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Addicted to You (Addicted, #1)
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3.5 stars for this wild book which throws you right into the reality of extreme addictions and messy relationships.
Lily and Loren's journey is intense, complicated and certainly toxic. Lily is a sex addict, Lo is an alcoholic. They’re childhood best friends, who are trying to appear as the perfect couple by hiding their addictions. This makes for a dangerous pairing, as together they enable one another and in some way perhaps they’re just as addicted to each other.
The portrayal of their addictions, of how it impacts their lives and relationships, is done really well. It doesn’t just affect themselves, it also impacts everyone around them.
The thing is though, their relationship didn’t quite hit as good as I hoped. The lead up to their eventual coupling felt a bit off. They barely communicated with each other outside of their addictions. But I guess that’s also highlighting just how consuming their addictions are.
The side characters in this book really make it for me. I enjoyed seeing Lil and Lo’s circle grow, the dynamic between them plus Connor, Rose and Ryke was so good!
The writing isn't the absolute best, but there's definitely something addicting about it. Couldn’t stop reading as it was so enjoyable! It gave me Gossip Girl vibes, with all the drama and secrets in an affluent world. I love that show, and rewatch it all the time so I’m hoping I’ll love the rest of this series too! Curious to see where the story goes 🤭
Lily and Loren's journey is intense, complicated and certainly toxic. Lily is a sex addict, Lo is an alcoholic. They’re childhood best friends, who are trying to appear as the perfect couple by hiding their addictions. This makes for a dangerous pairing, as together they enable one another and in some way perhaps they’re just as addicted to each other.
The portrayal of their addictions, of how it impacts their lives and relationships, is done really well. It doesn’t just affect themselves, it also impacts everyone around them.
The thing is though, their relationship didn’t quite hit as good as I hoped. The lead up to their eventual coupling felt a bit off. They barely communicated with each other outside of their addictions. But I guess that’s also highlighting just how consuming their addictions are.
The side characters in this book really make it for me. I enjoyed seeing Lil and Lo’s circle grow, the dynamic between them plus Connor, Rose and Ryke was so good!
The writing isn't the absolute best, but there's definitely something addicting about it. Couldn’t stop reading as it was so enjoyable! It gave me Gossip Girl vibes, with all the drama and secrets in an affluent world. I love that show, and rewatch it all the time so I’m hoping I’ll love the rest of this series too! Curious to see where the story goes 🤭
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Jan 02, 2024 12:22AM
I’m glad you enjoyed reading this 🤍 I get what you’re saying about their relationship, but I believe you’ll feel it more in the next books. Here they’re so consumed by their addictions and not in a healthy place, so it ends up impacting the way they communicate with each other. I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. Lovely review bb ✨🫶�
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carolina ୨♡� ִ° � wrote: "I’m glad you enjoyed reading this 🤍 I get what you’re saying about their relationship, but I believe you’ll feel it more in the next books. Here they’re so consumed by their addictions and not in a..."Yeah I thought that would be the case, especially with how many books there are in the series!! Thank you ml💞💞
so glad u enjoyed it bb, beautiful review 💗
So happy you enjoyed this one my love.Will definitely check this one out 💖
I’m hoping to start this series this year!! I can’t wait to see what you’ll think of the others and hope you enjoy them much more. 🥰
I didn’t know you were reading this ahh agreed with Carolina, their addictions are very much consuming that the communication between them is hindered because of that. Lily and lo are not their best selves here and it shows but i promise the growth exemplified in the next books is worth the continuation of the series. I hope you’ll enjoy those as well 🫶🏼 happy you were able to enjoy some of it and cannot wait for your thoughts on the rest of them as it’s quite the journey. Love the review ml 🤍
kenzy ꪆ୧ ࣪⋆ wrote: "so glad u enjoyed it bb, beautiful review 💗"tysm babes 💗
ѱ� wrote: "So happy you enjoyed this one my love.Will definitely check this one out 💖"
Yay!! Thank you lovely 💖
Warda wrote: "I’m hoping to start this series this year!! I can’t wait to see what you’ll think of the others and hope you enjoy them much more. 🥰"Oooo I hope you enjoy it as well!! Thank you so much 🤗💕
OMG OMG OMG THIS REVIEW
ok sorry i’m screaming this is just quite literally my favorite series ever
so beautifullll! the series will continue to get better and better so i’m very excited to hear your thoughts on the rest! ily💋💋
Sabrina (semi hiatus) wrote: "I didn’t know you were reading this ahh agreed with Carolina, their addictions are very much consuming that the communication between them is hindered because of that. Lily and lo are not their bes..."Ahhhh I am so happy to hear that it gets better!! Honestly yours and Carolina’s thoughts are making me feel sm better about it, I totally get it and understand why they are like they are. I see the potential for the growth so now I have a better mindset going into the rest of the series and hopefully I’ll love it! Thank you bb 🤍
kendyl ʚ♡⃛ɞ (semi-hiatus) wrote: "so beautifullll! the series will continue to get better and better so i’m very excited to hear your thoughts on the rest! ily💋💋"Babes omg I can see how much you love this and it’s making me so excited to go read the rest of the books 😍🏃🏻♀� appreciate you so much, thank you my dear 🥹🫶🏻
Okay this review rocks, you explained it perfectly, I already feel like reading this❤️happy that you enjoyed it cute Sophie, hope the next books will be even better‼️
tania� wrote: "Okay this review rocks, you explained it perfectly, I already feel like reading this❤️happy that you enjoyed it cute Sophie, hope the next books will be even better‼️"Aww this means so much, thank you lovely!! ❤️❤️
beautiful review sophie! this one is def my least fav in the series bc you’re only starting to see their character development but they grow so much in the rest of the books (especially addicted after all) i hope you like those ones even more 🫶
aahhh i NEED to get into this series!! this is such a beautiful review ❤️
manju � wrote: "beautiful review sophie! this one is def my least fav in the series bc you’re only starting to see their character development but they grow so much in the rest of the books (especially addicted af..."Thank you ml ❤️ feeling good about going into the next books after hearing the character development gets better!!
Courtney wrote: "aahhh i NEED to get into this series!! this is such a beautiful review ❤️"Thank you ml!! I hope you enjoy it too! ❤️
Everyone keeps yelling at me to start this series 😭 thanks for the heads up, now I know what to expect <3 Great review bb
oh, i’m so glad you enjoyed this book 🫶 i agree with carolina and sabrina, this book definitely intended to show how enabling lo and lily were for each other, they were ruled by their addictions here. addicted to you was very raw and emotional to me because as a reader i wanted to sympathize with their bond, but it was simply way too much 🥲 i hope you’ll continue reading this series, the following books will explore their connection in the healthier way! lily and lo are one of my favorite couples ever and this series means so much to me, i hope you’ll love it too 🥹 beautiful review bb, can’t wait to read more of your thoughts 💗
So happy that you enjoyed it bbs 🫶 I've been wanting read this but honestly the length of the series scares me a bit 🤭 Beautiful review 💗
Paige wrote: "Everyone keeps yelling at me to start this series 😭 thanks for the heads up, now I know what to expect <3 Great review bb"Yesss you’ll definitely enjoy this, I struggled to put it down!! Thank you hun 💗
marie wrote: "oh, i’m so glad you enjoyed this book 🫶 i agree with carolina and sabrina, this book definitely intended to show how enabling lo and lily were for each other, they were ruled by their addictions he..."Im definitely continuing!! I’m reading Ricochet rn, about 25% in and so far so good 🫶🏻 I love seeing everyone say that it gets better and I totally get it now that this one’s all about them enabling each other. I can’t wait to read about them forming a healthier relationship 🥹 tysm lovely 💓
April wrote: "So happy that you enjoyed it bbs 🫶 I've been wanting read this but honestly the length of the series scares me a bit 🤭 Beautiful review 💗"Thank you ml 💗 and I totally get it, honestly I didn’t realise how many books there since there’s two series 😂
I love your review Sophie!! Toxic characters are addicting you can’t stop watching them self destruct but you root for them.. I’m happy it was overall a good read for you love 💕
DIVINITY🌙 wrote: "I love your review Sophie!! Toxic characters are addicting you can’t stop watching them self destruct but you root for them.. I’m happy it was overall a good read for you love 💕"Omg yes that’s a perfect way of putting it!! Thank you beautiful 💞
