PR wiz Violet and then F2 driver Chase had a one night stand in Monaco months ago. Upon starting a new job at the failing F1 team Pinnacle there is a shakeup in the driver lineup and Chase is promoted from reserve driver to the F1 team. Violet and Chase are now working closely together to get Chase, and by extension Pinnacle, sponsors. The pair agree to non-committal hookups that of course leads to feelings, made more complicated by Violet’s ex popping up and Chase needing to enter a PR relationship with a Hollywood starlet. On top of this, the F1 team’s position is tenuous at best as they are still struggling to get points let alone a win.

I love F1 but have found the romances set in the world to be hit and miss. This is a series that works for me and I’ve now enjoyed both books in the series. I love that the characters feel like real people and not just stand-ins for real drivers (there’s so many that are blatant self-insert fanfic). I also appreciate that the book doesn’t try to just be each race weekend. It actually shows the characters working and doing things outside the race weekend festivities so we can actually see them grow as characters and in their relationship. I also really appreciated that the author didn’t take the easy way out for a externally forced third-act breakup, rather the pair’s falling out fell true to the characters and their backstories. I would happily read a third book in this series.

Thank you to NetGalley and Zando for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Iff you watched the F1 movie and were left wanting more....this might be the book for you!

Kiss & Collide follows the story of Chase, Violet and Pinnacle racing. Chase is an F2 driver who is about to have his chance on the f1 circuit. Violet is about to make a name for herself in the world of f1 as a PR superstar. And Pinnacle is a failing f1 team that's stuck at the end of the grid and holding on for dear life at the hands of the worst team principle a daddy's money can buy.

Through out the story we follow not only the romance that is budding between the want to be enemies (well, Violet thinks Chase is an enemy), but we also get to see the journey the team makes through out the story. AND we get to see three kick ass women in motorsports get the deal of a lifetime because they worked hard, showed results, and deserved the chance at the table.

I am in love with this book. The steam and romance was just so well crafted. Each character came to the relationship with their own baggage which made the story juicy.

I know this one isn't out yet....but when do we get the next story in Amanda Weaver's f1 world!

I have been on an F1 kick and this book did not disappoint at all!
This book left me wanting so much more. I enjoyed it from beginning to end and I truly cannot wait for the rest of the series to continue.
I enjoyed the writing and how the storyline drew me in from the start.

I cannot wait to see what is in store with this author

This was a quick read (it only just took me a little longer because I was a busy girl). I really enjoyed the strong women characters and loveable F1 MMC, Chase. This is one of the F1 storylines I have really enjoyed and found the information super easy to digest. The only concern I really had was the constant break ups.

Thanks to NetGalley and Zando for the advanced reader copy.

When Violet finally levels up to being the head of PR for Pinnacle racing, she's ecstatic, even if the team is dead last in Formula 1 standings, and even if the day she starts she finds out that the team has been sold to an American who's placed his screw up son in the role of Team Principal; she's willing to make it all work. But then she finds out that the team has hired a new driver, Chase, who Violet spent one memorable night with in Monaco. But Violet doesn't do strings; she's a one and done girl. Except that she and Chase can't seem to keep their hands off each other. As Violet works to up Chase's profile in Formula 1, it may require her to push him away (into a fake dating situation?) even if she's falling for him.

KISS AND COLLIDE fell a bit into the sophomore slump. While the plot continued to do a good job of peeking behind the curtain of how Formula 1 racing works and the two main characters were each sufficiently flawed, the spicy sex scenes felt rote and toned down, and perhaps this is a matter of reading an ARC that hasn't been through final copyediting, but the POV shifts felt clunky and at times it felt like the narration was in both characters' heads at the same time, which was disorienting. This was still a solid romcom set in the world of Formula 1. For anyone who enjoyed Weaver's previous book, this one is worth giving a shot.

Tropes: enemies to lovers, fake dating, forced proximity

Kiss and Collide is out August 5, 2025.

Lights, motors, action! We are back with book 2 in the Racing Hearts series. PS -yes I know that intro was corny, come at me 😘I’ve been on a Formula One kick what can I say.

Anyway Kiss & Collide was a lot of fun to read. Not as good as the first book in the series but still an easy read with a light-hearted romance.

Now I will mention if you are new to Formula One I wouldn’t start with this romcom series. I’d say start with Lauren Asher’s series. My reasoning Amanda Weaver goes into much more technical depth to the Formula One racing world. And I know some may not like that. I for one found it fascinating and felt so much more authentic.

My only big complaint goes towards Violet. I understand she has a mean “ice queen” persona but that doesn’t mean take it out on poor Chase. Now before y’all come for me I understand her struggles and insecurities. But I need her to put on her big girl pants and work through it. The girl is literally tough as nails in a business setting but using communication in a love relationship setting hard struggle. Just didn’t make sense at times. And her decision making for the third act breakup infuriating. Now she does redeem herself but it took her way too long to get there.

Chase on the other hand. I loved him he is my golden retriever sweetheart and I wish he was real. I love a man that wears on his sleeve and his commitment to Violet was perfection. I also loved that we got to see cameos from Will & Mira. I loved seeing updates into their lives and offering great support to our main characters here.

Overall, I had a blast reading this and I throughly recommend it. Thanks again to Zando and NetGalley for the ARC.

The premise of this book may have been good but the formatting was so abysmally bad I end up DNF'ing only a few chapters in because it was so frustrating to read.

OMG, "Kiss & Collide" by Amanda Weaver is everything I needed and more! I was absolutely obsessed with "Fast & Reckless" (Book 1) and this one definitely lived up to the hype and then some. The F1 vibes are still immaculate, but the enemies-to-lovers trope with Violet and Chase? Their chemistry was literally off the charts, like, I could feel it crackling off the pages! I'm a total sucker for a workplace romance, especially when it starts with a scorching one-night stand and then they're forced to work together. The banter was top-tier, the steam was chef's kiss, and watching Chase fall first for Violet, even when she was trying so hard to resist, was just chef's kiss again. I’m a huge F1 fan, so I’m so excited to be reading a book that doesn’t do it dirty!!

Really enjoyed this book, have not read any type of racing book before and for a first one it was really good and I enjoyed this writers writing style.

My favorite type of sport romance books are the ones where the author seemliessly intervweaves the actual sports with the romance. I find when this happens the pacing of the book just flows so well. Amanda Weaver has done this not only for Kiss & Collide but also the previous book Fast & Reckless.
Kiss & Collide we get our girl Violet’s story. She was the PR bestie from the first book. She is a take no names baddie who sets up all the pieces of the board and makes everything happen. Chase is a F2 driver and when he is basically brought in to replace one of the F1 drivers she now needs to make him shine. But they do have a past.
I love Chase. He is that golden retriever type of character that you just can’t help but loving. He is the opposite of Will in a way that he isn’t a player that you get from the beginning of the first book. He wants what his parents have. Violet has been burned and she is that hesitant person to jump into anything. And While this book does contain some miscommunication in it I think it was done well and it wasn’t stretched out completely and fit the plot of the book well. It wasn’t just put there as a means to initiate discourse but becuase of things the characters went though.
This year I am newer to the F1 scene and books but if Amanda Weaver is going to keep writing them then I will be purchasing and reading all of them becuase she is becoming my top F1 author!

Thank you to Zando/Slowburn for the complimentary copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I unfortunately ended up DNFing this at about 15%. There was a couple of reason for this, one being the format (PDF on the netgalley app with the abhorrently large margins), the rest were book related. I read the prologue and wanted to give up because it was really clunky but I kept going. The rest of it flowed a lot better but the plot and characters kind of lost me. One thing that made me give up was the fact that the MMC (male main character) was repeatedly said to be a “low rated F2 driver”. For those who don’t know, F2 is the feeder series to F1 but most F2 drivers won’t make it unless they have team connections, money, a really great F2 season or a combination of all three. So basically, the MMC isn’t going to be great and is repeatedly called kind of useless. I don’t want to read about a highly qualified woman with a guy whos jsut kind of there. I mean I know its a book and he’ll probably end up being great but I just couldn’t. Then theres all the American/British stuff. This was written by an American with a bit of awareness of american stereotypes but it still felt king of uncanny valley (I don’t know if thats the best way to describe it but I can’t think of anything else).

Anyway, wasn’t working for me for a number of reasons. Maybe in a different format I would have read longer and fallen in love with it but as an avid DNFer I think its unlikely. If a book doesn’t start good I don’t think it’ll get better.

I’m not too familiar with F1 as a sport and definitely even less familiar with it in books. I just wanted to start this review off by saying that.

However, Amanda Weaver seems to have a very authentic grasp on the sport and I truly enjoyed this book because of that. The characters were fun but also relatable, her being reluctant and him being the hopeless romantic with eyes only for her.

Kiss & Collide is the second book in the Racing Hearts series.

Kiss & Collide is told in third person POV and is the next in the F1 racing series. In K&C we get Violet and Chase's story.

Vibes you can expect to encounter in this one are friends with benefits (situationship), forced proximity, hate to love, he falls first, opposites attract, racing romance, reverse grumpy/sunshine, and a workplace romance.

Amanda has done it yet again! Thank you slowburn for this opportunity to gobble up this amazing story.

This was so enjoyable and felt like one of the more authentic F1 romances out there. I think this is in huge part to the characters. They felt like well-rounded people instead of the same stock characters that I tend to see in a lot of sports romance. I loved the way Violet and Chase's backstory was seamlessly woven in to show what (*coughs*) drives them. It's refreshing to see a gender reversal with the female character reluctant to commit (for good reason). Chase was an utter sweetheart and wore his heart his heart on his sleeve, while Violet is far more reluctant to openly date him given the misogyny women in sport face. It was also welcome to see Mira and Will make cameos.

Thoroughly addictve. I can't wait for more from Amanda Weaver.

Thanks to Zando and NetGalley for the ARC.

This was a great sports romance. It really felt like the author knew what she was talking about when it comes to racing. And I really love the chemistry between the main characters.

Kiss & Collide by Amanda Weaver is an amazing follow up to her debut novel in the romance world of motorsport!

I absolute love Formula 1 and Weaver's first novel was amazing. I loved the attention to detail to the sport world without over explaining and the accuracy. I like that you can tell how well versed the author is with the sport and truly puts attention to detail with it but it doesn't take away from the characters and story. I like that theres a good balance of a romance between the characters and the fun adrenaline that is F1. Enemies to lovers Violet and Chase couldn't be more different but after a hot one night stand and suddenly they work for the same racing team, things get tension filled, forced proximity, steamy and so fun. She's PR and he's their new driver. I loved seeing a female main character that is a bit tough to crack and he will do anything to bring her walls down and prove he's it for it. I loved their dynamic and seeing Chase's family dynamic because you see him more in depth and beyond the public image and how he manages to make her fall hard despite her apprehension. It's so good! It's high stakes, friends with benefits, he falls first and hard, workplace romance and she's the grump and he's the sunshine and it's so good and so worth the read! If you want a bit of romance with a side of F1, a must!

Wow, I loved this book! I don't typically love a third person point of view, but this book was easy to follow. I do wish we got a dual POV but the book is still great. Chase is so great, and I love how caring and patient he was with Violet. There is a bit of miscommunication in this book. but instead of it making the book not enjoyable, I think it really helped the reader understand the worries and insecurities going through both Chase and Violet's mind. Of course, as a reader we may think it's childish, but putting myself in this situation, I can clearly understand why the miscommunication happened. This felt like a real relationship between them. It shows the reality of what dating someone or being afraid to commit to someone looks like. I loved this book, and I really loved the workplace romance trope in this. I will be posting a review on this book on my instagram @paigetopagereads if you would like a more in depth review and my mood board for this!

IT’S RACE WEEK BABY. So because of that, I binge-read this high-stakes, plot-driven book that blended my two loves -a great romance story and Formula One, that actually felt like the author knew what they were talking about. This is such a little gem of a book that had me falling in love with its characters.
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