Review: Drive

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Growing up as the daughter of a world famous blues legend, Rainey Memphis Reeves learned everything she needed to know about musicians. They are phony, unfaithful, and never home — even when it matters. Six years ago, an accident left her shattered, and even now, Rainey can’t trust herself behind the wheel of a car. But when she meets Jacques Gilchrist, the sweet, soulful, and heart-stoppingly hand-some Uber driver, Rainey discovers she can forget her fear when she’s with him. Until she learns he’s a musician. And worse than that, he’s good. Too good. Jacques Gilchrist has tried for years to break out of the small-town music scene, but as soon as he meets Rainey, he can’t stop writing songs about her. He’s about to take the world by storm, but if he wants Rainey by his side, Jacques will have to prove he’s noth-ing like her father. He’s determined, even if he has to drive her across the country to do it.

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: October 2017

Mature content: yes

Review: While I usually love Stephanie Fournet's absolutely sweet romances, I was a bit disappointed with Drive. It's not that the romance isn't sweet, it's just the the characters are strangely inconsistent and there are lots of plot details that are never resolved and secondary characters that have no follow up. 

Rainey seems to be a recluse at the beginning of the book, almost never leaving the house and definitely never driving. Even going to the hospital to visit her sister makes her sick. And yet, after she meets Jacques she suddenly has zero issues with being in crowded bars of even travelling long distances by car. Jacques, on the other hand is an Uber driver/musician that rarely seems to work and has lots of free time, even after he starts with his new band. Frankly, I didn't find it very realistic. 

  

So, while the romance was good and there was a happy ending, most of the rest of plot felt flat and not very interesting, especially taking into account the issues I had with the characters. 

I still love all the other Stephanie Fournet books I've read before, and I will certainly read more in the future. 

 Happy readings!