Book Review: Joyride: A Novel by Ellen Meister
Rating: ★★★★
Summary
Genre: Romance, New Adult Fiction
Publication Date: 22 April 2025
No. Of Pages: 319
Keywords: Family & friendships, Quirky, Cheerful, Life Stories, Adventurous, Witty.
Content Warnings: Family Negligence, Childhood Trauma, Suicide, Catfishing, Fraud.
Format: Paperback, E-book, Audiobook.
Review
Joyride follows Joybird Martin, an Uber driver who aspires to be a life coach.
After helping Wall Street hotshot Devon, he convinces Joybird to follow her dreams and start her life-coaching business from the driver's seat of her car. Nothing can stop Joybird from helping the broken people of New York; not even her non-committal crush Noah or her narcissistic dad Sid who shows up on her doorstep after losing everything.
I loved the book and couldn’t put it down – it's a fun read. Joyride is a loving and inspiring character. Earlier on in the book, Joyride could be quite frustrating by being an extreme people pleaser, naive towards her personal connections and blind to her own unhealthy decisions; however, it heart-warming to see her personal growth into an assertive and confident woman.
The Round Up
Similar Books: The Love Haters by Katherine Center and Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Last Impressions: A happy, feel-good read that made me feel positive and optimistic about my own ambitions in work and life.
Written by Liana Sommers
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