Ride
Author: Harper Dallas
Trope: Slow Burn, Sports Romance
Point of view: Single, First person
In a nutshell: No one rides like Chase Austin.
Bad boy. Player. Adrenaline junkie. Snowboarder Chase Austin has a reputation - and not just for being the world’s best extreme athlete. He’s as cold as the mountains he rides, loyal only to his crew . . . and panties drop wherever he goes.
Photographer Brooke Larson knows better than to let him get through her emotional Kevlar. So what if she used to have his poster on her bedroom wall? She’s not a teenager with a crush anymore. Chase Austin is her key to the big time, and she’s getting his photo no matter what. Too bad the only place Chase wants her is in his bed. Men leave. Success is forever. Brooke knows the drill, and she’s not letting anyone get in the way of her career - or into her heart.
But whether it’s on the slopes or between the sheets, riding with the best means risking it all.
What I thought: Ride is the story of a romance between a photographer and a snowboard star set amongst the slopes. A push and pull romance, a lot of the angst in this book comes from lack of communication which I find quite frustrating to read, but as each characters backstory comes out we gain some understanding as to why they respond to situations as they do. The stand outs for me were the descriptions of the scenery (I felt like I was on the mountain itself) and the eventual character development, we see how Brooke and Chase support each other and as a result are given the space to grow together. The epilogue from Chase’s point of view was perfection and made my heart happy.
