Barnholdt, Lauren Right of Way, 308 pgs. Simon Pulse, 2013.
Language - R (129 swears, 25 "f"), Mature Content - PG-13; Violence -
PG;
Peyton has a plan: go to Courtney's Dad's wedding, have Brooklyn driver her
to North Carolina, and never go home. "Inconvenient" describes
finding out Jace will be at the wedding. The panic starts when Brooklyn can't
drive. Life becomes impossible when Peyton and Jace end up on a roadtrip
together, heading back to Peyton's home, with their complicated history in the
backseat.
It's hard for two stubborn people like Jace and Peyton to get in a
relationship and make things work--this is why Barnholdt is able to make a book
out of it. However, Barnholdt didn't pull it off. The relationship she tried to
build her story around is hard because Jace gets frustrated with Peyton, Peyton
gets frustrated with Jace, and I, as the reader, got fed up with both of them.
Reading a book full of arguing wasn't very entertaining, just very tiresome.
Furthermore, the love story Barnholdt decides to tell is predictable to the
point that it feels unrealistic.
HS - NO. Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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