aislinghelen's reviews
984 reviews

Short and cute. Loved the ending

I just can’t. There are so many misogynistic pricks in this, and for some reason the MMC is kinda one of them. The F1 stuff is reasonably well done, better than most of the f1 romances that I’ve read although the race schedule doesn’t make all that much sense. It’s really random and all of the place (Middle East-> Europe -> Aus -> US -> Europe)?? Not that the actual schedules ever make the most sense either.

There’s also a random side plot of the MMC having an arranged engagement since childhood? Not sure why that’s there.

Overall my biggest issue is the casual misogyny. Not entirely unrealistic but not necessarily either. If the author wanted to show how hard it is to be a woman in male dominated sports like F1 that’s great but why is the MMC playing into the misogyny too? Especially when his sister is meant to be a female icon??

I liked this. It was cute, and definitely beauty and the beast (maybe a little too much). I sometimes like predictable books but this was a little too predictable. I like to know what tropes are in the book and what is roughly going to happen but this one I could predict every scene. It was still very cute and had some great spicy scenes but it just felt a bit empty.

I recommend reading this on audiobook or do an immersive read like I did (audio and visual). There are a few things that are in the audio that aren’t in the print book; quotes at the start of chapters, slight expansions on examples etc. You won’t miss a lot if you don’t read the audio but there is just a little more in it. 

I think this was a 4.5 star read for me. It was really interesting and made me think, maybe overthink, a lot. I like that Amanda recognises things she’s done in the past that she disagrees with and uses them to dig into ideas and theories. It’s a really fantastic book.

Listened to the audiobook and it was slow and a bit boring. I was listening at 3x speed and it still sounded too slow

Most of this felt, somehow, both under and over developed. Honestly, the ending saved it for me. Before that point I just wasn’t that invested. I think it was really the choppy (that might not be the right word) writing style. I just didn’t love it

Cute but heavier than I was expecting. I was hoping for a cute, quick christmas roamnce and there was sme of that but also not enough

Just too slow for what  wanted