I really liked the way Katey Taylor wrote about the substance abuse and celebrity crush topics. The story really did take some dramatic if not shocking turns and I was hooked the entire book. To my surprise, the book was under 200 pages long, which was a pity, because I enjoyed it a lot and I would've loved some more time with Cait! But then... I discovered there's a next book and all is well, haha!
The story is about three girls: Cait, Steph and Allie. They've got fake ID's to get them through junior year with some booze and fun. I really like the way the book is set up, because the start is like this big amnesia moment where Cait doesn't know how she got where she was at, but neither does the reader. With her you live through this book and I felt what she was feeling, even though she's not going through things I've ever experienced. That means for me "job well done" according to the main character and her development. I did feel like Cait could've learned more from her previous encounters with any substance and with her Indie music idol, but I did really like her as a character.
I thought Cait's parents where a bit odd, especially her mother. She's like: 'I've been seventeen, I know what's going on at parties', and yet she believes the first lie that she's been told. She's a bit too naive in my opinion, and therefore the fight between her and Cait later on isn't something I particularly cared for... In some ways it seems like the characters were only the age they were, so the author could get a bit of drama and a "pushing boundaries" kind of story, but it didn't always add up much to the quality of the story.
Besides all that, I really enjoyed the book! I've read Inebriated in one sitting and now I want more!!

Thank you NetGalley, Katey Taylor and publisher for this e-review copy!

This is a great debut about that time in a young girl's life when she is testing the limits and rules with partying and drinking. The author made the choices that were made realistic, however, I cannot believe that there are parents that are as oblivious as the ones in this book. This is a great read.

Excellent read, well written and very captivating! Can’t wait to read the sequel!
The author managed to keep the story going page after page without losing the plot. It was great

Cait and her friends are barely seventeen and already taking on San Fransisco with fake ID's and short dresses.
And then Cait meets the lead singer in her favourite boyband- Adrien Cross, and she falls for him- hard.
Shes having the time of her life, but when the lights go off, the drinks are gone and the makeup washes off things go bad.
I enjoyed this book immensely, but at bits I found it a bit boring

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in return for an honest review

Cait, Steph, and Allie are on the cusp of adulthood. Their enjoyment revolves around fake i.d.'s and binge drinking.
Any occasion, is an occasion for them to drink. From wanting to be drunk before going to the nightclub, to consuming alcohol to get lost from daily life, these girls are playing with fire.

Cait has found herself in some precarious positions. A close call with rape ( the boy now dating her friend Allie), blackouts galore, finding herself waking up the next morning on a door stoop from passing out the night before. Both of her parents are completely oblivious, going through their own issues.

Then, Steph gets VIP passes to see Adrian Cross. Cait falls head over heals. Adrian seems to feel the same way. She goes home with Adrian, Steph covering for her. Adrian takes her virginity. She is so drunk, she really has no clue what is going on around her. She wakes up to an empty apartment with money to get a cab home. Come to find out Adrian, is 24 years old and a heroin addict trying to stay clean. Staying sober, not so much. Let the relationship commence after a 3-4 week brush off. A relationship filled with lots of alcohol and melodrama from both sides. And excessive alcohol consumption.

Meanwhile, Allie and Steph are introduced to Cocaine by Kevin (Allie"s boyfriend). Consequences are dire for both. Cait takes a stand for the first time, not bending to peer pressure, refusing to use Cocaine. This time she
is taking care of Steph.

This book covers the topics of sex, unprotected sex, drugs and alcohol, self-destructiveness, and family dynamics - divorce, lying and deceitfulness. I though it was sad. Sex was portrayed as something to do, and I was a bit uncomfortable with the sex scenes and sexual innuendo portrayed. Most times the participants were under the influence.


There is so much more that could have been done with this book. I was quite disappointed to be honest. The topics were taken too lightly. What I will say is each individual and each individual relationship is what kept me reading. At least, by the books end, some healthy decisions were made.

Inebriated by Katey TAylor

I have to say this book had me completely hooked! Katey has captured the struggles that teenagers sometimes go through and wrote about it so perfectly! I can’t wait to read her next book to see where Cait can go!!!

5 Stars

Oh boy, this was a mess. I love messy YA stories filled with sex, drugs, and alcohol, but this was so over the top. It was unbelievable to the highest level—not only with the circumstances, but with the dialogue. I felt no connection with the characters so I didn't really care what happened to them.

ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a very interesting read subject wise and it was also very easy to get into with the way that it was written. The book starts out with our main character Cait, who is a teenager and a drunk. She parties with her
friends every weekend and is a little bit shallow and vain only thinking about what she wants to do. But I guess that a lot of teenagers can be placed into that category. With Cait parents going through a divorce she dives deeper into the drinking and partying, and one night she runs the lead singer of her favourite band Adiren Cross. That is when the drinking really starts to take a toll and Cait's life all falls apart. She becomes a shell of the girl that she once was only thinking about her next drink or hit, and she even blacks out losing chucks of her day at a time, however she still does not realize that there is a problem. It isn't until a tragic event happens that she finally opens her eyes and realizes the error in her ways. I really enjoyed this book because it had such a simple flow to it and the character was so likable that I really was rooting for her to clean up her act through the whole story. Also even when she was abusing drugs and alcohol she didn't come across like a zombie that I have seen characters do in these types of stories before. The characters were very likable and the story line was very fast paced always keeping you on your toes like a good YA novel needs to do. This book must be read by fans of YA novels as well as fans of substance abuse. Great read and I'm very glad that I got the chance to check it out.

I read this book in a day as it was short and kind of a quick read. Cait is a high school junior who basically parties all the time and lies to her parents about it. It is really kind of sad and shallow actually, her behavior that is. She seems like an entitled brat. Her parents are absolutely clueless, as are the parents of her two best friend Steph and Allie whom with she parties. Cait meets a popular singer from and up and coming band and starts a relationship with him even though she is 17 and he is 24. The whole scene is dragging her down and basically turning her into an addict but she continues on with her drinking and drug use, blacking out and losing time. Finally one tragic event opens her eyes (and possibly her parent's a little bit too) and she starts to realize how she is messing up her life. Sad but probably pretty spot on reality-wise. Definitely shows how some drinking and drug use can quickly turn into disaster.....

This was a tough book to read as Cait chose to dull her emotions with alcohol and drugs; however, it is important to note her friends did the same. She thought she was in love versus lust but enablers will breed that emotion. Steph was a light taken away.

This book was a strange and beautiful mix of a Young Adult novel and a standard piece of Fabric Fiction. And it actually helped me remember why I sometimes enjoy these two genres.

In "Inebriated", Taylor tells a fast paced and very intense story with many dramatic aspects (addiction; trauma; sexual assault). While it's slightly frustrating that the book doesn't provide an actual conclusion, I did appreciate its honesty and almost poetic ending.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read this book - It was a very good read!