JAYDEN JAMESFrontman for Triple X. A-Grade asshole.Pair those two with a deadly addiction to all things bad for me, and you get obsession. Believe me, I am bound to it. I don’t need a 12-step program or saving. I’m the rap devil baby, and I’m here to fXck with more than just your pretty little mind. Your mouth looks pretty good too.I will show you just what heaven looks like while dancing with … looks like while dancing with the devil.
TRU MONROE
Bound by a nightmare. Living with obsession.
I try to stay under the radar, working as a waitress and living above the shining lights of Auckland, New Zealand.
Mostly unnoticed, until Jayden James and Triple X blow into the club.
My own demons surface when I get sucked into their whirlwind of drugs, drinking, and partying.
Obsessions mesh with addictions.
His eyes pull me under as his words lace around my heart.
I’m not strong enough to resist the deadly liaison with Jayden James.
The devil tastes like heaven, and the sin is just as hot.
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This book was a rollercoaster of a read. It is the first in a new series. I was so surpised how much I enjoyed it. It comes with a trigger warning and I highly suggest taking that seriously if you can’t read about drugs and alcohol addiction. It is a great emotional story which leads the main Character Jayden through a journey where he learns about getting his life together, becomming sober and where he deals with people that betray him.
The story later becomes a love story, which fizzles out and then finding their way back to each other and the challenges they deal with and is amazing reading as Jayden grows as a person.
4 Stars
Bound by Obsession is the first book in the Bound Series by Aleisha Maree. This is probably the hardest book of Aleisha Maree’s that I have read- mostly because of the raw and gritty nature of the story. Aleisha Maree doesn’t hold back, plunging us right into a very dramatic story. It’s an intense, emotive, eye opening story about obsession, addiction, and sex drugs & rock ‘n’ roll. I though this was going to be a Rockstar romance. But I wouldn’t call it romantic- it plummeted deeper than that- catapulting us into a passionate, all-consuming, dysfunctional relationship- that develops in the seedy underbelly of the music scene.
It’s full of obsessive tendencies, addiction, push-pull, drama, angst, emotion, secrets, chemistry, intensity, drug use, substance abuse, and everything in-between. I found it quite distressing at times, and it certainly took a toll on my emotions.
As with everything Aleisha Maree writes, she puts her whole heart and soul on the line, wringing every drop of emotion and intensity out of her story, which certainly puts her characters through the wringer.
This is definitely not a ‘light and fluffy’ Rockstar romance, so consider yourself warned!
Thank you, Aleisha Maree!
Bound by obsession made my heart hurt , it’s so real and raw and an unfiltered glimpse into addiction, codependency and the pain and reality of trying to save and be saved. I could not put this book down it sucked me in and held me by the throat. My heart broke for Tru and Jayden. They are held hostage by their own demons they wanted nothing more to love each other and find a happily ever after but couldn’t overcome the darkness and allure of their addictions. Addiction is a powerful senseless monster, I felt everything these characters felt to my core. I cried for them and held out hope for their happiness.Sadly, there is no happily ever after, just the will to live and love and fight through the darkness. There were times they individually and as a couple had me yelling at the book and wanting to grab them and shake them and open their eyes. Bound by Obsession is very much worth reading. Hang on to your heart and grab the tissues and fall in love with Tru and Jayden.
Jayden and Tru will take you heart, emotions and rip them apart and slowly put them back together. Each page and word you read it will pull you in more and more. This book touches on just about everything from addiction, drugs, rock and roll, women, and so many other things you won’t be able to put it down. I laughed, and cried it will take you on a journey to see if love can survive anything . Amazing read and I can’t wait to see what she has next
What can I say about this story that will convey the impact of the emotional rollercoaster ride you’re about to go on? I honestly don’t know as everyone will take something different from this book. Not everyone will like Jayden like I did but I get where his tortured soul is coming from… do I agree with the way he does everything in his life? No, but when he decides to do something good, it’s a beautiful thing to watch unfold…
As for Tru, she too has a beautifully haunted soul but isn’t quite at the level Jayden is… until she surpasses it.
These characters will leave you with an unadulterated insight into addiction and the impact it can leave in not just yours but your loved ones lives but it will also leave you with a sense what can be achieved with perseverance and an incentive to make your life better…
Jayden and Tru’s story isn’t for the faint of hearted, it’s raw, it’s honest and it will break your heart but then, bit by bit it will put it back together and restore your faith in humanity and love…
When asked to read Bound By Obsession by Aleisha Maree I said HECK YES!
Anything this amazing lady brings into the book world is always full of suspense, emotion and hard core – kick ass characters. This is book one in a new series and is bound to have you addicted.
As the frontman of Triple X, Jayden James looses himself being caught up in the rockstar lifestyle of addiction. There’s nothing too strong or sweet that he doesn’t crave, so when a stunning waitress falls into his life there’s nothing Jayden won’t do to make sure he gets a taste.
Tru Monroe has worked hard to keep her obsessions at bay; working as a waitress to keep a low profile. However when the rap devil himself comes at her full force, she’s bordering on being sucked back into the world of addiction – that addiction being non other than Jayden James.
Will either of them survive the devil, or will they become their own worst nightmare?
This novel has so much raw emotion.
Taking the trigger warning into consideration upon starting, I had no idea how much it’d draw me in and leave me lost for words. I’m in awe of this story, these characters and the events they face – whether together or on their own.
If you love anything Aleisha Maree, you’ll know she’s all about deep, dark, soulful and eye opening events in her work. This… I f-loved this!!
This comes recommended.
“Bound by Obsession was emotional and enthralling. My heart beated chapter by chapter with the intense rollercoaster ride of emotions from the very beginning to the end. Living on the spotlight seems fascinating and intriguing but what happens with the dark side? Aleisha created an amusing rockstar world that had me impressed. Plus the constant push and pull between Jayden and Trus had me falling in love with this story. A truly amazing read!”
Aleisha Maree So gripping
This book was so emotional and gripping. My heart literally went through the motions from the very begin right to the end.
Jayden and Tru’s story pulls you into the Rockstar world and give you a first hand look at the good, the bad and the dangers that comes from living in the spotlight.
Bound by Obsession isn’t for the faint of heart but it’s truly an amazing ride.
If you have read any of Aleshia’s books you have discovered that she doesn’t hold back. This look into the dark, seedy side of the music business is no exception. Its deep, its very dark, its raw and soul baring. Sex , drugs and Rock are forefront. The manic that comes from Jayden’s personal experiences shows in his music, his hard use of alcohol, Drugs and women and his obsession of the waitress that said no. Tru Monroe is also tormented by her own addictions and obsessions. She is trying hard to keep her head down and stay below the radar. Working hard to earn a living waitressing, until her ultimate personal demon in the form of Jayden James comes back into her life.
This first in The Bound Series is not for the faint of heart it is raw. Gritty and may have triggers. Read at your own risk, be prepared to have all the reactions that come with a great story.
I have been dying to read this book as rockstar romance is one of my favourite genres. OMG this book made me cry, laugh and want to jump in the pages and kill Jayden then hit Tru upside the head. I loved how it was set here in New Zealand.
I so can’t wait for book two ‘Bound by Fade’.