Falling Fast by Jenni Fletcher

Falling Fast by Jenni Fletcher is the first Formula 1 romance book I read. I had no idea there is such a thing, despite me watching F1 for a very (very) long time. I borrowed this book from the library and read it. Of course, I was thinking that there will be issues with the F1 thing and there were. Continuing a race with 4-5 laps to go after a red flag with 3 cars taken out is not as clear cut as she made it look in the book. It was a missed opportunity to add a bit more flavour and making it look realistic. Of course, for anyone who is not remembering races with red flags, this is not an issue at all.

For a F1 fan it was not particularly difficult to see who inspired her. At the end the author wrote 3 of her favourite pilots and my assumption was correct. Not an issue, but not great either. I was a bit annoyed by the main character, a 21-year-old superfan called Ava who was apparently unsure about some “basic” stuff on F1. This is why I gave the book 4 stars.

Otherwise, it is a romance book that has a happy ending, nice characters, a somewhat realistic story. Definitely a book many who like the genre would have given 4 or 5 stars. I’m happy I read it, but I am not going to try to read another F1 romance book in the near future, I might be too annoyed about wrongly presented sport details.

Falling Fast by Jenni Fletcher

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My rating: 4/5 Stars
Would I recommend it: yes
Published by: Penguin Books
Year it was published: 2025
Format: Paperback
Genre(s): Romance
Pages: 336

About the author: Jenni Fletcher writes heartwarming Historical Romance and fun Formula 1 romances. She has won 2 Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards and teaches creative writing at Bishop Grosseteste University. Originally from Scotland, she now lives in the north of England with her family and one extremely hairy dog.
Books I reviewed in the past, by her: Snow-Kissed Proposals and Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight
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