This was my first foray into racing romance and it took me a hot second to wrap my head around what was happening but Juniper did such a good job of either explaining the technical aspects so that you understood or making them such a small detail that it didn’t impact the story if you didn’t know what they were. 

This story follows a very real and natural progression of a relationship, even if it is a little bit outside the norm for most romance books. I loved the banter, the nicknames, and all of the Romanian phrases I had to google!

 I do wish that the interactions between Phae and Nat felt more real and less like what a teenager thinks an adult friendship should be. I also felt like somethings were added into the story simply for the purpose of giving a main character a tragic and horrible backstory rather than for an actual helpful reason. 

Overall this was a really fun, fast paced romance that pulled you along through every twist, turn, and tunnel of the story!

Thanks to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!