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Crave by Tracy Wolff

11 reviews

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

becca_w_'s review

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident, War, and Vomit

Minor: Genocide and Panic attacks/disorders

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

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

kokopeach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

I almost dnf’d a few chapters in but I’m glad I stayed along for the ride. It’s like Riverdale and Twilight wrapped up in one. A little silly and ridiculous at times but the action and romance make it worth it in the end. The characters are loveable and the school setting is intriguing and makes the reader want to know more about the world beyond. Only criticisms are the author tried too hard to sound like a teen (a lot of “omigod”s and “FML”s) and get a little too meta for my taste with lines like “it’s like I’m in a fantasy novel” etc. Cringe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

_alina's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

bourni_bibliobibuli's review

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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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

kelleykamanda's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence

anger566's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

Picked it up because BookTok said it was like Twilight but better, but I think it was more like Vampire Academy. There were some parts I thought were corny (when they tried to relate to pop culture) but I enjoyed it overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, and Death

Minor: Genocide

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