Another Formula 1 sports romance! It opens with a spicy scene, which is pretty indicative of what to expect in a romance. If it was a pepper, it’d be a habanero!
Natalia starts work as an F1 journalist, but after a hot one-night stand in a foreign city, she realizes she just slept with the billionaire owner of one of the biggest teams in the sport. He’s older, and widowed, and not ready to be serious with anyone. Natalia just wants to do her job well. But time passes, and their chemistry becomes undeniable.
I didn’t connect well with this book. It felt quite scattered as large swaths of time were skipped again and again to coincide with races, but it felt like we were always playing catch-up. There’s some journalistic drama that is playing out beside the romance that didn’t really interest me. I don’t know, I just didn’t feel all that connected to any part of the story. I thought it had a very strong opening, and I was honestly so excited to see how it all played out, but for me, it mostly fell flat, and the ending wasn’t my favorite (I won’t spoil it here).
Note:: I received an early copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Details
Title:: Coming in Hot (Frontrunners #2)
Author:: Josie Juniper
Genre:: Sports Romance (F1)
Publisher:: Forever
Length:: 336 pages
Audio Length:: 10h 30m
Audiobook Narrator:: Max Rauch & Cecily Foster
Published:: June 17th, 2025
The Litertarian Rating:: 2-Stars
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