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Belmont University #2.1
Addictive Collision, Part 1
Addictive Collision is a novella. This is part one and all your questions won't be answered without purchasing part two.
**This does end on a cliffhangar**
Addictive Collision tells the story of twenty-five-year-old Morgan Tyler, who works as a receptionist at Belmont University and also takes classes on the side. She journeys through the pain of being trapped in a sexless marriage. Tired of having a roommate for a husband, she explores her options. Should she stay in the confines of her unhappy marriage or make the painful decision to leave? As she debates what direction her life should take, sparks begin to fly with a hot, hunky mailman named Foster. Is it time to move on with her life, or should Morgan fight for the man who is ignoring her?
Warning: Adult language
**This does end on a cliffhangar**
Addictive Collision tells the story of twenty-five-year-old Morgan Tyler, who works as a receptionist at Belmont University and also takes classes on the side. She journeys through the pain of being trapped in a sexless marriage. Tired of having a roommate for a husband, she explores her options. Should she stay in the confines of her unhappy marriage or make the painful decision to leave? As she debates what direction her life should take, sparks begin to fly with a hot, hunky mailman named Foster. Is it time to move on with her life, or should Morgan fight for the man who is ignoring her?
Warning: Adult language
156 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 16, 2015
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Chrissy Peebles
134 books497 followersChrissy Peebles, a practicing nurse, has always loved reading and writing fantasy from the earliest age she can remember. She plotted every single twist she could think of during bedtime stories for her children. When her little ones begged for more adventures, she felt confident enough to let her overeager imagination and sense of humor spill out into her first novel. She lives in Ohio with her husband, two young kids, one hamster, three dwarf hamsters and cat. When she's not taking the kids to Little League soccer, basketball, or baseball, she loves to snap photos as her favorite hobby.
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November 13, 2020
I can’t dump too much on this story considering I actually liked some of it and was intrigued. However, the parts that did intrigue me were quickly overshadowed by ... well, everything else.
Let’s start with the most obvious cheap tool. Insta-love. How is this handled? Well, by some magical spark and long eye contact between the main character Morgan and a delivery guy. After that she just knows he is the one without hanging out with him or getting to know the guy. Now, this book is short and it barely started before it ended so hopefully this is actually handled like a normal relationship with bonding and all that in part two. All in all though I just find it lazy with insta-love so not a very good start to the story. It’s just the author expecting the reader to get behind the relationship without actually putting any effort into it.
The actual relationship in the book, though basically on its death bed the entire story, was actually more realistic and did pull me in with the issues they were having and the reasons why Morgan didn’t call it quits. I felt for her ... at first. It at some point became just dragged out and repetitive. She kept having the same struggles and conversation about how miserable she was and how cold her husband was over and over with everyone and herself. Then a pretty good case of why she should leave him was laid out on the table (several times mind you), yet she constantly went back and forth of staying and leaving. She was also so overly dramatic about it all making big speeches and spiels of how miserable life was, how she should be loved like the world depended on it. I was just over and done with her like she never was with her husband.
When she finally did pull the plug and ended it with him, wouldn’t you know, her crappy mother telling her she should be miserable or the sake of her children’s happiness made her go right back to him, no second guessing whatsoever despite everything and everyone pointing at the opposite direction. Then queue unexpected (though absolutely expected) twist that then ends part one in a cliffhanger. Seriously though, I am shocked that it was even an unexpected surprise to her walking in on her husband like that. He had for years avoided physical contact with her and she and no one else ever stopped to think that it might be a reason he didn’t want to have sex with her, a woman?
As you can probably tell this book annoyed me a lot which color my rating of this book mostly. There were moments that I did like however, like the beginning before Morgan became so whiny and overly dramatic. So two stars is the highest I can give Addictive Collision.
Let’s start with the most obvious cheap tool. Insta-love. How is this handled? Well, by some magical spark and long eye contact between the main character Morgan and a delivery guy. After that she just knows he is the one without hanging out with him or getting to know the guy. Now, this book is short and it barely started before it ended so hopefully this is actually handled like a normal relationship with bonding and all that in part two. All in all though I just find it lazy with insta-love so not a very good start to the story. It’s just the author expecting the reader to get behind the relationship without actually putting any effort into it.
The actual relationship in the book, though basically on its death bed the entire story, was actually more realistic and did pull me in with the issues they were having and the reasons why Morgan didn’t call it quits. I felt for her ... at first. It at some point became just dragged out and repetitive. She kept having the same struggles and conversation about how miserable she was and how cold her husband was over and over with everyone and herself. Then a pretty good case of why she should leave him was laid out on the table (several times mind you), yet she constantly went back and forth of staying and leaving. She was also so overly dramatic about it all making big speeches and spiels of how miserable life was, how she should be loved like the world depended on it. I was just over and done with her like she never was with her husband.
When she finally did pull the plug and ended it with him, wouldn’t you know, her crappy mother telling her she should be miserable or the sake of her children’s happiness made her go right back to him, no second guessing whatsoever despite everything and everyone pointing at the opposite direction. Then queue unexpected (though absolutely expected) twist that then ends part one in a cliffhanger. Seriously though, I am shocked that it was even an unexpected surprise to her walking in on her husband like that. He had for years avoided physical contact with her and she and no one else ever stopped to think that it might be a reason he didn’t want to have sex with her, a woman?
As you can probably tell this book annoyed me a lot which color my rating of this book mostly. There were moments that I did like however, like the beginning before Morgan became so whiny and overly dramatic. So two stars is the highest I can give Addictive Collision.
May 16, 2019
I loved this story. I loved these characters. I love how this book sucked me in and gave me the feels. I felt the pain and longing that jumped off the pages. I just want to say I knew it. It wasn't hard to figure out. Just for spoiler purposes I wont say what I'm talking about but if you have read it you know what I mean.
March 29, 2019
No cliffhangers? That ending was an emotional cliffhanger if ever I saw one.
Very shallow. With a bit more attention it could have been a great story. And it is another of those divide a story in half and make the reader pay texts.
Very shallow. With a bit more attention it could have been a great story. And it is another of those divide a story in half and make the reader pay texts.
February 28, 2021
Great book Great read
Brilliant book got so engrossed couldn't put it down till I'd read it all advise people to read it can't wait to read the rest
Brilliant book got so engrossed couldn't put it down till I'd read it all advise people to read it can't wait to read the rest
December 26, 2021
Hard pass!
January 4, 2016
interesting...not very realistic....but of course, have to read the next one to find out what happens
May 1, 2016
mostly skimmed. It was unnecessarily wordy.
July 23, 2015
Just wow... Didn't expected that...
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