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Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

88 reviews

ludetorrance's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Connor Cobalt carried this whole book on his back, and that's a hill I will die on.

Lilly is a sex addict. Lo is a raging alcoholic. Both are rich and spoiled and decided during their last year of high school that they were going to fake date in order to help each other hide their addictions. But in their haze, friendship turned into more and maybe, just maybe, they can mean more to each other than their own addictions.

0.5- World building and background characters

0 - Plot

0- Main character

0- Love interest

0.5- Tension

0/3🌶

I didn't like this book. It was so tense fo absolutely no reason. Literally the first bad book of the year. The only good thing in that book was a) Connor Cobalt, b) Rose Calloway, and c) The tensions between Lo and Lilly. There wasn't even a plot. And I could like Lo, except that I'm too close to alcoholism to like alcoholics and the fact that his "wake up call" was Lilly literally almost getting raped while he was wasted, which everyone conveniently seems to forget. And don't even get me started on Lilly. She was such a horrible main character and really, it's so good that they didn't give her any friends because someone actually liking her would have been the least realistic part of the book.

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tannerlauren's review against another edition

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challenging 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

3.0

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sammymilfort's review

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dark emotional informative 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

4.5

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oliviabrcka's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

For all the hype that I've seen surrounding this series, I was really disappointed by this book. I think I see what the setup is for Lo and Lily's relationship arc, but I am certainly not a super huge fan of mega toxic relationships and they are the definition of that lol. However, I think I will like them more as the series goes on. My biggest issue with books like this is that there isn't any actual ROMANCE involved. These two claim they love each other, but WHY?? There are no moments where Lily goes oh, Loren checks off my boxes in these ways, there is no buildup of interactions that lead to their relationship. I just don't see where love ever came into play with them. I was also just lowkey annoyed with Lily because she literally KNOWS she has an addiction the whole book and is just like "it'll never go away" like girl you have the money to deal with this just GO TO THERAPY PLEASE PEOPLE HAVE GONE FOR LESS!!!!!!!! Anyways I think I will enjoy the rest of the series more, specifically the books involving Connor?! I also have to add that although this isn't my favorite book ever, I certainly couldn't put it down. Some might say it was very addicting. (I am so sorry but I had to do it)

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monicaaaaa's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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nicolesreadingbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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constellationsvale's review against another edition

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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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sorene_'s review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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jclovestoread's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book shouldn't be considered a romance novel, at all. It is a love story between two best friends who are dealing with addictions, but it's not a romance. It is a book about addiction. And how it can get ugly. Very, very ugly. But the book was great. It made you feel for the characters. It made you hurt with them. It made you hurt for them. It was great.

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melilaslibrary's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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