This is a good old-fashioned “I need to stay up late reading and see what happens” romance! This second-chance story, inspired by the author’s own expat journey, follows Dani, an adrift American, as she tries to get her bearings in Amsterdam following a messy breakup. As she struggles to prove to her family (and herself) that she can handle her new adventure, a long-lost first love appears to provide some solutions. Can she put her resentments for her first heartbreak aside and be civil long enough to find her purpose? Can he? Tension! Tulips! So bingeable and wanderlust-inspiring!
What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon, (List Price: $19, Berkley, 9780593548554, May 2025)
Reviewed by Julia Lewis, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia