Miles and Miles of You opens with Lucy quitting her job, borrowing her Grandma’s old airstream trailer and getting ready for her first road trip as @SoSavvyTraveler. She is excited to take photos of her new adventures and blog about them on Instagram. After two years of working at Triad, organizing schedules, putting out fires and crushing on her billionaire boss, Miles, she decides it’s time to go after her dreams. At Triad, she felt like she was ignored and taken for granted working as Miles executive assistant.

Lucy’s ready to head out on the road when Miles shows up, begging her to come back to her job. Since she quit, Miles’ life is in chaos. He’s missing meetings, can’t keep up with his email or laundry and even double booked a dinner date. He ends up making a wager with Lucy where they will spend two weeks on the road together and whoever backs out first, loses. If she loses, she goes back to work for him. If he loses, he’ll pay her an annual bonus along with a reference.

Lucy’s idea of the Savvy Traveler is to show real people traveling on a budget. She doesn’t think Miles can make it without luxury hotels and restaurants. Miles doesn’t think Lucy can make it as a travel influencer. He started a successful tech company with his two brothers and wants to get his life back, even if it means he has to drop everything for two weeks to join her on her road trip. They set off from Odell, TX to travel Rt. 66 to Santa Monica, CA.

I liked the banter between Miles and Lucy. Miles is surprised by how sassy Lucy is, compared to the compliant, hardworking employee she had been at Triad. Lucy plans the daily activities on their road trip, and together they eat at historic diners, have campfires with s’mores, stop at roadside attractions like the Rabbit Ranch and post pictures on her Instagram account. They both get out of their comfort zones and try new things.  Some of these made me laugh and I couldn’t wait to see where their adventures would take them next.  

Living in close quarters, it wasn’t long before they became more than friends and started a no-strings fling. Their motto was, “What happens on the road, stays on the road”. Miles has some past trauma from his childhood to work through and his brothers were there to support him. It was sweet watching him realize how much Lucy meant to him.

One problem I had was that Lucy worked with him closely for two years and he never noticed her, but then fell in love with her within the two week road trip. I had a hard time buying into it.  Also, I couldn’t imagine Lucy could build her social media account so quickly, even picking up a tent sponsor after one week. I also would have liked to know more about Miles brothers and Lucy’s family. It looks like Miles brothers will be getting stories of their own.

If you are looking for a lighthearted road trip story, this could be for you. I was happy to watch Lucy get her man and reach for her dreams.