Well Traveled
by Jen DeLuca
This book was the most recent book in the series of the Ren Faire Rom Com that starts with WELL MET. Jen DeLuca spent time working at one of the many Florida Renaissance Festivals and was inspired to write these delightful books. The first one follows Emily as she volunteers at her first Renaissance Faire in Willow Creek, Maryland. The second (WELL PLAYED), is about her friend Stacy as she navigates a blooming online correspondence with a travelling Rennie who may not be who he seems. WELL MATCHED put two side characters together finally!
April and Mitch’s story is probably my favorite. The last one, which this review will cover, is about Lulu and her abandoning her high-power attorney job to go on the road! Oh, and hooking up with a handsome guy in the process.
The latest installment of the series (hopefully not the last!) is WELL TRAVELED and follows Louisa “Lulu” Malone as she finds she is done with the corporate, misogynist world of Law and runs away with the Renaissance Festival. I have personally known a few people who have left high pay, high stress jobs for a life on the road, so this was completely believable. She ends up hanging out with Stacey and the Dueling Kilts (kilt jokes included!), spending time getting to know them, particularly their front man, Dex McLean, the “Red Faire Lothario.” I absolutely loved his persona because if you have ever worked a faire a day in your life, you know the type. Thankfully there is a lot more for Lulu to discover in Dex.
If you love Romantic Comedies and the Renaissance Festival, I highly recommend this series! For those of us who have worked one, or many, it has a lot of fun bits and characters that you’ve seen. DeLuca even adds some real-life performers too! I chuckled when I recognized a friend or two. Enjoy this lovely series and get carried away like Lulu did! But don’t throw your phone into the Laundry Wench Well.