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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
In my opinion this series gets better with each new book added! I do like a lot of things about where it started in Crave, but Crave ended up being my least favourite by the time I finished the series.
Things I Enjoyed:
- The Setting: I really loved the idea for a school for all kinds of supernaturals, not just magical people. I also loved the Alaskan setting and the scene with the Northern Lights stuck with me as one of the cutest moments in the series!
- Grace’s POV: Grace goes through crazy amounts of character development by the end of the series, and starting out in Crave Grace is a “weak” normal girl. She’s deeply lost in depression, anxiety, and grief for her two recently dead parents. I could really relate to the descriptions of Grace’s anxiety spirals, I had them badly as a teenager too. I thought Grace in this book was naive and sometimes slightly cringy, but also sweet, cute, and funny. Overall she felt like a realistic teenage girl to me, and maybe even one I would have been friends with if I knew her as a teenager.
- The Plot: The book is long, maybe even a little bit too long because there is a lot of silly and cute fluff scenes (which I didn’t mind) but I thought the main plot was really engaging and intriguing. The climax is extremely exciting, especially for the first book in a series, and damn that cliffhanger sent me running for the sequel!
Things I Didn’t Love:
- Jaxon — sorry! I was really not into him as a person or as a love interest. I was Team Flint in this book, but moved on in the next book lol (iykyk). I was pitched this series by someone recommending it to me because of my love for Damon Salvatore (books & show), and I figured out that wasn’t because of Jaxon pretty early on.
- So Many Minor Characters: I had a hard time over the course of this series keeping up with the characters because each book introduces so many new ones that I basically gave up on remembering the names of anyone except Grace, her love interests, Macy, and Heather. Though Mekhi, a vampire character in this one, ends up important to later books so I will add him to the list of characters in this book worth remembering lol. This book alone already had too many characters for me to remember, and it just gets worse with each book lol. For a reread I either need notes or to use the wiki!
I think I would recommend giving this series a try to anyone who loves: Twilight, ACOTAR, The Vampire Diaries, and Harry Potter because those really felt like they each inspired a portion of this series.
Things I Enjoyed:
- The Setting: I really loved the idea for a school for all kinds of supernaturals, not just magical people. I also loved the Alaskan setting and the scene with the Northern Lights stuck with me as one of the cutest moments in the series!
- Grace’s POV: Grace goes through crazy amounts of character development by the end of the series, and starting out in Crave Grace is a “weak” normal girl. She’s deeply lost in depression, anxiety, and grief for her two recently dead parents. I could really relate to the descriptions of Grace’s anxiety spirals, I had them badly as a teenager too. I thought Grace in this book was naive and sometimes slightly cringy, but also sweet, cute, and funny. Overall she felt like a realistic teenage girl to me, and maybe even one I would have been friends with if I knew her as a teenager.
- The Plot: The book is long, maybe even a little bit too long because there is a lot of silly and cute fluff scenes (which I didn’t mind) but I thought the main plot was really engaging and intriguing. The climax is extremely exciting, especially for the first book in a series, and damn that cliffhanger sent me running for the sequel!
Things I Didn’t Love:
- Jaxon — sorry! I was really not into him as a person or as a love interest. I was Team Flint in this book, but moved on in the next book lol (iykyk). I was pitched this series by someone recommending it to me because of my love for Damon Salvatore (books & show), and I figured out that wasn’t because of Jaxon pretty early on.
- So Many Minor Characters: I had a hard time over the course of this series keeping up with the characters because each book introduces so many new ones that I basically gave up on remembering the names of anyone except Grace, her love interests, Macy, and Heather. Though Mekhi, a vampire character in this one, ends up important to later books so I will add him to the list of characters in this book worth remembering lol. This book alone already had too many characters for me to remember, and it just gets worse with each book lol. For a reread I either need notes or to use the wiki!
I think I would recommend giving this series a try to anyone who loves: Twilight, ACOTAR, The Vampire Diaries, and Harry Potter because those really felt like they each inspired a portion of this series.
I enjoyed this one. I didn't think i would because it's not in my realm of what I like, but maybe I've tapped into a new genre that I'll enjoy...
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I went into this thinking it would be similar to Twilight. And although there are a few similarities, I didn’t find myself comparing them at all. There are definitely some VERY cringy scenes, but it’s overall an easy read that I didn’t have to think too much about. The plot is good and the characters are enjoyable to read about. The ending was good and had some fun twists that leads well into the next book. We even got a final chapter with the MMC’s POV so I’m hoping there will be more of that. My main qualms were that the FMC had inner dialogue that consisted of “omg, wtf, and af” and I swear she asked herself a dozen times something akin to “what else was I supposed to say/do?” The other two things that were honestly very frustrating was 1. The FMC and MMC said “I love you” after one whole week of knowing each other
Lol completely forgot I read this book - LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO SHE TURNS INTO A FUCKING GARGOYLE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
There were no real surprises in this one, since the blurb of the book told us straight up that is was a school for supernatural beings. Grace does not really find this out till page 300, which was over half way into the book.
As a reader, I was very bored waiting for Grace to find out so we could get on with the plot or find out how Wolff decided to world build with her characters. Instead characters remained rather flat and two dimensional. Some of the details about shifters and vamps was interesting, but left me with more questions than answers.
I'm probably not the intended audience for this one, but I can see 16 year olds really getting on the bandwagon with this one and thinking Jaxon is just the best. A soft introduction to supernatural, high school romances with a touch more violence than I recall Twilight having.
I will not be reading the rest of the series because this book really did not drag me in.
As a reader, I was very bored waiting for Grace to find out so we could get on with the plot or find out how Wolff decided to world build with her characters. Instead characters remained rather flat and two dimensional. Some of the details about shifters and vamps was interesting, but left me with more questions than answers.
I'm probably not the intended audience for this one, but I can see 16 year olds really getting on the bandwagon with this one and thinking Jaxon is just the best. A soft introduction to supernatural, high school romances with a touch more violence than I recall Twilight having.
I will not be reading the rest of the series because this book really did not drag me in.