What a great book about 2 people (Cecilia and Lily) meeting while they both are traveling to Japan. The relationship grows from strangers, to friends to a touch of romance. Great read about an emotional connection between two people. It’s a very enjoyable read.

I would recommend this book to anyone.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for an advanced copy for my honest review!!

I cannot express enough how absolutely great this book is. A FF trope, this book focuses on love, leading a life you want, and overcoming obstacles that get in your way. Enemies-to-lovers is one of my favorite ways to romance.

Although, I will say... I hate clowns, I could deal with those in the book *wink*

Would you fly to another country to meet someone you had only texted and emailed? This is the story of such a situation. The book focuses on two main characters, Celia, who is traveling to Toyko to receive a coveted award she doesn't even want. And Lily, who is also traveling to Toyko to meet her soulmate in person. These two women meet on the plane and find they don't much like the other. However, throughout the book, they keep getting together and through heart break, dealing with history, they find they have more in common than they thought.
A very interesting book and a valuable lesson about trust.
I would recommend.
A received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks Netgalley for this ARC for an exchange for an honest review.
What a delightful story. I really enjoyed it and would definitely recommend to read

Detour to Love is a slow burning closed door romance.

I really liked Lily. She is young, naive and free spirited. Celia is rude, mean and close to a mental breakdown. It takes a while to find out why she is that way, but after it comes to light, you definitely feel for her.

I received an ARC of this book but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Celia is a middle-aged professional that is excellent at her job. So much so, she feels lost and hopeless in all other areas of her life. She has also suffered incredible losses in her life when she meets Lily on a plane to Tokyo. Lily is a young artist who illustrates children’s books for a living. She is heading to Tokyo to meet who she thinks is the love of her life, when Celia crosses her path.

The book starts off a little on the slow side. However, it was kind of needed to develop the story and characters. The book really started coming together for me about halfway through. When I first started reading this book, I was irritated at just how rude Celia was. It was almost like she went out her way to be a total jerk to everyone she encountered. However, as the story progressed, I learned more about why she acted the way she did. These two main characters are both so lost in their own ways and really needed to find each other. They became friends apprehensively and it developed from there.

If you are reading this novel for all the romance, you are in it for the wrong reason. This is more of a story of two broken people coming together to find common ground and help each other heal. This book addresses a lot of real issues and emotional turbulence. I really enjoyed the fact that that author, Amanda Radley, did not feel the need to resolve all at once or even by the end of the book. I like this in a way as I felt that it made it more real to life.

Although this did not hit all the marks for me, as a romance, it did leave me wanting to read more by Radley. It tugged on my heart strings for a different reason than a sweet romance novel. I feel like the story was well developed and realistic. Radley did not rush to conclusions so that the reader could get to the hot love affair. It developed organically and with an appropriate amount of time lapse.

I would recommend this book to others that are not looking for a true romance. I will check out other books by this author as it was well written and enjoyable.

I received an ARC by NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books in exchange for an honest review.

This is really cute! I really enjoyed Lily and Celia and their relationship. It's well-plotted, and I found the age difference between the main characters to be especially intriguing.

This is a read about finding love when you least expect. Celia Scott, insurance executive dealing with loss and not looking for love. Lily Andersen, artist, easy going and looking for love. These two meet while traveling to Tokyo. Due to circumstances beyond their control, their lives intertwine. This age-gap romance with Celia being 51 and Lily being 25 makes for an interesting read. Besides their age difference, their personalities are quite different. Celia is successful, confident and possesses a contentious personality. Some may call rude, Lily does. Lily on the other hand is caring and a bit naïve. But, what makes this age gap romance work is that Lily holds her own when dealing with Celia.
This read is more emotional than physical. So, if you are looking for heat, you should probably pass on this one.

Amanda Radley's 'Detour to Love is a mostly light and sweet romance that captures how much more you have to gain by taking the time to get to know someone. While each of the protagonists are coming from a complicated past, and seem to have nothing in common, fate puts them together in a way that nudges them towards learning more about each other. At times laugh out loud funny, this is a lovely romance.

A delightful book of discovery and travel. I loved it! Both the main characters surprised and amazed.

A cute story of a trip to Tokyo that goes anything but planned. Celia and Lily are on the same flight to Tokyo for different reasons. After an unexpected layover and trouble on vacation, the two go from seat mates to friends.

A cute story of life and love, with a heavy backstory on life and loss.

Now this was fun! I enjoyed every single page of this book. It's funny enough, witty, serious when it needs to be... I wpuld recommend this book to anyone in search for a book that has everything (except for sex scenes).

What an interesting unique story. I actual thought the age different wasn't that visible in this book but slow burn romance, it hit the point.
I truly enjoyed this one. The issues at airport and easy friendship, or understanding on the begining did me in. The interaction between main characters and thoughtfulness.
I have to admit liked this one a lot.

Detour to Love is a delightful read that provides just the right amount of escapism. With the classic markers of the opposite personalities and quirky meet cute this romance novel is a must read.

This was my first book by Amanda Radley and I'll say that it definitely won't be my last. I loved how the reading flowed and was able to get sucked in really quickly. The best feeling is not wanting to put a book down, losing track of time, feeling like the characters are as real as the people around you.

Detour to Love was an interesting story as an LGBTQ enemies to lovers trope. I say that but its really an enemies to friends to lovers trope. There's a tad bit of romcom feel but also some angst and disappointment. There are trigger warnings that should be noted of homophobia, disapproving family members, and excessive drinking alcohol, and loss of a parent.

Lily has the patience of a saint and Celia's attitude is awful at the beginning. Although this is written as a romantic book, there is very little romantic or intimate interactions between Lily and Celia. The back and forth dialogue between the two was fun and truly made the story for me. I loved the quick wit.

I also loved the visuals of the places they traveled around the world. I have new places to add to my bucket list because of this book!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for this book in exchange for an honest review! I loved this one!

I've missed this dynamic so much. I know Amanda Radley ever since reading her first ffs, and the way she writes just never fails me. This book is a great f/f read, the way it's written is really drawing you into the story. The only thing I'm sorry about is the fact this book wasn't longer. Feels like the story could've lasted longer instead of doing a time jump at the last chapter.
Will surely read more of her books in the future.

When I want a sweet romantic comedy, I know that Amanda Radley will deliver.

Detour to Love was exactly what I expected it would be. Lily and Celia were great together and I loved their adventure - both the international travel and the personal relationship. My favorite thing about Radley's writing is her humor and her writing voice. She cracks me up every time. I got plenty of suspicious side-eyes from my wife when she catch me randomly snorting or laughing out loud while reading.

If you're looking for a light (but with some heavier themes) rom-com, you'll very likely love Detour to Love.

Thanks go to BSB and NetGalley for hooking me up with the ebook!

Artist Lily Andersen spends her time working on children's books as an illustrator. She doesn’t make a lot of money but she’s relatively happy. The only thing missing is someone to share her life with. Being shy meeting someone was difficult. Now she’s finally met ‘the one’ online but the only problem is the fact that her love lives in Tokyo. Well she’d just have to visit her and try to convey how much she cares for her. She’s traveling on her own but that doesn’t bother her too much.
Celia Scott is also traveling to Tokyo to receive an award for her work. It’s not something she wants but her boss feels it’s important. Now here she was at the airport having to fly for too many hours. She's tried everything possible to get out of the trip. To top off her day she’s asked to vacate her seat in first class. Now she finds herself sitting beside Lily.
They have nothing in common with Lily being younger and more carefree while the older Celia is more set in her ways of doing things. When both women find themselves on a layover in Denmark they find themselves sharing much more than a place to stay.
Ms Radley has written a wonderful book full of fun characters. Nicely paced with a few twists and turns this is but one of the many books written by Ms Radley. Having read all of her books I was tickled when BSB’s offered her a place to continue her quest of telling stories that you can’t help but love. First book I read was “Mergers & Acquisitions’. I hope you enjoy this story as much as I have had.
ARC via NetGalley/ Bold Stroke Books

Detour To Love ✨REVIEW✨
“Romance is in the air on this detour to love.”

Another super sweet love story!!! Gosh I love me some good lesbian romances. Again, thank you to my favorite lesbian romance publishing BoldStrokesBooks, for this copy, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this digital copy. What a great little, feel good, romance. These types of story are the happy we all need during this dang pandemic.

This story follows Lily, a children’s book illustrator, who is traveling to Tokoyo to meet her online love. RED FLAG LILY!!!!!!! They have never really video chatted before but she is convinced they love each other and is excited to finally meet her. She meets Celia at the airport, who is an executive in her company and is going to receive an award for her latest accomplishment. Celia has her own damage involving her son to deal with it. When they “bump” into each other, they immediately dislike each other. But there lives are forcibly going to be put together due to unforeseen circumstances. I can’t get into too much detail without giving away the cute storyline so I suggest you grab a copy. This book was released February 9!

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This book was a lot of fun to read! The dialogue between our two main characters is witty, funny, and downright charming. Celia Scott and Lily Anderson met on a flight to Tokyo. Their first interaction at the sandwich counter was fantastic and their relationship develops from there. We quickly learn that Celia has a lot more baggage than one would previously think and Lily is the perfect person to help her get through her emotional turmoil. Lily, too, had baggage and was far too trusting to be considered healthy. I found this book to be fun and entertaining. Overall great read!