Bursting with life and laughter and love, an absolute delight ... Her story is compelling and her theme is uplifting ... Silver Alert will make you laugh hard and feel hope, even as you're looking at the end square in the eye.
The plot is told through the points of view of Dee Dee and Herb, and readers never quite know what will happen next to the unlikely companions ... Readers who love a quirky story filled with beguiling characters will enjoy Smith’s road-trip novel.
Smith skillfully pivots from wry humor to real tenderness toward her quirkily engaging characters ... Beneath the novel’s occasionally frothy surface beats a compassionate, generous heart.
A nimble if slow-moving twist on the odd couple trope ... Though the road trip comes a bit late, there’s plenty of charm to the two main characters, one trying to outrun her past and the other trying to outrun his future. For patient readers, this is a treat.