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pritenpink2's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I liked the book well enough and I would recommend it to people who like fantasy and vampire books. The reviews for this book often compare it to Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight. Part of me likes Crave better than Twilight. While cringey moments are bound to happen, the moments in Crave were sweeter and kept me turning the pages while Twilight occasionally had me putting the book down from secondhand embarrassment. That is part of the reason why I like Crave better. I was not a fan of the ending though. There was a lot of buildup to that point, and the ending was not what I was hoping for. Having said that, I can look back and see a bit of foreshadowing throughout the book that hints at the ending. There were also a couple of times where details were incorrect or forgotten and it happens on occasion, but when I noticed the errors it made me pause, go back, and reread which is something we are hoping to avoid as readers.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail
ix37lexi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
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
Definitely entertaining but the writing seemed a bit juvenile at points and predictable. I will continue reading the series because it has kept me intrigued and reading despite those points.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Blood, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide
Minor: Car accident
cady_sass's review against another edition
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!
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!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, and Gore
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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence
hannalizzy's review against another edition
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I had many issues with this book. So many parts of it were cringe, especially the meet cute. I will never forgive the author for the cringiest meet cute of all time. The dialogue is cringe, her “quirky jokes” are cringe, the way the two immediately fall in instant-love is cringe. It truly felt like a knockoff twilight in all the worst ways. The only thing that saved this book was the fact that it’s set at a magical school like Hogwarts. I just wish the main character had more personality. She felt so unbelievably flat. The love interest was totally hot tho, love that for him.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death of parent
bookedandbusy's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Loved this book so much!! I can’t wait to read the rest of the series!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
natgoe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief
planetshelf's review against another edition
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Death of parent and Car accident