Review: Ms. Vining Blazes Her Own Emotional Trail with Her Writing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
Get ready to be drawn and quartered emotionally. Beautiful Addictions by Season Vining reunites one damaged and lost soul with a past she cannot remember. Josie’s life has become so meaningless that she lives in the shadows. Using her body and drugs as means to try to satisfy an endless emptiness inside, only through her haunting art did Josie feel anything. Her childhood and her memory were torn from her when her parents were murdered and she became part of “the system,” that allowed her to become another abused statistic. Then she saw HIM, a stranger that spoke to her heart, as he railed against an unknown demon of his own. Tristan became her obsession; there was something about him that stirred a spark within her. Living on the dark side of life, Tristan has his own personal hell to deal with, the loss of the one girl her loved. When their paths finally cross openly, Tristan knows he has to help Josie regain her memory, because he was a huge part of her life at one time, but can she trust him? Someone wants Josie dead for something she cannot remember. With few people to count on, and an unknown evil stalking her, what is Tristan’s role in her life? Is there a connection between her newfound danger and this man who claims she once loved him as much as he loved her? How could someone so important be lost in the dark void of her memories?Season Vining has veered from the well-used path of damaged souls reconnecting by blazing her own trail full of twists, dark passages with promises of a brighter future. Her style of writing commands the attention of the reader with her ability to detail each changing scene and mood. The world she has created is as stark and flat as the emotions she has given to the “Josie” most of the world sees, but you "feel" there is more. With a tenuous support system from unlikely places, she has put Josie in the right place at the right time, almost ready and almost strong enough to reach out for the unknown. For me, it felt right, anything more would have been too clichéd, anything less and the impact could have been lost. The intrigue of the life-threatening cat and mouse game added an entirely new dimension and depth to Josie’s story when the past she can’t remember and present she knows collide and a chance for a future hangs in the balance.I received this ARC edition from St. Martin's Griffin in exchange for my honest review.