Addicted to You

Isn’t this the part where our love overcomes our addictions? Where our problems magically solve from a kiss and a promise?" rating- 4/5 I'm bawling my eyes. THAT is not what i expected. Did I pick this up because i thought it would be a light hearted romance series? yes. Am I disappointed that it is exactly the opposite of light hearted? honestly..not? This was something i didn't know I needed T_T But then again I probably wouldn't have picked this up if somebody had given me the brief beforehand: 'A book about two addicts being dependent on each other, pretending to have a healthy life and dating. While in reality, they're infact not okay; absolutely spiralling, going off the deep end and enabling each other.' i would've just said heck no. But here we are. I mean anybody who has been on the book side of twitter or tiktok knows about the addicted series. I've watched the fandom from afar and desperately tried to keep myself spoiler free. I've seen how much the fandom loves the characters and how they talk about them like they're best friends; so it's really really great to finally know what they're talking about when they say 'lilo'. First things first, I absolutely loved how the author portrays their addictions. it's not glorified in any way whatsoever and shown for what it is, which I really liked. The only complaint I had was the lack of plot; It was extremely character-driven and focused on either their addictions or introducing other characters. Speaking of characters, I love, love, love Lily and Lo:( my heart breaks for them < / 3 and i hope they get the happy ending they deserve. Their entire situation was so terrible that i wasn't even mad at them honestly. just found myself hoping they'd tell somebody. anybody, about their issues. I agree that this book could've been shorter in terms of how repetitive it was, but then i also felt like their recurring, unchanging nature was a more realistic portrayal of their problems and helped me get to know the characters and their thoughts better. Wait for me.” The words come out choked and pained. “I need you to wait for me.” And ROSE AND CONNOR. AHHH. I love them, i'm so excited for the calloway sisters books to see more of their relationship. I hope the author goes back and shows us their phone calls and events from now because I want to know so bad, how everything exactly played out. Coming to Ryke; he was just plain weird throughout, which i get now, i guess. But I had mixed feelings about him somehow. I also saw the said 'plot twist' coming from a mile away from the amount of foreshadowing there was bahaha Final thoughts: All in all, it's a great prologue to the series where the author introduces us to the characters and their world. I've heard the books progressively get better and I'm so so excited to read them all:)

Loved it can't wait to read book 2 Lily and lo are unconventionally beautiful and so adorable ✨ they have my heart

The book is amazing Amazon's delivery was so great!!

They're just so vulnerable and messy and not perfect but still it's impossible to not love them . To not feel for them . The insecurities of lily makes her so relatable and the vulnerability of lo makes me just wanna hug him and hold him till all the pain is gone. They are real people to me.

I absolutely loved it. Loren has my heart 🤍. They irritated me, made me cry and laugh. Lily nd Lo are just so good.I'm excited for 2nd book. Loren definitely made it to my top mmc. I absolutely devoured the book and get the hype around it. I loved Connor and Rose, excited to know more about Ryke.

I did not like the story of two addicts

The pain 😭😭😭 ..... their love 🥺 No one knows them better than each other. For better or worse, they're both good and bad for each other.

There should be something "heroine"-ish in the heroine and something heroic about the hero. Especially when you are reading a book assuming it is a romance novel. If you like psychotic characters with deep insecurities, you may like this book. I found it hard to understand or like two pathetic people like the leads of this book.

This book took some getting used to. What I mean is that at the beginning of this, I disliked the book quite a lot. I put it down after one chapter when I found out that I couldn't get into the writing style at all. But after hearing so much hype, I decided to pick it up again and give it another go. The next few chapters were difficult to get through but once I hit a rhythm the story really flowed very well and I began to fall for the characters and their struggles. They're addicted because they're empty inside and now they realise their worst addiction may actually be each other. OMG SWOON. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

I don't want to be fixed. I just want to live and feed my appetite. It just so happens that my appetite is a sexual one. His vice is a bottle of whiskey. Addicted to You was a refreshing read, and something completely different from all the New Adult books I've read this year. When I first heard about this book I thought it was going to be a great read. I was completely wrong. This is an AMAZING book! Krista and Becca Ritchie did an incredible job in writing a story in which two characters, Lily and Lo, suffer through their addictions together. I will admit that Addicted to You reminded me of Ellen Hopkins writing. If you love reading Ellen Hopkin's books-Crank, Glass, Fallout, etc- then you will definitely love Krista and Becca Ritchies Addicted to You. The only difference is that Addicted to You is a New Adult book, and the situations Lily experiences with her addiction are raw and very out there. I guess the only way to be close to me is to inject yourself in my world because I won't make the move to enter yours. The water washes away the smell and grime, but my sins are here to stay. The memories don't vanish... I never thought that I would love a character like Lily's- a sex addict with family issues. Once again I was completely wrong. As I read Addicted to You, I started to learn about Lily's sex addiction and I started to know her character in a whole different level. She is not just a shy, sex addict. She is a caring, loving, and broken girl that just needs the right person to stand by her side and understand what she is going through. I understand why she keeps her sex addiction a secret from her family, and why she shy's away from others. If I were in her shoes I would do the same thing, because people would not understand this sort of addiction. Heck, I've heard about sex addicts but after reading Addicted to You I learned a lot more. I know that all of this (what happens in the story) is not true, but at some point all addicts, in real life, will cross their own boundaries to get a high of their addiction. I seriously felt everything Lily had to go through in the book. I cried with her when she just felt lost and confused with all that was going on, and I felt her strong love towards Lo. By the end of Addicted to You, I felt a connection with Lily's character. Loren Hale is an alcoholic beverage and he doesn't even know it. Lo's face darkens in contempt. "Watch it, Lily." He picks up the bottle, unbroken, and reacts as though I hit his child. What can I say about Loren (Lo) Hale? Just as Lily, Lo suffers from his own addiction to alcohol. He is totally bad news, but a total swoon worthy guy. I will admit that I don't like alcoholics, but his thoughtfulness towards Lily and the way he cares for her made me love him. He is even more emotionally broken than Lily. I believe that Lo needs Lily more, then Lily needs Lo. I will admit that there are times he is a total jerk to Lily, and at these moments I just felt like slapping or punching him in the face. I already knew more about alcohol addicts and what happens to them, because this is what health teachers teach in all of their health classes. Like I said before I don't like alcoholic addicts, but I just had to make that exception with Lo. Who can resist a protective, caring, thoughtful hottie like Lo? NOT ME :D! His character does develop (matures) by the end of this book, and I can't wait to find out what happens to him in the second book :). We're pretending, aren't we? I'm so confused. What is he to me right now? Friend, boyfriends, something else entirely? The deeper we sink, the harder it is to crawl out. At the beginning I really had no clue what was going on between Lily and Lo. He tells a guy that she is his girlfriend, but as I kept reading I find out that they are in a fake relationship. I seriously felt sorry for Lily, because she was so confused with Lo's loving affections and actions- this of course would only happen when their relatives, or known people would be watching them. Who would agree to be in a fake relationship? This is just torture for both Lily and Lo, because they are both confused with what the other one feels. The longer they stay in their fake the relationship the longer they hurt (not intentionally) one another. But the loving affections and actions between these two are both sweet and hot :D! Our relationship is dangling on thin strings that threaten to break. I feel it. I'm sure he feels it as well. When they start a serious relationship, it all starts off well. Lily is getting her sex fix and Lo is still getting his alcohol fix. The sad thing about their relationship is that they are just not that good for each other, but at the same time so right for each other?!?. Does that make any sense? Let me try to explain this :). Their addictions just get in the way of their love towards each other. It just doesn't let them love each other, and care for each other the way it is truly meant to be. But at the same time Lo and Lily are always there for each others breakdowns, and they are two broken people who can actually fix each other with each others presence. Lily's and Lo's relationship is just as broken as they are, but at the same time it is also kept together because of their need to be close to each other. I really hope this works out at the end for these two, because they are the perfect match for each other :). We've been friends, allies, for so long that I don't know who I am without him. Our lives intersect at every possible junction... Krista and Becca Ritchie delivered an incredibly fresh debut in the New Adult genre. This is a book that you will not want to miss, trust me when I tell you that this is a MUST READ! There is romance, heartache, sorrow, real life problems (addiction & family), believable characters, and there is a twist that no one will expect (I didn't even see it coming). I will say this once again, if you love reading about true life problems, raw characters, and love reading Ellen Hopkins books, then Addicted to You by Krista and Becca Ritchie is the book for you :D! ~Kassandra @ Kassie's Book Thoughts

I went it blind and it was worth it. Give it a try, let these characters put roots inside your heart...believe me you are in for a rollercoaster. 6 stars... a 1,000,000 stars worth the hype.

Wow, I didn't see that coming. Firstly I was drawn to the book from the cover, then the blurb had me at line one. Then I started reading, and could not put this down. It's a story about addiction and secrets, and chemistry. Hoo boy did they ever have chemistry!! Loved the sub characters as well. A brilliantly written, addictive book that has me chomping for the next one. Arc provided by Netgalley

I loved it 😊😊😊😊