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Crave by Tracy Wolff

15 reviews

cady_sass's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Twilight but make it gen z. That’s it, that’s the review. 


Just kidding. 
As someone who was a teenager when twilight hit the shelves, no YA vampire love story is going to touch it. But I can fully appreciate the audience this was written for and know that it’s successful in its execution. The issues for me lie specifically with just how painfully, cringing-ly (this is a word now) Gen Z it is. I don’t enjoy dialogue that includes “AF” unironically (and all the time). The characters are dumb, lovable but dumb, and i think that’s a disservice to all of them. The fact that Twilight, as a book, exists in this universe and it is GIVEN to the protagonist as a very obvious gift/clue and she still can’t figure what’s going on? The reader is never going to believe that. But someone could easily have similar gripes about Twilight, and I refuse to reconsider the 5 star the rating my teen heart gave those books. So, I get it. This is definitely that for some swooning teens out there 

I devoured this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Will definitely continue the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

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

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

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Eating disorder and Genocide