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Addicted for Now (Addicted, #3)

by Krista Ritchie (Goodreads Author)

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read in April 2020

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Haley said: " March 2023 reread
"Because I think she loves you more than she loves sex. And you love her more than you love alcohol, but you two just haven't let yourselves believe it yet."

July 2022
Every single time I’m about to start this book, there’s such te March 2023 reread
"Because I think she loves you more than she loves sex. And you love her more than you love alcohol, but you two just haven't let yourselves believe it yet."

July 2022
Every single time I’m about to start this book, there’s such tension knowing everything that’s about to unfold. But this really is the book where all the big things start happening! We finally get Lo’s POV and we can understand a bit more of why he is the way he is. All these books are just fascinating character studies!

September 2021 reread
There's just something about this book, and everything that happens going forward that makes this feel like the actual start of the series. I think getting Lo's perspective is a factor for sure. Also just the big plot point in this book. Most of the Addicted/Calloway Sisters series (and the Bad Reputation series AND the Like Us series) revolves around Lily and Lo's infamy - so waiting two books for it just feels like prequel and now the big things start happening! As I've mentioned constantly in the past, the character development in these books is seriously just *chef's kiss*. Just in this book you can see how much Lo had grown. There's a whole thing about a past school nemesis and wanting to move past everything but just not knowing how and by the end, Lo figures it out and I feel like he was definitely the bigger person. And Lily too makes such big strides in this book, finding her voice and confidence and I'm always, always just so proud of these two characters.

May 2021 Reread
I think this one might be one of the toughest of the Addicted books for me to read (it's between this and Thrive) and it's not because of the writing or any of the characters' actions, it's just knowing what's coming and being unable to absolutely nothing to stop it. If you know you know, and it guts me every time. But I also love this book because finally we get Lo and Lily together working on battling their addictions. The book covers several months and so we get to watch them navigate and stumble and learn and keep going with their addictions and the end. There's just the perfect line "She waits for me, like she said" and I love it because yes, there's still so much they have to deal with in their future, but for now (see what I did there) I'm really proud of how far they've come.

We start this book right where Ricochet left off, with Loren coming home from rehab. .Lily and Lo are back together, but they’re determined not to backslide into their addictions – and it’s a real challenge for both of them. Lily shares a bed with Lo, and as he equates it, it’s like him climbing into bed with a bottle of whiskey. It’s very risky but that certainly is a different obstacle to face a sex addict versus an alcoholic.
But while it’s so important that neither of them enables each other, they’re facing a huge problem. Someone knows about Lily’s addiction and is threatening to reveal everything to the world. As revenge against Lo. Lily now has to come to grips with what kinds of consequences her past will cause, not just herself but her family and the people attached to her family (Ryke and Connor). Lo has to deal with past – he was an angry, spiteful person when he was drunk, and he did some destructive things, things he’s not proud of.
And interspersed between Lily and Lo’s romance are some great (and some not so great) family moments. Lily’s closer relationship with her sisters is something that she loves but at the same time, if her addiction is revealed to the public then her sisters will also be hurt. It’s like an explosion going off near Lily, the tighter she holds on to her sisters then closer they are to the blast and will be hurt almost as much as Lily. Grappling with the guilt is really hard for Lily and throughout the book she does things that she’s not wholly comfortable with just for the sake of doing right by her family.
We also meet more of Jonathan Hale in this book, through Lo’s point of view. Understanding why Lo is the way he is requires a look into the Hale residence and Jonathan’s parenting. He’s as vindictive and spiteful as Lo and enough confidence behind his actions to make him dangerous. He will do whatever it takes to get what he wants, but I think, feels little remorse for the people he may trample to get there – and Lo was trampled a lot. But Lo is also what little family Jonathan has and he cares about his son, in his weird way. It was really interesting learning more about their dynamics throughout the book.
Ricochet gave us the little peak at what recovery is like – for Lily at least. But this book title tells it all – Lily and Lo are addicted for now. They’re not magically healed, they still struggle, and they have they’re low days. They have so many more hurdles to jump, but damn it they’re trying so hard. #LILOforlife They have each other, and they’ll fight together to make sure they’re only addicted for now, and not forever.
5 stars for Addicted for Now! ...more "

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