Ride With Me by Ruthie Knox

After reading About Last Night, I decided to try another book by Ruthie Knox - even though I have very little interest in cycling!

Ride With Me by Ruthie Knox
(2012, Contemporary Series)  1/12/13
Grade: 4

Tom is planning to bike cross country, but he’s not looking for a traveling companion - until his sister pairs him up with Lexie.  At first their different traveling styles cause problems - she wants to plan out every step of the journey, while he’d rather enjoy the side roads - but soon they fall into a road romance.  But will this just be a summer fling, or something more?

This was a fun read with an unusual setting.  While I wasn’t as emotionally invested in these characters as I was in the author’s last book, it was an enjoyable read.  I also learned a lot about cycling (in a fun way).  I got a little bored with the sex scenes after a while (although they were definitely inventive) and like many road romances, the narrative got a little repetitive, but those were minor flaws.  Overall, this book was very charming and fun to read.  I’m looking forward to future books by Ruthie Knox. 

I used to enjoy reading series books, since they're a nice break from longer reads.  But I rarely find any series books that I want to read any more - so many of them seem like retreads of stories I've read dozens of times before.  But I've had better luck with the new ebook series lines - at least the few I've read.  Maybe this is a place to find short contemporary books that aren't just a collection of sex scenes.