4.5⭐️ <b>”You stay, I stay.”</b>

This book absolutely needs a better cover because the flowers don’t really do the book justice for what it is. It’s not only a slow-burn romance between a storm chaser and an aspiring meteorologist, but a story of personal growth, budding friendships, complacency and abusive relationships.

Blake, an aspiring meteorologist student, is stuck in the same bad patterns with her childhood sweetheart. She doesn’t know anything but Justin, because they’re all each other has had their entire lives. She’s complacent and miserable in her life, feeling isolated and making decisions based upon her relationship with Justin. They both fell out of love and grew apart long ago, but they never knew how to separate for the benefit of both of them.

Dash, an avid adrenaline junkie storm chaser, had always been the fun loving kind, only having a semi-serious relationship. His goal was to focus on himself, having fun and pursuing what he loves—storms.

Dash and Blake meet in class and instantly hit it off. They needed each other. Dash, through friendship, teaches Blake many lessons and allows her to find her own self-worth independently while encouraging her to do what’s best for her. In the mix of all this, Blake joins Dash’s storm chasing team and these two best friends fall in love with the chase (literally and figuratively).

Overall, this book was a quick and easy slow burn romance. At times I did get annoyed with how weak the FMC was written. I think the author purposely did this though to show how hard it is for people to leave relationships that no longer serve them.

Thank you NetGalley and Entangled for providing me an ARC to read and review.

4.5 out of 5 stars. This book sucked me in, and I devoured it within a day. Perfect for fans of twister.
I love the way the chaos of a storm mirrors the emotional abuse in the book. As someone who has been in a very similar relationship to the one Blake endures, I was impressed with how well it illustrated the tension you feel when you are in those shoes. Make sure you read your trigger warnings on this one. It is a very realistic portrait of abuse (including sexual abuse) and while it is so important to read those stories it can be very hard to read. I will be recommending this book to people.

I love the concept of this book. Lee crafted an edgy story that I found enjoyable. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

The way I consumed this like it was giving me life... and indeed maybe it was?? Storm chasers?? Hello this book was written for me I feel.

First of all, I read this as a reprint/re-edited ARC (thanks Entangled *wink*) and it is my understanding that there are some full scenes that have been completely removed or changed. I did read some reviews after finishing and have found that some scenes (that were understandably rough were completely absent from my copy.

Warning: PLEASE read content warnings at the beginning of the book! This book deals VERY heavily with emotional abuse and its endless cycle that many people find themselves in. The abuse continues for much of the book, as the main character navigates a safe way to exit the relationship. While this also does document a very cute budding romance, it does have a very dark focus on the toxicity of her pre-existing relationship.

Some nitty gritty:
- Blake is such a strong female lead who is caught up in a horribly abusive long-term relationship and spends most of the book trying to safely exit the relationship.
--- At times, this book FELT really long because so much of the book details her back and forth with her toxic bf, but then when I thought about it, I realized that this is actually such a beautiful representation of reality because people who are caught in these kinds of relationships often do struggle to get out because of the cycle and the threats and the fear. The book was constantly moving, I never felt bored. So even when it felt repetitive, sitting back to think made me realize how real that made the story feel.
- The storm chasing scenes were ICONIC and honestly I was living my dreams through this book (mini story time: I almost went to school for meteorology because I wanted to be storm chaser for real, so yeah this book is everything). The team of Dash/John/Paul/Blake was simply amazing.
- The hurt/comfort themes were precious and beautiful. Dash really comes in as a knight in shining armor that should have seemed cheesy but in fact was perfect and exactly what Blake needed in her life.
- THE DOG SCENE HAD ME SCEAMING like ex-ca-use me?? (note: the dog does not die)
- "True love is friendship set on fire" (*cue emotional tears of HOW CUTE*)

Tropes:
friends to lovers
hurt/comfort
"you stay, I stay"
only one bed

Such a great book. Loved the idea of storm chasers and how Blake overcame the emotional abuse. Great characters and the perfect length to get the story told.

Coming off of the rush of Twisters, this was EVERYTHING I needed. I am not ashamed to say I stayed up night to finish this and I loved every second of it. The first half was tons of build up for Blake and her relationship, with dashes (get it hehe) of storm chasing and weather chatter. I ate it up. The second half was thrilling for a multitude of reasons. I did not realize this is a re-release of a FULL SERIES by Molly so I guess I’m going to be up for awhile now so I can read every last word!