Where the Road Takes Me

Written by Jay McLean

Narrated by Nick Podehl and Laura Hamilton

Chloe has one plan for the future, and one plan only: the road. She’s made a promise to herself: don’t let anyone in, and don’t let anyone love her. She’s learned the hard way what happens if she breaks her rules. So she’s focused on being invisible and waiting until she can set out on the road—her dream of freedom, at least for a little while.

Blake Hunter is a basketball star who has it all—everything about him looks perfect to those on the other side of his protective walls. He can’t let anyone see the shattered pieces behind the flawless facade or else all his hopes and dreams will disappear.

One dark night throws Chloe and Blake together, changing everything for Blake. For Chloe, nothing changes: she has the road, and she’s focused on it. But when the so-called perfect boy starts to notice the invisible girl, they discover that sometimes with love, no one knows where the road may lead.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Mar 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9781501228551

Jay McLean

Jay McLean is an avid reader, writer, and, most of all, procrastinator. She writes what she loves to read—books that can make her laugh, make her smile, make her hurt, and make her feel. She currently lives in Australia with her fiancé, two sons, and two dogs. Follow Jay on Instagram and Twitter @jaymcleanauthor. For more information, visit her blog at www.jaymcleanauthor.com.

Reviews for Where the Road Takes Me

[jaidisshaw · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Chloe is a girl who has built walls around her so high that they are impossible to breach. She refuses to let anyone get near her and is counting down the days until she graduates high school and can take to the road on her own adventure. The only problem with shutting everyone out is that it's an invite for people to try and tear down those carefully placed walls. Soon the day arrives where Chloe bumps into Blake, literally, and she begins questioning her heart and wondering if sometimes walls were meant to be taken down.Overall, in my opinion, this book is a mix between the movies A Walk to Remember and Here on Earth, only with more adult language, drug use, and mild sexual situations. Chloe has lost both her mother and aunt to an illness and she may, one day, end up having the same illness. She decides to shut everyone out and go on a road trip on her own in an attempt, in her mind, to live life to the fullest but in doing so, she misses out on the real joys of life like friendship, family, love, and laughter. It was sweet the way that Blake relentlessly stayed by Chloe's side, and I understand the pain and fear that Chloe was experiencing, but while we were given the sense that Chloe was trying to do what was right for everyone by leaving, it felt like she was only taking the easy route and causing more pain for those she supposedly cared for. It was hard to connect to her because she was so conceited. Thankfully this changed toward the end of the story and it pulled me back in. I'm a sucker for cheesy romance, but honestly, it did take me longer than usual to get through this story because there wasn't really anything that grabbed my attention and the romance factor just wasn't as genuine feeling as I'd have liked.A copy of this book was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[uanbookaddict · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

4.5 stars
Chloe, the loner. All she wants is to finish high school and hit the road. Fly under the radar. Avoid close relationships. She lost her mom to cancer. She is determined she will to. Her life plan is to just be... alone.

Blake. Mr Popular. Chloe's temporary savior. He falls hard for this beautiful girl. This is his only flaw.

The slow build of a beautiful friendship between these characters will have you smiling throughout the book. Chloe's self-destructive, loner behavior every time Black gets too close will have you cringing. Your heart may be heavy at times in this story. Not everything is unicorns and rainbows. The fears of life are real. The love these two find is real. Their inevitable separation when the time comes, it real. The journey from start to finish is real.

This is a loving, yet heart breaking, yet heart warming story. The fears in this story are so life-like. They are raw and relate-able.

[linda.bass · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I won this book as I saw it sounded so good. Blake Hunter ran in the park with his eyes closed. He knew each step as he ran most nights to clear his head. He's a basketball star in high school. He has it all on the outside as people look at him thinking he had it all, but he let anyone see beyond his protective wall. All of his and his dreams, One bight as he ran with hie eyes closed an ran into something soft and warm, then he heard a mphf.Chloe ran from the jerk in the park into a hard brick hall, and fell on her butt losing a shoe and bruising her hands. All she wanted was to become someone else for the night. She had plans for her future, to hit the road. She promised herself not let anyone in or get too close as she learned the hard way, but Blake easily sneaked under her wall and into her heart..

[bette_hansen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An amazing story! You will want to grab some tissues and this book and settle in to read from start to finish because you won't want to put it down. After suffering the loss of her mother and her aunt, Chloe has decided to live her life alone. If you don't love, you don't lose, you don't hurt others. What she didn't count on was meeting Blake Hunter. This is a wonderful journey of young love, facing fears, and exquisite joy. This one needs to go on the must read list. I highly recommend it.

[jessica8587 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

“Regardless of all the black-letter days you might have to endure, there’s always a red one waiting for you.” I loved this book! I've saw this book everywhere in the last month so I knew when I saw it I had to grab it! I didn't even read the back of the book! Thats how much I was anticipating it! After seeing it on a few most anticpated lists for March I couldn't pass it up!BlurbChloe has one plan for the future, and one plan only: the road. She’s made a promise to herself: don’t let anyone in, and don’t let anyone love her. She’s learned the hard way what happens if she breaks her rules. So she’s focused on being invisible and waiting until she can set out on the road—her dream of freedom, at least for a little while.Blake Hunter is a basketball star who has it all—everything about him looks perfect to those on the other side of his protective walls. He can’t let anyone see the shattered pieces behind the flawless facade or else all his hopes and dreams will disappear.One dark night throws Chloe and Blake together, changing everything for Blake. For Chloe, nothing changes: she has the road, and she’s focused on it. But when the so-called perfect boy starts to notice the invisible girl, they discover that sometimes with love, no one knows where the road may lead. A lot of the reviews say are just too many cliches.. well I happen to like those! lol so I loved it! Its a cute/emotional summer romance type of book! I wanted to slap Not Abby a couple times because of the way she was acting! I loved that the moment they "met" they kinda liked each other! A lot people hate that.. I like it.. yeah its not nessasarily realistic but I honestly read to get away from real life! So the fact that they kind of "instantly" fall in love.. I love!I had to keep reminding myself that they were only 18..I kept thinking of them in their 20's. Overall its a wonderful read! It was a quick read for me because I couldn't put it down! I love a book that can get me all emotional and Where the Road Takes Me did just that!

[ginger_reader22 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Chloe has spent the last four years of high-school being invisible. Not because people didn't notice her but because she didn't want to be noticed. She blended in, kept to herself and never drew any unwanted- or wanted attention to herself. Her plan was working perfectly, with graduation just around the corner she could see the light at the end of the tunnel. She'd leave behind her life and her family and hit the road. Drive until she couldn't drive anymore. It was a perfect plan, at least in Chloe's eyes. Which is why she is less than thrilled after a run in with the schools hottest guy starts pushing her further and further into the spotlight. Blake Hunter can't believe that it's taken him nearly four years to notice Chloe but now that he has he finds it impossible to ignore her. Even though that's what she's asked of him. The more Blake tries to get to know Chloe the more she pushes him away.She won't allow anyone to care about her, let alone love her when in the end she'll just break their hearts. Together they discover that sometimes even the best laid plans are often the ones best forgotten and that following their own path is the only way to fully live their lives. This is my second Jay McLean book (my first being More Than This) so I had very high expectations. While I would LOVE to give this book 5 stars for the sole fact that it is a Jay McLean book this one just didn't... Enchant me like her previous book. I felt like the love was too instant and the drama was too high. There were scenes I really enjoyed and scenes where I caught myself rolling my eyes because it was just so cliche. As it progressed I began to like it a little bit more, especially once *SPOILER ALERT* they hit the road. I was really pleased that Chloe stuck to her guns and continued on with her plan of driving off into the sunset, I felt like if she had stayed for Blake she would have regretted not leaving. Even though "Where The Road Takes Me" did has some flaws I still thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I looked forward to Jay's future works. Until next time, Ginger In compliance with FTC guidelines I am disclosing that this book was given to me for free to review. My review is my honest opinion.