Jennifer M. (Kaydence) reviewed on + 380 more book reviews
While this is not an original story line, McGarry is always a joy to read. She does an excellent job of building characters and relationships that feel likely even though it is clearly a soap opera type thing.
Summary:
Leading from Dare You To, Isaiah is living with Noah and attempting to make rent. He decides to do street racing to make up that money. At a race, he meets Rachel. Rachel is a rich girl with a little bit of a dark side. She loves to race in her Mustang. It's the one thing that makes her feel like her own person. At home, she suffers from severe anxiety, panic attacks, and is overly protected by her family. As the two of them get together, both of them compliment one another. Isaiah doesn't want to take on anymore problems, but he provides a safe place for Rachel. Rachel provides a place for Isaiah to feel cared for. Both of them love cars and racing, which makes their friendship and love feel more natural. Unfortunately, this love of racing gets them in trouble and they have a short amount of time to save each other or everything will be ruined.
My thoughts:
McGarry has a way with characters. Rachel has a pretty tough life. She's proof that just being rich doesn't mean that she will be snotty and spoiled. She suffers and is kept from things that she may enjoy because of the over protective brothers that she has. Isaiah we have met before, but he really comes into his own in this story. While he doesn't necessarily leave his bad boy demeanor behind for Rachel, he definitely grows a lot as a person. His strength is that he has opinions of what is right and wrong and really wants to stick to them. It hurts him when he has to flex his ethics a little more than what he would like. A shining star within this story is Abby, a side character. I hope that she becomes the protagonist of her own book in the future. As always, the love between Rachel and Isaiah happens rather quickly, but feels natural. The two of them definitely have a friendship along with the relationship, which makes it feel a little less like instantly the two will be together forever. While this is expected within McGarry's work, her character development is always worth the read.
Summary:
Leading from Dare You To, Isaiah is living with Noah and attempting to make rent. He decides to do street racing to make up that money. At a race, he meets Rachel. Rachel is a rich girl with a little bit of a dark side. She loves to race in her Mustang. It's the one thing that makes her feel like her own person. At home, she suffers from severe anxiety, panic attacks, and is overly protected by her family. As the two of them get together, both of them compliment one another. Isaiah doesn't want to take on anymore problems, but he provides a safe place for Rachel. Rachel provides a place for Isaiah to feel cared for. Both of them love cars and racing, which makes their friendship and love feel more natural. Unfortunately, this love of racing gets them in trouble and they have a short amount of time to save each other or everything will be ruined.
My thoughts:
McGarry has a way with characters. Rachel has a pretty tough life. She's proof that just being rich doesn't mean that she will be snotty and spoiled. She suffers and is kept from things that she may enjoy because of the over protective brothers that she has. Isaiah we have met before, but he really comes into his own in this story. While he doesn't necessarily leave his bad boy demeanor behind for Rachel, he definitely grows a lot as a person. His strength is that he has opinions of what is right and wrong and really wants to stick to them. It hurts him when he has to flex his ethics a little more than what he would like. A shining star within this story is Abby, a side character. I hope that she becomes the protagonist of her own book in the future. As always, the love between Rachel and Isaiah happens rather quickly, but feels natural. The two of them definitely have a friendship along with the relationship, which makes it feel a little less like instantly the two will be together forever. While this is expected within McGarry's work, her character development is always worth the read.
