“I didn’t realize how lonely my life was until I met you.”

Emotional from the first page, this book tried to kill me.

Travis was so awkward and introverted and my little heart couldn’t handle all of it

I stand a few feet away from him, shifting from one foot to the other. I don’t know what to do with my arms.

This was my first Formula One book! I loved F1 as a kid so this was super fun to read about. The romance between Travis and Jacob was also super cute and very angsty - but it was done well! This was a fast-paced, sorta second chance romance featuring Travis, who was quiet and reserved and Jacob, who was outgoing but so deep in the closet he was in Narnia. But his family was shit, so he had a good reason.

*Que drama*

But also, the humour in this was amazing! I’m a big fan of funny stuff in serious-sad-etc. books

“Plus, I still think it’d be kind of rude to just show up out of nowhere at his door. If he wanted to see me, he could. So, I should just . . . respect that. Right?”
Kelsie doesn’t look up from her typing.
“Right?” I say again. “Kels?”
“Huh? Oh—sorry, babe. I was just Googling synonyms for ‘coward.’”

I loved the fact that when they were separate, Travis found his own little family *sob* Found family is absolutely great in books, and Travis was so alone. And Jacob went to therapy which was a huge positive thing cuz that boy needed it, badly. It allowed for some well-needed character development! I wish more books would show the characters going to therapy, god knows most need it lmao

If you wait for everything in your life to be perfect before you take action, then you’ll be waiting forever.

I did wish that the accident was more front and centre, I guess? Or maybe the recovery, but the pace of the book was fast, so it was glossed over a bit. But what was talked about, see my first sentence again 😭

Eventually, I drag myself to the shower down the hall and stare at myself in the mirror. It’s hard to do. I hate myself so much these days. It’s like—I can hear myself being a dick, but I can’t stop it. I feel so awful and hateful inside, it spills out into everything I say, everything I do.

Anyway, definitely recommend!

Big thank you to Harper Collins Canada and the author for this ARC!