Padma Wulandari

Crave (Crave, 1)

Book by Tracy Wolff

DETAILS

Publisher : Entangled: Teen; First Edition, 5th printing (April 7, 2020) Language : English Hardcover : 592 pages ISBN-10 : 1640638954 ISBN-13 : 978-1640638952 Reading age : 14 - 18 years Grade level : 10 - 12 Item Weight : 1.5 pounds , The instant #1 New York Times Bestselling Series An Amazon Best YA Book of 2020 Glitter Magazine’s #1 Pick for Best YA of 2020 Optioned for Film by Universal My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods…or monsters. I still can’t decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me. Then there’s Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn’t felt anything for a hundred years. But there’s something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what’s broken in me. Which could spell death for us all. Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I’m wondering if I was brought here intentionally―as the bait. ***INCLUDES 3 BONUS SCENES FROM THE HERO’S POV*** Don’t miss a single book in the series that spawned a phenomenon! The Crave series is best enjoyed in order: Crave Crush Covet Court Charm Cherish Read more

REVIEW

(An honest review with only a couple of small spoilers. If you can even call them that. ) “Crave”. If that isn’t exactly how I felt after finishing the first book? Idk what is. I started this read, as any Twilight fan would. Skeptical, AF. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t notice and point out every single thing that reminded me of Twilight. And don’t get me wrong, there are definitely some similarities in the beginning of this book. I mean, besides the cover, it starts off with a girl getting on an airplane and leaving behind everything she knows. (Okay, Bella.) And on her first day, she meets the mysterious, angsty teenage boy. (Hello, Edward.) She also meets this incredibly happy and bright, tan boy. Who, surprise surprise, Mr. Angsty wants Grace (or Bella) to have nothing to do with. (Nice to see you again, Jacob.) There’s even a moment, where instead of Bella being in a street and almost getting killed by a group of men right before Edward swoops in and “saves the day”, Grace is in the school, almost getting killed by a couple of boys, when Jaxon (Mr. Angsty), comes and “saves the day”. BUT THAT’S BESIDES THE POINT!!!! This book, was SUCH an easy read. So easy, that even though I was quick to find every cheesy Twilight comparison in the world, I was still able to read it without getting bored. So easy in fact, that I didn’t even realize when I was half way through the book, that I was totally and completely enveloped into the story, I had forgotten all about Twilight. Sure, there are some similarities in the beginning of this book. But that’s where it ends!!! The beginning!! And I’m CONVINCED, Tracy added in those similarities just to pay tribute to Stephanie Meyers and her Twilight Saga because that’s where her inspiration came from. The series as a whole, in no way compares, to Twilight. It’s almost a different Genre, altogether. I finished this book, in less than a week. And then I bribed my best friend to go to Barnes and Noble for me, to immediately buy the second book because Amazon was sold out, and the stores near me were also sold out. I paid for an overpriced copy at Barnes and Noble (plus an extra $7 for my friends Starbucks bribery) because I couldn’t WAIT, to get my hands on the second book. And boy, was it worth every penny. There are four books in this series. It took me four weeks to read them all. That’s four weeks, I didn’t get any house work done, buy any groceries, watch any shows, and completely and totally, ignored and annoyed my wonderful husband. Truth be told, I was addicted. I was addicted after the first, cringey, page. And. I. CRAVED. It. All. Do yourself a favor, and read this book. Maybe I only loved it so much because it was a continuation of the cheesy romantic fantasy that I was craving. But whatever the case, I devoured it whole and I will certainly, be reading it again. P.s. I only give it 4 stars, because I noticed a couple of small typos, and I think it could have done without the twilight comparisons, and without the cheesy beginning where Jaxon licks Grace’s blood off his finger. It wasn’t sexy. It was cringey.

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