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Chasing Riddick
by Alexandra St Pierre
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Obsessed (and Absolutely Not Okay)
I’ll take Books That Destroyed Me and I Wish I Could Read for the First Time Again, Alex.
If you’re reading this, stop. Seriously—go read the book first. This one is best experienced blind. Trust me, it’ll hit so much harder that way.
I devoured this in under 24 hours because I simply could not put it down. I am not okay. My heart hurts and wants to sing all at once. Alexandra may have gently pieced my shattered heart back together by the end, but it still aches. This story will stay with me for a long, long time—right next to Pen Pal on my “I wish I could unread this just to read it again” shelf.
What to Expect:
🏄♂️MM Romance
☀️Age Gap (37 & 21)
🏄♂️Bi-Awakening
☀️Surfing Romance
🏄♂️Mentor/Mentee
☀️Grumpy/Sunshine
🏄♂️Unconventional HEA
"𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥."
Finn is your quintessential golden retriever. He's joyful, eager, and chasing the waves. After his mother’s death, he sets off to live fully with his best friend Turtle (who I adore) and Turtle's van Shelly along for the ride ('named cause Turtles have shells as homes haha).
Riddick is the classic grumpy surfer. Burned out on life’s routines and other people’s reckless risks in the water. But something about Finn pulls him in, and he agrees to help train him to surf some of the biggest waves out there.
There’s so much more to this book, but that’s all I’m willing to spoil. This is a stunning love story that tackles grief in all its messy, complicated forms. It shows how love wears many faces (romantic, platonic, familial, chosen), it reminds us that grief doesn’t disappear...it lingers, ebbs, and crashes back like a wave when you least expect it. And healing? It’s never linear.
This book wrecked me in the best possible way.
Thank you, Alexandra for the ARC.
I’ll take Books That Destroyed Me and I Wish I Could Read for the First Time Again, Alex.
If you’re reading this, stop. Seriously—go read the book first. This one is best experienced blind. Trust me, it’ll hit so much harder that way.
I devoured this in under 24 hours because I simply could not put it down. I am not okay. My heart hurts and wants to sing all at once. Alexandra may have gently pieced my shattered heart back together by the end, but it still aches. This story will stay with me for a long, long time—right next to Pen Pal on my “I wish I could unread this just to read it again” shelf.
What to Expect:
🏄♂️MM Romance
☀️Age Gap (37 & 21)
🏄♂️Bi-Awakening
☀️Surfing Romance
🏄♂️Mentor/Mentee
☀️Grumpy/Sunshine
🏄♂️Unconventional HEA
"𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥."
Finn is your quintessential golden retriever. He's joyful, eager, and chasing the waves. After his mother’s death, he sets off to live fully with his best friend Turtle (who I adore) and Turtle's van Shelly along for the ride ('named cause Turtles have shells as homes haha).
Riddick is the classic grumpy surfer. Burned out on life’s routines and other people’s reckless risks in the water. But something about Finn pulls him in, and he agrees to help train him to surf some of the biggest waves out there.
There’s so much more to this book, but that’s all I’m willing to spoil. This is a stunning love story that tackles grief in all its messy, complicated forms. It shows how love wears many faces (romantic, platonic, familial, chosen), it reminds us that grief doesn’t disappear...it lingers, ebbs, and crashes back like a wave when you least expect it. And healing? It’s never linear.
This book wrecked me in the best possible way.
Thank you, Alexandra for the ARC.