“I’m going to throw you all out at once,” Mom said.” You can’t just throw them all out at once.” “There’s a science to it some words go together. “You have single-handedly disproven that theory,” Walt argued. “You can’t be awful at swearing,” she said shakily. Walt leaned forward, shaking himself free of me also. (in a conversation with Ian and Addie’s older brother, Walt, and their mother): It’s endearing and heart-warming, that’s what it is. Welch peels back the layers of Addie and Ian’s relationship bit-by-bit, through revelations of details about her relationship with Cubby, then wraps it back up again using the chaotic stitchwork of their shared roadtrip experience and previous history. Addie finds a guidebook entitled “Ireland for the Heartbroken: An Unconventional Guide to the Emerald Isle” at their hotel, and uses that as her survival mechanism, but finds that she doesn’t need to rely on it so much as she needs to learn how to trust Ian, own her mistakes, and rely on her friends and family. Then, she’s more-or-less forced into a whirlwind road trip with him and his Irish buddy Rowan. They’re there for her aunt’s destination wedding, but Ian keeps bringing up the break-up, which gets him into all kinds of trouble with Addie. At the core of Love and Luck is the relationship between the main character, Addie, and her brother Ian, right after she goes through a really rough break-up with her boyfriend, and during a family trip to the Emerald Isle. It takes a very steady writer’s hand to dole out details of a relationship, world, or situation fast enough to keep the interest of readers with short attention spans but not so fast that a story becomes predictable one-third of the way in. Jenna Evans Welch’s latest book Love and Luck is such a supremely enjoyable read because it has all of those things.
What makes a book “supremely enjoyable” to read, as opposed to “ spellbinding,” “ rich,” or “ charming?” For me, it has to be a mix of good writing, clever lines, fun characters, strong relationship building, and most importantly, heart.
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