I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. While it was a bit predictable it was also a different subject matter than any book I’ve read. I enjoyed it was from the woman’s perspective especially. I thought the narrator was really good. Thank you Net Galley and Dreamscape Media for the advanced copy of the audiobook in exchange for my honest feedback.

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🏁YA Romance
🚀Found Family
🏁Street Racing
🚀Grief
🏁Diverse MCs
🚀Strong Family ties
🏁Opposites Attract

Thank you Dreamscape Media for the ALC.

This book was very good! So beautiful. I loved it from the start to finish. There is a lot of grief and healing in this book. Crashing into You follows our female main character Leti. She loves street racing. She feels like an outsider. The male main character Jacob, who is definitely an outsider, loner, is different, thinks in statistics and does not talk to anyone. Leti gets close to Jacob after finding out that his family might lose their home because his father has passed away. She decides to take some races to earn money to give to him and his mom. Hoping to save their house a friendship grows. She has her own struggles too. Never growing up knowing her mother due to the fact that she passed away while giving birth to Leti. Her brother raised her taught her how to drive and sacrificed a lot for her. She barely talks to her father because of the grief he is going through because they lost their mother. This book involves a lot of grief and healing five stars would recommend to everyone.
The narration was amazing. I absolutely thought this audiobook was so good so beautiful.

A YA novel with car racing elements. As a slow, risk-adverse individual, I was was surprisingly drawn to this book. Leti, is so passionate about cars and racing. I related to her as an independent Latina.

The audiobook was narrated by Stacy Gonzalez. The narration flowed well and drew me in again and again. I listened to this book in a day as I couldn't stop listening.

I loved the brother Santos and the mysticism surrounding him and the love between him and Leti and the impact of that love on the story .

This book explores high school and boundaries and taking up the space one deserves.

What a wonderful story of love, familia and struggle and the importance of having a crew that will pick you when you need it. I highly recommend this book.

Crashing Into You is an emotional, fun, exciting, beautiful, addictive YA novel that will have you hooked from the start. The author has truly woven a beautiful tale with this book and it truly deserves to be recognized. It's honestly so well written, so poetic, the writing is a masterpiece in itself, but the story within it's pages is one that needs to be discovered. I felt all the emotions, so many times I just wanted to hug the characters. This book sheds light on the subject of grief, but in so many different aspects, how it affects people differently and how it can be in many forms.

Even with all the deeper themes of the story, the racing aspect took a good part of the book. I adored those scenes and how they were described, I felt like I was riding in the car with Leti. Rocky's writing was just beautiful, creating a vivid imagery of the scene happening.

Leti was such a strong protagonist, so resilient, stood up for herself, ambitious and went for what she wanted. I fell in love with her from the start, it was hard not to. The author created a phenomenally strong FMC that young girls and even women can look up to. The body positivity towards curvy girls was chef's kiss, I love a good representation, it was done with care. ! I loved the Latin heritage all over this book, all the Spanish words integrated between the pages and the hispanic traditions.

Jacob, my sweet Jacob! He was such a treat. The autism rep was perfect, amazingly done. I can't say how much I appreciate it when it is done with so much perfection. The author approached it with a finesse that was extraordinary. It was beautiful to see him grow, open up with Leti while still letting his own personality shine through. I absolutely adored this boy with all my heart. Seeing their love blossom through all the grief, the mistakes, the heartaches, the pain, the mishaps was truly the most beautiful thing.

I honestly could go on, but I could never do this book justice. It is just pure gold. It is beautiful. It's an amazing read, it needs to be read by teens and adults alike. The powerful message within these pages will benefit anyone that reads it.

🎧 The narration by Stacy Gonzalez was perfect.They chose the perfect narrator for this book. Her Spanish accent (loved listening to all the words voiced by her; it was perfect, it brought them to life), the tone of her voice, the way she expressed herself. She truly brought Leti to life. I felt all the emotions through her voice. The audiobook is definitely the way to go, her performance was amazing.

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @dreamscapemedia & @rockycallen for my gifted ALC in exchange for an honest review.

Aaahhhh holy crap can I just scream about how much I loved this book for a minute? I'm so happy I got an ALC for this - I requested it on a win because a cute street racer romance sounded, well, cute, but this just hit SO MUCH HARDER than that. Like don't get me wrong, it checked all the boxes for the exhilarating street racer romance that I wanted, but like ... I mean, the romance and the story had this beautiful celestial tone that I hadn't expected but made me so happy, and then like. I went so much deeper, too. A dive into grief and loss that was handled with a graceful touch, and then also it went into things like class and race dynamics, body image talk and neurodivergence rep. So much more packed into this book than I expected!

I LOVED Leti and Jacob. She was fierce and funny and had such a big heart and he was pretty and direct and gentle and I just loved their dynamic.

I'm so happy I got the ALC for this and 100% will be seeking out more from Rocky Callen in the future!

I enjoyed this book much more than I expected to! The opinions expressed are honest and my own but I am thankful to NetGalley and the publisher for the audio ARC of this title.

This was a unique YA story that has the typical tropes but in a creative way. The street racing aspect lends a different spin to the story. The relationship fostered in the book (don’t want to give spoilers) seemed organic and very “teen like” in how they interacted with each other and made decisions.

The book was definitely heavier than I expected even knowing there would be a tragic event, but it wasn’t “too much” as it was carefully balanced with the real world romance and other pressures a teen would face.

Lastly, it was a surprise neurodivergent bonus! I usually seek books that represent autistic characters but it’s a happy accident when they are included and I didn’t know going in.
The author handled the character very well and didn’t succumb to endless stereotypes.

This is a book I definitely recommend to my YA and NA loving friends. I think I may grab the physical book and give it a read too.

Oh! The audio narrator! She did a great job. So much that I forgot this was an audio book whilst writing this. I love when the reader has a great balance of emoting the material but not going overboard allowing the listener some creativity in picturing the world the author sets forth.




My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again