Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Final Offer by Lauren Asher

137 reviews

janacc's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse and Injury/Injury detail

silverhill's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Grief

siobhankeira's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

k_fry's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I was surprised by how much I disliked this one, especially in comparison to the earlier books. But I just truly hated Lana’s character. 

She isn’t communicative, but expects people to tell her things or else it’s “betrayal”. She refuses to listen when people do try to explain things and then is upset when she finds out about it later. 

My biggest issue though, is how everyone treats Cal terribly for frankly the flimsiest reason I’ve ever read. It’s a lose lose situation for him - if he hadn’t left they’d have hated him for staying and not letting Lana do her own thing. The lack of empathy was truly disgusting and I think said A LOT about the authors perspective on addiction. It did not sit well with me and came across as a dangerously naive story to tell. 

Wyatt in particular made me want to throw my e-reader at a wall. I’m supposed to root for the friendship of cop that intentionally incited violence? Fuck that. He abused his power and the story called it a joke.

I know it’s “just smut” but even that wasn’t good enough in this book to make up for how it handled addiction as a main element of the story. 

The only reason I gave it 1 star is because of the updates to the previous books characters. I don’t think I’ll be reading any more books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

witcheep's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Are you a sucker for second chance romances, working on oneself, and respecting the boundaries of others while in a work-in-progress relationship? Do you like wholesome families that are based both on blood and commitment? If the answer is yes, you'll eat this one up!

"Falling in love with yourself is ten times harder than falling in love with someone else, especially when I don't like myself very much."

—Callahan

This book is a solid read that addresses many sensitive topics (

addiction, trust issues, emotionally abusive parents

...) respectfully. The characters are well-rounded and multidimensional, and I'm glad we'll continue to get peeks into their lives even after this Dreamland Billionaires series, since they have cameos as side characters in Asher's newest series Lakefront Billionaires that takes place at the location of this book, Lake Wisteria.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Pregnancy

karlapardo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

you_fanci_me_mad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

cmstorrow's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship

ashtontdavis's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

annadelreads's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

“I dare you to wait for me. The real me. The sober me. The best me who wants to spend the rest of his days getting drunk on life with you.”

I think I need to re-read this in the future. I'm not sure why but I did not have motivation to read/listen to this so it took me so long to get through it (2.5 months specifically). It was so good though. I think when I was halfway thru the book, I just instantly finished listening after like two or three days. I think it was pretty difficult, for me, to get thru the first few chapters because of how Cal was - the drunk him. It was pretty hard to listen to his inner thoughts and monologues because he kept messing up and he knows he shouldn't be. But I also know that we had to see that in order to really feel and understand his side of being an alcoholic. But once he was through that phase and it was just a misunderstanding between him and Alana regarding the will, it was just so good. I devoured their love story and to be honest, loved Cal in the process. I saw how he tried to fight his addiction for his family. I saw how he's willing to give up everything for Alana. Even the connection with the Kane brothers was amazing. Bonus points for the other girls as well! 

Overall, it was good but I need a re-read to continually read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief