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Rating: really liked it
14. Sept. 2021 : guys wtf?!?? 2 weeks ago I had a lil over 100 likes on this review??? Yall just wanna see me suffer and as much as I hate it, I applaud itππ
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( 28. August 2021 Update: if this review gets 200
likes by October I’ll read the second bookππ€ͺ)
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THIS WAS THE FUNNIEST BOOK IVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE
This book is not meant to be a comedy LMAO.
THIS AUTHOR REALLY THOUGHT SHE COULD GET AWAY WITH PLAGIARISM AND NO ONE WOULD NOTICE?!!!!!?!??
You'll NEVER catch me slipping
Tracy Wolff really said: imma take stuff from Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE????? I-i really don't know what to say
The writing was juvenile. The plot was virtually non-existent.
I feel like everyone who recommended this to me were all in on some big prank.
also what the fuck was that ending?
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is no one gunna talk about how this cover is literally just a twilight-like picture and the original vampire diaries font or...
Rating: really liked it
I tried, I really did.
But this was just so cliche that it
HURT.
There was no way I could make my way through 600 pages of this. The fact that the main character was like
"ugh gross, I'm not like the other girls in a YA romance" made my soul cringe. Plus, it's just weird to me that the MC and the vampire went from being rude to one another to literally two seconds later on top of each other rubbing each others faces. Like, y'all are strangers! What's happening?! I have got to go.
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Rating: really liked it
2.5 stars.
“There’s not much to be afraid of when you’ve already lost everything that matters.”
I managed to make
this crappy edit, and I guess it looks fine??? Just because of the aesthetic.
I'm warning you: if you haven't read the book and don't want any spoilers, don't read further, because my review is filled with spoilers and sarcasm.
I am conflicted with this book. I hated it, it was cringey and the romance was ugh (but I shelved as romance,
AND as "this shit has no romance"), the characters were stupid as fuck and the plot was not interesting but predictable, and the villain, oMG, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT???
However, it was fast paced. It took me a while because I was on a reading slump and having constant breakdowns, lol. Anyhow, it amazed me how quick I read this book and how fast many chapters went... Which is good, because my reading slump was stick to me, and I guess I gotta say thanks to this book ¿?
Ok, let's start the review!
Grace lost her parents due a mysterious accident (as your typical avergage normal YA girl) and she has no more family, except her uncle, who lives in Alaska and runs an Academy. So, Grace moves on to Alaska to live with him and her cousin, Macy. Everything is normal, until Grace realizes that something is not right.
Surprise! Vampires, dragons, witches and shapeshifters are real! And she might be one of them!
Plot: It was predictable as fuck. I could guess many things that were going to happen and I wasn't surprised. Also, there were
many plotholes, that left me with many many many questions that were not answered in the entire book.
Lia killing Grace's parents has no sense. I mean, beside of being senseless, it's stupid and has no point. No one could saw that coming (let me explain you why before you think "uhm, yeah, well, that's the point of a plot twist") because there was no hint that Lia had something to do with it. Lia is barely in the book, and appears only when it is convenient for Grace, not to give us hints that hello! she is the "villain".
Lia being the villain is a crime. I'd rather be a good villain for this book. I mean, I get it, you want your "mate" *insert gags* back and you're suffering, but, sweetie, why you didn't kill Grace inmediately? It was ridiculous and lame.
Why Grace was left alive? What specie does she belong? Is Hudson alive? Why is she a gargoyle now? Why we had Jaxon's pov? (I dind't read them all tho, lmao) What was the real purpose of Lia for wanting Grace, a simple human, to her sacrifice? Will Grace have some braincells in the second book? We'll never know.
Also, I think everything goes really quick in the span of 2/3 weeks. And I mean it:
everything. Characters: Oh, this one is gonna be amazing. Get ready.
Grace:I always liked to think: "what would happen if I find out that vampires are real? how would I react?" and the answer it's totally the opposite to what Grace did.
Grace isn't smart, let's face it. Any of the mc with vampires involved is it. They're more interested on the hot dark haired guy who's telling them to stay the fuck away from them because, they're dangerous. *stares at Edward Cullen* But, the girl is drooling for the vampire since the moment they make eye contact and then it's insta love. uGH.
I mean, Jaxon is telling you to stay away from him, to scare you and in the first moment you're touching him because why not? he's hot and totally not like the other guys you've met before, and oh, also the scar that makes him look like a true fucking bad boy. Yeah, no thanks.
For some reason, she's the one who summons problems and Jaxon is "saving" her. She's convinced to it and despite of what he's done, she thinks he's the good guy, the victim, the hero and the most powerful dude in the world. Ugh, ugh, ugh, cringe.
What amazes me of Grace is the fact that she wasn't scared to see what Jaxon can do... Sweetie, are you ok? Anyone in their five senses would have left the dude when he warned the first time. Anyone. And you can think "if a guy like him told me to stay away from him, I wouldn't do it, because he's hot", yeah, but hE'S CREEPY AND A STALKER AND A MURDER, WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!
I can't blame Grace for all the shit going in her life tho. I feel pity for her tbh.
I also forget to say that she has no personality, that we don't know so much about her beside of the fact that her parents died. And well, her personality is drooling over Jaxon, worship him like he was some sort of god and thinking about kissing him and that he's a hero, ugh
The fact that she said
"Jaxon was never meant to be the hero of my story... because I was always meant to be the hero of his." killed me, but not in the good way. For some reason that is beyond of my comprehension, it's like Grace believes that she can fix Jaxon, that she can make him see that he's a "good guy" and that he doesn't have to carry the weight of the world. (what the actual hell??)
Jaxon:The great, handsome, vicim, hero, powerful, hot and mysterious Jaxon Vega.
He's a fucking dick. He's a stalker (in his chapters he clearly says it) and a prick. Oh my gods, I truly hate him. The only good with him is his taste in music (because it's written by a women), but the rest? ugh, he reminded me of the average vampires who think they're the heroes of the story and the world depends of them (Edward, Hawke, Rhys but he's a fae ik, and who knows who else, ewwww). He's disgusting in so many levels that I can't explain. I still wanna know something: what had to do Jaxon in Lia's plan to kill Grace? I know that boy ain't something good.
My ace ass was cringing everytime he appeared in front of Grace and I was relieved when he was gone.
I don't have much to say about him, beside that I don't like him and hIS ONLY EXISTENCE IS A FUCKING RED FLAG.
My boy Flint deserved better tbh. I was most interested on him beING A FUCKING DRAGON, THAT'S AWESOME, that in Jaxon being a typical vampire. And I will never get tired of say that
Flint is way fucking better than Jaxon. He's my boy, ok? ok.
Macy was irrelevant, even tho I loved her a lot, even more than Grace. She deserved better and if she is not endgame with Flint, I'll riot.
Romance. Nope. No. NO. nO. The fuck no. How you can fall in love with a guy you barely met 2/3 weeks ago? And even more, say that you love him. On the first day in Alaska, Jaxon warned Grace to stay away from him, and she touches him like they're something ??????? And on the third day, she's drooling at the sight of the guy because he "saved" her.
Everything was so rushed and it was like it existed a "love triangle" bUT FLINT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE LIKE JACOB IN TWILIGHT, LOL. We all know from the beginning that Jaxon (Edward) is gonna be the champ, the winner and the endgame. You can predict that from the beginning of the book.
Also, MATES???? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??!?!?!??!?! This trope is so used and boring that makes me sick. I mean, please, give me something built from zero. Not the "they're meant to be and that's it. suck it" nOPE. Give me plot twists.
Hype. Like with From Blood and Ash this book is so overhyped. I mean, I read it because I like vampires and the academy trope. But literally, many people told me "this book is everything" "you're gonna love it" "Jaxon is so wonderfu, sexy and you'll love it"...
Yeah, well, you can see now how it went. This book isn't thaaaaaaat bad, but isn't good either. It's fast paced, yes, but not something that I would recommend.
You know? I think age is hitting me like a bitch and saying that many of the YA vampire books are not my thing anymore, and I really love vampires, lol.
ANYHOW. This is my opinion, I'm not saying that this is purely trash or something like that, and you know why? Because I'm gonna read the second book of this one to see if my boy Hudson still alive, yep.
Rating: really liked it
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Grace's life change after her parents died in a car accident, and so, from the life she knows in hot California - she moves to the frozen Alaska, but discovers she has to deal with much greater troubles than the cold... ββ€
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She moves in with her uncle Finn and his daughter Macy. Finn runs a private prestigious academy, but from the moment she enters "Katmere", Grace doesn't feel like she belongs there. Everyone hides something, and she has no idea what... π₯
In her first day, Grace meets the most popular boys at school, and the great enemies: Flint - the nice boy who received her with a big smile... and Jackson - the broken, tormented and mysterious boy who, despite his 'not so very nice' welcome, she can't stop thinking about him and his secrets... β€β
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The book was a combination of *Twilight* (the vampires, werewolves - and the mortal linking them) and *Harry Potter* (the prestigious school and the girl who finds out about a new world, she is part of) - BUT it was the modern upgraded version. πͺ
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Rating: really liked it
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DNF @ 7%You know that voice in your head that says "don't fucking do it"? I cheerfully ignored that voice, downloading books 1-3 in this series from Kindle Unlimited just in case it turned out to be the most amazing thing since sliced bread. I liked TWILIGHT, okay, and I love vampires, and sometimes, a thirty-year-old bitch is in a ~mood~ for vampire trash because thirty-year-old bitches have aesthetics, too.
But this was a mistake. And now I have a headache shaped exactly like this book, which is basically what would happen if you let someone write John Green/Smeyer crossover fic and that person also had a Wattpad account. The only thing more painful than the bad romance was its attempts to break the fourth wall.
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Rating: really liked it
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Rating: really liked it
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talk about a dumpster fire lmao
Rating: really liked it
Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature:
Apparently the market for breathless YA romances with sexy vampires isn't fully saturated yet, because
Crave, a new paranormal romance thriller by Tracy Wolff that cheerfully admits to being inspired by Twilight — check out the blatant knock-off cover — offers readers a slightly updated take on the genre.
When her parents are killed in an automobile accident, high-school-aged Grace reluctantly leaves San Diego and travels to the remote, icy interior of Alaska, where her uncle Finn is headmaster of an exclusive boarding school, Katmere Academy. Grace’s cousin Macy, who picks her up in Healy for a ninety-minute snowmobile ride to the luxurious, castle-like prep school, is anxious to help Grace fit in. The problem is, almost all of the other students at Katmere seem to be hostile to Grace — especially Jaxon Vega, the hot, dangerous-looking guy who is the first person Grace meets upon her arrival. Grace is (at least at first) determined not to let herself fall for Jaxon, although there’s something in his eyes that makes her think he’s as lost as she is. Their relationship runs hot and cold, but there's something or someone at Katmere Academy that seems to want Grace dead, and she may need all the friends she can find.
Crave promises to deliver an updated version of
Twilight, but other than a stronger erotic element and the addition of plenty of F-bombs, it doesn’t really deliver on that pledge. Heroine-wise, Grace is a slight improvement over Bella, but not markedly so. She makes far too many impulsive, rash decisions. Crave’s Alaska setting isn’t drawn in any detail, other than that it's freezing cold there. Though it's set in an inaccessible prep boarding school, shades of Hogwarts, I don't recall any particular mention of any classes or teachers. The focus is on the social scene at Katmere, the romantic tension between Grace and Jaxon, and the mystery about who wants to kill Grace, and why.
Grace and the book take an inordinate amount of time to get clear about the paranormal nature of Katmere’s students, although the book's cover and blurb spill the secret up front. There's some interest for readers in finding out what type of powers each of the different cliques at Katmere have (hint: it’s not just vampires and werewolves). The romance stays in PG-13 territory, though the erotic bloodsucking scene was somewhat of an eyebrow-raiser. Crave’s mystery element adds some intrigue to the romance-driven plot, but readers should know that the book ends on a major cliff-hanger. Add to the above issues a first-person, present-tense narration, something that's difficult to pull off well even in much better novels.
Twilight was a guilty pleasure at the time I read it, sending me scrambling for the next book in the series.
Crave wasn't nearly as much fun for me.
Crave is a book I'd recommend only to readers who are still enthusiastic about paranormal romances and Twilight-type plots, and who are on board with adult language and steamier romance.
Initial post: Receives ARC of book. (Nice publicity package BTW!)
Scratches head.
“Is another Twilight knock-off really what we need?”
Reads book: = Twilight with more smoldering gazes and making out, more F-bombs, colder weather, a slight upgrade to Bella (not as much as I hoped), and erotic bloodsucking.
And bonus! told in first person present tense.
Another bonus! Cliffhanger ending.
Rating: really liked it
Did this book feel like a Twilight rip off?
Absolutely.
Did I have a fun time reading it?
Absolutely.
This book follows Grace after the death of her parents, she moves to a small part of Alaska with her Uncle and cousin, Macy to a boarding school they run. After she gets there she learns this might not be a normal school....put two and two together and there's your plot.
First of all this book was way to long, at almost 600 pages. There wasn't a ton of plot to go with the length of the book either, alot of nothing pretty much happened.
The romance was your typical brooding vampire ala Edward Cullen so of course I ate it up like candy, who's surprised there?
Also our main character Grace is annoying, maybe I'm the only one who feels that way.
I'm giving this a 3 because it was enjoyable to read. It reminded me of Twilight and even though not alot happened in this book and everything was so farfetched I had a fun time reading it.
Go into this expecting not alot but maybe a good time?
Rating: really liked it
Crave is like Twilight grew up to be a witty, sophisticated feminist with a flare for fun and sexual tension.
When reading, “Crave” the easiest comparison to draw would be that of, “Twilight”. But I feel like I would not be giving the author the credit due for what she has done for this genre. No, “Crave” may be the vampire love story we were missing from Stephanie Meyer’s series but we have arrived in 2020 more sophisticated, demanding more from our heroines, and our literature.
I sat with Grace and Jaxon in every room and on every piece of furniture in my home and devoured, “Crave” from breakfast to bedtime. You will fall in love with the elegant world of Katmere Academy. You will gasp and plea for each page of romance, conflict, and plot twists. You will giggle, smile, and swoon at the texts exchanged and the witty dialogue between every lovable character. You will devote yourself to a faction and declare your loyalty to dragon, witch, vampire, or werewolf. Your heart will skip, soar, and sink for Jaxon along with his gaze and charm. You will identify with the strength, smarts, and cautious vulnerability of Grace, our heroine.
And you will be left, like me, completely mind blown by an amazing ending, ready to journey Alaska, and what comes next in the world Tracy Wolff has created.
Rating: really liked it
Let's bring chapter titles back. Here are a few of the gems from this book:
- What Could Possibly Be More Interesting Than Kissing Me?
- Some Call It Paranoia, But I Call It An Evil Bitch Trying To Use You As A Human Sacrifice
- Things Hot Pink and Harry Styles Have in Common
- No, I Really Don't Wanna Build A Snowman
- Sometimes Keeping Your Enemies Close Is The Only Thing That Prevents Hypothermia
Rating: really liked it
At first I thought this was going to be a two star read because I hated how similar this was to Twilight. It felt like this book was Twilight rebranded. But once you get halfway through it loses those similarities and becomes its own story. The writing was great, I was invested from beginning to end even during the parts that annoyed me. The pacing was fantastic and it didn’t feel slow at any parts. And the fantasy element intertwined in a modern world was well done. The storyline I found really intriguing and what happens at the end with the main character I didn’t fully see coming. That also made me kind of wish it was something I could have guessed. But, it also left me even more excited to see what will happen in the sequel. And I think this book would have been even more interesting if there were more chapters in the POV of Jaxon. The main character, Grace, started off being so similar to Bella in that everyone is constantly fighting for her and protecting her and in the end she is the one that is protecting everybody. The romance in this book I felt iffy about, I don’t hate instalove, but if a book is going to have it then it should also show the pair growing together. We don’t see that much in this book other than their sexual chemistry. But, I would say this relationship is better than Bella and Edward’s. I don’t like comparing books but this book was so similar to Twilight, that there was no way around it. Overall, I didn’t expect to enjoy this book as much as I did and I can’t wait for the sequel.
Rating: really liked it
Damn it!! I was hoping to love this book so I could buy them and have them on my shelves and blah blah!!
This is NOT like Twilight. I love Twilight with a passion! The movies more than the books but I love both.
I love the idea of all the supernatural creatures in the book other than vamps and werewolves and witches. I mean freaking dragons and gargoyles are enough and then finding out what the main girl is, I might read the next one just to see. I’m just super ass mad because I want this book and this story to be more. Whatever!!
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Rating: really liked it
Does the world need another brooding vampire love story? Yes.
Grace’s parents were killed in an accident, so she has to move from San Diego to Alaska, where her uncle is the head of a fancy prep school in a remote town. And while Alaska itself is a total shock to her system, she’s not expecting school to be in an actual castle, nor is she expecting everyone to take an immediate dislike to her.
When she catches the eye of Jaxon Vega, the hottest guy she’s ever seen, surrounded by a group of brooding, handsome guys, she is mesmerized. But he quickly breaks the spell by telling her she’s in danger and should never have come to the school.
But there’s something about Jaxon that she can’t shake, and despite his veil of disdain, she knows he feels it, too. After a series of near-death experiences have him rescuing her every time, she starts to discover that maybe Jaxon is right, and she is a pawn in a battle she has no idea about.
As their relationship intensifies, Grace must make a choice: go back to San Diego, where she will be safe, or possibly sacrifice everything for Jaxon—including her life. She doesn’t know much about the world of vampires, dragons, werewolves, witches, and shapeshifters, but she’s in the middle of all of it.
Of course,
Crave immediately reminded me of
Twilight , and even its cover design is similar. But while both share brooding, passionate stories of dangerous love,
Crave really set up a tantalizing world of humans being torn apart by events some don’t even understand.
This was an angsty yet romantic book, but it took a long, long time to hit its stride. There were far too many times where things happened and people clammed up rather than tell Grace the truth about what was going on. But once she figured it all out, it was like a roller coaster, speeding toward a cliffhanger conclusion for which we’ll have to wait until the next book!
There are no sparkling vampires, no earnest werewolves, but there are plenty of characters to swoon over. And that’s just fine with me.
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Rating: really liked it
The story itself was quite enjoyable, but the writing style was just really not my thing.
