Stephanie's Reviews > Ricochet

Someone told me it was okay to skip Ricochet and go straight to Addicted for Now, but I’m really glad that I read it.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Addicted series, it centers on Lily and Loren - and the series is interwoven chronologically with the Calloway sisters series (Rose and Daisy - Lily’s sisters).

Ricochet is a single POV of the three months Lily and Lo are separated - Lo is in rehab for alcoholism, and Lily has moved in with her sister Rose and is trying to understand her sex addiction more.

We get some flashbacks of a younger Lily and Lo, and learn more about their friendship, childhood, and how they came to the “fake relationship” agreement.

While not overtly “romantic” (similarly to Addicted to You I wouldn’t call this a normal “romance novel”), I couldn’t put it down. I can’t comment on the accuracy of portraying either alcoholism or sex addiction, but to me it felt… I’m having a hard time choosing a word. It helped me understand Lily much more as a person. Even when I was frustrated with her, I was empathetic. I rooted for her. Even when I wasn’t sure if she and Lo “should” be together, I wanted them to be together.

Apart from the romance, my random thoughts:
- Ryke's an asshole but I love him
- I love Ryke and Lily's brother/sister-like relationship
- I'm obsessed with Rose, and Rose/Connor
- I didn't like Daisy, but I think that's okay. She's so young still that she's really not fully formed or mature... and she's been ignored/forgotten by her sister's for so long and been able to be "on her own" modeling, of course she acts the way she does. I hope that by her book, she's a bit... more tolerable?
- Fuck Mrs. Calloway

CW: addiction, attempted assault (not H/h), slut shaming (did not love how Lily and Lo handled the response to Ryke being felt up by an underage girl. I don't expect characters to be perfect but when they're not, I expect them to be called out by someone else - otherwise it appears the authors endorse this kind of joking "LOL why are you scared of a girl" behavior)