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Crave by Tracy Wolff

28 reviews

headinthepages's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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hckilgour's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

Sorry not sorry but this is nearly as bad as Twilight.

Boy and girl meet and fall hopelessly in love in… six days. Like… what kind of Disney nonsense is this.

Also almost nothing but pining happens in 80% of the book. There is literally no plot, no point. Then out of the blue comes a climax that is actually good and has stakes. But it raises question that don’t get answered and it left me feeling frustrated.

I also do not understand how Grace forgives Flint. I do not give a rats ass about the fact he was trying to stop something bad. Who the hell we’ll immediately forgive someone who tried to kill you four times.

And let’s not forget the creepy fact that Grace likes to be bitten by Jaxson. Um… like seriously.

And then the ending was confusing. It’s mentioned Grace is a gargoyle… maybe… and she’s somehow transformed but they don’t say what that transformation is. Also how is she even a gargoyle if her dad was a warlock?

I will be giving this series one more book.

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drewsbooklist's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

It was ok but felt very Twilight-coded, until the last 15% which felt completely out of nowhere!! Like seriously, what the hell even happened there. It was going to be probably 3 or 4 stars before then, but oh my god what even was that ending?!? Overall, it was still entertaining, but yeah the ending really ruined it for me

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zoeelora's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

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wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

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funny mysterious relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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bashsbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I would probably not call this a "good" book, but it definitely has given me some serious entertainment & a lot to think about, including:

This author's fixation with being over-the-top tongue-in-cheek about the genre in which she is writing. I have over a dozen quotes noted down where she has the MC mention this is "just like a romance novel" or "just like a horror movie". The worst offender is when the vampire love interest LITERALLY gives the MC a copy of Twilight. I will say, it is funny but perhaps not in the way the author intended.
Dialogue is poorly-written, this is sometimes also very funny in an unintentional way.
There is no rhyme or reason to lore, Twilight lore is more internally consistent than this.
Going off of point #3, the outright fact that vampires are mammals in this universe and that born-vampires exist, but they cannot drink milk. Curious as to what baby vampires subsist on and how they get the mammal classification if their mothers don't feed them with milk.
I don't want to spoil it but the Plot Twist Reveal about the MC made me cry I laughed so hard. I would call it brave, groundbreaking even, but my friend told me not to.

I am compelled by "bad" art that is supremely interesting and I am having a lot of fun liveblogging this series to my friends, so I will be reading the rest of them... but I don't want to recommend them unless that's the kind of thing you're into.

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takarakei's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Is this book good? Objectively no.
Is the writing good? Absolutely not.
Did I have a good time? An unhinged one, yes.
Will I be continuing the series? Yes for the absurdity factor alone.

I listened to the audiobook. It reads like an early 2000-2010s YA high school vampire series even though its from 2022??? The parallels to Twilight are stark and literally mentioned?! Nothing makes sense. There is no plot. It's insta-lovey in all the worst/best ways. The dialogue is cringe worthy. If you are here for a trashy good time then sure, it's maybe for you.

1.5/5 🌶️

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