Stacey Lorenzo has finished treatment, but is still devastated by her past as she enters college.
With drugs and alcohol so readily available, so much freedom, and barely any supervision, Stacey falls back into old habits.
Soon it’s a daily dose of partying, self-medicating, and having sex with lots of different guys. As her relationship with Eli destructs, she falls for Jesse, who just so happens to be a drug dealer.
Every time she starts to fall back into the memories of her past, Jesse makes it easy to snort away the pain.
But she snorts too much one night; it forces her to question the man she loves and acknowledge her mental and emotional instability.
In the second installment of The Barren Series, Stacey must overcome her addiction and make peace with her past if she is ever to be truly happy again.
CONSUMED is an upper Young Adult (17+) novel with real, raw, and unfiltered scenes depicting drug use and other things teenagers may become exposed to in high school and college. Parental supervision advised.
Elizabeth hails from the smallest state with the biggest heart but recently moved to the Bluegrass State with her wonderful husband! She graduated with a Masters Degree in Human Development and Family Studies and is currently a Marriage and Family Therapist! Although she loves writing- she also has a passion for helping others. Elizabeth loves spending time with her family and friends, singing, eating everything Italian, and baking cookies. She is “in love with love” which is probably why the driving force in almost everything she writes is romance. When she’s not getting lost in her characters she can be found spending time with her wonderful husband, Kyle, puppy named Daisy and kitten named Peanut.
Same style as the first one. Like everything that could potentially happen to someone happened to Stacey. I didn't find these two books very well written. And the story like frustrated me. This book had the point of view of Jesse and it sounded exactly like Stacey. That made no sense to me. Everyone sounded the same and I didn't feel like Stacey's journey was authentic.