Gwen Cole, you have made me a fan for life.

I mean, I kind of basically was after Cold Summer but Ride On just proves that I’m all in.

Seph and Avery are two characters who couldn’t be more different. An orphan versus someone who is family minded. An outlaw versus a law-abiding citizen. But not all is as it seems as we start to peel back the layers on these characters.

See, desperate times can change a person. When you’re living in a post-apocalyptic world that looks a lot like where we are headed (more on that in a minute), anything goes to stay alive. Seph and Avery are playing a high stakes game to stay alive day to day and I was on the edge of my seat while their POVs switched off. I happened to be on a plane during a particularly nerve wrecking scene and I wondered if the baby in the seat next to me was up to a chat about how Gwen Cole is basically a monster (she’s lovely but omg).

I loved the setting in the story. We know our world is headed toward a world without sun if we don’t get it together. Imagine the wreckage in this world. This isn’t an unfamiliar place. Creating a western like world felt right for the damage we do to our planet. Desperate measures and all that.

If you love SFF with a great set of relationship/romance plots, read all things Gwen Cole!