I was not blown away but Love & Luck, but I do think it is a nice read. It feels a little original for YA and allows the novel to focus on Addie’s character growth. Anyway, I liked the concept of focusing on heartbreak. This guide book will likely also annoy some readers, though I managed to deal with it. She does this through the use of a peppy travel guide whose voice is so saccharine it almost seems fake. Readers may also wish to be aware that calling Love & Luck a romance is a bit of a stretch as it focuses, not on a new romance, but on Addie’s attempts to get over her heartbreak from a previous relationship. Yes, she has good qualities, too, but she is not really highlighting them. Rowan seems to be interested in Addie, but I was not quite sure what he found so attractive about a girl who spends most of her time insulting her brother. It grows old really quickly and I can imagine this could be a leading reason why some readers do not connect with Addie or the story. Love & Luck is actually most notable, not for its romance, but because Addie and her brother spend almost the entire book fighting. However, though Love & Luck is a nice read, it does lack some of the charm of its predecessor. She is joined by her annoying brother Ian and Ian’s mysterious new friend Rowan.

It takes the formula of a girl discovering herself (and romance) abroad by following Lina’s best friend Addie as she finds herself on an unexpected road trip through Ireland. Love & Luck tries to capture the magic of Welch’s debut novel Love & Gelato. And once you try to categorize someone, you stop looking for who they actually are.”

Then Addie and Ian find themselves together on a road trip across Ireland, along with Ian’s handsome friend Rowan. He thinks she should tell their mother about what happened at school, but she doesn’t want to discuss the boy she thought she was in love with. Addie is off to Ireland for her aunt’s destination wedding, but she can’t enjoy it because her brother Ian won’t stop pestering her.

Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch