Lauren Asher

Redeemed

Gretchen Sartele

Lauren really hit her stride with this fourth book. I loveeeeee a fake dating trope and she threw in the one bed trope and redemption arc trope in at the same time?? Still wishing for more spice, however. 

The Iron Man ending have me tearing up. I’m going to miss this series so much.

Skye

It’s official: each book in this series is better than the last. I’m absolutely obsessed. Filled with all your favorites from the series and new faces you’ll love, Redeemed is a stunning conclusion to the Dirty Air quartet. It’s a powerful story of hope, love, and, well…redemption!  
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After a career-ending accident, Santiago Alatorre just wants to be left alone as he watches his life pass him by. But his solitude is interrupted when Chloe Carter crashes into his world.  
 
Even though everything in her life up to this point would leave the average person jaded and bitter, Chloe is a beam of sunshine that refuses to let the recluse that is Santiago waste away any longer. On her own journey to build the future she wants and find the father she never knew, Chloe opens her world to a grumpy man who has lost all hope of happiness. Little does he know that she is armed with a wish journal and unwavering determination to see him live his dreams again. It doesn’t take long for him to set his goal to make her dreams come true, too.  
 
Together, Chloe and Santiago push each other to fight for their dreams and to open their hearts to the unexpected. Banishing your demons is even more rewarding when you fall in love in the process! 
 
read if you like: 
♡ f1 🏎🏁 
♡ comeback stories 
♡ fake dating  
♡ grumpy sunshine  
♡ trapped in an elevator  
♡ one bed  
♡ sex bets  
♡ disability representation  
♡ platonic roommates with palpable sexual tension 
♡ wish journals  
♡ Mario Kart  
♡ John Hughes-style declarations of love  
♡ friends as close as family (Lauren, please give us a Brooke book! And an Elias book, too!) 
 
trigger warnings: 
☞ drug addiction 
☞ deadbeat parent 
☞ parental death 
☞ physical/mental child abuse  
☞ depression  
☞ foster care 
☞ sexual harassment  
☞ miscarriage

Inês Filipa

what a delightful ending to a delightful series. 

well, i’m now a f1 geek thanks to this series. i never miss a single quali or practice - and most importantly, race. I’ve come to know facts about mechanics, team histories, drivers and their paths, etc etc
so yes, about an year ago, these books were the starting point of a new obsession for me

but enough of that…

these books just fill me with serotonin. and redeemed just made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. 

i loved the fake dating, specially because there was always realness and honesty within their relationship. they always felt like partners, soulmates even. 
(And Santiago paying so much attention to detail and always going out of his way to please and help Chloe: ooooof *cries*) 

i just want more from these characters, from this world. 

as always, Lauren asher doesn’t fail me. 
if I ever go through several books trying to stick to one to read, i know all it takes is trying a lauren Asher’s book and i’m instantly pulled in. 
never. fails.

sydney

** spoiler alert **
           this book and this entire series is so perfect, i’m obsessed with how every one of them ends with a proposal/marriage and kids, it warms my heart

meha 

5 stars!!!

okay umm lauren asher did it again!! i fell in love with them from the page and the rest was history!! santichloe my fav people!

aaliyah

I can’t form words, honestly. I read this on a non race week so that I would be supplied with f1 content and I loved this so much. 

Santi and Chloe are perfect and the only thing that I didn’t like about this book was the little conflict 3/4ths of the way through, however it was so in character for Chloe that I don’t actually mind it too much. 

Lauren Asher quickly became my favorite author after officially reading all of her published books. 

I’m a sucker for sweet + healthy romance and this was the epitome of that. 4.75/5 stars <3

Kaitlyn Callahan

MY FAVORITE ONE FROM THIS SERIES!! But please I am fully invested in Marko and Stella’s story so Lauren Asher I’m praying for you to get on it girl ;)

Loulou

A love that heals the soul...
This one is my favorite book in the serie, Santiago is such an inspiration because I know what is to suffer from depression and have days when you can't even get out of bed. 
And Chloe omg, she was a breath of fresh air, I love her.
These are characters that are going to stay in my heart forever

 i really enjoyed this book, but it didn’t quite live up to what i was hoping. i think i had really loved the element of all the friends being together in the other books, and this one was essentially only santi and chloe. i still loved their story and their struggles were some of the most real and raw, but not my favorite book of the series!

Lindsey Davis Blanchard 

clau

jana <3

holy fuck. 6 stars ☹️☹️☹️☹️ i am unwell.

this whole series was genuinely so good. def comfort series material. it was all just a big, sweet found family moment and i am not feeling okay.

def check the trigger warnings for all of the books, but holy shit i loved this. i loved every single character in the Dirty Air world, and i am beyond excited for the Dirty Heirs series coming out in ’23.

all of the characters felt so real and were multifaceted, and the stories themselves were compelling. i feel the need to mention that the extended epilogues are truly a gift from above (again, I am unwell)

definitely gonna cry about this being over for the next two months, give or take.
I <3 the Dirty Air series. :D

TL;DR: slayed so hard, as always.

Summer Stanley

So much of this one was horribly unrealistic, i.e. the way they met 😳

But I read this on the plane to my first ever GP, so I loved it! 

Sav Kay

Five gleaming F1 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

🏎💜 𝑹𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓 💜🏎
🇮🇹💐🤍 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘 🤍💐🇮🇹
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Ahh I literally can not! This book gah I loveeee😭😭!
The emotional roller coaster that Lauren took me on with this book omg. I was not expecting to feel broken before 5%😅, but I can’t complain because they way she breaks my heart yet builds it piece by tiny piece back together with every word and chapter, is just such a beautiful progression. 
With every book I’ve read of Lauren’s I’ve said “oh this is my favorite hero/heroine” and that was absolutely the case with Chloe and Santiago! (I really can’t pick actual favorites!) Seriously though wow the two of them were absolutely everything to me and I adored them and their story while my entire soul! 
The plot, the romance, and the overall everything of this book, gah I just freaking loved it so much!
Also I can’t believe this series is over 😭, gah I recommend it so so much!