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Title: Beautiful Addictions

Author: Season Vining

Narrator: Susannah Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-12-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The past can be hidden, but never truly forgotten....

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. Shes the girl he thought he lost forever - the one hes 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 Josies world years ago, reentering her life puts them both in danger.

As Josie and Tristans 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?

Critic Reviews:

"

Beautiful Addictions is a dark and lyrical masterpiece!" (Sara Fawkes,

New York Times best-selling author)

Members Reviews:

you will feel so many emotions threw out this book

Any additional comments?

Josie's back story leaves you feeling sorry for her. Then other times I wanted to yell at her to see the man who would do whatever it takes to protect her from everything. I wanted her to allow herself to be loved again. Hell, I wanted her to have a friend that wasn't something or someone to use. The story draws you in because you have to know what happens with these two characters. It is a little different than most romances but that is what makes this book special.

Remarkable characters, mediocre storyline

STORY: 3-3.5 stars

PERFORMANCE: 3 stars

OVERALL: 3 stars

STORY:

This is not a dark book but a contemporary romance with a suspenseful edge to it. The story wasn't unique, the characters were. For example, the female main character Josie has a certain tradition or disorder that greatly affects the way she lives every day. The male main character also has a condition; one that could be seen as a positive or negative. Neither of these characters have conditions typically written about such as being blind and I admire the author for coming up with such complicated characters.

The characters were remarkable, at times, their story fell flat. For example, it would be very clear that one of the characters was supposedly saying something extremely profound, yet the words Vinings used for what was supposed to be a profound statement simply were not profound. Basically, I wasn't as moved as I should have been and found myself thinking of phrases that would've been much more powerful. Speaking of powerful, I think the story would have benefitted if fewer sex scenes were fade to black.

PS: Ms. Vinings certainly knows San Diego! It was fun to envision the city she portrayed so well.

PERFORMANCE:

When I first heard the voice of narrator Susannah Jones, I was thrilled. Initially, I thought she had the perfect voice for narrating! Unfortunately, my opinion quickly changed as it immediately became apparent that Ms. Jones had a tendency to over-emphasize certain words, seemingly selecting words at random and doing so often which quickly became very annoying and very distracting. Ms. Jones also had difficult pronouncing several words.