There are a few genres that just do not capture my attention mainly because they frustrate me. One of those is the young adult genre.
I tend to stay away from this genre because I am a mature older woman. I just sometimes can’t relate to when characters are extremely young and do crazy things in the name of love, hence why I get frustrated.
However, I grabbed this story for review and I definitely have a love-hate relationship with it. Go figure. Releasing this summer, check out my thoughts on this emotional story.
Perfect Addiction by Claudia Tan
Perfect Series, #2
Publisher: W by Wattpad Books (July 19, 2022)
ISBN-13: 978-1990259227
OVERVIEW:
When Sienna Lane walks in on her boyfriend Jax Deneris in bed with her sister, her world falls apart. In less than five minutes, she’s homeless, friendless, family-less. Vowing to get back at Jax, Sienna quickly charts a course of revenge that will hit him where it hurts most―in the MMA ring.
Step one: convince Jax’s rival, Kayden Williams, to train with her.
At first, Kayden wants nothing to do with Sienna’s schemes, but when he figures out that she might be able to give him an advantage, he caves, letting her first into his home, then into his bed, and finally into his heart. But as much as she cares about Kayden, she can’t let her anger go, and it threatens the shaky foundation they’ve built together from their damaged lives.
When Kayden gives Sienna an ultimatum―it’s either him or her revenge, she’s forced to decide. Is getting back at Jax worth throwing her future with Kayden away?
Perfect Addiction by Claudia Tan Review
Intense and hot but lots of angst and anger. Wish they were older.
This is a story that has a lot of different levels. Many areas are ripe for the roller coaster of emotion as we deal with infidelity, family issues, anger, angst, and love.
The author did not hold back as she crafted her characters with a broad brush, dealing with many of life‘s hard knocks in between snippets of love and light.
One thing that did bother me was the age of the main character. At 18 or 19 years old, she seemingly is an expert in martial arts but yet has minimal life experience and is able to train MMA fighters…
Holding grudges and bringing others into her plot for revenge eventually catches up. Personally, I can’t fault her for being angry, however, throughout the story she was slow to forgive and open herself up for what truly was the blessing of forgiveness and love.
I really liked that the dynamics between the two. Kayden was right to hold to his beliefs, forcing the issue of togetherness. They both had a lot of pain to deal with. But she carried a lot of immaturities that made me a little crazy.
I’m not a huge fan of angst in my stories, and typical for the YA theme, this is loaded with it. But we also have growth, understanding, tolerance, and love. The fear gets in the way quite a lot but in the end, we do get a happy happily ever after, or so it seems.
Overall, super-steamy and intense in many aspects, but also loaded with bits of anger the reader slushes through.
4 STARS!
Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free ebook so she could evaluate and use it for this post. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.
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