Love & Luck

By: Jenna Evans Welch

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

A New York Times bestseller

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Love & Gelato comes a heartwarming tale of a road trip through Ireland filled with love, adventure, and the true meaning behind the word family.

Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt’s over-the-top destination wedding and hoping she can stop thinking about the one thing she did that left her miserable and heartbroken—and threatens her future. But her brother, Ian, isn’t about to let her forget, and his constant needling leads to arguments and even a fistfight between the two once inseparable siblings. Miserable, Addie can’t wait to visit her friend in Italy and leave her brother—and her problems—behind.

So when Addie discovers an unusual guidebook, Ireland for the Heartbroken, hidden in the dusty shelves of the hotel library, she’s able to finally escape her anxious mind and Ian’s criticism.

And then their travel plans change. Suddenly Addie finds herself on a whirlwind tour of the Emerald Isle, trapped in the world’s smallest vehicle with Ian and his admittedly cute, Irish-accented friend Rowan. As the trio journeys over breathtaking green hills, past countless castles, and through a number of fairy-tale forests, Addie hopes her guidebook will heal not only her broken heart, but also her shattered relationship with her brother.

That is if they don’t get completely lost along the way.

Beautiful!

I listened to this book and I sincerely love the story. For someone that has only brothers I was able to understand and relate a lot to the book. There are only two things I wish to have known about the story, With who did Rowan end up living with and what did the Bennett parents thought about Ian’s dreams/future plans?!

Fantastic!!!!

Jenna never fails to make me cry, laugh, and smile with the way she writes. The best thing I love about her stories is that they are real, even if the specific thing she writes about has never happened to you, it’s always easy to connect to her writing. Here is why, she touches on emotions that are so real it’s scary but not scary at the same time. You just feel like you are in the story!
Thank you Jenna! Cannot wait to see with what you come up with next!

Love, laughter, tears, JOY

This book really moved me. I finished it after Love & Gelato. And while I LOVED Love & Gelato, this book…..was BEAUTIFUL. I cried. I laughed. I felt immense joy and also anxiousness and pain for Addie and Lena.

I am absolutely in love with their friendship and it’s such a blessing to read about. I am blessed enough to have similar friendships in my life and wow this book reminded me of how I grateful I am for the relationships in my life.

I also LOVE the narrator. I think my favorite of any audio book by far. Her voices for each character were distinct and specific. Great job!!!

Sending faith, hope, love, and LUCK to you all!

Another feel good, happy book

I came to this book after having read Love & Gelato and was pleasantly satisfied. It was a cute family bonding adventure after some personal life decisions and a fight at a wedding that caused a divide. With also a tiny touch of love, but the adventure and the healing was the main focus. I loved it.

Middle of the Road (Trip)

This was a cute book with a fun cast of characters, but I think it’s on the younger side of YA novels and it dragged a bit for me. I probably should have known better before using a credit, but I liked the sounds of a cute Irish romance.

The book was more centered around the siblings and their drama and secrets and friendship than about romance which is perfectly fine!! It just wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, and also the secret of “what REALLY happened over summer” dragged on for far too long.

Overall it’s a cute read, and I’m sure teenage me would’ve loved it! Current me though is just feeling very in the middle about it.