My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️
Title: Drive Me Crazy
Author: Lizzy Dent
Format: eBook (NetGalley)
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 1/6/26
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Categories: Contemporary, Romance, Sports Romance
Disclaimer: **I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**
Thank you to G.P. Putnam’s Sons for giving me a chance to read this eARC in exchange for an honest review!
Sparks fly when an up-and-coming team principle and her new hot-shot driver—and former childhood crush—are forced to work together to save their careers and team in this deliciously winning Formula 1 romance.
Can they navigate the twists and turns of love without crashing and burning?
As one of the first female team principles in Formula 1, Chloe Coleman is determined to prove herself and transform her failing team from underdogs to champions. Nothing can ruin her strategy—except maybe the surprising new addition of a cocky, top-tier driver who’s lost his edge. And he just so happens to be her estranged childhood crush who still sends her heart racing.
Matt Warner needs a comeback. A former champion, he hasn’t won a race since the disastrous crash that landed his best friend and teammate in the hospital. If there’s a silver lining to this scandalous demotion, it’s his fierce and familiar new boss, Chloe. But as the competition heats up, so does an unexpected spark that turns dangerously and passionately hot. With the world watching and pressures of the season mounting, will their chemistry lead them to victory, or spin them out of control?
Content Warning: sexism
+ F1 racing romance? I was definitely intrigued and I am not a race car watching girlie, so I was looking forward to learn something about F1 racing and I did! So I enjoyed that.
+ Chloe and Matt grew up together as kids, and Chloe had the biggest crush on him but Matt went on to do big things in the racing world, leaving her brokenhearted. Now, the race team Chloe is working for as the first female principal, has acquired Matt to race for them. Matt has been struggling with some things like anxiety and PTSD, after being in a race car crash that hurt his teammate. And being forced to work together, brings all the old feelings back for Chloe and new feelings for Matt.
+ The romance between Chloe and Matt has to be hidden from the team, since they work together – she’s the principal for the team, and he’s the race car driver, so they had to hide what was growing between them from the press. There some spice between them too. I like how this romance fit into the world of suspense that racing brings – I think it heightened the relationship between Chloe and Matt because so much was at stake with their team.
+ I really liked how even though there is a romance going on, Chloe and Matt, are trying to better themselves in their personal lives. Chloe is principal for the first time and a lot is riding on her. Matt has to deal with his PTSD and anxiety which affects his driving a lot. So I liked seeing both of them grow, I was rooting for them.
~ I loved Chloe, she’s a nice person, but I kind of was surprised how naive she was about the press, and how they can spin things to create their own narrative. I’m surprised because she was raised in this world and as principal who seems to have to deal with the press a lot, I would expect her to be a bit more savvy even if she was new to her role. She grew up in this world.
~ I wanted a little more about Chloe and Matt’s childhood since that’s where she fell for him.
Final Thoughts:
I thought this was a cute romance, with a little spice thrown in, and I learned about F1 racing! I loved the tense situations that came with the racing world in this story from the high stakes about making it to the podium, and careers on the line. Overall, I enjoyed this one.
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