The Mother Road

4.5 Stars

This book was absolutely hilarious. If you enjoy "potty humor" and crazy family traditions you'll be rolling with laughter.

The characters were well developed and the undertones of a budding romance were simmering nicely throughout and then BOOM! Well worth the wait.

This is a flat out, hilarious book! I found myself laughing out loud so many times and reading the funny parts to my husband. He laughed right along as well. Great love story that keeps you glued to the book. This is my first time to read a book by this author, you can bet I will buy more. GET THIS BOOK!

I laughed throughout this book. It was hilarious and well written. The characters were so well developed and the story featured everything and more. I loved how they all got from point a to b. I loved their road trip and how they followed a pre planned trip. It was just a really amazing story.

This book is the perfect combination of sweet, romantic, hot and hilarious <3 I laughed non stop in some chapters, swooned in others and cried in one... If you haven't read anything by Meghan Quinn then do yourself a favor and read The Mother Road, I promise you won't regret it.

The Mother Road by Meghan Quinn
4.5 stars!!

“This is war, you know that, right? You just started a s*** storm you won’t be able to handle.”

This book was exactly what I needed after a slew of emotional, intense and suspenseful reads. I may be forty-two but even I can still relate to my childish side and this book tugged at this side of me all the way through.

The humour throughout this book is hysterical and incredibly abundant, I had a lot of tears and 99.99% of them were tears of laughter. Pranks galore, hilarious dialogue and a Dad I could die for left me in stitches so many times. Yes, it was juvenile, but seriously, I wish I had that kind of relationship with my siblings, the things I could have got up to…the list is endless and I now have a plethora of ideas…is forty-two too old to start?

“You can’t trust technology just like you can’t trust a fart.”

Meghan Quinn’s humour is apparent throughout and it seems she is totally like the woman I assumed she was, quirky and extremely funny and someone I would love to meet, but I feel I would need protection lol. This book was the epitome of a romantic comedy and will definitely go down as one of my all-time favourites. I am British, I have a very dry sense of humour and I have to admit a lot of these romantic comedies just go way over the top of my head, but because this was fantastic juvenile humour even my British brain got it and revelled in it and laughed along too, most of the time, hysterically.

“What? I’m a man, I have a penis. I may only use it for peeing, but I have a penis and it shouldn’t be ignored just because it’s older than the other ones in the circle. In its prime, your mom used to call it the hammer because it would nail her to the bed in ecstasy.”

This was a road trip on Route 66, a last hoorah for Marley’s brother who was getting married and also a homage to her late mother who had planned this trip before she passed away. This was a road trip where Marley was the only woman, trapped in a camper van from the 70’s with three, yes three men. Marley’s brother thought it appropriate to bring his best man on this trip, a man who he had been friends with since childhood, a boy that was an adopted son to her parents and a man that Marley crushed on for years and years and years. Things were about to get messy.

Porter Smith was the man in question, a man that Marley at one point thought she had finally got through too, a man that she loved but he was also a man that left her four years ago before things ever really got started. Was Porter the heart breaking jerk that Marley thought he was or was there a method to his apparent madness?

I have to say I loved everyone in this book, there was no character at all that I could say a bad word about. Marley was just that, Marley, she was beauty blogger, she had a wicked sense of humour, said what was on her mind and could play pranks with the best of them. However, she had been pining over Porter for years, no man ever shaped up to the man on Porter’s pedestal no matter how hard she had tried to forget and now spending a whole week with him was going to be emotional torture.

Marley’s brother Paul was a total pansy, I can’t help it, he was… seriously, but it is this pansyness that created some of the most hysterical laughter. He must have been molly coddled as a child because seriously if I didn’t know he was a male I would have told him to grow some balls. You would think this would be irritating…but seriously it isn’t.

“I love you all, but I’m just one man; I can’t deal with a son who cries like Kim Kardashian and throw a wedding at the same time.”

Porter, his was amazing…seriously amazing…he knew what he had done four years ago would have hurt Marley, but even he didn’t realise how much and he soon realises he has a lot to make up for and a lot to prove. While he is keen to rekindle their friendship as he misses his friend, even he is not oblivious to the intense chemistry that is still sparking between them. While he feels he is just a farmer and does not deserve her, sometimes chemistry has a way of waking you up to smell the coffee.

“I’m thinking about how we live in two different worlds, but how I desperately want to be a part of yours.”

Dad, Bernie, he was blunt, he was honest, he over shared… A LOT, but he was the best Dad. While for him this trip was melancholy, he still joined in the high jinks and acted as a rather biased mediator and you knew you had him when a president popped into a conversation. He was fantastic.

“Nothing wrong with a bush,” Bernie cuts in. “Your mom used to have a really once one.”
In unison, Paul and Marley cover their ears and yell at their dad…
“Dad, don’t talk about Mom’s pubes! She’s passed; she can’t defend herself.”
“I will have you know, if she was here, she would whip it out for all to see; it’s not like you haven’t crawled around her crotch before. That’s where you came from.”

All I can say is read this book, have tissues to hand, because you will need them, you may need a Tena lady if you leak when you laugh, but most of all don’t read this in public places if a sudden guffaw and hysterical laughter will make people think you are a certified nutter. Most of all just enjoy it, Meghan Quinn may be crazy, but she is my kind of crazy. Fabulous book and one that I will re-read when I need a pick me up…and of course for ideas!

One of the funniest books I have read! Meghan Quinn rocks! This journey is so fun and humorous! The characters could be any of our relatives and the banter between siblings is fantastic! Throw in a little love spark, all the better! Highly recommend this book!!

Oh my god! Meghan does it again!! Book is hilarious! Well written with a good story behind it! Not recommended to read in places you can't laugh out loud. I read it at work and people kept looking at me weird wondering why I was laughing out loud! Oops! Lol oh well! Can't wait for her next book! Love u Meghan!

All the feels! Excellent job Meghan Quinn! This is a great story about young love! Intertwined in this story is a family saying good-bye. I laughed. I cried. And at times, I wanted to punch each character in the face! Great story! Can't wait to read your next story!!

One of my favorite authors has done it again made me laugh out loud that tears come down my face and people look at me like I'm crazy. I love this book. I love the characters. The writing keeps you wanting more. Definitely a 5 star read

This was an unexpected surprise. I'm not even sure how I ended up with this book but boy am I glad I read it! I had to quit reading after hubby went to sleep because I kept waking him up laughing. Now I want to see what else this author has in store for me.

I enjoyed this book. I could actually picture some of the stuff between Marley and her brother. Good love story between Marley and Porter. Did a lot laughing and tried when they read the letters. Will definitely more books by this author.

I LOVED "The Mother Road"! Meghan Quinn takes you on a wild and crazy road trip that you never want to end. She makes you wish you were half as brilliant as Marley, and for the handful of hours it takes to read this hilarious masterpiece, you can be. Hands down Meghan Quinn is my all time favorite girl crush. This book was cRaZy good! Congratulations Meghan because this book deserves a bazillion stars! B>>>

Easily became one of my favorite books.. I love the mix of humor and romance. It happens to be my favorite type of novel to read.. An added bonus is I can relate to marrying the boy next door and that makes it all the more enjoyable!

Oh my gosh I loved this book! Cried from laughing as well as from touching emotional parts! Loved that it was detailed about the sites seen along the Mother Road (Route 66). HIGHLY RECOMMEND the book and author to anyone and everyone! !

This book was amazing I never ever laughed so hard . Every character jumped out at me iit was like I knew each and everyone personally . It was such a awesome surprise because you never knew what was going to happen next.

This is definitely one one of the funniest books I have ever read and the romance was pretty great as well. This will probably go down as one of my favourite reads of the year and it will be in my reread list for sure.

While this book was humorous at times, I felt like I was reading about ten to twelve year old boys pranking their kid sister. I get the whole sibling thing but, at some point kids grow up. The icing on the cake was the father joining in. NEVER would I joke with my father about sexual situations EVER. The fart, pooping, and ejaculation jokes became redundant and I found myself skimming through much of this book. The brother was an annoying whiney brat and I fully expected him to come out during his wedding.

Marley and Porter are the only reason I kept reading this book, I enjoyed how their characters were written. I found their connection and story sexy. I wanted them to have their HEA.

While this book was humorous at times, I felt like I was reading about ten to twelve year old boys pranking their kid sister. I get the whole sibling thing but, at some point kids grow up. The icing on the cake was the father joining in. NEVER would I joke with my father about sexual situations EVER. The fart, pooping, and ejaculation jokes became redundant and I found myself skimming through much of this book. The brother was an annoying whiney brat and I fully expected him to come out during his wedding.

Marley and Porter are the only reason I kept reading this book, I enjoyed how their characters were written. I found their connection and story sexy. I wanted them to have their HEA.

Ultimately, I loved the story of Marley and Porter and some parts of the book were absolutely hilarious! My only complaint about this book was the amount of potty humor in it. I love a good fart joke or a good poop story just as much as the next person but this book is filled we with them. It goes from funny to just disgusting! For "Captain Underpants"? Sure. For an adult romcom? Not so much.

I really enjoyed this book and ended up buying another by the same author. At times, I snickered, giggled, and even guffawed. My husband kept giving me strange looks wondering what was so darned funny. Very sweet story line.

The Mother Road is another book that Meghan has hit out of the ball park. What a great and funny romance! OMG the descriptions that you come up with Meghan Quinn had me laughing out loud. I tried to read some of the book to my husband and he just looks at me with this weird look. Probably because I can’t stop laughing out loud while I am reading it too him. I knew from the Prologue that this book was going to be VERY GOOD! I had to keep stopping to bookmark the parts I thought were funny and I was barely into the story so I knew that reading this book was going to be slow going from then on! I finally decided to stop bookmarking this book because the whole book needs to be bookmarked. Yes it was that GOOD!

Haha! Yes I did search “Crazy Old Lady in Google images. Not going to say anything else you will just have to read this book! And, ewww gross to the Catoosa story.

Not only is there laughter in reading this book there were tears too. Those letters were a very emotional part of this book. Yes there is a HEA too!

I loved, loved, loved The Mother Road! I received a complimentary copy of this book for an honest review! I give it 10+ stars!

Oh and I own a copy of this book because it was that good!

Loved the story and the characters. I laughed so much that several times I was brought to tears. Paul (Schmidt's long lost twin) cracked me up, but Marley and Porter added the perfect touch of heat and emotion.

I absolutely loved this book, it was exactly what I was looking for and needed. I laughed so much I had tears in my eyes and I looked like a complete looney laughing by myself. I will definitely be rereading i, it's that good!

This story has so many hilariously funny moments!! I loved the family torture between the kids as the parent sides with what's funny and then when to stop and how to handle all kinds of situations. Also a great love story thru family, friends and soul mates!! Couldn't wait to read to the end but went right back and re read it to relive this best road trip ever!!!

Oh. My. Word. This book had me swooning the entire time. I laughed, I cried, I felt every emotion possible. Porter is a dream boat and the whole family is so relatable. I did not want it to end!! A definite must read.

Loved the story. Probably one of the funniest books I've read. The only and very small bother that I had was, at times it felt long-winded. Especially the relationship between brother and sister and I found myself skipping some of these parts.

This was a hilarious ride. Marley goes through a series of humiliating events for our entertainment. I had to put this book down several times because I was laughing so hard. Meghan has done it again with another sweet, funny romance.