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Frontrunners #3
All to Play For
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Expected 7 Apr 26Sage Sikora, the new driver for the Emerald F1 team, is bold and daring, on and off the track. This season, as the only female driver on the grid she has a single-minded to be the first woman to win a Grand Prix. But there's one thorn in her side, the unfairly gorgeous and spoiled journalist and popular blogger Alexander Laskaris-who seems to have it out for Sage.
When one of his blog posts goes too far, Alexander finds himself working for Emerald as penance and his new boss is none other than Sage herself. Despite their battle of wills, the pair end up as allies when trouble arrives and Alexander begins to fall for F1's Queen of Chaos. Sage soon realises there's more to spoiled playboy Alexander than meets the eye. But with the critical eyes of the racing world upon them, she has too much to prove and even more to lose. Can her feelings take a backseat or will Emerald's first female driver fail to reach the podium?
When one of his blog posts goes too far, Alexander finds himself working for Emerald as penance and his new boss is none other than Sage herself. Despite their battle of wills, the pair end up as allies when trouble arrives and Alexander begins to fall for F1's Queen of Chaos. Sage soon realises there's more to spoiled playboy Alexander than meets the eye. But with the critical eyes of the racing world upon them, she has too much to prove and even more to lose. Can her feelings take a backseat or will Emerald's first female driver fail to reach the podium?
- GenresSports Romance
352 pages, Paperback
Expected publication April 7, 2026
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About the author
Josie Juniper
12 books113 followersJosie Juniper writes high-steam romance featuring hot, angsty men who are dirty talkers with hearts of gold, and smart, snarky women with hilarious foul mouths. She works in mathematics and has been a staff writer and/or editor for four publications, winning awards for her sharp, funny, iconoclastic writing. She lives in Portland, OR and loves rain, swearing, lost causes, tattoos, F1 racing, and prime numbers.
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November 9, 2025
I’ll be honest: All to Play For was marginally better than the other books in this series, but that’s really not saying much. I went in excited, because who doesn’t want a kickass female F1 driver in fiction? But I came out genuinely annoyed. If the future of women in motorsport looked anything like Sage Sikora in this book, I’d start rooting for the grid to stay men only and I am a certified man hater. And I say that as someone who loves the idea of women in F1. Sage was chaotic, sure, but not in a charming way, but more like a what is she doing here kind of way.
Alexander was... something. “Spoiled” doesn’t even begin to cover it. If a man publicly trashed me online and then showed up to work for me as some kind of redemption exercise… absolutely not. No universe, no timeline, no multiverse would make that scenario believable. Sage entertaining him, and eventually falling for him, felt like the most baffling, self-sabotaging choice imaginable. His so called “redemption arc” was about as convincing as a three lap race. He wasn’t misunderstood; he was just cruel, entitled, and exhausting.
Honestly, both of them were immature, and their entire dynamic read like a Wattpad fanfic from 2012, and I do not mean that in a cute or nostalgic way. It felt juvenile, messy, and lacking any real emotional or character depth. The book had the bones for something exciting because it included feminism, motorsport, rivalry, and redemption, but instead delivered something flat, underdeveloped, and painfully predictable.
The only thing truly working here is the cover, which is gorgeous and full of potential the story never lived up to. As a diehard F1 fan, this was extra disappointing. You can’t slap an F1 label on a book, sprinkle in some pit lane jargon, and expect it to work if the characters feel like they’ve never watched a race, let alone lived in that world.
In short: great idea, wasted execution, and a frustrating read from start to finish.
Thank you to NetGalley, Josie Juniper, and Forever for the eARC of this book.
Alexander was... something. “Spoiled” doesn’t even begin to cover it. If a man publicly trashed me online and then showed up to work for me as some kind of redemption exercise… absolutely not. No universe, no timeline, no multiverse would make that scenario believable. Sage entertaining him, and eventually falling for him, felt like the most baffling, self-sabotaging choice imaginable. His so called “redemption arc” was about as convincing as a three lap race. He wasn’t misunderstood; he was just cruel, entitled, and exhausting.
Honestly, both of them were immature, and their entire dynamic read like a Wattpad fanfic from 2012, and I do not mean that in a cute or nostalgic way. It felt juvenile, messy, and lacking any real emotional or character depth. The book had the bones for something exciting because it included feminism, motorsport, rivalry, and redemption, but instead delivered something flat, underdeveloped, and painfully predictable.
The only thing truly working here is the cover, which is gorgeous and full of potential the story never lived up to. As a diehard F1 fan, this was extra disappointing. You can’t slap an F1 label on a book, sprinkle in some pit lane jargon, and expect it to work if the characters feel like they’ve never watched a race, let alone lived in that world.
In short: great idea, wasted execution, and a frustrating read from start to finish.
Thank you to NetGalley, Josie Juniper, and Forever for the eARC of this book.
March 1, 2026
I came for the romance and F1 racing and was left with a younger sister who blames her parents for her misgivings even though they spent THOUSANDS on her for race training. And who thinks her golden child older brother is given everything by her parents, when really it’s the opposite. Oh and he’s a drug addict and left her for literal dead?? The tension isn’t there. The FMC sleeps with someone else while pining over the MMC and then answers the hotel door butt naked and falls on the floor and he basically sees everything. Uh what? Also the MMC tries to get her attention by saying she slept her way to the top and that’s why she’s racing?? That is not the way to get a girls attention. I was left confused and annoyed.
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December 31, 2025
Yeah, ok. It was really difficult for me to get on board with this one, whereas I loved the first two books in the series. Both MCs are difficult to root for, or even like, with Sage not even apologizing when she blows things out of proportion (which she does for everything). Alexander was a little better, but he turned from playboy nepobaby to lovesick without getting any positive emotion from Sage. It just didn’t make sense. I know everyone loves a redemption story, but I’m not sure anyone in this story deserves it.
March 14, 2026
This is the third book in her series and is about an all women crew, the FMC a F1 woman driver, with her female principal and female lead engineer, which honestly is a dream team I’d love to see IRL. Maybe Dorian Pin will be the next F1 driver (?), fingers crossed for her. Each book in this series builds on each other but definitely can be read as a stand alone. This book really delved into the life of a Formula 1 driver not so much on the track but how it affected her life and her life relationships and the sacrifices it took to be a racer of this caliber. Josie Juniper wrote an amazingly brash, take no shit, spicy character and a MMC you grow to love. I hope everyone picks up this book in April when it comes out and I can’t wait to see what’s next from this author.
This ties perfectly with the book we are excited to review this week, Josie Juniper’s All To Play For. Thank you @readforeverpub for this #gifted review copy, all thoughts are my own and not influenced by the company.
This ties perfectly with the book we are excited to review this week, Josie Juniper’s All To Play For. Thank you @readforeverpub for this #gifted review copy, all thoughts are my own and not influenced by the company.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Sage & Alexander
F1 Romance
Opposites Attract
Boy Obsessed
Enemies to Lovers
I saw that this was F1 and was super excited to read it!
It was an enjoyable read overall 😊
3.5⭐️
F1 Romance
Opposites Attract
Boy Obsessed
Enemies to Lovers
I saw that this was F1 and was super excited to read it!
It was an enjoyable read overall 😊
3.5⭐️
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I know how much work goes into writing a book, and I don’t take negative ratings lightly. That said, in the interest of transparency, I want to share specific reasons this didn’t work for me. Every reader’s experience is different, so I encourage you to look at a variety of reviews before deciding if it’s right for you.(my detailed review at the bottom may contain spoilers, but I tried to keep it somewhat generic).
▹My ⭐ Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5)
▹Format: 📱 eReader
Many thanks to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an advanced electronic copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. This book comes out April 7, 2026.
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○★○ What to Expect from This Book: ○★○
– About: Sage is the first ever female F1 driver. After Alex, writer for an Auto Racing magazine, tears her apart online, he’s fired from his family magazine and is offered a job by Sage, following her around the world to her races and righting his wrong. The two cannot stand each other, at least that’s what an outsider would say…but deep down, do their feelings match that façade? What happens when these two people who hate each other start to develop feelings?
– FMC: Sage Sikora (aka “love” or “Salvia officinalis” or “Salvi” or “pet”). Complicated. Rough around the edges (and maybe in the middle, too). Has high standards for others.
– MMC: Alexander Laskaris (aka “Sandy” or “Sandy boy”. 31-year-old journalist that is a bit of a nepo baby (his family owns a magazine).
– Location: Several locations including Portland, OR and London (amongst other countries)
– POV: Dual first-person
– Spice: 5-6 open-door explicit spicy scenes
– Tropes: Sports romance (FMC is a Formula 1 driver), prickly FMC, entitled MMC, secret relationship, “friends” with benefits, hate to love, insta-lust, opposites attract, forced proximity
– Content warning: family member with opioid addiction, parents with unstable marriage, being shamed online and in the media, near-death appendix rupture (mentioned)
– Representation: LGBTQ+ FMC and side characters, Formula 1 driving FMC
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⍟»This or That«⍟
Character Driven—✧——————————Plot Driven
Fast Burn———✧————————Slow Burn
Sweet————————✧———Spicy
Light/Fluffy——✧—————————Heavy/Emotional
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🎯 My Thoughts:
Some books won’t resonate with every reader, and unfortunately this one didn’t work for me. Here’s how I arrived at my 2-star rating.
The Writing & Plot: At times, the narrative felt disjointed, and some of the terminology and phrasing leaned more crude than I prefer. Several themes were introduced but not fully explored, which left me with more questions than clarity.
• Examples of the writing style include lines such as: “Why does this shitbag have to be so cute?” and “Christ on a fish stick,” as well as the FMC frequently calling others “honeybee” and the MMC calling people “pet.”
• The transitions between scenes felt abrupt. After Alex is fired for writing a scathing article about Sage and she tells him, “You work for me now,” the story quickly jumps locations with little explanation. I struggled to understand why he would accept the job—and why she would offer it—given their hostility.
• Sage’s bisexuality is mentioned, but I would have appreciated deeper integration into her backstory. Seeing her hook up with a woman while thinking she “can’t stop thinking about” the MMC felt underdeveloped rather than a complex development. Moments like “do I smell like sex?” and “My hands smell like a mermaid petting zoo” added to the tonal inconsistency for me.
• Sage is described as the first female Formula 1 driver (a groundbreaking achievement) yet we see little exploration of how she reached that level or the challenges she may have faced in such a male-dominated field. More backstory here could have added dimension and strengthened Alex’s perspective of her accomplishments.
The Characters:
I enjoy prickly or unconventional heroines when their sharpness is grounded in emotional context, but here Sage’s edge often lacked vulnerability. Her response to her brother’s admission of addiction—“You really don’t think you can just, y’know, stop? On your own?”—made it difficult for me to connect with her.
Similarly, moments such as offering Alex “I want to give you a lap dance” shortly after a tense family exchange felt abrupt in emotional pacing.
Alex comes across as somewhat more personable, but inconsistent. The shift from disliking Sage to thinking “Ah, fuck…she’s already got me dead to rights” during their first meeting felt sudden, making the romance read more like insta-lust than earned development.
There were also character descriptions and dialogue choices that I found off-putting, including:
• Badrick described as “Above me stood the biggest, blackest kid I’d ever seen in my sheltered life.”
• A 45-year-old nemesis of Sage’s saying to Alex, “I don’t mind having you on top, honey, as long as you know what to do once you get there.”
• Sage described physically by Alex as “An uncharitable viewer might call her flat-chested, with curve little bigger than the bottom of a Jaffa Cake but she’s every bit as sweet.”
• Alex’s line: “A womanizing friend of mine in New York once joked that immediately after sex, ‘a woman should turn into a six-pack and a pizza,’ and at the time I agreed.”
These moments pulled me out of the story rather than deepening it.
Would I Recommend?: While this book wasn’t for me, I recognize that other readers may enjoy its tone, dynamic, and humor. I’d recommend checking a range of reviews if you’re considering it, as your experience may differ from mine.
•♥Consider following me on Instagram @kelseyreviewsbooks for more visual content and bookish discussions.♥•
▹My ⭐ Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5)
▹Format: 📱 eReader
Many thanks to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an advanced electronic copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. This book comes out April 7, 2026.
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○★○ What to Expect from This Book: ○★○
– About: Sage is the first ever female F1 driver. After Alex, writer for an Auto Racing magazine, tears her apart online, he’s fired from his family magazine and is offered a job by Sage, following her around the world to her races and righting his wrong. The two cannot stand each other, at least that’s what an outsider would say…but deep down, do their feelings match that façade? What happens when these two people who hate each other start to develop feelings?
– FMC: Sage Sikora (aka “love” or “Salvia officinalis” or “Salvi” or “pet”). Complicated. Rough around the edges (and maybe in the middle, too). Has high standards for others.
– MMC: Alexander Laskaris (aka “Sandy” or “Sandy boy”. 31-year-old journalist that is a bit of a nepo baby (his family owns a magazine).
– Location: Several locations including Portland, OR and London (amongst other countries)
– POV: Dual first-person
– Spice: 5-6 open-door explicit spicy scenes
– Tropes: Sports romance (FMC is a Formula 1 driver), prickly FMC, entitled MMC, secret relationship, “friends” with benefits, hate to love, insta-lust, opposites attract, forced proximity
– Content warning: family member with opioid addiction, parents with unstable marriage, being shamed online and in the media, near-death appendix rupture (mentioned)
– Representation: LGBTQ+ FMC and side characters, Formula 1 driving FMC
─────────────────────────
⍟»This or That«⍟
Character Driven—✧——————————Plot Driven
Fast Burn———✧————————Slow Burn
Sweet————————✧———Spicy
Light/Fluffy——✧—————————Heavy/Emotional
─────────────────────────
🎯 My Thoughts:
Some books won’t resonate with every reader, and unfortunately this one didn’t work for me. Here’s how I arrived at my 2-star rating.
The Writing & Plot: At times, the narrative felt disjointed, and some of the terminology and phrasing leaned more crude than I prefer. Several themes were introduced but not fully explored, which left me with more questions than clarity.
• Examples of the writing style include lines such as: “Why does this shitbag have to be so cute?” and “Christ on a fish stick,” as well as the FMC frequently calling others “honeybee” and the MMC calling people “pet.”
• The transitions between scenes felt abrupt. After Alex is fired for writing a scathing article about Sage and she tells him, “You work for me now,” the story quickly jumps locations with little explanation. I struggled to understand why he would accept the job—and why she would offer it—given their hostility.
• Sage’s bisexuality is mentioned, but I would have appreciated deeper integration into her backstory. Seeing her hook up with a woman while thinking she “can’t stop thinking about” the MMC felt underdeveloped rather than a complex development. Moments like “do I smell like sex?” and “My hands smell like a mermaid petting zoo” added to the tonal inconsistency for me.
• Sage is described as the first female Formula 1 driver (a groundbreaking achievement) yet we see little exploration of how she reached that level or the challenges she may have faced in such a male-dominated field. More backstory here could have added dimension and strengthened Alex’s perspective of her accomplishments.
The Characters:
I enjoy prickly or unconventional heroines when their sharpness is grounded in emotional context, but here Sage’s edge often lacked vulnerability. Her response to her brother’s admission of addiction—“You really don’t think you can just, y’know, stop? On your own?”—made it difficult for me to connect with her.
Similarly, moments such as offering Alex “I want to give you a lap dance” shortly after a tense family exchange felt abrupt in emotional pacing.
Alex comes across as somewhat more personable, but inconsistent. The shift from disliking Sage to thinking “Ah, fuck…she’s already got me dead to rights” during their first meeting felt sudden, making the romance read more like insta-lust than earned development.
There were also character descriptions and dialogue choices that I found off-putting, including:
• Badrick described as “Above me stood the biggest, blackest kid I’d ever seen in my sheltered life.”
• A 45-year-old nemesis of Sage’s saying to Alex, “I don’t mind having you on top, honey, as long as you know what to do once you get there.”
• Sage described physically by Alex as “An uncharitable viewer might call her flat-chested, with curve little bigger than the bottom of a Jaffa Cake but she’s every bit as sweet.”
• Alex’s line: “A womanizing friend of mine in New York once joked that immediately after sex, ‘a woman should turn into a six-pack and a pizza,’ and at the time I agreed.”
These moments pulled me out of the story rather than deepening it.
Would I Recommend?: While this book wasn’t for me, I recognize that other readers may enjoy its tone, dynamic, and humor. I’d recommend checking a range of reviews if you’re considering it, as your experience may differ from mine.
•♥Consider following me on Instagram @kelseyreviewsbooks for more visual content and bookish discussions.♥•
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Thanks to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for the advanced reader copy
2.5 stars
When Alexander makes an almost career-ending mistake, by writing a misogynistic blog post about Sage, the only female driver on an F1 team, his penance is to intern for Sage and her team. For Sage, this is an opportunity to give payback to the man who humiliated her, through sending him on embarrassing errands and giving him loads of snarky insults. But eventually, Alexander's steadfastness in the face of her actions makes her rethink his place in her life and whether they have something worth putting her heart on the line for.
I enjoyed Juniper's previous two novels and was excited to spend more time in this world of F1 racing. Unfortunately, ALL TO PLAY FOR hit a low note in this series of books. The relationship between Sage and Alexander seems to come from nowhere, especially in his interest in her (which seems to stem from the fact that he doesn't really understand who she is). Both characters felt one-dimensional and I wasn't particularly interested in either one of them. Most disappointing was that much of Sage's story--as the first female F1 driver--happened off the track/didn't have that much to do with her job. For a character who everyone notes is so driven to prove herself, she spent a lot of time eschewing her team's rules and having lots of sex with Alexander (including a scene that occurs while she's battling an injury that could keep her out of her car for a while). The sex scenes are spicy, but they don't make up for the lack of substantive relationship building.
If you liked Juniper's other books, you might like this one:
-sports romance
-professional female athlete
-he falls first
-forced proximity
All to Play For is out April 7, 2026
2.5 stars
When Alexander makes an almost career-ending mistake, by writing a misogynistic blog post about Sage, the only female driver on an F1 team, his penance is to intern for Sage and her team. For Sage, this is an opportunity to give payback to the man who humiliated her, through sending him on embarrassing errands and giving him loads of snarky insults. But eventually, Alexander's steadfastness in the face of her actions makes her rethink his place in her life and whether they have something worth putting her heart on the line for.
I enjoyed Juniper's previous two novels and was excited to spend more time in this world of F1 racing. Unfortunately, ALL TO PLAY FOR hit a low note in this series of books. The relationship between Sage and Alexander seems to come from nowhere, especially in his interest in her (which seems to stem from the fact that he doesn't really understand who she is). Both characters felt one-dimensional and I wasn't particularly interested in either one of them. Most disappointing was that much of Sage's story--as the first female F1 driver--happened off the track/didn't have that much to do with her job. For a character who everyone notes is so driven to prove herself, she spent a lot of time eschewing her team's rules and having lots of sex with Alexander (including a scene that occurs while she's battling an injury that could keep her out of her car for a while). The sex scenes are spicy, but they don't make up for the lack of substantive relationship building.
If you liked Juniper's other books, you might like this one:
-sports romance
-professional female athlete
-he falls first
-forced proximity
All to Play For is out April 7, 2026
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
All to Play for seems to be wrapping up Juniper's Frontrunners trilogy about the Emerald Formula One team, and she foregrounds two characters who have been in the background (both for good and for bad). Sage Sikora always popped as a character with her wacky attitude, and her take no prisoners approach to racing, while Alexander was the journalist rival of Natalia Evans, known for his sexist takes.
The book starts with Alexander frankly doing something deeply awful and sexist to Sage. The book is smart to frame it as a result of Alexander being instantly and completely in love with Sage, but it definitely is jarring as a character moment, and makes him hard to root for in the the book for anyone who has experienced sexism or mistreatment as a professional woman. But the two have great chemistry, and I enjoyed Juniper writing a book where the two are completely into each other right away, even if they won't admit it.
I also appreciated that Juniper includes a pretty substantial subplot about addiction and about learning to be supportive of a family member dealing with it. Despite that, the book is a fun end to her Frontrunners series and I'm excited to see if Juniper continues to sports romance. This is for fans of Madge Maril and the Drive to Survive show on Netflix. Thanks to Forever Publishing for the early copy.
The book starts with Alexander frankly doing something deeply awful and sexist to Sage. The book is smart to frame it as a result of Alexander being instantly and completely in love with Sage, but it definitely is jarring as a character moment, and makes him hard to root for in the the book for anyone who has experienced sexism or mistreatment as a professional woman. But the two have great chemistry, and I enjoyed Juniper writing a book where the two are completely into each other right away, even if they won't admit it.
I also appreciated that Juniper includes a pretty substantial subplot about addiction and about learning to be supportive of a family member dealing with it. Despite that, the book is a fun end to her Frontrunners series and I'm excited to see if Juniper continues to sports romance. This is for fans of Madge Maril and the Drive to Survive show on Netflix. Thanks to Forever Publishing for the early copy.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
I have been looking forward to reading Sage’s book since we met her. Thank you so much for the ARC, Forever!
Well that was fun. I feel like this 3rd book had an overall lighter feeling than the first two books in the series. I liked it. I think it sort of fits both their personalities well.
Okay. Listen. I know Josie is known for writing headstrong, sometimes stubborn, sometimes chaotic, FMCs. But headstrong, stubborn women deserve love too. Deserve the happiness of being known and understood. I feel like people are only “allowed” to be a certain kind of “unlikable” (I hate that term, btw.) But why? Why can’t the chaotic girl be given the opportunity to learn and grow and find love? BE loved?
I think more folks should be comfortable pushing the boundaries of the boxes they create in their minds for characters they read about. I, for one, am looking forward to more Josie Juniper books. Gimmie all the chaotic, “unlikable” girls.
Well that was fun. I feel like this 3rd book had an overall lighter feeling than the first two books in the series. I liked it. I think it sort of fits both their personalities well.
Okay. Listen. I know Josie is known for writing headstrong, sometimes stubborn, sometimes chaotic, FMCs. But headstrong, stubborn women deserve love too. Deserve the happiness of being known and understood. I feel like people are only “allowed” to be a certain kind of “unlikable” (I hate that term, btw.) But why? Why can’t the chaotic girl be given the opportunity to learn and grow and find love? BE loved?
I think more folks should be comfortable pushing the boundaries of the boxes they create in their minds for characters they read about. I, for one, am looking forward to more Josie Juniper books. Gimmie all the chaotic, “unlikable” girls.
March 3, 2026
Sage has everything to prove as she sets her sights on being the first female F1 driver to win a Grand Prix. With her aggressive style and personality she’s got all eyes on her. When one blog post goes too far, the nepo-baby journalist, Alexander, is assigned to be her intern to make amends.
When the ploy turns into an unlikely friendship threaded with undeniable chemistry the pair have to reevaluate the way they see each other. In the fast-paced life of racing can Sage afford to slow down and find a place for Alexander in her life or is he just another roadblock to success?
All to Play for is a perfect example why I love Josie Juniper books. The characters are messy, not looking for love, and don’t have a clue what they’re doing and then... There’s a moment. A world-tilting, lightning in a bottle, flash of something... and everything shifts.
We’re now dancing around this feeling of flying or falling, never knowing what the result will be, but it’s undeniable and inevitable.
I love the world of complex characters she weaves to fill out the story in unexpected ways and keep contemporary romance readers on their toes. Sage and Alexander have won a place in my heart with their gooey centers and tenacious spirits. Pick this one up for a globe-trotting adventure of letting go to gain the world.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book for review.
When the ploy turns into an unlikely friendship threaded with undeniable chemistry the pair have to reevaluate the way they see each other. In the fast-paced life of racing can Sage afford to slow down and find a place for Alexander in her life or is he just another roadblock to success?
All to Play for is a perfect example why I love Josie Juniper books. The characters are messy, not looking for love, and don’t have a clue what they’re doing and then... There’s a moment. A world-tilting, lightning in a bottle, flash of something... and everything shifts.
We’re now dancing around this feeling of flying or falling, never knowing what the result will be, but it’s undeniable and inevitable.
I love the world of complex characters she weaves to fill out the story in unexpected ways and keep contemporary romance readers on their toes. Sage and Alexander have won a place in my heart with their gooey centers and tenacious spirits. Pick this one up for a globe-trotting adventure of letting go to gain the world.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book for review.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
This final installment of the Frontrunner series did not disappoint. Sage and Alexander do such a wonderful job of pushing each others’ buttons it is a wonderful enemies to lovers story.
As always, unlovable main characters make this book SO. GOOD.
(A full review to come later when I have a functioning brain)
**This final installment of the Frontrunner series did not disappoint. Sage and Alexander do such a wonderful job of pushing each others’ buttons it is a wonderful enemies to lovers story.
As always, unlovable main characters make this book SO. GOOD. Did I know this was going to be my favorite of the Frontrunner series? No. Did I have my hopes because Sage is a badass and all her and Alexander do in Double Apex and Coming in Hot is bicker and threaten each other? Abso-heckin'-lutely! And Josie Juniper delivered. From opening with an iconic ~personal~ favorite activity to all of the petty vindictive scheming that occurs, this book is filled with the type of banter that enemies-to-lovers thrives on. And throw in some messy family drama on the side in case you need a little something extra? Don't mind if I do, thanks.
Sage and Alexander learning to see the best in each other, and to help each other see that in themselves is something so adorably wholesome while also being the OPPOSITE of wholesome at the same time, loved it.
As always, unlovable main characters make this book SO. GOOD.
(A full review to come later when I have a functioning brain)
**This final installment of the Frontrunner series did not disappoint. Sage and Alexander do such a wonderful job of pushing each others’ buttons it is a wonderful enemies to lovers story.
As always, unlovable main characters make this book SO. GOOD. Did I know this was going to be my favorite of the Frontrunner series? No. Did I have my hopes because Sage is a badass and all her and Alexander do in Double Apex and Coming in Hot is bicker and threaten each other? Abso-heckin'-lutely! And Josie Juniper delivered. From opening with an iconic ~personal~ favorite activity to all of the petty vindictive scheming that occurs, this book is filled with the type of banter that enemies-to-lovers thrives on. And throw in some messy family drama on the side in case you need a little something extra? Don't mind if I do, thanks.
Sage and Alexander learning to see the best in each other, and to help each other see that in themselves is something so adorably wholesome while also being the OPPOSITE of wholesome at the same time, loved it.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Finished in ONE sitting 🏁🏎️
Perfect and right in time before the first F1 race of the season. I loved that the female main character is the f1 driver in this story and the main male character was the journalist. Sage is the only female driver on the Emerald F1 team and has a journalist write a story about how she got onto the team and was complete lies. They come to an agreement, that she will not sure him in exchange for him being her slacky all season.
Both of the characters fall HARD for each other and they were always the ones swearing they would not settle down. Perfect amount of family drama, steamy spice, and warm cozy story.
Perfect and right in time before the first F1 race of the season. I loved that the female main character is the f1 driver in this story and the main male character was the journalist. Sage is the only female driver on the Emerald F1 team and has a journalist write a story about how she got onto the team and was complete lies. They come to an agreement, that she will not sure him in exchange for him being her slacky all season.
Both of the characters fall HARD for each other and they were always the ones swearing they would not settle down. Perfect amount of family drama, steamy spice, and warm cozy story.
March 9, 2026
i need to start this by just saying, if this is your intro to f1 romances, AMAZING. you’re gonna have a beautiful time in the world of novels.
so we have a badass female f1 driver, Sage. who unfortunately was chaotic and not in a fun way. she was almost too much for me to handle.
Alexander was tough too, he was almost unbelievable? in a way he took his past and wasn’t the nicest and now he’s head over heels. it didn’t feel amazing to me.
now! i will say the author did such an amazing job at putting the hardships women face in motorsports at a whole. she did amazing representing the misogyny of motorsports.
thank you to netgalley, and forever for this eARC!!
so we have a badass female f1 driver, Sage. who unfortunately was chaotic and not in a fun way. she was almost too much for me to handle.
Alexander was tough too, he was almost unbelievable? in a way he took his past and wasn’t the nicest and now he’s head over heels. it didn’t feel amazing to me.
now! i will say the author did such an amazing job at putting the hardships women face in motorsports at a whole. she did amazing representing the misogyny of motorsports.
thank you to netgalley, and forever for this eARC!!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Book two of this series will always be my favorite, but I’ve really enjoyed getting a chance to meet all three couples and experience their different journeys.
The beginning of this one felt a little rushed, and I was concerned it was going to have a negative impact on the relationship. But ultimately, I feel like the story did a good job of balancing some of the insta lust stuff with deeper connection.
I’m definitely bummed to see this series end, but super glad we got a chance to get Sage’s story!
The beginning of this one felt a little rushed, and I was concerned it was going to have a negative impact on the relationship. But ultimately, I feel like the story did a good job of balancing some of the insta lust stuff with deeper connection.
I’m definitely bummed to see this series end, but super glad we got a chance to get Sage’s story!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an early copy. I really tried with this one... But it's a DNF for me. For being an F1 romance... There really wasn't enough F1 in this to keep me from getting bored. I needed more race scenes... And when I did get a race scene it felt rushed to me. I didn't like the characters at all, and I wasn't sold on the romance. Lol the MMC gave me Lance Stroll vibes... If Lance Stroll was a journalist (nepo babies!!). If there are more books in this series... I don't think I will read them.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I fear this one was actively bad or at least the romance was, I really like juniper's wittiness in the books but I fear this romance was just hard to root for as it felt like they didn't actually care about each other then were confessing their love, I don't know I think only the first book in this series was good
thank you to net galley for an arc of this title in exchange for my honest feedback!
thank you to net galley for an arc of this title in exchange for my honest feedback!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Enemies to lovers
Sports romance
Strong FMC
He falls first
Dual POV - 1st person
Dual narration - Cecily Foster & Gary Furlong
Great narrators for these characters!
Book #3 Frontrunners series
Sage is F1's first female driver and feeling the pressure. Especially from journalist Alexander who has been dragging her through the press.
I enjoyed this book, the characters are tough to like at points. The banter was funny and the overall story was enjoyable.
Sports romance
Strong FMC
He falls first
Dual POV - 1st person
Dual narration - Cecily Foster & Gary Furlong
Great narrators for these characters!
Book #3 Frontrunners series
Sage is F1's first female driver and feeling the pressure. Especially from journalist Alexander who has been dragging her through the press.
I enjoyed this book, the characters are tough to like at points. The banter was funny and the overall story was enjoyable.
March 15, 2026
Thank you netgalley for the ARC!
This book was fine. I liked the fmc being a driver, those are some of my favorite f1 romances! The romance however felt a little bit flat. I didn’t see much chemistry between the two characters and honestly the mmc pissed me off a bit. Once I got more into the book, it got better and was overall a cute book, but it wasn’t perfect.
This book was fine. I liked the fmc being a driver, those are some of my favorite f1 romances! The romance however felt a little bit flat. I didn’t see much chemistry between the two characters and honestly the mmc pissed me off a bit. Once I got more into the book, it got better and was overall a cute book, but it wasn’t perfect.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
This book was sadly a let down for me. The characters were a 'too much' for me, I get that Juniper was trying to convey that Sage was wild and chaotic, but it did feel a little bit too much for me as a reader. Also, Alexander used way too much British slang in the book, also probably to convey that he was British to the audience but it was too much that it was annoying.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
All To Play For was a fun banter filled book. I would recommend for anyone that needs a palate cleanser or enjoys F1. The best F1 based romance book I’ve read. The narrators were fantastic and was a big reason for the overall rating of this book - accents and cadence were great. Enjoyable audiobook that was cheeky and a good time.
November 17, 2025
This was incredibly disappointing, because the cover hooked me and the FMC being the driver sunk me. However, when the bedroom scenes are more racy than the actual F1 scenes... not the F1 themed book for me.
Thanks to Edelweiss for a copy of the e-ARC.
Thanks to Edelweiss for a copy of the e-ARC.
February 27, 2026
I was really excited to read this being a formula 1 book about a FMC but I was very disappointed. I got about 35% in before I DNFd it and I tried so hard to enjoy it but there was just something about this book that I couldn’t get into
Thankyou NetGalley for the arc!
Thankyou NetGalley for the arc!
Did not finish
March 15, 2026I only made it 12% through this book which is a shame considering I did really enjoy the previous book. These MCs are just so unlikable that I can’t bother to push through.
Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the advance copy to review.
Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the advance copy to review.
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
5 stars Review to come
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
4.25 stars
I really enjoyed this one. It’s my favorite in the series by far and can be read as a standalone. Full RTC
I really enjoyed this one. It’s my favorite in the series by far and can be read as a standalone. Full RTC
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Sage + Alexander
-f1 romance
-enemies to lovers
-opposites attract
-boy OBSESSED
-both allergic to commitment
this story was intriguing! i love that alexander was so down bad he did whatever he could to get sage's attention. the nicknames were interesting tho..haha & i lowkey was upset with how easily she just accepted her brothers relapses...but overall good story.
-f1 romance
-enemies to lovers
-opposites attract
-boy OBSESSED
-both allergic to commitment
this story was intriguing! i love that alexander was so down bad he did whatever he could to get sage's attention. the nicknames were interesting tho..haha & i lowkey was upset with how easily she just accepted her brothers relapses...but overall good story.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
i've said it twice and will say it thrice!! THIS SERIES IS FOR TRUE F1 FANS and I won't take negative opinions on them.
Josie created an amazing universe for these books bc omg, TO LIVE in a world where a woman gets to drive an actual F1 car!! ahhhh, I really can't get enough of this series and wish sooo bad this wasn't the last one but everything good must come to an end and all that...
I won't say these two were my favorite couple because clearly they had some issues and at times they were kind of rough on each other, and not the kind of rough i like, the banter was borderline mean but I guess those are their personalities.
once again, people will complain about the time jumps and gaps but this is how F1 works... they move around way too much.
I am way too excited for this one to be released in audio!!
thank you so much to netgalley, forever and josie for this ARC!!
Josie created an amazing universe for these books bc omg, TO LIVE in a world where a woman gets to drive an actual F1 car!! ahhhh, I really can't get enough of this series and wish sooo bad this wasn't the last one but everything good must come to an end and all that...
I won't say these two were my favorite couple because clearly they had some issues and at times they were kind of rough on each other, and not the kind of rough i like, the banter was borderline mean but I guess those are their personalities.
once again, people will complain about the time jumps and gaps but this is how F1 works... they move around way too much.
I am way too excited for this one to be released in audio!!
thank you so much to netgalley, forever and josie for this ARC!!
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