Running in Circles

Love is a Triathlon #2

by Chrissy Q. Martin

♥ When Ash bets on love, she can’t lose. ♥

Ash Stampford may have lost her swimming title and place as valedictorian first trimester, but second trimester is off to a better start. Her secret crush, Paul, is now her boyfriend and they sign up to run the Spring Fling 5K together. Plus, Dylan is out of Ash’s life for good, and she still has a chance to win a scholarship to her dream college.

Hurdles soon appear in Ash’s path. Dylan starts to work with Ash, complicating her relationship with Paul. Bridgette, Paul’s best friend, is determined to win the 5K and claim the winner’s kiss from Paul and his affections. Plagued with insecurity and with all her plans falling apart again, Ash finds herself running in circles, unable to get on another track. But Ash won’t let anyone stand in her way, and she makes a risky bet to hold on to Paul until the finish line.

Run along with Ash in book two of the Love is a Triathlon series and continue with her story as she sprints through the second trimester of her senior year.

A swoon-worthy clean sports romance with first kisses, drama, and laughs, Ash’s second dip into dating and love will have readers chasing her to the end.

350 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 13, 2020

About the author

Chrissy Q Martin is a YA author. She loves happy endings, sweet kisses, laughs, a little drama, and lots of fun. All her books are no spice teen romances, perfect for young teens and the young at heart.

Chrissy is the shy girl in the corner but if give her some coffee she'll talk to you, especially if you want to talk books.

Discover all Chrissy's books, plus free books and fun stuff at her website: www.chrissyqmartin.com

Reviews

[Lindsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings about this book. Personally this book should not have taken me a week to read but unfortunately it did. I’m having a love hate relationship with some of the characters and I’m liking Dylan more in this story.
Paul is possessive when it comes to Ash in this book but also seems to want to make things less tense with him and Dylan. I really did not like Bridgette in this story at all and felt she adds so much drama to their lives.
Also I wonder even more about what happened between Dylan and Paul. I feel like there’s more to the story and has to do with Ash. Also I’m a little worried that this bet is going to blow up in Ash’s face again but I will have to read the third one for that.
There’s so much back and forth in these books that I don’t know who Ash is going to end up with honestly. Part of me wondered if something was going to happen with her and Dylan but things took a different turn. I felt bad for Ash when she didn’t get certain things but I’m curious to see what happens with college, Paul, Dylan and Nora.

[Lexi M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. It was a great collection to the first one. Now my feelings about Dylan from the first book at the end were kind of sour. But now I actually like Dylan more. I don’t like how Paul is possessive over Ash when they are around Dylan.
Now, I’m shipping Ashley with Dylan and Paul. I don’t know who I like better with her, so whoever she ends up with; I’m happy either way. I like the added character Sabrina, I loved her spunky and silly personality. Also, it’s supposed to be sisters before misters; and Ash broke that rule with Nora; which upset me. Also, I feel like Taylor was missed in this book; it just seemed a bit off.
But this is a must read, go in read swimming upstream than running in circles. They are both such great books.

Two big things I still want to know:
1. What did Andrea blackmail Ashley into to get him to date her?
2. Why aren’t Paul and Dylan friends anymore? What happened with them?

[Christy Barnum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let me just say I am a TEAM DYLAN person and he really knows Ash and he makes sure to ask her how things are going school, college, grades heck even Paul. She is so blind to see what is right in front of her. Paul on the other hand has secrets I can feel it he is hiding things and is using Ash as a trophy in some ways and he is so negative about somethings and never really seems to care what is going on with Ash until it is either brought up to him like when Dylan kind of went off on him for having Bridget over to his house and stuff. I cannot express how much I love this book and recommend it to everyone. Cannot wait for book 3 and wish there would be more when they go off to college.

[Chicken · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a lot of emotion. It’s the second book in the series and it is a lot of fun. There were a couple of points that I didn’t like. The characters kept feeling mixed. At times I liked them, and then I was hesitating or doubting their reality. Ash wasn’t the best heroine but she felt realistic. She was insecure but grew throughout the novel. This story also felt like we just jumped in. I would have liked to have some background.

I wrote this voluntary review in exchange for an ARC copy.

[Jeanne Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the 2nd book I've read written by Chrissy Q. Martin; she has done a great job at writing a good book; I can’t wait to read more of her books.

The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.

I received a free copy of this book via booksprout and I’m voluntarily leaving a review.

[Jessica Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clean adorable romance

This series serious gave me the feels!! I love the characterization and the chemistry between the MC and a certain character. I'm reviewing after I've read all the books so I know who wins and I'm very pleased with that. This was a great buildup to third book, but doesn't lack in plot. It doesn't feel like a "filler".

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is a good sweet young adult romance read. The story has a good story line. The characters are good, and they have good chemistry.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.