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If thereās a risky option, Juliette with choose it every time!
For the F1 newbies, there's two things you need to know: (1) really talented rookies start their formula one career as early as 18 years old! and (2) once youāre called up thereās really no where else to go - so if you lose your spot, your career is over š°
What's going on:
At age 25, Dominic Hastings has been racing at the highest level for years. But 22 year old Juliette is still stuck in the training academy for a junior team. She knows sheās talented, but no one is ready to accept the first female driver on the grid.
So when she gets a last minute offer to join F1 as Dominicās teammate, she cannot say no ā even though she hasnāt spoken to him in two years!
What I loved:
I loved the rich world building between the academy and the F1 world. If you love a full cast of active characters, youāre going to love Julietteās community and the competitors she travels across the world with. Her twin brother Capulet is Dominicās ex-teammate so thereās plenty of rivalry and camaraderie all around.
You have to suspend your disbelief because this midfield team becomes real contenders for the title. [The energy is: Carlos Sainz on the podium last year.] But the race strategy had huge consequences on the story so I really enjoyed that šš
Juliette has very real enemies to confront as a woman on track. From sexist drivers to active sabotage, there stakes are always sky high!
Dominic battles his own identity crisis as the fallen golden boy and feeling disconnected from his Moroccan heritage and French childhood.
I loved the way he looks out for Juliette, although the two of them definitely push āslowburnā to the limit. Dominic really is her only refuge, even if she tells herself not to trust him. The risky behavior off-track had me speed reading to know what happened next! š¤
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Full Throttle: A Novel
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Iāve already cried through two chapters. IDK if this was hinted at in the marketing, but it should be. THIS is why everyone should read cowboy casual.
Something about that little girl with his same blue eyes⦠it just hurts. The writing makes it impossible not to feel all of it.
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āThe Gladwell machine is a thinking machine, a translator of sorts. One only needs to provide it with a prompt, and it can produce a written incantation in Thaumaric. Years of expensive education are no longer necessary to access sorcery.ā
Oh? This book has commentary on AI? Iām even more excited now!
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