Two strangers come together to try and make it to a wedding on time in this heartfelt, road trip romcom. There’s a cancelled flight, missed train and many more mishaps and, while it got off to an angsty start, there’s plenty of funny banter and spice for a good time.

Ada is on her way to her sister’s wedding at a castle outside of Belfast. She is her sister’s maid of honor and is in charge of getting her sister’s veil to the wedding. Her first flight lands in London but she is worried when her connecting flight to Ireland is canceled. The airline books her on a flight for the next day and gives her a voucher for a hotel nearby. But when she gets there, the hotel tells her the voucher has expired and she can’t afford to pay for a room. She has been having a bad run of luck lately and now she is broke – her tattoo parlor went under, her boyfriend, Carter, who she dated for eight years, asked to go on a break and she has been staying on her parent’s couch. She has nowhere to sleep when a handsome stranger (who was also on the cancelled flight) offers her a drink at the bar and they commiserate over beers.

The handsome stranger is Jack who is also on his way to the wedding and he is the best man, but they don’t realize they are going to the same wedding. He invites Ada up to his room, hoping for a night of fun while she thinks he’s offering her a place to sleep. She is still hoping Carter will want to get back with her, so even though Jack is handsome, she’s not interested in hooking up with him, but she takes him up on his offer to stay in his room for the night.

The next morning both of their phone’s ding at the same time, letting them know that their flight to Belfast is canceled and that’s when they realize they are going to the same wedding. Jack comes up with a plan to take a train to Scotland and then a ferry to Ireland. He is an environmental lawyer and he tells Ada he wants to pay her way to make sure she gets to the wedding on time. (The wedding is in two days.) There is a lot of fun banter between them and some bickering as they travel and there are more delays. Her sister warns her that Jack is a player and not to fall for him but Ada isn’t worried because she is still hung up on Carter – or is she?

Their attraction builds as they go through all sorts of mishaps and help each other on the way. Jack is a commitment-phobe and thinks his friend and Ada’s sister haven’t known each other long enough to be getting married. They’ve only been together six months, but he tries to be supportive of them. He has his reasons to be wary of commitments and we find out more about all that he’s gone through as he and Ada become closer. My favorite part of the story is when they explore Edinburgh together, enjoying high tea and climbing up to Edinburgh castle where they see amazing views of the city. It feels magical and when they show each other their tattoos, things get spicy.

I enjoyed the second half of the story more than the first. In the beginning, they bickered a lot, ugh, and Ada was feeling bad about her ex, Carter. She rehashed their ups and downs which slowed down the pace. But somewhere in the middle of the story, when they started falling for each other, it got really fun and I didn’t want to put the book down. I especially enjoyed seeing the growth of the main characters when they are on their journey and the ending was uplifting and surprising in a good way.

Wedding Dashers turned out to be a fun road trip with some angst and lots of mishaps and laughs along the way and I look forward to seeing what this debut author does next.