Review: Addicted to the Ritchie Sisters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
I re-read Kiss the Sky this week in anticipation of Hothouse Flower just to catch up on the characters. But really, Hothouse Flower is very much Ryke and Daisy's story. Ryke is my least favorite of the circle of friends but his loyalty to his brother and his unfaltering protection of Daisy are his most redeemable characteristics and they abound in Hothouse Flower. I love Daisy. She's just as she's been in the other books but more fully fleshed out. Ryke is still a bit of an enigma but we NEVER question his love for Daisy. The Ritchie plotlines are very contemporary. Definitely not your true and tried romance settings.  Reality shows, cross country treks....One of the things I enjoy the most about Ryke is that he's protective of Daisy without the OVER, he still lets her fly. One of the things I enjoy the most about the Ritchie sisters is the way they portray the very individual love between the the three couples. The way Lily and Lo look at each other with deep love and tenderness in their quirkiest moments. Connor and Rose's attraction to challenging each other and their mutual respect (and lust) during those one upmanship moments. And Daisy and Ryke's stance as a couple while feeling a little outside the bubble. And Ryke's singular awareness that Daisy feels her problems don't merit the concern of the other four.I would not have started this series if I hadn't fallen in love with Lily's and Lo's love story.It took me by surprise, I didn't find either of them sympathetic at first.  But it's their devotion to each other that opens you up to the series. The series, by the way, is more than a romance series, its just as much about friendship, kinship (while still very sexy). Kiss the Sky remains my favorite so far. I love the push/pull between Connor and Rose, we didn't get to see to much of them in this book but Connor's presence remains the steadying force. And Rose (who I hated in Book One) is still the tigress defending her tribe of six. One of the moments I loved most about Kiss the Sky was when Connor acknowledged this group of misfits was his FAMILY. And in Hothouse Flower he shows his continued devotion to each and every single one of them.I want more of this series. Lily and Lo are still incomplete in some ways. And I can never get enough of Rose and Connor's dynamic and Daisy and Ryke, somehow they're the steady ones. And one of my surprise favorites, Jonathan. Can't wait to see him evolve even further.Highly recommend this book and the entire series.