Hot Pursuit is a crime drama about an Australian magazine writer who goes io Europe in pursuit of a rock musician but finds herself a story about the drugs trade.  Flimsy plot and writing it is however a good beach read.

Thank you so much for this ARC.

Unfortunately, I was not able to read this book completely as it did not capture my interest.

Sarah is a Beauty Therapist turned gossip magazine journalist in Australia. After her love life takes a dive, she takes stock of her life and where she has been headed and decides to take her career path in hand. She lands herself the assignment of her dreams in Europe but the catch is that that the magazine’s photographer she has to travel with just so happens to be her ex’s best mate.  

It’s been a while since I’ve read a novel that is a fresh and light take on the standard chick lit genre. I was expecting the standard rom-com but this is a complete surprise. It's got a good pace with no long-drawn out chapters or irrelevant plot-lines, and the book would be perfect for lazy, Summer days by the pool. It has humour, travel and adventure mixed with the standard romantic elements (plus the added celebrity and rock star idol to boot!). Unlike most novels in this category, this is not the sole focus of the story and is just one of a number of threads running through it. Both Sarah and Nick, were frustrating at times in the story but then grew to be very likeable characters and had a good chemistry right from the beginning - despite their fractious relationship!  
 
4/5 – Enjoyable, funny and refreshing take on the standard formula for romantic fiction. Am looking forward to checking out more from this author! 

Thank-you to NetGalley for providing me with an Advance Readers e-proof copy from publishers Pantera Press. All opinions are my own and are impartial and free from bias.

I absolutely love it! The banters between Nick and Sarah is too funny. Nick is a jerk most of the time (always!) but I realize he's doing it to get Sarah's attention. He likes to tease and challenge her knowing she'll be easy to back down. Sarah, on the other hand, is broken - financially and emotionally. Her too dumb ex-boyfriend dumped her to "find his purpose" after losing his job. 

I could've loved Sarah's personality but it gets too annoying when she finds herself trying to explain everything to her ex-boyfriend who in the first place doesn't really deserve any explanation from her at all. 

Enter Chris Ford, a rockstar who has been accused of murder. The journey of Sarah finding the truth will change her forever.

This book was cute and funny romantic caper. I thought this book was full of adventure and I loved the tour through parts of Europe. 

I thought Sarah and Nick were both likable characters. 

I thought this book was a fast quick read. It was a slump buster for me.

Hot Pursuit is a novel filled with humour, adventure and of course, romance. A strong female lead and the enemies to lovers trope? Count me in!

Sarah Burrows is at a low-point in her life. Her current job isn't satisfying her journalist dreams, her boyfriend suddenly left with no explanation and left her with a hefty mortgage to pay. Her journalism break comes when she manages to trick her boss into letting her investigate the story of a rockstar on the run. Sounds amazing, right? Well, it would be if she wasn't joined by Nick, the photographer, who just happens to be an old one-night stand and a friend of her ex boyfriend.

Sarah, from the start, throws herself into a situation and a foreign country she knows nothing about. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Sarah, and the fact that her boyfriend left her with no explanation made me feel empathy towards her. Then, she scores this massive story (well, lies to get herself into it), and is off to a foreign country. I would describe her as determined, she never gives up; no matter how difficult things seem to get. I found myself frustrated when she kept letting James play with her, telling her he loves her, misses her, then assumes she hooked up with Nick and tries to sell the house without her, dick move!

Sarah and Nick were entertaining. Their banter throughout the novel kept me intrigued some of the best parts are just them bantering. As the novel progressed, their feelings towards each other transformed from hatred, to, fondness. Their romance was a small part of the novel but I enjoyed it and thought they were a good match.

Honestly, as I was reading, I didn't expect it to turn out as deadly as it did. Sarah, at times, acted irrationally - barging into dangerous bars (with a dead phone?), but she was determined to get this story and prove herself, so she was under a lot of pressure. I'm really glad that she came out of it all unharmed!

The 'rockstar' in this novel was a bit of a bore, to be honest. The adventure was exciting, but he was just...eh. Thank god he was just a small part of this novel.

This book, for me, was a quick read. However, I felt as though I just wanted to get it over with. And the romance was predictable, so I was not surprised when Sarah and Nick got together. But, it the whole adventure aspect was fun and made it an enjoyable read.

This book was a great surprise, I was looking for something lighter and the blurb enticed me to give this book a go.Hot Pursuit was a real delight to read; full of humor and adventure, with a spirited protagonist that’s certainly bitten off more than she can chew.

This is an enjoyable read. The start of the book was very strong but it became a little ridiculous towards the end. 
I loved the fact that it jumped between different European cities and I liked the main character. 
Overall, I’d give it 3.5 stars.

Really enjoyed this book. Loved how this jumped countries in the pursuit of the story and ended in a whirlwind mystery with a dash of romance added in! Well worth a read! Thank you to net galley for my copy

This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. lots of action, romance, humour and a great conclusion. the characters were really good and easy to relate to and the descriptive storyline made everything come to life. Great read.

Well written, but as the book unfolded I found it difficult to be sympathetic to the main character. I did finish the book, and overall enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for a  copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was ok. It started off well and I felt sorry for the main character, but after a while, she just became really, really irritating. I also found her need to find excuses for her runaway boyfriend became a little too much.

Overall, an ok read.

Not a main character that I seemed to gel with.. maybe it was timing in my part. I thought the book was ok, I read it fairly quickly. I did enjoy the armchair travelling I got to do! 

I’d possibly have to give it another try at some point.

This book was amazing. I couldn't stop reading. I was hooked right until the end. Highly recommend. Looking forward to reading more by this author.

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Full review to come.
I deeply apologize, but life is a handful lately and I'm using all my free time to read, not review. I hope everybody understands.

Provided by NetGalley for an honest review.

This was... ok. It started off well and I felt sorry for the main character, but after a while, she just became really, really irritating. And her relationship with the photographer was irritating as well. The back and forth could’ve been good, but it was juvenile.

I also found her need to find excuses for her runaway boyfriend became a little too much. What ever his reasons, he still abandoned her and then tried to get back into her life..

Overall, an ok read, but not one I’ll be writing home about.

This tells the story of Sarah, an ambitious journalist. A huge story unexpectedly lands up in Sarah's lap. She goes off to Europe on an exciting assignment, to finally prove herself. One catch is the photographer is Nick, who goes on the assignment with her, is a former one night stand. Sarah has never forgotten what happened with Nick. Sarah's boyfriend has just disappeared without any word leaving her heartbroken and with a mortgage to pay. Nick also happens to be the boyfriends best friend. As Sarah delves deeper into the assignment, she realizes there is a lot more to the story than meets the eye.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the characters. It was more than just a simple love story.  There is all the uncovering the truth behind a famous singer's disappearance, which keeps you guessing. I didn't want this to end. Loved it!

I both liked and disliked Hot Pursuit. It drew me in with the story of the missing rockstar and the playboy photographer being on the scene but my issue was Sarah, the main character. I simply didn’t gel with her, I found her annoying and not in a ‘must keep reading’ way. She didn’t seem like a fully developed character, she lacked personality and likeability. It was the mystery of the story and Nick’s character they kept me reading to the end.

It was a fun story but I struggled with not liking the main character.

Hot pursuit indeed! This story was such a <i> wild </i> ride? I mean, with everything going on in Sarah's life and to top it, her random pursuit of a Scottish band singer - for gossip mainly - turns into something bigger and she gets embroiled into a mafious drug trafficking type of thing, so many locations, weird ass characters. It was <i> crazy </i> to say the least. 

When it started off I had thought it was going to be a very cliche story, then it felt like it was going to be different and then it ended up being a super-mish-mash of snippets of cliches and... I really do not know how I feel about it?? I really liked it in some places, it could be funny and fun and interesting and relatable. But in other places it was also quite OTT or meh, so now I feel so divided on my feelings about this book.