I loved this book with my entire heart and soul. The development of all of the characters throughout this story was so well done. The letter at the end of the book destroyed me in all the best ways .

Our favorite GUP is back! This time in Europe and of course Maisie and Grant are with him. Uncle Patrick take Maisie and Grant on a grand European adventure while their dad is getting ready for his wedding in Lake Como, Italy. GUP was on a mission to teach the kids about love even if they didn't want to be taught. They end up in Lake Como for the wedding that Maisie and Grant do not want to happen.

I enjoyed the newest adventure of GUP, Maisie, and Grant. I loved GUP teaching the kids about love and him learning about love along the way as well.

Thank you Steven Rowley, Penguin Group, Putnam Books, and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was a great follow-up to The Guncle (and I recommend reading that one before reading this one) but it leaned a bit too much into the cheesy towards the end. It was a fun book anyway with a lot of heart. We catch up with Guncle Patrick and the kids five years later as their dad is getting ready to walk down the aisle. The kids are not ready for a new stepmom and Patrick is teaching them the five love languages this time instead of his Guncle rules.

My only real issue with the book, and this is a pet peeve of mine, is when adults let children dictate their decisions. Input is important, and careful consideration of how decisions impact children definitely matter, but children don't get to call the shots. A rude bossy kid is worse than a rude bossy adult. That impacted my rating of this book. Otherwise, this was a fun book with some favorite characters and maybe we will see them again in a few years.

I had been gifted an advanced readers copy of the ebook from Netgalley , but decided to get the audiobook from libro FM after finding out the author is narrating It. My review is unbiased. The author did a great job narrating the book. As for the actual content of the book I did enjoy the book a lot. It was entertaining. I was happy to have a sequel to “The Guncle” and revisit the characters with a few new ones! I will say I think “the Guncle” is slightly better, but “The Guncle Abroad is still wonderful. I laughed out loud many times while reading this book. The scenes played out like a movie in my head. One of my favorite scenes is when Patrick and the kids were doing “the sound of music” reenactment in Austria.

Omg I loved this so much! I don't give out 5 stars alot but this was easily a 5star. The Guncle Abroad feels like a warm hug and a much needed vacation!

Thank you so much for letting me arc read. All opinions are my own.

The sequel, the Gungle Abroad was filled with humor and heart.. The relationship between Patrick, his nephew Grant and niece Maisie is more heartfelt. Patrick's widowed brother Greg wants to remarry but Maisie and Grant aren't happy with that decision. Found family and grief are some of the topics that are mentioned in the story.

I will read any guncle book Steven Rowley writes!!! They are just so fun and wholesome 🥹

I read and really liked THE GUNCLE, so I was thrilled to see there was a sequel coming out… and dare I say I liked this one slightly more than the first?! I’m usually nervous to read sequels for books like these, but I am so happy this lived up to the expectations set by book one.

This packs an emotional punch while also being one of the cutest books to ever exist. We get to follow this family as they continue to navigate their grief from the first book. The adventures and things these characters get themselves into had me laughing out loud multiple times.

I hope I meet this one-of-a-kind family again in future books, but so long for now.

Really enjoyed this sequel. It felt like we were on vacation together. I don't often laugh out loud while reading but I did with this one!

I absolutely adored this story. The Guncle was cute, and while I enjoyed it, this story completely swept me away. It had the cutsy factor, of course, and it had the amazing sarcasm and "je ne sais quoi" that the original had. But it had so much more. The Guncle love language lessons kept me intrigued, and the lessons learned even for an old lady like me were immense. Throw in travel and beautiful locations, and I'm so there singing Do Re Mi. My favorite quote is, "It didn't matter who they were gathered to celebrate, so much as they were gathered to celebrate." A real lesson to learn along with Love IS Love.

This book follows the events of his book The Guncle, where Patrick, our main character, takes care of his brother’s kids after his wife (and also Patrick’s best friend) passes away. Now, it’s been 5 years, and Patrick’s brother is getting remarried in Italy, and his Guncle-duties are needed again as the family copes with this new change.

Believe me when I tell you I was laughing out loud within the first page of this one, and this story has just climbed into my heart to make its home alongside his other works!

Oh how much I love GUP, Maisie, and Grant! This was so fun and they got to travel around the world. I loved how emotional this was at times and also how entertaining it was. I love Patrick and I loved the little rival with Palmina. Great on audio, too!

Ahhh...Patrick the Guncle, Italy, and lots of hilarious banter...what's not to love? I still loved the original more, but the travel adventures in this book included so many places I personally want to travel. I loved it for that aspect alone. Also, the characters are so lovable and fun. I'm looking forward to the next installment. Here's to hoping for more Emory! The Guncle Abroad was such a palate cleanser after some heavy reads.

Thank you Netgalley and Steven Rowley, for the e-arc. This review is being left voluntarily, and all opinions are my own.

This was such a cute sequel to The Guncle! This was almost as good as the first. This had me laughing and heart melting throughout the book.

Picking up not long after the first, I loved how we got a peek into how the characters grew but still needed one another. I found the beginning a little slow and empathized with Patrick’s struggle to reconnect with the kids after a few years. The book really picked up in the last quarter and the author did a fantastic job really making you feel everything the family was experiencing in trying to balance happiness after loss.

I loved Steven Rowley’s The Guncle and was so excited to read the sequel. Uncle Patrick is taking his niece and nephew for a tour of Europe - and I wish I could go along. Dream trip! The kids, still mourning their mom and not too happy about their dad’s upcoming wedding, aren’t exactly appreciating the trip, but their Guncle has planned more of his life lessons to help them embrace the marriage.

The scene in Austria and Sound of Music references were probably my favorite of the trip!

Once they’ve reached their final stop at Lake Como in Italy, Maisie is intent on stopping the wedding, and Patrick encounters his new rival, the Launt.

As an aunt to five kids, I adore the relationship Patrick has with Maisie and Grant and can relate to wanting to spoil, comfort and teach my “nibblings.” This book is funny, sweet and just as much fun as the first book. And the ending is perfect. Love this one so much!

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to review this title. I adored The Guncle and really enjoyed the sequel! The relationship with the kids, the European setting, the personalities of the growing kids. Perfection.

Happy to report that this is one of the times when the sequel is every bit as charming as the original! Patrick is still ridiculous and hilarious (mostly to himself), but as with the first, it's his relationship with niblings Maisie and Grant that makes the book so special. Thoroughly enjoyed this and would gladly keep reading more in this series.

While I didn't love this one as the first book. It was still the same Patrick Masie and Grant. Patrick's much needed wisdom was still there. Even though Maisie is a bookish moody pre-teen. And dealing with their dad remarrying and not liking it. Which to be fair is every kid no matter the age real fear when they lose a parent that the remaining one will remarry. Maisie being at the age where her mom being gone hits her hard again. But like the first book this one shows you again that grief is not a straight line. And comes in waves. It is a good look at grief a few years down the road.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

The Guncle makes me so happy! This is the second book where we get to read about the antics of Patrick and his niece and nephew. The traveling abroad portion of the book added a lot of fun to the story. What I love most about the Guncle is the way hard subjects or sensitive topics around grief, and love and parent loss and children growing up is handled. Plenty of humor and lots of life lessons in this one. Highly recommend!

I’d like to thank NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for the advance readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

I didn’t like this one as much as the first one. Loved the growth of the kids, especially Macie. Patrick was very annoying this trip. Loved the Launt! She was the best.