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.

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.

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

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!

Again! Amanda, I accuse you of ruining my sleep and daily rhythm - your books do this every time!

So, yes, Detour to Love by Amanda Radley is another book you won't want to put down until it's well and truly finished. A smarter reader would expect this and make time accordingly, like reading it over the weekend or a holiday. I never seem to learn.

There are a few similarities to The Road Ahead, like forced proximity, the first encounters that have the protagonists detest each one on sight, and the age gap.. but that's all. This is a completely different sort of a story.

And what a story it is: delicious characters, relatable dialogue, twists and turns, some of which you expect and might even guess, some surprises.. and it wouldn't be a five-star book without some more serious themes to balance out the slowly developing friendship (and more).

I enjoyed every page and will have to get the paperback, too. Detour to Love is simply brilliant.

I'll start off by saying that this is my first Radley book! I haven't been the most avid reader in a while so I am sort of getting back into it :)

Detour to Love is a solid 4 stars in my book. It's a slow novel but not so slow that you will get bored. Having said that, it's not a book whose plot instantly ropes you in—more like a book to read when you have nothing better to do. It's intresting, but not showstopping amazing.

Detour to Love features a slow-burn romance with Celia Scott and Lily Andersen. It's not a steamy sort of romance which I sort of expected, but if that's a must-have for you this certainly won't satisfy it. The lack of the "steamy scenes" was fine for me; it doesn't really feel lacking actually, just different. I thought the WLW was cute but wasn't too crazy about the age-gap (that's probably just me though).

The characters though were so well developed. Lily and her experiences felt so relatable at times and Celia, with her ice-cold exterior but so caring heart. It's intresting to see their development and the characters really made me enjoy the book.

Overall: cute book, lovely characters, low heat, age-gap vibes :)

This is pretty much by the numbers slow burn of a romance. Its also not really steamy at all. I would also say that this has a hint of a melting the ice queen trope, but it doesn't really feel like the ice queen in question is really an ice queen. She's just stressed and on the brink of an emotional break. There seems to be no indication, beyond her extreme bluntness that she has always been icy. Our much younger co-protagonist is way to much of an innocent and is way to easily lead astray by someone who she normally wouldn't be attracted to.

So we have Celia Scott, a talented executive who is being forced to fly to Tokyo to accept an award that she does not want. She's just emotionally wrecked for some reason, and is also terrified of flying. So, when she runs into the cheerful artist, Lily Anderson, she is instantly annoyed at this younger hopeful. Lily is on her way to Tokyo to finally meet the woman that she has grown close to for nearly a year, but when Celia rudely points out that she might be catfished, Lily immediately goes on the defensive. They are forced to deal with a massive detour to The Netherlands together, and as they work through that, they grow close, and eventually help each other through some emotionally trying situations.

I enjoyed parts of it, but it took a long time to reveal why Celia is just so mean. She didn't read like an ice queen, someone who keeps people away from her and is exacting or aloof. Instead Celia reads more like someone who is just this close to cracking and is lashing out at every one around her, including Lily who just happened to be her seatmate. I couldn't quite get why Lily would be attracted to Celia, especially since she's just mean at the beginning. Then there's the nearly 20 year age gap. Its a little much for me (Lily in her early thirties and Celia is fifty one) personally.

For the most part, this is well plotted and characterizations are pretty nice. I liked Celia, but man it took me a while, especially given how little information we had with regards to her erratic behavior. That and the age difference kind of took me out of what is a solid story. If you don't mind that, then this is for you.
*I received this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

***ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review***

I feel like this book is almost like two parts and two different stories. In the first half of the book, I struggled with relating to the characters. Two women NOT being excited about a long-haul flight to Tokyo? Can't relate. I found parts of the story to be too detailed (do I really need to know the character's preference in headphones?). The plot was a bit predictable, I do wish that some more surprises had been thrown in.

The second half of the book was unexpected and quite interesting. Although I did prefer the setting and "plot" of the first half, the second half was a more rewarding read.

It was cute and fun, but not anything extraordinary or completely unique.