Read in: January, 2014
Format: eBook
Source: Author ARC
Star Rating: 4
Synopsis:
Josie Banks is a girl without a past. After being found unconscious with no memory, she was shuffled in and out of foster homes where she suffered years of abuse. An experience that left her broken, damaged, and clinging to drugs and meaningless hook-ups to numb her pain.
When Josie disappeared years ago, she took a piece of Tristan with her. She’s the girl he thought he lost forever—the one he’s never been able to forget. Now a twist of fate has brought them back together, and he never wants to let her out of his inked arms again. But Tristan is haunted by a dark past of his own. On the run from ruthless criminals that shattered Josie’s world years ago, reentering her life puts them both in danger.
As Josie and Tristan’s lives become tangled once again, they find themselves unwilling and unable to escape the relentless pull that draws them together. But will the past leave their love in ruins—or bind them together for a lifetime?
Prosecution:
While this novel is really the whole package (dark, gritty, New Adult..you know, up my alley) I had a hard time just getting into it. The whole tone of the novel was a little off and I can't quite place my finger on it.
Defense:
While the tone was off, I could overlook it for the novel. This novel was gritty, dark, sexy. It almost bled new adult. That's how great the story line was. It had mystery and danger. I really enjoyed the actual story line of it, but while I can overlook a lot of the writing style, I just have a hard time getting past how off the writing style was.
Verdict:
Three stars! I really enjoyed the novel, but had a hard time getting into it.
EXCERPT:
Defense:
While the tone was off, I could overlook it for the novel. This novel was gritty, dark, sexy. It almost bled new adult. That's how great the story line was. It had mystery and danger. I really enjoyed the actual story line of it, but while I can overlook a lot of the writing style, I just have a hard time getting past how off the writing style was.
Verdict:
Three stars! I really enjoyed the novel, but had a hard time getting into it.
EXCERPT:
Beautiful Addictions
by Season Vining
Release: January 28, 2014
Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis
Josie Banks is a girl without a
past. After being found unconscious with no memory, she was
shuffled in and out of foster homes where she suffered years of
abuse. An experience that left her broken, damaged, and clinging to
drugs and meaningless hook-ups to numb her pain.
When Josie disappeared years ago, she took
a piece of Tristan with her. She’s the girl he
thought he lost forever—the one he’s never been able to
forget. Now a twist of fate has brought them back together,
and he never wants to let her out of his inked arms again.
But Tristan is haunted by a dark past of his own. On the
run from ruthless criminals that shattered Josie’s
world years ago, reentering her life puts them both in danger.
As Josie and Tristan’s lives become tangled once
again, they find themselves unwilling and unable to escape the
relentless pull that draws them together.
But will the past leave their love
in ruins—or bind them together for a lifetime?
Excerpt
Josie craved
his touch and she couldn’t understand why they hadn’t had sex
yet, or any form of it. She wanted it; her fingers ached to touch him
in places she’d only yet imagined. It was obvious that Tristan felt
the same way, so she failed to make sense of his need to take things
slow. She longed to feel his sweat slicked skin against hers and
inhale the scent of their bodies combined. Not ready to admit any
kind of emotional connection, she desperately needed a physical one.
It was the only thing she was comfortable
with.
She found it curious that her dependency seemed to be
shifting. No longer did she need meaningless sex or drugs to numb
her. Josie only wanted to submerge herself in Tristan, to soak up
everything he offered. He was her new
addiction.
Tristan was in a constant state of arousal in Josie’s
company. Never able to completely relax, his muscles remained tense
and rigid with yearning. If it had been any other girl, he would have
taken her already, hard and fast, several times. But he knew that
Josie used sex to avoid attachment. He didn’t want to be just
another mark on her therapeutically notched bedpost. To him, Josie
was something new, yet familiar, something he wanted to cherish. He
felt like two ancient souls, separated for a lifetime, had suddenly
been reunited.
Unable to contain the sexual tension clawing at her
skin, Josie slid her notebook from her lap and straddled Tristan. He
gave her his lopsided grin as his long fingers wrapped around her
waist. Josie smiled triumphantly, thinking that she’d already
won.
“What are you up to?” he asked, dipping his head
so that his lips pressed ever so softly to her
shoulder.
“I need to feel you Tristan. Just touch me.” The
sound of Josie’s words echoed around the quiet room. “I want
you.”
Those three little words left him breathless. Such a
brazen statement from Josie sent his willpower into a faltering
tailspin. He hummed in agreement, sliding his kisses down to her
neck.
Josie ran her nails along Tristan’s scalp, making
his eyes close in contentment. The feel of her hot body pressing down
on him caused momentary insanity, totally emptying his brain of
rational thought. He wanted her more than anything he’d ever wanted
before. Not here, not now. There was so much more to
say.
“Can I take you out?” Tristan asked, suddenly
moving his hands back down to her waist and resuming a neutral
position.
“Out of the
apartment?”
“Out on a date,” he
clarified.
“A date?” Josie asked, her frightened voice making
the words sound foreign.
"You know, an appointment for a particular time,
especially with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically
attached."
"Are we attached?" she asked, not really
knowing what she wanted the answer to be.
"More than you know,"
he answered.
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Season
Vining is the author of Beautiful Addictions, a
New Adult Romantic Suspense novel from St. Martin’s Griffin. She
received her three-book deal and agent representation as a result of
attending the 2013 Jambalaya Writers’ Conference. She first gained
attention for the book in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award in
which the story was a Quarterfinalist. Season is a graphic designer
by trade and adores all form of art. She’s a fan of live music,
vintage cars, and people who know the difference between their,
there, and they’re.
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