Reviews

Crave by Tracy Wolff

cailaws's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

snoopydoo77's review against another edition

4.0

Wow this book was a total surprise to me. I have seen it many times but the ratings where very mixed so I was not going to pick it up. But a friend I trust told me I would like it and I should read it, so I did.   

And yes, I did like it .. a lot. A lot more than I thought, even though there were some elements that I normally do not like.  

Did it remind me of Twilight? Yes, a little but it also had enough of its own to be pretty different from Twilight. Also thought it was better than Twilight.  

Everyone who knows me or my taste in books, knows I’m not a insta-love fan so we had that, a little bit of a love triangle – but not really (if you read the book, it makes sense lol) , also angsty teens. All those things are normally things I shy away from we had in this book but I can’t say I hated it. Actually, quieted enjoyed it.  

I lLOVED the writing; I loved the suspense and it kept me engaged and guessing to the end.  .. Some things were pretty predictable but we also had some pretty big twists and turns.   

The end!!!! OMG!!! I had so many guesses but that was not even on the list of things I thought of …. We get a lot of actions throughout. I can’t wait to learn more about the races and their lore... So far, I enjoyed the way the vampires, wolves and dragons are in this series. I love to see more of all of them but most of all the witches.  

After that ending I also have so many much more questions and can't wait to find out more.  

The one thing that bothered me a bit was her “family” it seemed like they only there to give her a reason to be at the school. Her Uncle was not very engaged for being her guardian unless she was injured. It just seemed a bit odd, and sometimes made no sense considering the things that are happening to her around her. But I hope that will be resolved next book.  

Over all I enjoyed it but I don’t think I can give it higher than 3.5,  just because there are the elements I dislike and the family thing. But the last 150 some pages were insane and the shocking cliffhanger made sure I will read book two. And most likely pretty soon. 

So, this will sit at a 3.5 ★, But I have a feeling book two will be even higher. 

3eckyz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This book is too long for no reason. Almost 600 pages for what?

savedbybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

judeandolin's review against another edition

3.0

This is like the slightly more feminist, new and improved Twilight. But I also didn't find myself anywhere near as engaged as I did with Twilight (maybe because I'm no longer a tween, but whatever). The writing is pretty horrendous especially in the beginning (like talk about insta-love..) but it's a fun book to turn your brain off to

coffeexbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

madisonlarissa's review against another edition

4.5

I liked this book so much more than I ever thought I would, and I feel kind of silly for having avoided it for so long. While there were a few things about the characters that were hard (Grace constantly saying AF and literally throwing herself into danger) I found I liked all of the characters involved. Graces ability to read people and their facial expressions is so interesting, given this is not something I’ve ever had a strong ability to do. Her ability to read people was so clever. I also found that I liked how in tune with her own emotions she was. 

All of the lead up to her being something, that wasn’t human, was really interesting, especially with the reveal at the end of what she was and how she unknowingly seemed to use that to protect Jaxon. I did like the preview chapter from Jaxon’s perspective where we finally got to see in his own mind what he thought of Grace. I also liked that his feelings for her were just as strong as hers were for him. 

I do wish grace had like 5 minutes to just experience school in a normal and happy way, instead of constantly facing danger (I did find myself going “again” several times) but I understand the point of the book is to give us conflict. I’m excited to learn more about Graces powers, her coming back, her relationship with Macy and Uncle Finn and obviously see how her and Jaxon’s mating goes. 

rylimae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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

almostarockstarsgf's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, and the main character is a Harry Styles fan which made me love the story so much more, it kind of reminds me of twilight but in more of a fantasy setting if that makes any sense. I think the school seems really interesting.

verolesage's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

3.0