Read and Review #5 - Ricochet (Krista & Becca Ritchie)

Title: Ricochet (Addicted #1.5)

Author: Krista & Becca Ritchie

Publication date: 1 August 2013

Publisher: K.B. Ritchie (Independent Book Publishers Association)

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Synopsis:

As a sex addict, Lily Calloway must do the impossible. Stay celibate for 90 days. Cravings and fantasies become her new routine, but while Loren Hale recovers from his alcohol addiction, Lily wonders if he’ll realize what a monster she really is. After all, her sexual compulsions begin to rule her life the longer she stays faithful to him.

Progress. That’s what Lily’s striving for. But by trying to become closer to her family—people who aren’t aware of her addiction—she creates larger obstacles. When she spends time with her youngest sister, she learns more about her than she ever imagined and senses an unsettling connection between Daisy and Ryke Meadows.

With Lily and Lo’s dysfunctional relationship teetering and unbalanced, they will need to find a way to reconnect from miles apart. But the inability to “touch” proves to be one of the hardest tests on their road to recovery. Some love brushes the surface. Some love is deeper than skin.

Lily and Lo have three months to discover just how deep their love really goes.

My rating:

5 out of 5 hours set to do work spent on reading this book 

My review:

Warning: The topic on sex is kinda heavy here. And strangely enough, it's still not erotica!

In the last book, the story left off with Lo leaving for a 3 month stint in rehab. Like I mentioned in my review of the first book, the ending was bittersweet because Loren and Lily had never been apart since they became friends. They were so dependent on each other, so addicted to each other's presence that their separation was unbearable. For me at least.

The story continued with Lily struggling to continue life without Lo by her side. She was trying to stay loyal to Lo and not break her promises to him. In the previous book, Lily never overcame her addiction or even trying to. I didn't realize it at first but the first book focused on Loren's addiction and how it affected Lily. Here, she was suffering from withdrawals from having real sex and even masturbating more to get her fix. And since she vowed to remain celibate, she could do nothing more but fantasizing about sex and self-love. Her frustration builds because it wasn't satisfying enough and kept her restless most of the time.

Since Loren left, Lily moved in with Rose who was having an on and off again relationship with Connor. Their interaction was adorable but sometimes I can't help but wanting to scream at Connor for being a smartass 100% of the time. But somehow even though he's a smartass, he's still likable.

"That's impossible," Connor tells her. "We're the two smartest people in the entire world. You put us together, and you get a superhuman."

One interesting development in this story is Ryke and Daisy's growing relationship. However, aside from a few teasing remarks from Ryke to Daisy, their interaction is always full of anger and disappointment. One minute he was teasing her and lightly flirting with her, the next he's screaming at her for her crazy stunts. I was intrigued by their relationship because Ryke didn't even like Lily and Daisy but went to great lengths protecting them. I guess that's another thing we have yet to uncover about Ryke. Right now, even if he's still acting like an asshole, I still like Ryke.

"Daisy," he coos, waving his spoon around the air to try to get her to look at him. She barely stirs. He tries a different tactic. He dips two fingers into the gooey chocolate filling. No, I internally scream in my head. He's not going to..

Every time Ryke came into the scene, I am holding my breath because the most random and funny scenes have him in it. Without all the teasing from him, this will be a very overwhelming book filled with Lily's struggle. Her therapy sessions were interesting and we slowly get to learn more about her addiction; when it started, what started it and how did she deal with it every time. 

And her Skype session with Loren...

This is a good companion book for the next installment of this series. We get to know Daisy more and also learn about the severity of her addiction. There are just as many intense drama going on in the family as the previous book. The excerpt at the end for Addicted For Now just about killed me. Definitely picking up the next book as soon as it comes out!