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The Maddest Obsession by Danielle Lori

27 reviews

sofiarmz13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Blood, Death, and Pregnancy

michellemaas's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.0

The Maddest Obsession was a hell of a ride I'll tell you that much. First things first, the book plays off in two parts: the first part spans the seven years since Gianna met Christian, and the second part goes down during the present (around the time of The Sweetest Oblivion). Furthermore, Gianna's perspective plays out during a variety of periods but Christian's either happen during the present or throughout the period at the end of the book. Personally I did not find this too confusing (even though I'm explaining it terribly) but I can see why there is the potential for it. Be sure to read the author's note before reading the book.

On to the actual book I loved the complexity of it (and I don't just mean the timeline). Gianna and Christian are both very complex characters who had to work and wait for their happily ever after. Their past trauma prevented both of them from truly opening themselves up to love and seeing them both take the risks to be happy and being there for one another was beautiful. Also, this was the one time I didn't mind a *certain trope* from appearing (if you know, you know).

Ultimately the book was just well written and an entertaining read. I can't say too much without spoiling it, but I can say that I really enjoyed all 3 the books in this series and I think you will too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

eiraecoslett's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

amp621's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

I really liked it, it was a bit fast paced compared to my normal reads, but it had a good balance of sex and actual plot and development. I'd say this book focused a lot more on the characters, and what made them the way they are than the first book "The Sweetest Oblivion" By Danielle Lori. Overall I enjoyed the character Gianna, she had a lot of good backstory, and it all made sense after the reveals. I also like Christian Allister's character because he also had a really good backstory, I just wish homeboy went to therapy's sooner in life. Lots of references to the first book, at some points the timeline matches up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

lenavejar's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, and Sexual content

autumnreads98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

pamreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

3.5

Did I enjoy this book for what it is? For sure. Did I knock down one star because all of a sudden it was super rushed? Absolutely. I think I'm gonna take a break from romances and try and focus on my physical TBR because I need to get on that. Also, it says a lot that as I'm writing this I really cannot remember our heroine's name so that should already tell you that I need to take a chill pill on the Kindle unlimited reads and focus on the books I already own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual content