Into the Churn by Hayley Reese Chow

Item: Into the Churn
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted July 12, 2024 by karenbaron in Review, Science Fiction, Series, Young Adult / 0 Comments

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Into the Churn

by Hayley Reese Chow

Series: Into the Churn #1
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Published by Whimsical Publishing on April 4, 2023
Genres: YA Sc-Fi Romance
Pages: 367
Format: Hardcover, Kindle, Paperback
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Earth was tame. Belethea is not.

Seventeen-year-old Ezren Hart interns in her mother’s terraforming lab, studying Belethea’s deadly storms with the dream of giving her backwater planet open teal skies. But when budget cuts threaten to shut down her mother’s lab, Ezren enters Belethea’s Race Royale, the system’s deadliest and most lucrative race. To win, she’ll have to run, drive, and fight her way across Belethea’s barren landscape while navigating its savage and volatile storms. With her planet’s future, and her family’s, on the line, she can’t afford to lose. But first, she’ll have to convince her handsome royale partner that their planet is worth saving.

Foster Sterling is a jaded ex-prodigy royaler still reeling from his partner’s death in a training accident. When Ezren Hart comes charging into his life, her passion reminds him of what he once loved about racing and his dream of returning pride to their planet. Still, no matter how fast they go, they can’t outrun the mysterious string of deadly accidents following them like a curse. As Foster falls harder for Ezren, he races to piece the clues together. But with time running out and their survival on the line, he’ll have to decide if their dreams are worth their lives.

Perfect for fans of underdog heroes, slow-burn romance, and high-stakes sci-fi, INTO THE CHURN races across a new planet of savage storms and dazzling tech. Fall in love with Ezren and Foster as they battle side-by-side to save their scrappy world on a ruthless interplanetary stage where appearances are everything, speed means survival, and the only thing deadlier than the storms are the other racers.

Into the Churn by Hayley Reese Chow follows Ezren Hart and Foster Sterling while competing with each other in the race of a lifetime.

Can Ezren win the royale to keep the terraforming going?

Ezren Hart

Ezren Hart is our female lead, and she’s an older sister. Her family is essential to her since it’s just her, her mom, and her baby brother left in her life. Well, besides her brother’s dog. Her dad is currently missing, but they believe that he might have died on his way back to them. Ezren is passionate about terraforming, especially on their planet Belethea. The reason for that is that she misses being out in the open air, and not only that, she believes in what she and her mom are working on in their lab. I have to say that Ezren is more confident in her abilities to win Belethea’s Race Royale competition. Ezren is a great character, and I love how her confidence grows as she’s away from her part of the planet.

Foster Sterling

Foster Sterling is in his second year in the Race Royale competition—well, competing-wise, since he grew up around the sport. He is thinking about quitting the sport for good after his partner dies and feels it’s his fault. I feel sorry for Foster, as he was put through the wringer before Ezren even showed up, and now he’s competing with her in the competition. Seeing Foster’s growth is excellent as he’s healing in his way, and having Ezren there is helping a lot.

I have to say that these two are cute together throughout the book.

Five Stars

My rating for Into the Churn by Hayley Reese Chow is five stars. I recommend it to all young adult sci-fi readers, as it’s excellent. Ms. Chow did a fantastic job of writing this and making me believe I was right there on Belethea being in the race royale with them.

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Into the Churn by Hayley Reese Chow.

Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

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About Hayley Reese Chow

Hayley Reese Chow is the author of Odriel’s Heirs, the 2020 winner of the Florida Author Project and 5th place finalist in the 2021 Book Blogger Novel of the Year Awards. She is also the author of Into the Churn, a romantic YA sci-fi coming from Whimsical Publishing in April 2023.

Until recently though, she’s mostly done a lot of things that have nothing at all to do with writing. Her hat collection includes mother, wife, engineer, USAF veteran, reservist, four-time All American fencer, 100 mile ultramarathoner, triathlete, world traveler, book inhaler, and super nerd.

Hayley currently lives in Florida with two small wild boys, her long-suffering husband, and her miniature ragehound.

She’s represented by Kristen Terrette at Martin Literary.

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