A review by courts_hodge
Compulsive by Lia Fairchild

4.5

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง.

Gray is the kind of girl who likes the keep to herself; her past haunts her and nothing seems to help. That is, until she meets Dr Harrison, her soon-to-be therapist.

This is a forbidden romance book but the main focus on the plot is the mental growth that Gray goes through to try and overcome her battles. I loved how realistic this book was; Grayโ€™s emotions were described perfectly and it really felt like I was part of every therapy session that she attended.

โ€˜๐™๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ, ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ, ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™šโ€™

Dr Harrison (aka Clark Kent) is our good guy with a knack for helping people, but yet, he has some dark shadows of his own. I really liked Daniel - he showed his compassionate side, his protective side and his flaws. Just to convince you even more, there is the โ€œwho did this to you?โ€ trope ๐Ÿ˜

This isnโ€™t a lovey-dovey romance book. Circumstances are complicated, emotions get in the way and itโ€™s all kind of a mess. But, a good mess that I still enjoyed reading! Nothingโ€™s sunshine and rainbows in life and I think that this book captured that wonderfully. 

โ€˜๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™–๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™š. ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™โ€™

Iโ€™m looking forward to reading the second book in the duology to see where their relationship goesโ€ฆ if it even does go anywhere?! 

*I received this book off of the lovely author in exchange for an honest review* - and honestly, I binge read it in one sitting because it was just that goodโ€ฆ