[ARC REVIEW] “Burnout” by: Rebecca Jenshak

Rebecca Jenshak is back with another sports romance — this time, motocross!

What is Burnout by Rebecca Jenshak about?

He’s the hot, tattooed bad boy that I traded insults with…and now he wants my help?

Knox Holland is in a jam. After an incredible first year on the pro motocross circuit, he should be on top of the world. Instead, his bad reputation has landed him without a team. He’s untouchable and desperate to turn it around.

Which is how he ends up at my gym asking me to train him. As a college gymnast with two Olympic medals to my name, I know a thing or two about the pressure to succeed. Last season I choked and then injured myself before I could show the world that I’m not a twenty-year-old has-been.

Focused on the future, I can’t afford to get distracted. But I recognize the desperation in Knox’s eyes, and I can’t say no to him, either.

It should have been an easy task, but nothing about Knox is easy. One minute we’re arguing, and the next I’m enjoying his shirtless handstands a little too much.

Falling for him would be a mistake…

Burnout is a sports romance with a cocky bad boy, spice, banter, and a happily ever after.

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars

Review:

We first met Knox in Rebecca’s previous book, Tempting the Player, which follows his brother Hendrick — so it was so much fun to finally get to see a new side of Knox and see how far his character has developed since we first saw him step onto the page! (Okay, well, he does a lot of developing across these pages, too.) This was such a strong continuation of the series/world, and it’s easy to fall in love with both of them.

Avery’s best friend and roommate Quinn is dating Colter, one of Knox’s childhood friends, and the two of them are so in love they would drive me crazy if I were friends with them. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how many ‘they stopped mid-conversation to make out in front of me’ I could take, and that’s a regular occurrence with them.

Between Hendrick’s book and getting to see Knox’s POV in this one, we know a lot more about his home life and upbringing than Avery does. We see how it impacts how he interacts with the world around him, and how he reacts to different situations — although it did kind of rub me the wrong way towards the beginning when it seemed like he was talking down to Avery a lot and being rude. With that being said though, it’s easy to root for him, and Avery training him was a cool take on the tutoring type of trope. Avery’s dealing with the aftermath of a knee injury that’s impacting her training going into the new gymnastics season, and I loved getting to watch her journey, both personally and as an athlete, throughout the book.

Overall, I’m so glad that we got to continue on with the Campus Wallflowers characters, and it was an awesome bonus that we got to see so much of Hendrick and Jane and how their lives are going even after the end of their happily ever after.

Special thanks to Rebecca and Valentine PR for providing me with an ARC!

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