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Book Review of Planes, Trains, and All the Feels

Posted on June 2, 2023May 30, 2023 by caritagardiner
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title: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels

author: Livy Hart

publisher: Entangled Trade

publication date: May 23, 2023

pages: 337

peppers: 3 of 5 (on this scale)

warnings:

  • alcohol dependency
  • diabetes
  • mental health issues
  • car accident
  • divorce

summary: Cassie Bliss needs to get to her perfect sister's wedding in California. Luke Carlisle is traveling across the country to take care of his tricky mother and giving sister. When their plane makes an unexpected stop in the middle of nowhere, they end up traveling the rest of the way together.

tropes:

  • enemies to lovers
  • forced proximity/one bed
  • tricky families
  • road trip
  • everything goes wrong
  • perfect sister's wedding

what I liked: This one had a lot to recommend it. I liked best the humor and the fact that even though I knew that things would go wrong on their trip forcing them into each other's spaces, there were still elements that surprised me.

what I didn’t like: not much.

overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars)

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