Ami's Hoard

3.5 stars

I saw the title “ Road Trip ” and my heart went pitter-patter. I always love the idea of a road trip romance. There is something very intimate for two people in small spaces like cars, visiting places, and it decreases the sense of instant-love. So yes, I saw the title and I just jumped on it.

It was a decent read – unfortunately, I thought the road trip element was slightly disappointing. I knew that Boyd had wanted to visit those places for a long time but I felt that it didn’t have any significant impact to the story. I mean, yes, Boyd did some things, like going to the farm and ride horses, but it was not powerful enough to make the visiting places memorable to me. Maybe if Boyd took Oliver on the balloon ride, or he actually did some splurging in Vegas … just something big, you know? I just didn’t get the excitement of the road trip element much. Heck, even maybe if Boyd visited that old girlfriend of his, that would have added more “punch” to the story.

Having said that, I did like Boyd and Oliver’s relationship … I liked reading about the progress from strangers to something more in those seven days. I liked the age-gap (Boyd was 35 while Oliver was 24) that made Boyd hold back a little bit. I liked that while Oliver was a posture of destitute in the beginning, his story was not the usual “rent-boy” angst plot (I was worried there a little bit, but I was happy to be proven wrong).

Oh, and I also loved that Boyd and Oliver didn’t immediately fall forever in love after that seven days. No worries, we still have our hopeful happy ending. It was a good one too and I thought it was done in a believable way (in terms of the progress of their relationship). I felt satisfied; it was a lovely ending.