•I reviewed this ARC in exchange for an honest review.•

This was a really lovely book, well written, with a very clear amount of effort and research put into it - the world building and descriptions were beautifully done, and I actually feel inspired to go hiking now haha. I absolutely love the links and references to the real hiking trails given at the end of the story, its a super nice touch.

Our main character did annoy me sometimes, but her reactions etc were also very understandable, so the not so great aspects of her were easy to ignore. I really liked the sweet friendship, and even the romance, which moved at a decent pace given the storyline. I felt that each character had good growth, and a unique and different personality.

Overall, I found this to be a very enjoyable, attention grabbing read, with some good life lessons. There were a few spelling errors, but nothing too serious. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend, and I look forward to one day hopefully reading the sequel!

I have marked this book as DNF because it was not for me. I read about halfway through, but find that I am unable to get into the plot. I would definitely recommend this to somebody else which is the reason why I gave it three stars, but I found it difficult to get into and was unable to give it the attention I think it deserves.

A bit slow for me. This book follows main character Marly, a college dropout, after the loss of both her parents. The focus of this book is Marly's journey through the grieving process, as well as her travels across the country in her mom's old VW Bus. And that was really the whole book. Marly travels from state park to state park to hike the trails she finds there. For a lot of the book, Marly doesn't want to face her losses head-on. I wish more had been made of the VW Bus because let's face it, a restored VW Bus sells for over $100k and THAT could have been a huge part of this story. If I had a 1978 teal VW Bus, it would be in every single one of my instagram photos and would have it's own TikTok. There was a lot that could have been done with this, beyond a short description.

Many, many errors in word choice and grammar detracted from the storyline itself.

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t was a really excellent coming-of-age story and you really get a sense of character relatability that you miss out on in a lot of novels. This book is an absolute tear-jerker. However, it reads a little bit like fanfiction in the way that the writing is a little dramatic and descriptions don't really come naturally, they're just kinda forced in and it sometimes disrupts the flow of the story. The actual story definitely gets 5/5 but the writing style wasn't for me so I gave 4/5.

I actually read this in one day, it was captivating and the way the author depicted grief and her stance on it was done really well. This story however was not the best nor was it the worst but I still enjoyed it and suggest others read it too. Overall, I would give this book 3.5 stars. Thank you to Netgalley for letting me read this early!