Throttled

"3/5 ⭐️ dual pov and available on KU. When I started this book I sort of forgot I don’t love Lauren Asher’s writing. I find her books very surface level. Character development is always superficial. She does a lot of telling and not as much showing so I don’t end up as connected to the story. Like in this one it talks about how the mmc goes to therapy and cries but doesn’t really go into any details. Also with such an awesome setting traveling for F1 I wanted so muck more from the story! It wasn’t bad but it won’t be on any recommendation lists of mine. 2.5/5 spice. It’s a slow burn and basically nothing happens in this book spice or plot wise until after the 50% mark. "

"I love this story; I mean the grumpy sunshine trope, brother’s teammate/rival trope, found family, beautiful locations, F1 in itself, etc. are all just amazing. I love both Maya and Noah, but also, all of the side characters are so pivotal in their story and character development. Also, the shoutout to therapy did not go unnoticed. I am really excited to read the rest of this series!"

"“he’s a 10 but…” he’s your brothers teammate "

"This book really does give the unique love story between Maya and Noah. I literally couldn't put this book down since the day I bought it. Even near the brink of tears and laughter, and not to mention the spicy parts in this book 😳. Such a good read."

"Such a cute story! Love the development of their relationship. I can see why there is such a hype around this series. Can’t wait for the next story!"

"Noah and Mya have my heart! (Apparently loosely based off of Charles Leclerc) not sure if it’s true. But it was fun to imagine Noah as him! Even though he’s American in this book. I think if he was French it would be to close to Charles lol!! "

"This was an over all a good book! "

"3.5"

"“‘Hi, this is Maya. Do you copy?’ I try to imitate team radio videos that Noah and I have watched online. <br/> Noah’s chuckle sounds through the headphones. “Hi, this is Noah. I copy.’”<br/><br/>brittney you were so right this is a masterpiece <br/>"

"I usually enjoy Lauren Asher's books, this was just not one of them. I will not be continuing the rest of this series for the following reasons.<br/><br/>* spoilers ahead *<br/><br/>First, the brother-sister relationship in this book almost made me stop reading it in the first few chapters. The jealousy and possessiveness from Santi when she spent time with other people made me very uncomfortable. <br/><br/>Second, there was little to no character development in this book. The few chapters of Noah "seeking help to better himself for a relationship" were so rushed it seemed like it didn't happen, while the rest of the book seemed like an entirely new Noah. (Maya girl, you can do SO much better.) Most characters were completely unlikable and whiney. <br/><br/>Third, there was no plot to keep my attention. Normally romcoms have the miscommunication-trope, which I hate, but I would've loved that compared to the complete lack of plot here. Everytime something would happen, it was quickly resolved and glossed over. <br/><br/><br/>Overall, I'm not a fan of this book. 2/5 stars simply because I managed to finish it. <br/><br/>The following is NOT a reason for the 2 star rating and will be discussed in a review on the audiobook site instead.<br/><br/>The narrators were terrible. The voices for other characters were always different. The accents would come and go in dialog and also would change often. These were not good choices for audiobook narration."