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Throttled by Lauren Asher

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beckyyreadss's review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I love Lauren Asher. I think she is brilliant. I love the Dreamland Billionaire series and was wanting to read more of Asher’s work whilst waiting for the Final Offer. And now, I'm a F1 fan and want my brother or best friend to become a driver so I can travel all round the world.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Maya Alatorre. She doesn’t know what to do with her life, so her brother invites her to join him during this season of the Formula 1 while she figures it out. She knows all about the other drivers in the competition, but one is sticking out more than the rest. Maya’s brother’s teammate. She wants more of the prince who disguises herself as the villain, but she wants a happy ending, and he wants to destroy his. The second is Noah Slade. He is a Formula 1 legend in the making and he focused and ruthless. He has walls higher than the Grand Canyon. He sleeps with whoever it was, when he wants, and he doesn’t do commitment. He should be staying far away from Maya, but as the season goes on, he is wanting more and more of her. They are a ticking time bomb, and one wrong move could explode in their faces. Noah wants to trip the wire, detonating together in passion and pain. Because in the end, all’s fair in lust and war.  

I love this book; it is so freaking cute. I love Maya and her attitude of I don’t care about him, but I do sort of thing. I love the banter between those two and how they are trying so hard to hide the relationship and yet everyone seems to know EXCEPT Santi, I swear I hope he’s not that dumb in his own book. I want Noah please and thank you, he was gentlemanly and all he wanted was a family. I want to smack his parents so hard btw that I've never hated two characters as much as I hate them, and I was so happy that Santi was the one that wacked Slade senior that whole chapter had me on edge. I thought this book was fast-paced and full of twists and turns. The epilogue as well had me melting. I just love the chemistry between the two of them.  

I wouldn’t say there are any weaknesses to this book, it just felt like it was missing something and I can’t put my finger on what it was exactly. I am hoping that Liam and Sophie’s book is going to be good from the chemistry we have seen in this book.  
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adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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fremzz's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Wished the chase had been slightly longer. Cringy sometimes but enjoyable enough for a reread clearly. 
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whatjasread's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

5/5

• i feel like i wasn't meant to enjoy this so much but it was such easy reading and so full of cute angsty cliches i just couldn't help it
• i now want to date an f1 driver
• is the writing and plot award winning and new and innovative? absolutely not. did it still make me feel very strong feelings and fall in love with hot tall blue eyed men? absolutely yes.
• i am literally in love with noah slade i want one
• i also want a santiago alatorre
• it's literally like reading angsty fanfiction which makes it amazing that is all
• that accident scene had me EMOTIONAL
• professional mmc taking the fmc on an immersive tour of his job/to do something that he loves professionally is a new fave trope

TWs: domestic abuse, ref to child abuse, toxic family, physical violence, alcohol consumption, car accidents, fire, sexism, ref to groping/sexual harassment, vomiting

Tropes/themes: brother's rival, f1 racer x vlogger, i see how he looks at you, reformed playboy, strained family relationships, travelling the world, forbidden romance, hidden relationship
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ssconsequat's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I want to forward this review with the following: 
  • i did not read this book for the plot, i read it simply because i am an F1 fan with a lot of free time 
  • Personally, I’m not a huge fan of adult romance and have not read a lot of it 

Now let’s move on to the review:
I gave this book a 2.75 because it deserves it overall. 
Technical writing wise i’d give this book a 4 because it’s incredibly well done! 
For a debut novel? It’s stellar. My bigger issue lies within the F1 universe and it’s connected parties (characters, terminology, etc.) that continued to bother me throughout the book.

!Spoilers below! 

Maya’s lack of f1 knowledge
  • it bothered me greatly how maya who spent her “...weekends growing up included following my brother everywhere. Kart races, real races, all the Formula phases. He has the talent.” She seems so? Out of touch? Like she’s so far away from any formula 1 knowledge so much that she’s in shock at how “hip” sponsor events are, she is suprised at how relaxed the Liam and Noah are during presscons: “It’s surprising how they let you get away with taking shots at one another, and at the reporters too.” when all she has to do is go back to 2018 and see Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen throw towels and water at each other or even older to 1999 and watch Eddie Irvine and Mika Häkkinen get into a water fight or see Sebastian Vettel take the piss out of the longest question in F1 with “can you repeat the question?” She mentions in great stress how “Santi didn’t even go to college, so he could race to make money.” when it’s a common fact that most F1 drivers don’t and later on it’s mentioned that not even Noah went to college. Her brother is a world champion! She should know these things at the bare minimum but it feels as if she’s completely new to everything as if her brother just entered his rookie year.
Why is Santi treated so lowly?
  • Let’s pitch the timeline of events, Santi is 24 in December at the start of the book, and two years prior (estimated 22) he became world champion. And it is mentioned that “all at a world-record-breaking age of twenty-one years old.” Santi entered the Formula 1 racing world. Although that final ‘record-breaking’ feat isn’t all too record-breaking in real life, the fact that Santi won a world championship when he was 22 is. The youngest F1 world champion is Sebastian Vettel at 23 and Santi beats that by a mile. There is no reason for Nicholas Slade to say, “What are they thinking? He’s barely proven himself.” When he has broken multiple records by simply being there. Since we are also unaware of the specific seasons and dates, there is reason for us to state that Santi won his first world championship in either his first or second year in Formula 1; doing this is an impressive and incredibly amazing feat. (The only driver that comes to mind who won a world championship in his second year is Lewis Hamilton)
Explanation of Terminology
  • a more technical complaint but one i have nonetheless, the concept of “pole position” was explained to us very quickly in the form “first-place grid position” and I was actually delighted that the author went out of their way to try to help explain certain terminologies but as the book progressed it seemed as if the author began to put stress in the wrong places. The term “Home Race” is repeated with vigor and it’s importance capitalized despite the general public knowing this already. The term “flyaway race” was a term both I and Maya were unsure of and unlike the rest of the previous terminologies, it wasn’t explained and it took me quite a while to piece what it was together and at the end I only have a semblance of what it could mean. The term “track walk” is also excessively explained as: “earlier walk-through of the course.” When I’m sure the term “track walk” would more than suffice.
Team Radio 
  • The minute you open the book you get slapped in the face by a prologue detailing the events of the final grand prix race of the year and who is talking in Noah’s ear? Just a mechanic. Wrong! Every racer is assigned a race engineer, a very specific engineer just for them and the relationship between these two are what create championship winning drivers. The rapport and absolute care that goes into what these guys have with each other? Show-stopping, spectacular, amazing! And i am honestly fuming that it’s not highlighted here. They’re more than just “mechanic” they’re the ones who give racers advice, help them manage, watch over their stats and help push them in the right way towards the finish line and I’m honestly duped at how it’s brushed away like this. Yes, team principals talk on radio! But they’re also busy managing the whole team, they do tap in but they don’t do it always. On two side notes: 
              1) People announce themselves before just dropping in, this I believe just helps minimize confusion and distraction for the drivers and is just idk? professional? 
              2) Team radios are usually short, repetitive, and concise messages. These help once again, minimize confusion and direct everything very clearly. Drivers CAN hold whole conversations but usually don’t because of the need to focus or there’s so much sound.
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