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Crave by Tracy Wolff

16 reviews

lamianoctalis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Ich muss sagen, am Anfang hatte ich echt Probleme ins Buch reinzukommen. Ich weiß nicht, ob es an dem Buch oder mir lag, ich fand Grace echt zickig/nervig, aber nach einem erzwungenen Beiseitelegen und wieder aufnehmen, hat sich meine Wahrnehmung sehr verändert. Ich habe das Buch in Rekordtempo zuende gelesen und genossen. Immer wieder war ich von den Entwicklungen überrascht oder hab an meiner Einschätzung gezweifelt. Ein gelungener erster Band der Reihe. (Ich hab mir direkt Band 2&3 besorgt)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Torture, War, Hate crime, and Genocide

caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Torture, Medical trauma, Medical content, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Kidnapping, Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, and Drug use

headinthepages's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

zoeelora's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

michelleub's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Ok so first of all, it is not a twilight rip off, and i can say that as twilight was the last book ive read. But you know it really has elemntw of twilight and legacies and all of those Vampire stereotypes, but they actually address Thema, which makes this book totally aware of all of its faults, kinda ironic. But you know, if you love the vampire who hates everyone but you and wants to stay away from you but can't type then you're at the right place. I also should say, this book does not include a love triangle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, and Physical abuse

haleybre's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

Definitely a guilty pleasure read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Death, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

frankenkath's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

maralaene's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

Addictive. That’s all I have to say about this book. It took me a few chapters to get into it, but then I couldn’t put it down. 

Vampires, witches, werewolves, dragons, and mates? How could it get any better. This series I can already tell is set up to be my guilty pleasure. And a rapidly releasing one at that! 

Highly recommend this very entertaining and easy read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Blood

Moderate: Torture

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

 Is Crave the next literary masterpiece? Clearly not. Does it deliver everything that it promises? It sure as hell does! It’s funny and addicting and I honestly didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did. It’s the kind of book that keeps you hooked and entertained while maintaining a very lighthearted vibe. It almost feels like a bit of a parody on those typical vampire young adult stories and that’s exactly the kind of edge that makes it so interesting! It’s maybe not the kind of book where you’ll find the cream-of-the-top characters (and character development) or a plot that completely blows your mind but once again, that’s not what you are looking for in a book with such a comedic aspect to it (if you are, maybe it’s time to switch expectations). While I usually tend to almost “ignore” the titles of book chapters, Crave’s are so so good, that you’ll have a good laugh just scrolling through the content page. There’s not much else to say except that I’m now very upset that I decided to only read books I already own since I do not own book two in the series so I’ll have to wait to read it 😢 In the meanwhile I do recommend this book, although I think you really need to get into it with the right expectations to be able to enjoy it for what it is! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

theespressoedition's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

You know that it's a good book when you literally can't put it down, fly through it, and then have the worst book hangover ever after reading it. That's how I felt about Crave.

The best way to describe this book is a throwback to 2010's YA paranormal romance - and I loved every second of it. There's no depth. There's a ton of cringe. There's teen angst. There are all of my favorite paranormals (vampires, werewolves, dragons, witches, and gargoyles). There are moments that get your heart racing and other moments that make you roll your eyes. It was fantastic.

I buddy-read this book, and if you were to go through the comments we wrote during our buddy-read, you would be cackling. We were ridiculous with the number of times we predicted things, laughed over cliches, and just fangirled throughout the book. It was so fun to read with someone else who grew up loving the same kind of books as I did because it just made the experience even more enjoyable.

Honestly, if you were a Twilight or Vampire Academy fan, you will love this book. I'm gonna even go so far as to say "love this series" because even though I haven't read the rest yet, I can't see myself being anything less than obsessed with the next few installations in the series. In fact, I have a strong desire to just toss aside my carefully planned TBR to binge them all! It's that good.

Don't go into this thinking you're going to read some profound fantasy with political intrigue and emotional depth. Look elsewhere for that. But if you want something REALLY FUN and nostalgic, this is definitely the next book you should pick up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Blood, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder