Book Review: Close Enough to Burn

 

Seventeen-year-old Isabella Bellini lives for speed—and for the one boy who’s never quite caught her. But when a crash shakes her confidence and the people she trusts let her fall, she turns to the one person who’s always been there: Matias, her best friend with secrets of his own. With her shot at the European racing league on the line, Isabella must choose between first love, fierce ambition, and the quiet kind of love that never asked her to slow down.

Close Enough to Burn is a swoon-filled, high-speed YA romance about loyalty, heartbreak, and learning to race for yourself.


My Review

I liked this book. It is different from Daniela's first book. This book was giving me coming of age and first loves. I like that Daniela did incorporate a good amount of racing in the story. Yes, the concept of the story is about racing but there are many times when stories are supposed to be about a certain topic and there is very little featured in the story. 

I give credit to Isabella as she knew what she wanted, and she went for it. She may have had to fight harder than the guys, but she acknowledged this and did not back down. Got to me honest that while Isabella was pining over Marco, I thought she was trying too hard to get his attention. I was Team Matias from the beginning. It is always the one that is right under your nose that is the last one to be discovered.

I do hope that there is a next book as I would like to see Isabella as she takes on more of the racing world. 

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