I really wanted to like this book. The synopsis held so much promise, but the book failed to deliver as much as I hoped for from it. I enjoyed it well enough, but with a few tweaks it could have been an even more enjoyable read.

I really disliked this book. Cait was irresponsible so was her friends, and what good friends? in one time they were loving each other and the next they were yelling and hating on each other.. And don`t let me get started on Adrien, who sleeps with a barely 17 year old girl... And they do drugs and get drunk all the time... the relationship were toxic as f.

I thought this book was going to be a bit different. More focused on teen addiction and breaking it, not just a constant booze fest for teenagers.
There are plenty that this story will stick out too, just not me particularly.

Absolutely amazing !! Five stars I love these kind of books that just draw you in from the first few pages !

This story takes a look at the lives of teenagers that is not light and breezy. This book tackles dark issues - issues that most are aware of except the parents in this book who seemed to be blind to how life can actually be.

The topics in this book are extensive so TW for rape, addiction, alcoholism, and drug use. I think the author tries to connect the characters emotionally but because of their partying I felt like that was the only thing really keeping them together.

The last book pulls you in and you can see the signs they ignore and root for them to get better

DNF

Stopped reading at chapter four because I couldn’t handle the dumbness of the narrator. Every chapter left me frustrated and disgusted.

Caitlyn drinks in every chapter, more than a seventeen year old would. Well, I’m not from America and I’m not sure if it’s due to how I was brought up.

What lead me to put down this book was: Cait’s double standards and Adrien objectifying Cait. Before Cait makes out with Adrien, she narrates Keith, who is now her best friend Allie’s boyfriend, almost rapes her. She further says “Lucky for me, he stayed quiet about what had happened...” which should not a freshman student (what, 15? 16?) say after she almost gets rape. That’s not her being lucky! He wouldn’t dare say anything about it because he knows fully well his image would be destroyed.

On the next chapter, she meets her idol Adrien Cross. Adrien keeps calling her ‘doll’. Besides sounding like a complete pedo (which he is but then Cait lied with her age), he objectifies her! Seventeen year old Cait doesn’t mind though and agrees to go to his apartment despite meeting him only for a couple of hours. Adrien makes moves while they are riding a cab, similar to what happened to Cait with Keith but Cait doesn’t complain.

“He kisses me, and I think I may have just fallen in love.”

What the fuck.

Cait is completely intoxicated and Adrien lets her drink more and takes advantage of her. She’s not in her right state of mind. She didn’t say or no, yet Adrien takes her silence as yes. He rapes her yet she says at the end of the chapter:

“I can now say I’ve officially lost my virginity to Adrien Cross.”

She can barely see him that night! The next morning, Adrien is nowhere to be found and has left her a note and money. She looks like she’s a prostitute! Even she admits the note is cold but she later says:

“I know I’m lucky to say Adrien Cross took my virginity...”

But a few paragraphs after that she comments “Which is only more disturbing to me.” About Allie and Keith having sex. And while I’m not justifying or defending Keith, at least Allie and Keith are having sex after getting to know each other and in a relationship (although rather toxic and illegal) instead of meeting a guy you barely know!

Are there still seventeen year olds like these kids? Drinking and illegally getting into clubs sure, I can put up with that. But having sex and having relationships with those older than them? With a mindset such as Cait’s? Yeah no. She obviously knows what rape is, she also knows what a toxic relationship is but what happened to her with Keith and Adrien is basically the same except Adrien was successful and paid her. She’s basically whoring herself to Adrien but is falling in love with him? And thinks highly of herself because she lost her virginity to Adrien? Who never asked her for consent, in the first place!

Is it because I’m too old to read things like these? I don’t know. But this shouldn’t be read by young adults, at all. It gives them an illusion of what a relationship should be. Everything here is an ingredient of a toxic relationship.

I’m not sure where this book will lead, the usual boyband x fangirl, or Caitlyn get some sense, I hope the latter but I’m not interested to read more. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone at all...

Thank you to you Katey Taylor & Amazon for allowing to me read this novel.

Unfortunately, this book was not for me for completely personal reasons. I've heard glowing reviews from colleagues, however, and it covers a topic that is extremely important to teens today. My rating is entirely subject., Despite my issues with the story, I am certainly happy to see more books like this.

Not really a fan of this book. It felt really messy. First the characters, I really didn't like any of them. Maybe it was due to the story being short but as a reader you' aren't able to feel connected to any of the characters involve because let me tell we have lots. I really hated Adrien's character and how toxic he was for Cat.

I really think this plot/story had so much potential to be a really raw and powerful story but it really just felt bland. I know there's a sequel and I hope to get to ir just to see what happens with Cat and if there's some character growing on her part.

Caitlyn Taylor is 17 and is best friends with Allie and Steph and the three enjoy sneaking into the club Swank to listen to some of their favorite bands perform. They plan on making the most out of their summer with drinking but soon they find themselves introduced to other things at parties.
When Caitlyn meets Adrien Cross, the lead singer of their favorite indie band she is brought into another world but when he discovers how young she really is will he walk away?

I’m going to be blunt.. I hated this book! It was not what I anticipated. It was hard to read, not because of the content but because I hated the plot and the characters. It wasn’t realistic or relatable.. there was just nothing likeable about Inebriated at all.

I personally wouldn’t recommend it

This book kind of made me sad. It was a good story but I expected a little more. Still it was a solid 3 star read.

Inebriated was not the book I thought it was going to be. I expected more of a cautionary tale on addiction (closer to Go Ask Alice) but what I got was the glamorification of an incredibly unhealthy relationship.

Inebriated felt so unrealisic. Cait, the main character, goes on weekend long benders, stays at a hotel of a guy she just met, is constantly drunk and her parents are just absent. It made no sense.

The worst part of this book was the 'romance'. Cait dates Adrien, an unstable alcoholic. The relationship is beyond unhealthy with an uncomfortable age difference. The whole relationship starts when Adrien has sex with Cait, a then 17 year old virgin, whilst she is incredibly drunk.

I never understood why Cait was drinking so much, or making all these clearly terrible life choices. The biggest problem in her life was that her parents are divorcing which just did not fit how much she was spiraling.

As an actual teenager, I feel qualified to say this book is incredibly unrealistic. Do teens do drugs? Sure! But teenagers who are literal alcoholics (who also do cocaine) tend to have deeper reasons for turning to drugs, beyond wanting to party.

Inebriated felt like watching a MADD presentation but with none of the morals. I would not be comfortable recommending this book to a teen.

Cait is seventeen and drunk on life. Like, literally. Then comes in Adrien Cross and life seems out of control.

First, I will never understand how parents can be this unaware. Honestly. The lies, I can. It's not like I haven't lied to my parents to go meet a guy, but when you are 17 and beer bottles go missing and you are drunk out of your mind and you are barely at home and your parents still can't catch you - now that is something unbelievable. Or maybe it's just me, idk.

<Spoiler> Second, Adrien Cross is hella toxic and I'm glad Cait learned it the hard way. And that the author showed Cait walking away at least at some point instead of sticking by in the name of "first love".

Third, the characters really had no ounce of emotions. I swear. They were so bland and dry, and like even after the news of her parents separating, all Cait did was go fuck a guy while telling her parents that she needed time to thing. Goodness. I mean, come on. </Spoiler>

Fourth, I didn't feel genuine connection between any of the characters. I just couldn't see the relationship in a genuine form because apart from getting drunk and partying hardcore, we don't really see any other scene with the kids. It would've been nice to see someone more, you know, see a connection of some sort.

I think the storyline was good and could've been a lot better, and send out a clearer moral and lesson. But the writing and pace was kind of over the place and there really wasn't much of a story apart from the romance for almost 70% of the book. I was waiting for something bad to happen, something to 'spiral out of control' as the blurb had promised but nope. Nada. It was only in the last 85-90% of the book that something did happen, which, to be really honest, I was kind of expecting (and hoping).
Nevertheless, I can see why this book was liked by many and why it could please a younger reader base. But it just wasn't for me. The story was okay but the writing was very bland and characters were totally dull that I couldn't care about any of them.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an early galley. All views expressed are fully mine.

At first, I almost chose to DNF Inebriated. I'm not quite sure what made me continue on, but I'm kind of glad that I did. It's not for the faint of heart at all. It's heartbreaking and real.

We follow along with Cait and her friends . . . these party-hard group of girls who are into underage drinking and soon into drugs. Soon enough Cait breaks away from the group and meets an older guy, who believes she's older than she actually is -- which is a completely separate issue -- then eventually ditches her friends. But is still heavy into drinking.

The thing about this new guy is his abusive and unpredictable personality. Which makes Cait spiral. Then there's just a bunch of bad decisions along the way. In the end, we see Cait try to right herself.

This is a book about alcohol and drug abuse, bad relationships, mental health, and getting your head above water. It's not for everyone. Please go into it with all of that in mind.

Title: Inebriated
Author: Katey Taylor
Publisher: Amazon
ISBN: 9781732750401
Edition: E-Book
Publication date: 26/02/2019

Content:
Cait, just a normal girl, is barely seventeen. During the summer she and her best friends Steph and Allie are partying through San Francisco with fake IDs and sexy outfits.
Suddenly Cait meets Adrien Cross, the lead singer of her favorite band. He introduces her to a world full of liquor lust she nearly gets addicted to. More and more her world spirals out of control.
What will happen when Cait finally loses the grip on everything and starts to slip away?

Opinion:
At first, the cover is just like the one of the Sequel pure beauty! I totally fell in love with it from the beginning. I have a totally hate-love-relationship towards the characters in the book. They are so realistic with all the mistakes they make. For some I really hate the characters and some I can totally understand. These characters are so nicely described by the author that they really could be people in real life. Also, I definitely fell in love with the writing style and her descriptions of the settings. All in all, the whole story was sometimes so heartbreaking and frustrating, I almost cried.

Conclusion:
This book is so amazing! I can't think of any reason why people shouldn't read it, so I totally recommend it!

A wild ride from start to finish
Trigger warnings: substance abuse; sexual assault; bereavement

This duo of books was not quite what I was expecting but ended up being more than I would have asked for. Cait is a likeable teen who ends up living a very grown up life after a chance meeting with the man of her dreams – rockstar Adrien Cross.

The story follows Cait as she traverses her friendships, family life and heartbreak. Both books are consistent in their messages, one being the highs and lows of substance use and abuse. Making difficult choices for the ones she loves, Cait tries to change her life in the second book but something draws her back to her previous life and previous heartbreak.

I enjoyed these books and overall would rate them

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.
I received egalleys from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was about a girl coming of age. And learning the difference between right and wrong and that the mistakes you make when you're growing up really will affect you. It's not just a story about a girl going through regular High School issues but it's about the choices and the consequences that the terrible decisions made.

Cait and her friends are 17 and loving the long summer break before their last year of high school. With the help of fake ID’s they drink their way through parties, wild nights out and gigs. Cait catches the eye of Adrien across, her favourite indie bands’ singer and they fall into a wild relationship. With the alcohol flowing (amongst other substances) can Cait hold onto her friends & Adrien through it all?

I loved #Inebriated! I flew through it and highly recommend to teens.

Thanks to #NetGalley and the publisher for my free advance copy in return for an unbiased review.

Katey Taylor, San Francisco native, is a new author of this raunchy Young Adult Fiction: Inebriated.

Katey knows how to write a gripping story about teenage student frolics through one sum-mer with her best friends. They manage to tap into some of the hot San Francisco's party scenes in their revealing short dresses. They forge documents with fake IDs that belie their age and quickly have access to alcohol and troublesome boys

Cait is quickly besotted by a new boyfriend who introduces her to the heart-breaking world of liquor and lust and its resulting repercussions.

As her partying lifestyle spirals out of control with her pranks and reckless living, it takes a toll on Cait and all those she once loved.
Can she face up to the consequences of her behavior as she cascades into an adult world she is not ready for? Will one summer’s booze on the loose, and boys galore, destroy her, or make her? A gripping read.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Inebriated is a quick-paced story that touches on several deep topics, including addiction, teenage sex, relationships, and grief. Katey Taylor's debut novel is written in a voice that really captures the essence of being a teenager and processing the harsh reality of the world.

The book follows Cait and her two best friends, Steph and Allie who begin summer break by sneaking into a club to see their favorite band. Cait gets to experience every teenage girl's dream to meet their favorite band member, who invites her back to his room almost instantly after meeting her. As the title of the story states, the characters get into some sticky situations because of alcohol, such as losing their virginity to band members and lying to their parents about where they are. How does Cait maintain a relationship with a famous musician who has to go away on tour?

There are parts of this book that are realistic, such as having fake IDs and stealing parents' alcohol in attempt to escape from problems. I really enjoyed how much truth lies within the addiction aspect of this book and found it easy to empathize with the characters throughout the novel. I look forward to reading more from Katey Taylor, including the sequel, Neon Nights.