I loved how knowledgeable he is with travel and I loved how insightful and philosophical he can be sometimes. I loved though how he is never without a book. You don’t get much of that in other books. Like Rowan says, I loved it when she talked about art. Bria, being the main character and all, was admittedly likable, almost lovable. They kept me interested and made me want to go see places, draw and/or write about them. Second, I loved topics which the book broached: Travel, art, and even a bit of literature. When I stumbled upon this one in Goodreads, the cover plus the title both appealed to me very much. Let me tell you about the things I loved about this book: First, I loved the cover. Will the beaten path help Bria heal her broken heart, rediscover art and finally understand Wanderlove? When Bria meets Starling and Rowan, she leaves behind her tour group in order to experience La Vie Boheme and travel Central America as a true backpacker. But for Bria Sandoval, it’s more than just that. Her career as a travel writer and her experiences as a real-life vagabond backpacking Central America are deeply seeded in this inspiring story.įor some people, travel equals to a vacation. Kirsten Hubbard lends her artistry to this ultimate backpacker novel, weaving her drawings into the text. If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to start looking back. And the secret to escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward.īut Bria comes to realize she can't run forever, no matter what Rowan says. As they travel across a panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued with jungle beasties, they discover what they've got in common: both seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves. When Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path.īria's a good girl trying to go bad. Middle-aged tourists with fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a guided tour of Central America-the wrong one. No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on March 13th 2012