This sequel novel to Jenna Evans Welch’s Love & Gelato is more about heartache than finding love. Lina’s story brought her to Italy, but her friend Addie’s story is all about Ireland.
Set three months after Love & Gelato, Addie and her family is attending her aunt’s destination wedding in picturesque Ireland, but all’s not well in Addie’s world. She’s fighting with Ian, her closest brother, she has a secret at home she’s anxiously waiting to explode all over school, and her summer “boyfriend” has broken up with her leaving her heart feeling like it’s been stampeded by angry elephants. The only thought keeping her afloat is knowing she will see her best friend Lina in a few days since her parents allowed her and Ian to fly to Italy instead of staying to see the Irish sights. But Ian has plans of his own. He’s planning on staying in Ireland (unbeknownst to their parents) and road tripping with Rowan, an Irish friend he met online. Their goal is to visit pivotal moments from their favorite band’s time together then see their final concert at a huge outdoor festival. Addie’s surprised and confused—Ian’s passionate about music and not football, like everyone at school thinks he is? Due to unforeseen circumstances, Addie’s forced to go with them on their road trip. Maybe a trip through Ireland will help heal her broken heart (like her quirky Irish guidebook says) or maybe it will all explode in her face…
Where Love & Gelato was a warm and gushy “will they, won’t they” tension, this story holds a totally different feel, just like Italy and Ireland have totally different aesthetic appeals. Love & Luck is more of an achy, spiky tension because you know something bad happened between Addie and her crush, but you don’t find out what until the end. That tension makes for a great story, but it also makes you a little anxious as a reader.
Just like the first, Love & Luck will make you want to pack your bags and travel there IMMEDIATELY, but just be ready for a love healing book instead of a love finding book.
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