One person suggested on my review that maybe I just didn't relate to the characters and, you know, I think they might be right. In this one, I never f DNF - I'm just going to quietly put this one aside.Įveryone told me I should read Amy and Roger's Epic Detour after I tried Matson's Since You've Been Gone and didn't love it. Her female MCs are high school seniors or juniors, but they blush at things that wouldn't have made me blush at twelve. Matson's characters read too young and immature for me. Everyone told me I should read Amy and Roger's Epic Detour after I tried Matson's Since You've Been Gone and didn't love it. But as they drive, Amy finds that the people you least expected are the ones you may need the most-and that sometimes you have to get lost in order to find your way home.moreĭNF - I'm just going to quietly put this one aside. And traveling the Loneliest Road in America, seeing the Colorado mountains, crossing the Kansas plains, and visiting diners, dingy motels, and Graceland were definitely not on the itinerary. Meeting new people and coming to terms with her father's death were not what Amy had planned on this trip. and dealing with some baggage of his own. Enter Roger, the nineteen-year-old son of an old family friend, who turns out to be unexpectedly cute. There's just one small problem: Since her father died this past spring, Amy hasn't been able to get behind the wheel. Her mother has decided to move across the country and needs Amy to get their car from California to Connecticut. Enter Roger, the nineteen-year-old son When you're on a road trip, life is all about the detours.Īmy Curry is having a terrible year. When you're on a road trip, life is all about the detours.