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Anhelo by Tracy Wolff

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bourni_bibliobibuli's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Am I going to pick up the next book? - Yes
Did it remind me of twilight? - 100%
Did I love the characters? - I'm always a sucker for protective, brooding, bloodsucking love interest
But did I love it? - Not really

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dkgreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

UPDATE: Re-reading since book 6 comes out next week. I still stand by my original review; this book was hella entertaining to me! I’m not sure I caught that it takes place in just one week the first time I read it though! Things sure escalated quickly! But it didn’t keep me from becoming super invested in Jaxon and Grace again, even though I know what’s coming…

ORIGINAL REVIEW: Oh man, this was campy and trope-y and great distraction! I’ve seen this book/series mentioned EVERYWHERE, but just never got around to it. I get some of the complaints that are lobbed around some of the less flattering reviews, but that didn’t make this any less entertaining for me. Sure, the world building and magic system could have been more fleshed out, but, in the book’s defense, it’s all from Grace’s POV and since *she* doesn’t know how things work, *we* don’t know how things work. I’m hoping that is rectified in the next book. But honestly, even if it’s not, I don’t think it’ll bother me too much—there’s enough drama to keep me coming back! My favorite thing though, hands down, had to be when Jaxon sent Grace a copy of Twilight because COME ON! THAT is freaking HILARIOUS! IYKYK 🤣

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tscarey13's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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brooklynncm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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michalaj10's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Was this the best book I've ever read? Not even close
Will I read the rest of the series? Absolutley, they're my new guilty pleasure.

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kelleykamanda's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

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

0.5

I would have loved this when I was a teenager and I understand that many people would find a lot of joy in this book. The writing was really difficult to get through. The text language (I.e. “af”) was rough. Also, the addition of the tropes- girl who is perfect with no personality has a guy who is a killer fall in love with her- hurt. I mean, this is definitely a Twilight fanfic, which for someone wanting that, might make it a perfect read.

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accidentalmuse's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Crave is what I'd call a classic trashy YA-romance, and I mean that in a good way. It's a quick, easy, read that delivers on all the tropes I come to YA paranormal romance for. I enjoyed this book, after all I am a sucker for vampire romances, pun unintended.

The story itself was not genre-redefining, but it was fun to read nonetheless. It takes place in a boarding school, we're introduced to a host of interesting-looking characters. Plenty of shipping potential.

The only thing that annoyed me about this book was the high number of references to real-life songs/books etc. I found it unimmersive as it's very dependent on knowing the particular references being made, more than that it doesn't age well in my opinion.

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planetshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book is a complete mess, so I can’t make a review that’s anything but fragments I thought up during my read.

~ REPETITIVE speech patterns:

“For long seconds . . .”
“*insert place to fly to* on my own power.”
“_____ AF.”
“hella”
“_____. Like, . . ._____” (to say something for the second time, but slightly differently, with more emphasis)
“Nothing to do with _____, and everything to do with _____.” (Most often, the first blank is filled with “Alaska,” or “the cold.”)
“My mouth is/goes desert-dry.”
“FML”
“Freaking”
“Every hair on my body stands up straight.”
“Give myself over to . . .”
“Civil twilight”
“Listing”

+ The chapter titles are really funny and actually pretty good.

~ <slight spoiler> The way two characters said “. . .dr—“ and then corrected themselves while referring to Flint before any reveal. . . .</slight spoiler>

~ VERY predictable:

I was able to say things to my sister (while we were listening and sewing) like, “Watch, it’s Jaxon,” or, “It’s definitely not her uncle.”
<slight spoiler> My sister said to me, “Dragons?” when I told her what I thought the types of paranormal creatures that went to the school would turn out to be because what the FUCK. Of all things? </slight spoiler> I mean, I guess I can’t say it isn’t unique.

+ Some of the quirky quips are entertaining; some were even clever.

+ I did appreciate that Grace was never an NLOG. She probably knew she was very much like other girls.

# How did they release so many books in this series in such a short amount of time?

+ This isn’t a Twilight knockoff. It’s extremely different, though I’m not sure if it’s taken from other supernatural teen franchises.

+ I love Macy. She's truly the best cousin ever. The way she got everything in hot pink for Grace because that was the most recent favorite color she knew of made me do that, for lack of a better phrase, affectionate type of frown.

# Why does Grace say “freaking” so often if the author is clearly fine with using “fuck”?

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Despite all of this, it’s a guilty pleasure read, I guess. I couldn’t help but laugh — or pause and laugh every few seconds.

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beckyremillard's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Grace’s parents died in a car accident, and now her only family is an uncle who is a headmaster for a boarding school in Alaska, and her cousin. She gets to the school and immediately something doesn’t feel quite normal.

I didn’t know what to expect with this book so I read a couple reviews before deciding to read it. They weren’t lying about it being almost like Twilight. At first I was afraid it was going to be almost exactly the plot of Twilight in a different location, but there was a lot more development throughout.

I enjoyed reading this and I’m definitely reading the second one next.

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stupidforcupid's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Honestly, struggled to finish this book. Grace was so annoying most of the time, but Jaxon was worth reading this book for. Also we needed more Macy!! She dissapeared at the end of the book. Kind of written like a wattpad story.

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