Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

9 reviews

dissociativemouse's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Addiction, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Sexual assault

sofieskj's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book was amazing. I really like it. Loved Liliy and Lo, they might be my fav couple. For some reason I feel like i cant give it 5 stars, i dont really know why. There wasnt anything that i didnt like about it, soooo... idk. i defently want to read the rest of the seriers right now. 
This is one of the few books that has me really crying, which i count as a good  thing. One thing I also like on how this book/series is build is that it had an ending, but i want like it "could" countiune is has to. The ending was both a good but also a heartbreaking one. 
Lily and Lo truly derserv each other, looking a way for all the dark part of the realtionship, that a relationship you want, to be in love with your bestfriend. During the book i head the thought that Lo is an amazing boyfriend and the he truly loves Lily and always has, so has she. 
The were parts of Lily that I found relativble and I LOVE how she is so aware of how she is feeling, but she is afried to let the truth of it come to fourth. 
I would defently recond for pepeole to read this book, if you are sure you can handle the topics in the book , and the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

What did I just read?  Why did I even read it?

I don't know what I was expecting, but it definitely did not deliver.  Also, the twist was obvious from a mile away.

I think I was swayed by those that said they loved the couple.  I've read darker romances before and they've been meh to okay so I figured, maybe this is the one.  It was not the one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Sexism, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Outing, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

caslex's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Drug use

smasson13's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I originally read the sequels to this series first and am now returning to meet the parents. 

I already loved Lily and Lo, so I'm glad that I still do! It's really neat to see how it all started.

The whole situation with Ryke though felt very random and unbelievable, there was probably a less abstract and more realistic way for him to wiggle into their lives. 

The romance was not a spicy as their later books, the pace felt a little slow, but overall was still a great book. The best thing about this book over the sequels is that there are actual problems and real angst. Much appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

kyley_bremer16's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the main character of this book is very much dislikable… which i actually enjoyed!
if you like a semi-smutty romance, then this is for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Cursing

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Ableism

Minor: Drug use and Pedophilia

kayanoelle's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Okay, this is definitely not what I expected but not necessarily in a bad way.
I really liked the characters and the different dynamics, I think Rose is my favorite so far. The book was funny at times and I'm no expert but I'd say the addictions were shown realistically. Even though I was annoyed at some parts, the story had something about it that drew me in and made me want to know how the story continues in the next book.
Some parts were a little long and sometimes I was frustrated with how Lily and Lo's respective addictions were everything their days revolved around, thus being very present in the book and in every single chapter, but that's what addiction is after all. I believe that was a good way of showing how present an addiction is in an affected person's life.
I'm currently watching 'desperate housewives' (yes, I am going somewhere with this) and a side character had a sex addiction which I couldn't quite grasp. Therefore I found it incredibly eye opening to read about it from an addicts point of view and the authors did an amazing job in conveying how it impacts Lily's life.
Overall, I had a great time reading the book and the characters have already grown on me<3
I'm rating this three starts because I believe there's still room for improvement story wise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use

constellationsvale's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use