A review by ravyenreads
Whirlwind by Kayla Grosse

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I’m normally not one for contemporary romances, but I watched the movie Twisters the other night and immediately ran to ask for recs like it! @mikaycakesbooks pointed me to this one and it did not disappoint whatsoever!

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.

Finley is a university student and a storm chaser. She’s independent, strong-willed and knows what she wants. Ryker is her professor and a famous storm chaser that goes by ‘The Twister Tamer’. Their professor x student relationship is just 🫰🏻💋 

“𝘋𝘰 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘔𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘺?”
“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺?”

There isn’t much buildup to their relationship since it’s made clear at the beginning they’ve been secretly pining for a WHILE 🤭 Finley and Ryker are both stubborn, but I loved it, I stressed over it, and there were a few times I wanted to shake them both lol. 

“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵.”

I expected a tight knit group of friends for the storm chasing team, but I got an incredible found family instead! I loved everyone’s relationships and I hope we get a book on Ezra and Hawk and Joseph🥺 I would love, love, LOVE to read about their stories. HEA’s all around for my babies!