Addicted by Sonia Blue

ARC Review

He was a siren and Owen would gladly drown at sea to his song.

The Pointe of Love #1

Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.
Check trigger warnings.

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Blurb

An older man. A forbidden workplace romance. And secrets that could destroy everything.

Liam Gray is a mess. Still grieving over a tragedy, he’s shut himself off from life. All he has left is his job at The Pointe wedding hall. Lucky him – he gets to watch other people’s happily ever afters when he’ll never have his own.

And then his new boss – a dangerously tempting old crush – turns everything upside down.

Owen Parker has lost it all. Coming out has cost him his career, his marriage, and even his son. When he gets an offer to manage The Pointe, he’s thrilled to run into Liam again – the troubled and alluring young man he’s been fixated on for years.

But Liam isn’t so thrilled. He’s overwhelmed with feelings he doesn’t want and it pushes him over the edge, making him turn to pills to escape his pain.

As the two of them work together night after night, their attraction grows – along with Liam’s addiction. Both fight their desire, trying to remain professional as they battle cranky clients, nosy staff, and their own demons but, as the lines between them start to blur, secrets are revealed that may cost them their only chance at love.

Will Liam and Owen be able to overcome the scars of loss, heal the things they’ve kept hidden, and find their way to happiness together?

Addicted is the 120K first book in The Pointe of Love series. It contains an age-gap workplace romance with hurt/comfort, wedding hall shenanigans, bad dad jokes, grilled cheese sandwiches, high-heat scenes that will scorch your kindle, and an HEA with no cliffhangers.

All books in The Pointe of Love series can be read as standalones, as they each follow a different couple, but they’re much more fun when read together.

There are topics in this book that may be difficult for some people. Please check the forward for content warnings.

What to expect:

❥ Dual POV ❥ MM Romance
❥ Found Family ❥ Age Gap ❥ Workplace Romance
❥ Hurt/Comfort ❥ Size Difference ❥ Tears ❥ Swoons ❥ Spice

Review

Oh my poor heart. This was my first – but definitely not my last – book by Sonia Blue. I feel like she owes me a hug after everything I went through reading this book. Heartbreak upon heartbreak. It’s not a secret that I’m a crybaby, but this book… I WAS SOBBING!

Both Liam and Owen were such interesting characters, both deep, troubled and scarred, but also extremely lovable.

Liam was so young but had already been through so much pain, and his newfound happiness with life during the book was bittersweet to read as it was accompanied with an addiction to pills to keep the grief he was carrying at bay.

Owen had his own problems to deal with. He was trying to navigate life while still struggling with his divorce and the custody battle of his son, and let me just tell you… major heartbreak incoming. Yet he still managed to be such a huge support to Liam, and it was beautiful.

The book is not all heartbreak though. Liam and Owen’s growing feelings towards each other after they started working together was sizzling, and the pining was making me pine too. Owen’s dad jokes managed to lighten up the otherwise gloomy subjects, and I was laughing out loud several times. There is no way that Owen wont capture your heart the same way he did Liam’s.

“You know, if I could rearrange the alphabet, I’d put U and I together.”

It was way past my bedtime when everything collided, so, obviously, I was up most of the night finishing the book, in tears. What I loved the most was that you don’t just get all the bad stuff and then “3 months later” and everything is good and they’re getting married or whatever, no, in this book you get to see the healing too, and I’m so glad because it gave me time to mend my heart as well.

The side characters were extremely lovable as well, and the found family feels made my heart happy. I’m very much looking forward to seeing them all again in the next book.

It was such a emotional and heartbreaking story, but the HEA makes up for everything.