs 37min
Narrator: Sarah Naughton
Source: Publishers
Rating: ★★★★
My
Thoughts:
Carla Black has traveled all over the world, so when her
best friend, Anna decides to get married in Ireland and asks Carla to be the
maid of honor, she doesn’t blink an eye. She’s to meet Eamon Sullivan, Keane’s
handsome brother, to hitch a ride with him to the wedding. As soon as they meet
there’s an immediate connection, talking, bonding, and physical attraction!
Eamon Sullivan has dreams of traveling around but has never got
around to it, so when Carla suggests they take a detour and check out some of
the sites he’s longed to visit they end up on a road/camping trip that changes
both of them. Carla starts to reconsider her resolve to make no permanent
attachments and Eamon takes a hard look at his stationary life. Each have some personal
issues to sort out.
Off the Map was a delight from beginning to end!
Carla and Eamon’s immediate chemistry was palpable, and I felt part of their personal
journey and travels: the beauty, the bumps in the road and the growing attachment
they feel. I rooted for their HEA all the way!
Loved catching up with Anna and Keane from Float Plan, too! It was a lovely sort of epilogue to their story!
I alternately listened to an audio copy and read an e-copy
of Off the Map. I highly recommend the audio narrated beautifully by
Sarah Naughton! She has a pleasing voice and she performed both American and
Irish accents well! I listened at my usual 1.5x normal speed.
4 Stars
Book Description:
On the road to love, you don't need a GPS...
Carla Black’s life motto is “here for a good time, not for a long time.” She’s been travelling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to replenish her adventure fund. She doesn’t do love and she doesn’t ever go home.
Eamon Sullivan is a modern-day cartographer who creates digital maps. His work helps people find their way, but he’s the one who’s lost his sense of direction. He’s unhappy at work, recently dumped, and his one big dream is stalled out—literally.
Fate throws them together when Carla arrives in Dublin for her best friend’s wedding and Eamon is tasked with picking her up from the airport. But what should be a simple drive across Ireland quickly becomes complicated with chemistry-filled detours, unexpected feelings, and a chance at love - if only they choose it.
Their chemistry sounds great. Cute cover!
ReplyDeleteSounds fun as I love a road trip with spontaneous choices. (although I am likely to have researched the details of the options to death.)
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart
That sounds so good. I might like it too. Glad to see you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a cute story.
ReplyDeleteI loved Anna and Keane so much in Float Plan! And The Suite Spot was equally fun. I can't wait to read this one. :D
ReplyDeleteWe're review twins today. I loved this book!
ReplyDeleteI felt the same as you. I know some readers thought they got together too quickly, but it fit Carla's nature and her tendency towards flings. The fact that it ran deeper was the cherry on top, and that storyline with her dad - both warmed and broke my heart. I loved it!
ReplyDeleteI thought it fit well with her character too and I'm a firm believer that sometimes you meet someone and it just clicks!
DeleteI love listening to irish accents, and yes they need to be done well
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this one! So much so, that I went back and read the first two after finishing it.
ReplyDeleteSounds fun. Glad you liked it. I haven't seen this book around, but I'm intrigued now.
ReplyDeleteGreat review, Rachel. I just finished this one yesterday and really enjoyed it. I loved the personal growth they both go through.
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