I have read every single book that Jennifer E Smith has written and loved them all in varying degrees. She is definitely one of my go-to YA authors.
Field Notes on Love is a fun story that includes romance and adventure. Hugo has just been dumped by his girlfriend right before he's set to start college. His ex-girlfriend gives him the tickets she has purchased for their cross country train trip, thinking he can still go on this adventure himself. However, there's a small problem. The tickets were purchased in his girlfriend's name, and are non-transferable.
So, Hugo puts an ad online explaining that he is looking for someone named Margaret Campbell to go on a no-strings-attached cross country trip with him. The new Margaret Campbell , Mae for short, is an aspiring filmmaker who is also about to set off to college herself.
And when she and Hugo begin their trip they know nothing about each other, yet their time together is more than either of them bargained for.
Smith does such a great job with this story. We have the adventure of the trip, the attraction between Mae and Hugo, the original Margaret making a reappearance to create some anxiety, Mae's relationship with her dads and her grandmother's health crisis, and Hugo's family - he's a sextuplet - and their influence on him. I'm not sure how Smith is able to squeeze all this together in one amazing love story, but she does, and the reading experience is fantastic.
I am never disappointed by Smith's stories and this is a perfect YA romance for anyone needing a little love in their life.
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