You know me, I love a good debut - and this one delivers. Happy Pub Week, Alexandra Kiley!
Kilt Trip is a great example of why we don’t judge a book by its cover.
For the record, I like this cover – but it (along with the title) suggested to me that the book would be entirely light and fun…a quirky beach read you will most certainly enjoy but most definitely won’t think about again.
Instead, readers may be surprised to find that Kilt Trip has a lot of substance. To start, Kiley covers the various shades and forms of grief. How it appears out of nowhere. How one seemingly unrelated detail can punch you in the gut when you least expect it. How the places we travel—and the places we’ve never been—can seep into our soul.
As a result, there is something familiar—something relatable—about the feelings these characters go through…as if a reader’s own nostalgia is brought out reading this story about the power of nostalgia. We know exactly what Addie is going through because we’ve been there – even if we haven’t been there.
So, yes, this was a sweet and cute read. It gives us everything we’re looking for in a romance novel. But it was also relatable and very moving at times.
Finally, while I’ve never been to Scotland, I can tell the author has. This story was well-researched and written, including details both large and small that lend it authenticity I enjoyed and trusted as a reader.
(And modern Scotland is an underutilized book setting if you ask me.)
Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin for an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
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