Buy:  Kindle Ebook 

---

---

Review

“We’re going to have our happy ending. It just may take us awhile to get there.”

OMG, I am more in love with Lily and Lo than ever before!

5 huge stars!!!

I love this series! Absolutely adore it! The story of six individuals, three couples – each with their own demons to face, but each of them determined to live their lives on their own terms, and OMG, I cannot get enough! I love each and every one of these characters, and watching them laugh, cry, banter and argue their way through the ups and downs that they face, leaning on each other and being there for each other the whole way, is absolutely epic!

A quick note – I am a wee bit obsessed with reading a series in order, with this series, it’s ESSENTIAL! I know there are ‘companion novels’ and ‘spin off novels’, but in reality, it’s all a continuous story, and you need to read each of the books in order to get the complete picture and understand what’s going on. Please, I beg you…. DON’T SKIP ANY BOOKS IN THIS SERIES!!

This book takes us back to the events immediately following Addicted for Now, and through the two year time period of Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower – but this time we’re back to Lily and Lo’s perspectives.

I must confess, as much as I love this series, Lily and Lo’s story wasn’t the one that turned me into a hardcore fan of this series. I actually enjoyed Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower more than the books from Lily and Lo’s perspectives. This is probably because the dynamics between all of the characters were fully established by the time Kiss the Sky came along, and those dynamics are what make this series so incredibly addictive (pardon the pun). But I absolutely LOVED the opportunity to go back to Lily and Lo POV in this book, and I found that I enjoyed them as a couple even more now that I’ve read the other books.

I think knowing everybody better, and having seen everything from the different POVs has put an extra edge to the series, and it makes the sensational dynamics between these characters absolutely phenomenal. Seriously, probably the best I’ve ever read. The way they play off each other is genius, and the teasing, arguments, banter and nerd speak all ties in beautifully with the genuine concern, love and affection between them. These guys share pretty much everything, and I love how everybody’s lives are openly dissected and discussed. It’s both hilarious and heart-wrenching, and I can’t help but get lost in the world that the Ritchie sisters have created.

In particular, Lily and Lo’s relationship is absolutely sensational. More than best friends and lovers, they are truly soul mates. Every little interaction is special, and just reinforces how integral a part of each other’s lives they are.

Our love is rare. It’s one I can’t abandon , even if I tried. When she screams, an identical one rips through me. When she cries, my world rains with grief. When she loves, I truly, truly fly.

They are both still dealing with and recovering from their addictions, but I love how the heavy is offset by the lightness and fun they have together. The references to Harry Potter, X-Men and all things nerdish show us the depth of their friendship and how important that part of their relationship is, and even in the midst of somebody else’s drama, it adds so much to creating their own little universe

“We’re no longer welcome at that particular hotel… for eternity. Those were the manager’s exact words.” Connor loosens his bowtie. “I don’t blame him for thinking we’re immortal. In some preclassic civilizations, I’d be considered a god.”
Rose’s yellow-green eyes drill holes into him. “Congratulations, you are officially the cockiest human being on planet Earth.” That’d be Iron Man. But I hold my tongue.
“That’s Iron Man,” Lo says. I literally rise like I’m floating. 

With the entire gang focused on helping them overcome their addictions, Lily and Lo are under constant scrutiny, with a particular focus on their sex life. And it’s so beautiful how they manage to maintain the intimacy between them, and each of those moments is so meaningful.

I’m going to love Lily how I want to love her.
Overwhelmingly, uncompromisingly. 
Look away if you have to.

I honestly couldn’t get enough of them. Once again my heart broke with all they are going through, but I felt it even more in this one because they are both trying so hard to overcome their issues and create a life together. Every backward step for one of them broke my heart, but the way they were there for each other, and their unwavering commitment and love for each other made me so proud, and turned me into a puddle of swoon on the floor.

“The world is never going to understand us,” he tells me, his eyes so impassioned that I can’t look away. “But it doesn’t matter, Lil. We have each other.”

While this book is essentially a look back at events we’ve already seen, there’s a lot of new material, and even though it’s mainly focused on Lily and Lo’s story – it’s a more in depth look at Connor and Rose, and Ryke and Daisy. We get to see parts of the story we haven’t seen before, as well as some of the more important moments that have featured in the earlier books, but from a different perspective and it makes it feel so much more meaningful when we have the opportunity to see the complete picture – my heart broke (again) during the big Lo/Ryke showdown. OMG, the feeeeeeels!

And at no point did this book feel repetitive. It’s always a challenge for authors to write a different perspective book, and not everybody can pull it off, but the Ritchie sisters have totally nailed it! Knowing what’s coming just adds a whole extra sense of anticipation to the story, and I thought every moment was gold – the meaningful and the playful, I loved it all.

This series is very quickly developing into a favourite for me. I cannot WAIT for more.

5 huge stars.

 

The Addicted series

 

Check out our Author Spotlight on Krista and Becca Ritchie.