Eighty Days to Elsewhere by KC Dyer
An Inspirational & Exciting Adventure Around the World by kc dyer
Publication Date: August 11, 2020
From the Acknowledgments:
“Travel changes a person. No matter how closed the mind is upon departure, it is forced open when faced with the shocking contrasts and terrible beauties of this earth. Every traveller discovers both how vast and how tiny our planet is, and the reminder that good people are the same, world over, is an excellent lesson to learn.”
Eighty Days to Elsewhere, kc dyer
Eighty Days to Elsewhere is an exciting, eye-opening, intelligent, fun, adventure around the world which will leave you better for having experienced it.
What you need to know about Eighty Days to Elsewhere by kc dyer:
- First person narration
- Takes you to cities around the world introducing you to idiosyncrasies about each that make them unique and sublime
- Wonderfully descriptive
- Diverse cast of characters
- Slow burn love story
- Briefly touches on issues such as racism, refugees, whaling, Hong Kong’s helper culture, Canada’s pipeline and issues with First Nations reconciliation, but also the beauty of each city and country visited
- Although the trip is based on Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days” the book is unique and a beautiful reflection on what makes our world precious today
Grades
- WRITING STYLE: 5/5
- PLOT: 5/5
- WORLD-BUILDING: 5/5
- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 5/5
- ROMANCE: 3/5 (sweet and slow burn, very secondary to story)
Synopsis
“The Amazing Race” meets Around the World in 80 Days as a woman desperate to save her uncles’ bookstore falls for her competition.
Born and raised in New York, Ramona Keene has never left the city, except for one school trip ages ago. She’s perfectly content working at her uncles’ quaint bookstore, reading all the books and drinking all the tea she wants—at least, that’s what she tells herself. In reality, Romy wants nothing more than to go to photography school and travel to Paris, the most charming,romantic city, full of rich history.
When the new owner of the bookstore’s building arrives with his Evil Nephew in tow, Romy’s life comes crashing down. He has come with the warning that the rent will be tripled, something her uncles can’t afford. Then, she sees an ad for a job opportunity: Ex Libris Expeditions, a company that re-creates literary journeys. She jumps at the chance to interview, where she discovers a client who wants to follow Phileas Fogg’s journey from Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days. Romy’s job is to retrace the protagonist’s footsteps across the globe and plan a suitable, contemporary adventure for the client. And she only has thirty days to complete this. Equipped with a smartphone, prepaid credit card, and per diem—no commercial aircraft permitted—she embarks on her first journey ever.
Can Romy make it around the world in thirty days, and can she do so with an unexpected adversary competing for the same job she needs to save her uncles’ store? And what happens when attraction blooms between the two—how can she fall for someone who may be the death of her dreams?.”
Many thanks to Edelweiss, Berkeley, and kc dyer for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review of “Eighty Days to Elsewhere”. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.
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