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450 pages, Paperback
Published August 21, 2019
"I don't ever want to forget this. I want to remember you, everything about you. I want to remember what it's like to be with you. It doesn't matter if in five- ten years from now we're just a memory to each other. When I look at your name on my heart, I'll remember that you once had it. And I once had yours."

I was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled upon Claudia Tan’s Perfect Addiction and realised that there was a film adaption in the works. This was largely due to the fact that Claudia and I come from the same country. The other reason that I was intrigued was the concept seemed interesting and college-aged cast of characters (instead of the usual high school-aged nonsense).
I love the emergence of the New Adult genre and more college-aged romances. The promise of a hate-to-love relationship called to me, and the fact that the narrative was set in the context of a consulted revenge plot and the “and they were roommates” trope seemed to make this book the perfect read.
However, just like every other book I read from Wattpad, I found that the act of actually reading the book was difficult. As previously stated, this is probably my issue, in regards to my age, education and preferences. The book had potential to be something that I really loved. Yet, as I read it, it became abundantly that much like all of the other books I read on Wattpad, it didn’t particularly stick out to me and also that it was written by a teenager.
One of the reasons that I say this is that some of the dialogue, though I know it's supposed to be very cute, flirty, angsty, whatever emotion lacked the punch to invoke the feelings it was supposed to in me. An example could be the scene where Sienna assumes that Kayden is sexist for not wanting to rent the room to her when it could have been a plethora of other reasons. For example, he doesn’t want roommates, he doesn’t a woman in his space (unrelated to sexism and more about his preferences and comfort), he’s a light sleeper etc.
This book was written by someone who might have wanted to talk about important issues but not truly understand or be able to nuances of the issues. For example, when Sienna and Kayden talk to each other, there is a lot of mention of Alzheimer’s, bipolar, and the term “pussy” all being used as an insult, which I found troubling.
Another thing that made it hard for me to enjoy the book was the fact that I couldn’t connect to the characters. I personally did not enjoy Kayden’s specific flavour of flirtation, which made their banter hard for me to accept. I also was not completely able to understand the backstory of why Kayden decided that he was going to start fighting. I know that it has to do with his dead sister, but I’m not sure I understand why his sister dying made him want to risk his life in an illegal fight club.

As for Sienna, I would have loved to read a book (or watch a movie) about a badass female fighter. However, I personally found it really hard to believe that Sienna was as badass as the narrative wanted me to believe. This unlike many other reviewers complain about was not completely because of Sienna’s complaining. Instead, I would have enjoyed a scene where we see Sienna against someone to show to the audience and Kayden that he is a badass. In regards to their relationship, the book did offer some very cute scenes between Sienna and Kayden, my lack of understanding made it really difficult for me to completely get behind it. I also felt like I was missing something, due to the fact that when Sienna and Kayden first start practising he addresses their practice as abuse. Which left me, very confused, because they were both fighters. A lot of my confusion can be attributed to the fact that the book is so long. Like the rest of the Wattpad books I read, the book is filled with filler chapters and serial plots. The length of the book made it hard for me to keep up with what was happening and had me feeling lost and the writing style just wasn't for me
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