Toxic is the story of a couple that shouldn’t be together. The miscommunication, the running away, the disagreements. There were way too many for a successful relationship. But love persevered. The instant attraction that grew to something deeper was what mattered.
Toxic didn’t grab me in the beginning. It’s a running theme with Kim Karr books and me. But I know if keep going, it hooks me. And Toxic did that. For a book that took me three days to get to 20%, I then finished in 24 hours. And throughout reading the book, I was writing my review in my head but once I finished I couldn’t write it down. I can’t put into words how much I love this book.
Jeremy and Phoebe are a couple that should never be together. At least not in a relationship. One night stand, definitely. They are combustible in the bedroom. But everything outside the bedroom, doesn’t work. They hold secrets, both in the past when they first met 5 year ago, until the present when they reconnect. They jump to conclusions. They don’t communicate. None of those things make a healthy relationship. But they love each other deeply. And that love perseveres throughout the entire book. It is what makes everything they go through and put each other through, matter.
Toxic didn’t grab me in the beginning. It’s a running theme with Kim Karr books and me. But I know if keep going, it hooks me. And Toxic did that. For a book that took me three days to get to 20%, I then finished in 24 hours. And throughout reading the book, I was writing my review in my head but once I finished I couldn’t write it down. I can’t put into words how much I love this book.
Jeremy and Phoebe are a couple that should never be together. At least not in a relationship. One night stand, definitely. They are combustible in the bedroom. But everything outside the bedroom, doesn’t work. They hold secrets, both in the past when they first met 5 year ago, until the present when they reconnect. They jump to conclusions. They don’t communicate. None of those things make a healthy relationship. But they love each other deeply. And that love perseveres throughout the entire book. It is what makes everything they go through and put each other through, matter.
Many times throughout Toxic, I wanted to reach in and shake Phoebe. She is her own worst enemy. She acts before she thinks. And then when it falls down around her, she is quick to figure out where she went wrong. But she does it time and time again. She doesn’t communicate well with Jeremy at all.
And Jeremy is just as guilty as Phoebe. But instead of reacting without thinking, he runs. He takes himself out of the situation and ceases all communication. He too needed a good shake.
But throughout the whole book, you see them grow. You see them realize their mistakes sooner, rather then later. You know as the reader, they need to be together. They just more beyond their histories and learn to trust each other. Then they will have a future.
Kim Karr does an amazing job at making couples who don’t seem to work, work. She takes underdog relationships and grows them into something magical. You always know her couples will be together in the end, but the rollercoaster there has the biggest dips from the highest heights and keeps the butterflies in your stomach until the very end.
~Katie
And Jeremy is just as guilty as Phoebe. But instead of reacting without thinking, he runs. He takes himself out of the situation and ceases all communication. He too needed a good shake.
But throughout the whole book, you see them grow. You see them realize their mistakes sooner, rather then later. You know as the reader, they need to be together. They just more beyond their histories and learn to trust each other. Then they will have a future.
Kim Karr does an amazing job at making couples who don’t seem to work, work. She takes underdog relationships and grows them into something magical. You always know her couples will be together in the end, but the rollercoaster there has the biggest dips from the highest heights and keeps the butterflies in your stomach until the very end.
~Katie