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Cracked by Eliza Crewe
5.0
Meda Melange eats people. Kind of. With her deceased mother as her conscience, she feasts on bad guys, tearing them apart with her bare hands and feeding her Hunger with their souls. She thinks she’s one of a kind, like her mother always told her, until she happens on three men with her same powers. Of course they’d as soon kill her as look at her, so it’s lucky for Meda a group of teenage Templars arrive to save her. Realizing these teens and their organization can help her discover more about what she is, Meda uses some fast thinking to infiltrate their ranks. What follows is an action-packed, somewhat gory, journey in self-discovery.
Cracked has it's own unique and original take on demons and Templars. I really liked the idea of modern Knights Templar cavalry being a biker gang with leather and motorcycles and trailer parks (they've taken a vow of poverty). Meda’s Crusader companions - Jo, a smart and snarky girl with an incapacitated leg, Chi, a boy with a hero complex, and Uri, a boy with a hero-worship complex - were well-rounded and interesting and it’s easy to see why Meda gets so attached to them despite herself.
This was a fantastic, fast-paced book that hooked me from page one and never let go. There are no slow parts in this book and I read it all in one sitting, not wanting to put it down for a second. The story is told in the first person perspective of Meda and the voice was just awesome. She’s a selfish, self-centered, kind-of evil person with a seriously twisted moral compass, but you can’t help but love her.
I really enjoyed reading this and recommend it to lovers of paranormal and urban fantasy books who like a main character with a bit of a dark side. I will absolutely be picking up the next book in the Soul Eater series.
*I received a free ARC of this book to review
Cracked has it's own unique and original take on demons and Templars. I really liked the idea of modern Knights Templar cavalry being a biker gang with leather and motorcycles and trailer parks (they've taken a vow of poverty). Meda’s Crusader companions - Jo, a smart and snarky girl with an incapacitated leg, Chi, a boy with a hero complex, and Uri, a boy with a hero-worship complex - were well-rounded and interesting and it’s easy to see why Meda gets so attached to them despite herself.
This was a fantastic, fast-paced book that hooked me from page one and never let go. There are no slow parts in this book and I read it all in one sitting, not wanting to put it down for a second. The story is told in the first person perspective of Meda and the voice was just awesome. She’s a selfish, self-centered, kind-of evil person with a seriously twisted moral compass, but you can’t help but love her.
I really enjoyed reading this and recommend it to lovers of paranormal and urban fantasy books who like a main character with a bit of a dark side. I will absolutely be picking up the next book in the Soul Eater series.
*I received a free ARC of this book to review