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Some people are born fearless, but most of us think if we keep running fast enough, we’ll stay ahead of whatever scares us.
3.5/5
I am a sucker for Pacton and her writing. I loved Jo and El and how their relationship grew and the reader got to go on this journey with them. The story itself read like a movie, though there were so many F&F references that I sadly didn’t get. (I’ve never seen F&F) but that didn’t help me from having a good time.

Super fun! As a queer fan of the Fast and Furious movies myself, I could not wait to get my hands on this book. It did not disappoint. It was a lot of fun, just the right number of homages and references. It will be fun for fans of sporty sapphic romance (not just F&F fans or racing fans), too.

I do hope a man editor takes a look at this - not sure if it was the co-writing, but there were a couple of small details that were inconsistent throughout.

While I loved the romance between our two characters as well as the details of their lives outside of the romance, I did think some of the plot was a little thin. In particular, El's relationship with her sister (and the fact that she wanted her to come home) seemed predictable and fell flat for me. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the details about JoJo's grief and having to re-evaluate her dreams in the light of her mom's death.

The ending was definitely a "happy for now" - realistic but also didn't feel too neatly tied up. Excited to see what these two come up with next.

Honestly this gave me paper towns by john green vibes. Which is one of the first books i remember reading and loving.

Jojo is such a goofball and I honestly love it. Her humor is very similar to my own and I’m hilarious. Max is good girl. Wears her retainer, volunteers for things, straight A’s. She puts all of it on the line though for her sister.

This book has some very deep undertones with family issues. Jojo lost her mom and El lost her sister. The grief in this book is very present. They are both constantly fighting it. Their pain.

I was invested in Jojos grief but El’s… no. I like El. I think shes a great character but I didnt care about her finding Max. Mostly because what I thought would happen is exactly what happened. It is the main plot and I like the way it ended but I just wasnt too interested in it.