Saturday, 4 February 2017

REVIEW: INFINI BY KRISTA & BECCA RITCHIE

Infini (Aerial Ethereal #2)

Written by: Krista & Becca Ritchie

Genre: Contemporary NA Romance

Release date: January 31th 2017

      
        
Some love is infinite

"Don’t have a best friend that’s a girl" — this was the advice from my older cousin. I didn’t take it. Because he followed with, "friends don’t f*ck friends. And you’ll want to f*ck her."

It was terrible advice.

My cousin should’ve told me that being best friends with Baylee Wright — since she was twelve — would be the best and worst decision of my life.

He should have told me to protect her from what was coming.

He should have told me that when a darkness crawled towards us, there’d be no safety net.

Now I’ve signed back on to the same Vegas acrobatic show as Baylee, working together for the first time in years. And she tells me that she’s having trouble in a certain “area” of her life — because of our past.

“You can help me fix it,” she says.

And then she hands me a list.

Standalone New Adult Romance - Recommended for readers 18+ for mature content.

Luka Kotova is introduced in Amour Amour, and Infini takes place in the same acrobatic world. However, it's not necessary to read Amour Amour prior to Infini



MY REVIEW:


First of all, let me tell you that I completely adore all others stories by Krista & Becca Ritchie so I'm a bit heartbroken that this one didn't take over my heart and life as I hoped it would.

I didn't fall in love with the main duo and for the first time ever there was a lack of connection that I usually have with the couples in Krista & Becca Ritchie's books. Luka's and Baylee's reasons for not being able to be together got old after a while and I didn't care much to read the same we-can't-be-together-because-of-this sentiment on every other page. It felt fabricated instead of angsty to me. Moreover, all the build-up to their relationship and relationship itself happened in the past and I as a reader was never part of that so I never felt this intense connection between Luka & Baylee, their romance/situation didn't touch me and I never felt like cheering for them to get back together as a couple.

But I loved everything else – setting, amazing side characters, engaging writing and author's ability not to shy away from hard topics of mental health and present them in realistic way. In my humble opinion, Infini may not be the best by Krista & Becca Ritchie, yet it is still much better that many other NA novels out there.

Plus I adore that sibling relationships always play big and important role in Krista & Becca Ritchie's books and I absolutely loved to read about interactions among all the Kotovas in Infini! I hope there will be more from Aerial Ethereal world in the future.

You can read my review for the first book in this series - AMOUR, AMOUR - here.
Or if you are interested in Addicted series by these authors, go here.

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Lucia @Reading Is My Breathing

Lucia is 29 years old passionate reader and reviewer who enjoys talking about all bookish things. Currently she lives in Prague, works in business industry and dreams of starting her own publishing company. Her weakness? She can never say no to cake, coffee or good novel.

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I've never heard of these authors before! But you sing such praise I might need to look into them more.

I'm always hesitant reading books where the relationship develops in the past. Like you said, it's really hard to form a connection/ feels. Some books where they've been best friends for a while and only start developing romantic feelings during the book do it okay, but if there was romantic history it's definitely harder to get into.
1 reply · active 425 weeks ago
Oh yes, these authors are awesome, they wrote best NA contemporary in my opinion so I cannot recommend them enough. Just do not start with this book... Rather try Amour,Amour since it is a standalone. Or try Addicted to You if you are up for challenge since it is a start to 10books series :D
I'm sorry to hear you didn't like this that much. I personally really enjoyed it but it was definitely more because of the atmosphere and the family aspect (especially the relationship between siblings, as you said) than the main romance. So I totally agree with your review, those points you enjoyed were my favorite parts, but I still liked the book a lot overall. I also really hope there will be another book in this series! :)
1 reply · active 424 weeks ago
I truly hope that they write book about Demitri, I really liked him in this book. I would welcome story about Katya as well :)
I still haven't read a book from these two yet. It is shameful since I think I own at least two. Sorry this wasn't your favorite but if it is better than most NA it is probably still pretty good. Great review!
1 reply · active 424 weeks ago
Thank you, Grace. These authors write the best NA novels in my opinion. I hope you give them a chance one day :)
I’ve only read the first book in Addicted series. I know, I know, I need to fix it soon. Sorry to hear this book wasn’t a total winner. I can understand your issues with build-up to their relationship and relationship itself that happened in the past. I like to witness such things in romances.
1 reply · active 422 weeks ago
WHat are you waiting for? ;) Addicted series is the best NA genre can offer in my opinion :)

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