Lauren Asher

What happens when my brother's rival becomes my secret crush? Noah Slade is a Formula 1 legend in the making. Focused. Unapproachable. Ruthless on and off the track. A man with walls higher than the Grand Canyon. And my brother's new teammate. I want more of the prince who disguises himself as the villain. But while I crave a happy ending, he wants to destroy his. Maya Alatorre is a forbidden temptation. An ambitious post-grad I should stay far away from. And chaos wrapped with a bow. We're a ticking time bomb, about one wrong move away from exploding. I want to trip the wire, detonating together in passion and pain. Because in the end, all's fair in lust and war.

Throttled

avenlaming

10/5 Stars, I loved it so much. I really do recommend this even if you aren’t into Formula 1 or sports romance.

Archiell

Catarina Lopes 

1.5

The extra 0.5 is for the entertainment I got at the beginning because of how bad it was

Iman Kamil

Idk man. Kinda boring, and I found everyone annoying except for Liam (cus he was barely in it hahah) and Santi (but he has his moments). Extra star because the writing was easy to read through, finished the book in about 5 hours or so.

Kristin Boren

2.5 (cause there's a whole scene where he brushes her hair)

At first I was like this book is kind of annoying cause the only thing the author knows about people from Spain is that they drink sangria. But then Noah got rejected and went to THERAPY and I was like oh OK. Honestly pretty good spicy scenes.

taryn

2.5 
It's easy and fun with some spicy scenes. It took a while for me to get into it, almost gave up. But if you like sports romance it's a decent one! The premise for the second one sounds promising!

Sara Uribe

My first ever book by Lauren Asher and I can't wait to read more. 

As an F1 fan, I can't tell you how much I appreciated this book. I started getting into F1 in 2020, thanks to “Drive To Survive“ on Netflix, you should definitely watch it. Ever since finishing that series and starting to actually watch F1 races, I’ve been dying to read an F1 related romance. I searched far and wide and at first couldn’t find anything. But thanks to Brit from My Little Book Nook and Jos from Sports Chic Reads, I finally found what I was looking for. It is very apparent from the beginning that Asher is very knowledgeable on F1! Since I don’t typically read Sports romance or watch sports in general, I loved understanding and reading about something sports related that I actually understood. I especially loved seeing all of the behind the scenes action and how the book wasn’t totally focused around F1. Maya and Noah really captured my heart. From the beginning I thought these two were pretty unlikely to get together and didn’t really see the spark at first, but the deeper I got into the book, the more apparent their attraction and want for one another really came to life. This was definitely a slow burn and made me work and want to read until the end to see what happened. At times I did think it was a little cheesy and in some parts fell flat for me. I definitely think it could’ve been developed a little bit more, but overall, I enjoyed the story and I thought this was a great debut novel and can't wait to read the rest of the series!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Loulou

I'm not an F1 fan but God, this was cute as fuck

Joana da Silva

It was hard to choose between a two-star and a three rating because you know I don't like to give low ratings to books, I save it for the cases when I really hated the book. However, this book didn't make me feel a lot of things. It's an entertaining read, it made me understand the F1 world a little better and the smut was good. But other than that, this book really didn't have an impact on me. Am I going to give a chance to the rest of the series? Maybe, but not right now.

Erin Campbell

i FINALLY got around to starting this series after it being on my tbr for so long. looooved it so much. maya and noah are EVERYTHING. the plot was super interesting and different from what i’ve ever read. definitely a good start to this series that i’m so excited to keep reading!

Skye

Have you ever wanted to make an entire book your whole personality? 
Well, this is it for me, folks! As an avid Formula One fan and a romance lover, this book was everything I could’ve dreamed for. You can tell it was written by an F1 fan for fans, and I love that so much.

Lauren Asher writes believable characters that have real issues with incredible sexual chemistry and tension. She makes you really invest in their stories and what happens in their individual lives as well as their joint journeys. 
♡
Written from two POVs, Throttled immerses us in the world a Formula 1 via Maya Alatorre and Noah Slade. Maya has just finished college (after five years and two major changes) and is ready to kick off her media career while supporting her brother, Santi, as he chases a second F1 world champion title. She is especially eager to join him for the new F1 season because he’s now teammates with his biggest rival: Noah Slade. It doesn’t take long for her to notice said rival and for Noah to notice her. Forbidden love! Is there anything more enticing?

As Maya navigates her career and personal life, 30-year-old Noah has to contend with his own past to make way for a healthy future. Can this bad boy move past his familial trauma and unhealthy coping mechanisms to build a life he never dreamed was possible for him? 

Read if you like:
♡ F O R M U L A O N E
♡ forbidden love 
♡ spice 🔥
♡ personal growth journeys 
♡ dual POV
♡ reformed bad boy 
♡ travel 
♡ fun friendships
♡ strong secondary characters

I cannot wait to continue the Dirty Air series; I already know I’m going to love it! Even if you’re not a fan of Formula One, if you love romance, this book is for you. There’s enough of the sport to be fantastic for F1 fans, but it’s not so technical and heavy that non-fans won’t enjoy it. I highly recommend it!

And if you are reading this before the end of July 2022, I’ve chosen Throttled as my July book club choice. Check out my Instagram (skyeslibrary) to join!

Via Rawlins

Loved loved loved this book! Read it all in one sitting and I was not disappointed… as an avid F1 fan and romance being my favourite genre to read, this was a win win for me. Any of my fellow F1 girls, read this book!!!

I liked this book a lot especially with it being my first time reading a story about a F1 driver. I wasn’t particularly in love with the main characters but it was still good a really good read!

Millie Roberts

Raquel Tomaz

It’s a love story mixed with F1 stuff. 
I love love stories and I love F1 but I wasn’t drowned by it. Something is missing, I don’t know! 
Kinda feels rushed?!? I don’t know. Didn’t hated but I also just didn’t loved it. Although, I’m excited for the next book of this series! 

“Maya?”
“Yup?”
“Keep talking. I love hearing your voice.” 🫶

bella <3

why do they talk they aren’t real people

Jess Griffin

kris

a man actually getting therapy for once ??  This book was so cute and I finished it in a day, I cant wait to finish the rest of the series

Ashley

4.5/5.0

4.5 because to be honest, the first chapters were kinda boring in my opinion. Like there wasn't w
much going on to hook you up and have you binge reading the book. 

However, the book started getting more interesting and spicy as a relationship between Noah and Maya develops. The rest of the book was just amazing. Chef kiss. 

The spicy scenes. They were– there's no word to describe hoy good it was. It had me going like "omg wow". 

The writing of the story was excellent; I totally loved it. Specially because this book has dual pov; which means we got to read through Noah and Maya's thought.

The other characters, all loveable. 

And yeah I think that's it.

Do I recommend reading this book??? Hell yes.

loren

Amelia 

I loved this book. I can already tell this is gonna be a new favourite series. 

I fell in love with Noah and Maya, and there relationship. I loved how this book felt modern and up to date with today’s era. Noah was insanely hot and had me swooning on multiple occasions. 

The ending was adorable, and I absolutely fell in love with every single character so easily which I really enjoy in a book. The author made you feel like you were there with them, watching the racers and travelling along side the characters. 

I can’t wait to start the next book.

Tiffany

A Nothing Story

Sounds really harsh, the title. But that’s what it is. It’s cute but just the usual good girl bad boy, nothing extra. I love F1 and hoped I’d get really into this, but it was way too much information and not a lot actually happening. 
The drama wasn’t dramatic. Though the spicy scenes were good. 
It was a lovely fluffy story with not much that actually happened.

Joselyn

CW spoiler: Deducted a star because MMC slept with someone else after he got rejected/dumped for not wanting a real relationship with the FMC (bc of his childhood baggage).

Throttled

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