I made two promises after my brother died: to run a charity marathon in his place and to avoid Jeremiah Dermot at all costs.So when my car’s broken down on the side of the road while my parents are at a retreat to save their crumbling marriage, of course Jeremiah’s the one who pulls up and offers to give me a ride. I don’t care how handsome he is when he looks at me with those adventure eyes or … looks at me with those adventure eyes or that any other girl would give everything to drive across the country with him. No, I’m thinking about my brother and the little boy in hospice he wanted to run this race for.
Now I have two choices: break a promise to my brother, or take a road trip with my enemy.
Get lost in this story that makes you feel in ways you’ve never felt before. Road Trip with the Enemy will leave you breathless, restless, smiling, and believing enemies can have a happily ever after.
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This book was so good and a very hard topic, grief. I did an all nighter to finished this book. I just couldn’t not know how it would end. Would Sydney get to do the race? Would Jeremiah and Sydney find room in their grief to be friends again? Would Sydney’s parents be able to save their marriage? I could go on with more questions, but Kelsie Stelting didn’t leave any question unanswered and dealt with the pain beautifully. I highly recommend Road Trip with the enemy if you like clean stories with purpose.
The author handled grief really well, such good emotion. There were a few things that Sydney’s character did that I wouldn’t want my teenager to think was an okay way of grieving, but the author did a really good job of showing how people cope and grieve differently and the ramifications of that.
I have twin daughters and can’t imagine loosing one of them or how the one left would feel. The book was filled with grief, but also hope. Loved how Jeremiah wouldn’t give up. Will their road trip be the end of the next beginning for Sydney and Jeremiah? Beware there is more than one moment of sadness and grief but at the end I was left with a smile and a sense of encouragement and joy. You might cry but not stop reading – life is full of sadness and joy.
A wonderful well written beautiful sweet YA romance. This engaging storyline is full of emotion, grief, hope, heartwrenching, blame guilt and love. The characters are interesting and well developed. I truly enjoyed listening to this smooth flowing fast paced story that is beautifully narrated.
What a great YA story.
I love this author.
She has skills that make her readers look forward to each of her books.
This book was so emotional that I couldn’t put it down.
The characters became my friends as I went along with them.
The plot was awesome.
If you’re looking for a book to take you away then this is it.
Once again, this author gave us a book that sucked me in from the start and just wouldn’t let me go. I just couldn’t stop reading. Not only because of the amazing characters and storyline, but her writing flows so well. Every time I read one of her books I say it’s my favorite, but Road Trip with the Money definitely jumoed to the top of the list of her books!
Road Trip with the Enemy deals with grief and I’m sure that’s not an easy thing to write. To tell a story about loss and make it feel genuine doesn’t seem to be easy, but my heart really hurt for these characters. I think this is the first time this author has made me cry while reading one of her stories. I think it says something about an author when they can make emotions seem so genuine and to connect you enough that you feel for these characters.
Sydney is living her nightmare, losing her twin brother. To make it even harder, she blames herself. So instead of going on her senior trip, she decides to run the marathon in New York, because that’s what he was going to do. Things don’t go as planned and to acheive her goal, she gets stuck on a road trip with her enemy, Jeremiah.
What I loved most about this story is that we don’t know everything that happened from the start. As the story continues, bits and pieces of the story are revealed. At a certain point I was getting frustrated with Sydney, because Jeremiah was doing his best. Getting more information made me understand her feelings so much more.
Sydney is a sensitive one. Losing her brother really hit her hard and now that her parents don’t seem to be getting along, she’s blaming herself for everything. You can feel her sadness and Sydney is just trying to get by. I think she lets us see that grief is different for everyone and needs time.
Jeremiah hasn’t had it easy either. Not only did he lose his best friend, but he also lost the girl he loves and someone who would understand everything. Add having different dreams than his parents have for him and things aren’t easy. Jeremiah sees this road trip as a perfect chance to connect with Sydney again. I loved that spots he chose to show her from his childhood. These scenes felt so special.
Every step of this journey was so interesting to read about and it just felt right. Add some amazing side characters (Sydney’s aunt and Jeremiah’s grandparents) that just completed this story. It was nice to see them get support from some unexpected places. Even though this story doesn’t leave us with questions, I would love to read more about these characters.
Kelsie Stelting did it again with this story! Once again, I can’t wait to see what she writes next!
Road Trip with the Enemy – I am not a big fan of age group but I love this story! The characters, although high school age, are not stupid, but show maturity. The support characters are wonderful in their roles, especially his grandparents and her aunt. The pages flew by with the storylines keeping me mesmerized; I couldn’t put the book down. This story bumps first place with the Skye Series making it difficult to pick my favorite. I contacted the author to review her delightful books. 5*
Dear Adam – I am not a big fan of this age group, High School, but when Ms. Stelting writes another story, I want to read her wonderful prose. I like that her characters are not the usual stupid, foul mouthed, dimwits that are so common nowadays, but young people with a bit of maturity and brains to them. Yes, they are still youngsters but they chose a better path to travel.
This is a lovely, heartwarming story of opposites learning about each other through emails. Ms. Stelting has a value system that I can agree with and accept with open arms, and she writes in a positive style. Here books are usually full of things that make me want to post those quotes to share with others. This is another well-written fabric of life that shines brightly on the positive, similar to her other books. There is infrequent use of vulgar language and some cussing; not a common thing with this author. 4*
Abi and the Boy Next Door – Loving Skye is my favorite, but Abi is a close second. Another clean, heartwarming story about a high school girl with a troubled background. She has her loving grandmother to show her a different life. The neighbors and some classmates open their hearts to her and show her more of a loving, accepting world. Of course, there’s her new best friend, the neighbor’s son. The storylines are interesting, the characters lovable and the growth the young woman experiences in her life are intriguing. Skye appears several times since Abi goes to school with Andrew, so it was fun to see Loving Skye from a different angle.
Ms. Stelting does a wonderful job with her young characters giving them a maturity level and dignity that are often missing in today’s repeatedly used stupid formula plots. With each book, the author shows her growth with her craft and each new book is a joy to read. YA is not my typical genre, too much stupidity and drama, but I will read every book Ms. Stelting writes. Well written and edited, this is a good read for all ages, especially YA. I contacted the author to review her books. 5*
Lonesome Skye #1 – I usually don’t read much about this age group, but this is an excellent story about a high school junior and her trials. This is a well written, intriguing story filled with a gamut of emotions that keeps the reader rooting for the main character. All the characters are developing through out the story and I find their dialog realistic and mature instead of moronic. I didn’t like the way the book ended, but I assume there’s more to the story coming. It’s not a cliffhanger, but I did want to keep following her story. I’m interested in reading more by this writer; plus she understands and practices proper editing. I do wish I had read this book before All The Things He Left Behind, since one is past and the other future in some of these characters’ lives. 5*
Becoming Skye #2 – Starts right after Skye gets out of the hospital and she’s in her junior year of high school. Again, I don’t care too much for this age group, but I love what Ms. Stelting can do with the written word. Her vivid descriptions, her characters and their dramas, and how things are handle with a bit of maturity, instead of the usual stupidity so common today for characters of many ages. This story is clean and with no sexual misbehavior, just young soon-to-be adults trying to make the best of their situations and lives. Skye is determined to succeed and even when the cards are stacked against her, she doesn’t fold and give in. She suffers the blow but comes back more determined and with new plans that she puts into action. Ms. Stelting also manages to edit her books with only a few errors, in this case, three words that should have been uppercase. 5*
Loving Skye #3 – This is my favorite of the Skye series. Well written and clean, full of fun and drama but still heartwarming for a person this young to continue on when things are bad. Skye is an interesting character and she does handle things better than her age group usually does. She makes mistakes and sometimes doing the right thing slaps her upside the head. She has a good supporting friend, actually more than one, and the rest of characters are human, too. Ms. Stelting does a good job with all her books. 5*
-‘He was my enemy. For as long as I lived, I would never forgive him for all he’d taken away from me.’-
This is one of those stories that unravels slowly, like a flower blooming. You get introduced to the characters very slowly and a story begins to unfold. I love this style of writing because it keeps you interested, keeps you reading to find out more. It moves at a fast enough pace that you don’t get bored, don’t give up on it. This author is so talented!
The loss of a loved one, a twin, a best friend, a son, tears everyone apart. Lives are changed forever. Love turns to hate. Can they ever forgive each other? Themselves?
Excellent story, very well told. Recommended.