Addicted to You (ADDICTED SERIES)

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

Having read my fair share of NEW ADULT this year, not to mention books on ADDICTION, I thought there wasn't a whole lot more that could be brought to the table. Well, I was wrong. I have said it a MILLION TIMES, but I love it when an author(s) takes a step outside the box and writes something different. Not only that, but do it well. Addiction is no easy feat to deal with, discuss and I would assume, write about. Bring in SEX addiction and you have my interest piqued. This book isn't perfect but it was amazing in it's own right. I don't know HOW common sex addiction is; I haven't seen too many cases on it, I haven't researched it-- nor I have EVER read it about it before in a novel. I can see where the lines might be a little blurred to some--the difference between an actual addiction or just promiscuity. However, I never thought ONCE that Lily didn't suffer from addiction.. It's raw, gritty and very, very hard to witness at times. That's what makes this book so amazing. When I a finish a book and left thinking, emotional and just generally suffering that feeling that a band-aid was just ripped off, I applaud the author(s). Becca and Krista did an amazing job capturing Lily's desperation. Her turmoil and her reckless behavior. My heart really went out to Lily. She had been suffering for years. Not only to sate her addiction, but to live out her crafted lie with Lo to protect herself and hide it from her friends and family. Then again, there were times where I felt she was SO SELFISH I couldn't stand it. Her thoughts that her behavior doesn't affect anyone but herself and that is was less reckless than others was really hard to grasp. She puts herself in harms way every time she hooks-up with someone. Sure, she was safe for the most part but that doesn't mean that what she was putting herself through emotionally wasn't any less harmful. Not only was she suffering from her OWN addiction, she was an enabler to Lo's. This is where I start thinking. She didn't feel like she had the RIGHT to tell Lo to stop drinking, since it would make her a hypocrite. Then again, she used him to sate her addiction as a way to help lessen his intake. It took me awhile to comes to terms with this, because it was NOT okay. Yet, you can't help but sympathize because she knows it's wrong. She knows it's selfish but she can't help it. It's so.. RAW. When things started to change between her and Lo, you can't help but SEE the disaster coming. I loved them together though. They had been friends for years, having each other's backs at every turn. You KNOW they feel more for each other than what is initially let on and you can't help but to root for them. They are each other's rock AND kryptonite (aside from their addictions, that it). I honestly thought it would have taken them longer to get together, but there was more to the drama and plot than meets the eye. It took awhile to see the direction of where things were going, due to some serious slow parts in the middle, when Connor and then Ryke enter the picture. I liked Connor form the beginning. He is funny, a little too arrogant but is a REAL friend to both Lily and Lo. As for Ryke... Hm.. Like I said, I didn't know the direction of where the story was going to go with him in it. It was random and threw me off when he's concerns came out about Lo. Still, he was a good friend to Lo and at times, Lily. I thought it was an interesting plot twist, albeit random. I also really loved Rose, Lily's older sister. She was pretty crass at first though, so it caught me a little by surprise how INVOLVED she became in everything. My Peeve- Well, it's minor things. The middle of the book was really, really slow and I hate having that "WHERE IS THIS GOING" feeling. There were too many similar scenes that I felt we could have went without. There were also some inconsistencies with the writing. One minute, Lily would be "wiping her hands on her jeans" and the next " Fixing her dress", so which was it? Overall- I REALLY liked Addicted to You. Although there were some things I personally could have done without, I thought this was an amazing book overall. It's dark, gritty and one of the best NA's I have read in a long time. I will defiantly be continuing on with this series

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 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 😊😊😊😊

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