BOOKWORM REVIEW: Redlined by Cala Riley

 

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

STEAM: 🔥🔥🔥

As someone who is a Fast and Furious fan (I know, I know), I was expecting a rip-off based on the blurb. I was pleasantly surprised because while this did have some F&F vibe, this had the kind of balance I longed for in a F&F movie: more romance without sacrificing the action.

Roxy has been exiled by someone whom she considered to be her closest friend, from California to Middle-of-Nowhere. Forced to live with her estranged cousin Hannah, she soon discovers that Hannah runs with the local crew.  When Roxy runs into the crew king Roman, their love-hate chemistry is more combustible than a tank of NOS.

As the inaugural book of the series, this book did a lot of world-building for the subsequent books. Sometimes it got a little hard to muddle through, but I appreciated the details and Easter eggs for us to remember later on.

Cala Riley writes incredibly spicy scenes. I appreciate that Roman is a dirty talker, and I also love their moments in flagrante are reflective of their emotional connection. There is a lot of push and pull, fighting, and bickering in both cases.

I enjoyed this action-packed read, and I am looking forward to the future releases of the books in this series.

**I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book.**

ABOUT THE BOOK

Roxanne

Racing and Ross are the only two things I thought I could ever count on. That is, until one of them sends me far away, making me lose the other.

Now, stuck with a cousin I’m not sure even wants me here trying to pick up the scattered pieces of my life, all I want to do is find my own way.

Who cares if I’m slightly attracted to the asshole who seems to run these parts? Or that I’m starting to find his little tests exciting?

Who cares that the abandonment I felt from the people I thought were my family fades as I find a new group to grow close to.

It doesn’t mean anything. In the end, I’ll be gone, right?


Roman

I knew she was going to be trouble the minutes I got the call she was coming. I didn’t expect her to light my blood on fire, though.

Now, she’s slowly integrating herself into my life, one irritatingly yet sexy glare at a time.

It doesn’t matter that I think the fact that she knows her cars is a huge turn on. Or that I crave having her near me.

The fact that I’m itching to protect her has nothing to do with the way she makes me feel.

There’s no room in the inner circle for new blood. So why does she seem to fit right in?

ADD TO TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58613670-redlined

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MEET CALA RILEY

Cala Riley, better known as Cala and Riley, are a pair of friends with a deep seated love of books and writing. Both Cala and Riley are happily married and each have children, Cala with the four-legged kind while Riley has a mixture of both two-legged and four. While they live apart, that does not affect their connection. They are the true definition of family. What started as an idea that quickly turned into a full-length book and a bond that will never end.


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