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Feb 15, 2015Chapel_Hill_RuthL rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Not everyone has a loveable mad aunt willing to send them on a whirl-wind cross continent European adventure. Their loss. Virginia “Ginny” Blackstone is a reluctant adventurer as she follows her aunt Peg’s mysterious instructions via (you guessed it) thirteen little blue letters in a surprise trip through Europe. Ginny has fumbles through encounters with English boys (sexy), Roman boys (skeezy), strange Hostel families (crazy) and Australian backpackers (boozy). In between Ginny finds a strange café, a full contact karaoke competition, green slippers and the answers to what her aunt was thinking. For any reader who has done time on trains, park benches, hostel beds this will feel familiar. Ginny is refreshingly candid about her feelings, honestly confused and true-to-life as she traces in the footsteps of her aunt’s letters. Johnson doesn’t break any hearts and there’s an open enough ending to suggest a sequel but with this cast, it’s unlikely readers will mind.