Girls Who Travel by Nicole Trilivas disappointed me. The title, cover, and synopsis sucked me in. I was looking for an armchair vacation to an exciting new place, but what I got was more of a women's fiction novels that focused more on men and relationships. There was no real emphasis placed on traveling, like the title and synopsis lead me to believe. I did not feel inspired to head out on the open road, and I didn't feel transported anywhere. The writing is fine, but not the kind of style that grabbed me and kept me going. I felt very meh about the entire thing.

I wanted a book that told the tale of a girl traveling. Girls Who Travel is not really that book. This is a story of a girl, Kika, who did travel but then ran out of money and had to get a job. She did not enjoy her job and was fired then getting a job taking care of two adorable children. While working the nanny job she meets a man who may just help her put down roots.

I was torn on Kika. I liked that she was strong enough to travel to foreign countries without a lot of knowledge and on her own. The fact that she met up with others who were traveling the same way made me feel like she was safer. When she took the nanny job I was hoping that it would be long term. It seemed like she all of a sudden grew up and decided what she wanted to do and just did it. She stuck to the saving money and staying with the family to take care of the girls. Aston, the neighbor, had a lot to do with that, I think. He seemed to have a calming effect on her and gave her a life to look forward to.

Girls Who Travel is a good, easy read. It was not a book that I could not put down but it was a book that I wanted to keep reading. I recommend it for someone looking for a quick read.

I got a kick out of the main character, Kika, and her adventures as a nanny to a posh family in London. Her money runs out and she’s forced to get a “real job” rather than travel the world. But Kika never gave up on her dreams in this funny and fast-paced novel.