Review: Racing into Love by Noah Steele
SYNOPSIS:
Aiden Reed is stuck in a major boy rut.
Every date ends in something worse than disaster—boredom.
That is, until star racer Derrek Luna crashes the end of a terrible date at Aiden’s cozy bookstore. Derrek’s confident charm and killer good looks throw Aiden’s quiet, cautious world into chaos when he says he wants a shot at Aiden’s heart.
Derrek is sure Aiden is different. He’s sure Aiden won’t just vanish without a word. Not like the others did. But the closer Derrek gets to the man who charmed him without a word from across a crowded room, the more his life on the track threatens to keep them apart.
Aiden is ready to take the risk—he thinks.
What if Aiden’s panic attacks scare Derrek away?
What if Derrek’s ghosts come back to haunt him?
…what if it doesn’t matter because they’re already in love?
Racing into Love is a gay instalove romantic drama ready and waiting to take you from zero to sixty with every turn of the page.
REVIEW:
Noah Steele is a new to me author, I fell in love with the cover and wanted to give the story a chance. After finishing the book I am met with mixed feelings. This is a light read and while the synopsis straight up discloses that it is insta-love, I have a few issues.
Insta-love doesn’t mean that the characters have to lack emotional depth. I knew very surface details of Aiden and Derrek but this left the characters as one dimensional. We never really learn what makes them tick, their styles, their nuances, etc. I almost felt disconnected from them when reading. I didn’t dislike them, I just wasn’t invested in the relationship.
This lack of investment also stems from the fact that this story desperately needed an editor. There were so many little moments where the flow of story would get bumpy. It lacked the fluidity between scenes that make me never want to stop reading. There were also several moments during sex scenes where what was describe in one sentence wasn’t what was happening in the next. Which took me out of the mood and moment that these two were sharing.
The plot line is tense and dramatic enough to carry the story but it did feel rushed and I think a part of that is because we are also learning about Aiden’s best friend, Oliver at the same time. It wasn’t a bad story but it wasn’t a memorable one either.
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