I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. Unfortunately, there is still always a risk of slight spoilers despite my best efforts. If you feel something in my review is a spoiler please let me know. Thank you.

This book follows Lily and Lo through the same events from Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower and a little beyond. Even if you read those two books I highly recommend reading this book as you see more things from Lily and Lo's point of view that were missed from the first two books.

Likes:
~Epic yet toxic love
~Real struggles and addictions
~Hot sexy times
~All six of the main characters

Dislikes:
~Could be a trigger for some

The Addicted/Calloway Sisters series has been an amazing ride from the very first book. It's been a while since I last read a book from the series, but I'm feeling great after this read. It's an amazing new kind of romance. While I love Lily and Lo as well and Rose and Conner, Daisy and Ryke are my favorite couple. They compliment each other so perfectly well and I am hoping that at least one more book is going to be from their point of view. ( )

Este es el POV de Lily y Lo durante los eventos de Kiss the Sky y Hothouse Flower, por lo que había dudado si leerlo o no, porque eso de leer las mismas cosas, sin importar que sean desde otro POV, me aburre enormemente. Sin embargo, leí varias reseñas que aseguraban que este no era un retelling y que se enfocaba en nuevos sucesos... Pero cuando comencé a leer el libro no tarde mucho en darme cuenta que todo era mentira. Porque esto sí es un retelling.

Claro que nos encontramos con un par de pensamientos nuevos de Lily y Lo que eran imposible saber en los libros anteriores, pero en general es más de lo mismo. Mismos eventos, mismos diálogos.

De hecho, después de un rato comencé a pasar de largo todo lo que fuera un copia-pega de los libros anteriores, porque me daba demasiada pereza volver a leerlo, y nada más leer lo que fuera realmente nuevo. El resultado de eso fue que me salte prácticamente todo el 60% inicial del libro. E inclusive después de eso me salte una que otra escena.

Lo que me molesta al respecto es que las autoras vendan esto como una historia nueva cuando no lo es. No ofrece nada a la historia de Lily y Lo. Si querían escribirla, genial, pero al menos hubiesen advertido a sus lectores. O en último caso la hubiesen ofrecido gratis. Al menos yo, me arrepiento de haber gastado mi dinero en algo que no es más que un resumen de dos libros que ya tenía. ( )

I've never felt so bad about giving a three-star review -- because this is the Ritchie sisters, and I love everything they write. This book is amazing, and I would have adored it if I hadn't already read Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower. Because, as much as I love these authors, Thrive doesn't have enough new material to warrant 400 pages.

I went into Thrive knowing that it occurs during the same time period as Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower, the first two books in the Calloway Sisters spin-off series. I thought it might focus more on what was going on in Lily and Lo's life while Lily's sisters were dealing with their own stuff, but it's really more like Lily and Lo's reaction to the events of the other books. Sure, it gives a little background into why Lo was so adamantly against Ryke and Daisy's relationship, or what Lily was thinking during the filming, but it's still the same events from the previous books.

The writing is great and the story is good -- if you haven't already read Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower. Unless you're a die-hard fan of the Ritchie sisters, you can probably skip Thrive in favor of the more exciting spin-off novels. ( )