Review: Unxpected !?!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2014
When I picked up this book (opened it on my Kindle) I was expecting a book on travel. Indeed this will become a series of books on travel; but in this first opening book you meet Marie, the girl who has been planning this “backpacking through 196 countries in 500 days” trip for several years now. Her parents have influenced this desire to “see the world” and she hopes to “See places they’ve Never Seen.” She hopes to share this with them, and others, in a journal.The story opens with lots of catch-up scenes (the main style of this author), letting you get to know a very cute, adventuresome, and forthright 21 year old Marie, aboard the 747, embarking on her dream-come-true-adventure which came about through much planning and self-sacrifice, one being no romantic attachments.On her left ankle there is a 3-yr old tattoo of a tiny red bird named “Hunter” which catches the attention of this very handsome “Cowboy” across the aisle, and thus begins an unplanned, and in some ways an unwanted, relationship.This was a very well written book and the author has the ability to pull a reader right into the story line immediately. I can’t wait to read more form this author. I hope that he will continue Marie's story and her long awaited journey and provide details of what happens in the future!