My relationship with vampires seems to fluctuate between love and hate at this point. When I originally picked up the Crave series, I was weary because I was definitely a die hard Twilight nerd back in the day but had burnt out on vampire stories. Crave and Crush by Tracy Wolff managed to slowly rekindle that little love, but the jury is still out for me on Covet. Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely going to suck you in like the previous two books, but this one felt like it had quite a few more shenanigans going on with it that kind of threw me for a loop and I’m wondering how it will all get resolved by the next book, which will release in September.
Before we get too far ahead, this is going to be the review of the third book in the Crave series! Please don’t spoil yourself and make sure to go back and read the other two before you jump into this one!
So, as if her life at Katmere Academy wasn’t already intense enough, after the events of the Bloodletter, Grace’s relationship is in shambles and a war is brewing. On top of just trying to graduate, she’ll also have to avoid her and Hudson’s arrest for supposed crimes they’ve committed. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Get ready for new relationships, new discoveries as well as betrayals. No one at Katmere is safe.
Few books I’ve read feel as fast paced as this one. Considering the 700 plus pages that is Covet, I feel like I managed to read and finish this book in a matter of hours. Blink and you’ll miss an important piece of information that will definitely become relevant later. I had a lot more trouble with Covet than the other two books, and I think that was partially because of Grace. While she’s got a lot going on in this book, I feel like her behaviours were more frustrating than in the previous two books. Sure, everything is happening pretty quickly, but I feel like in the previous books she had some time to really grow and reflect, while in Covet, she acted on her impulses quite a lot.
Readers will delight (or maybe not) in what’s going on in Grace’s romantic life. By the end of Crush, a bond was severed. By far, this was the part of the story that captivated me the most because I knew there was something more to the story than there was. Boy was I not disappointed! Not only do we get the angst of not having the bond and its consequences, but there’s also the exploration of how to move on after it’s happened. I think that readers will definitely be split among who they’re rooting for in the relationship at the beginning, but maybe by the end everyone will be rooting for the same team *wink*.
The world that Tracy Wolff has built encompasses a lot of supernatural creatures, and was delighted to find the addition of a new group to the mix. It adds a layer of adventure to the story that I wasn’t expecting, and I honestly loved the way that it was woven into the story. I’m VERY curious what Grace’s connection is to all of it, because there are some hints in the story that lead me to believe that the connection that Grace has to all of this is going to be even more important in the final book. We also get some fascinating lore and mythology that made this book hard for me to put down. I’m always ready for some amazing creation mythology.
Even though the book moves fast, I do still think that it does slow down enough for readers to enjoy some of the more romantic aspects of this book. Of the three books, I feel like this one was potentially a bit steamier than the previous two, but that might have just been me. On the flip side of the coin, I didn’t quite care for the name dropping of clothing brands or of the famous series that inspired these books, but that’s just me. I think others might love those connections to it, but for me it did feel like it was trying really hard to be something more, when it stands pretty solidly on it’s own already.
Nerds, I won’t lie to you. I do feel like this book is made for the adult teenager within us all that connected to a book series that changed the landscape of YA. Despite that, the Crave series does bring something new to this genre that I don’t think we’d had in a while. To me, the amount of angst between all of these teenagers just screams high school, and reminds me of the dramatic days where it felt like everything hinged on these “life or death” decisions that don’t seem as important now. I think it allows for a blending of readers to enjoy this book really well, because adult YA readers can reminisce about fonder times, and new readers can connect with characters that are like them. If you fall in either of these categories, then I definitely think you should add it to your TBR list because you’ll fall in love with it!
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Synopsis | Goodreads
I may have reached my breaking point. As if trying to graduate from a school for supernaturals isn’t stressful enough, my relationship status has gone from complicated to a straight-up dumpster fire.
Oh, and the Bloodletter has decided to drop a bomb of epic proportions on us all…
Then again, when has anything at Katmere Academy not been intense?
And the hits just keep coming. Jaxon’s turned colder than an Alaskan winter. The Circle is splintered over my upcoming coronation. As if things couldn’t get worse, now there’s an arrest warrant for Hudson’s and my supposed crimes—which apparently means a lifetime prison sentence with a deadly unbreakable curse.
Choices will have to be made…and I fear not everyone will survive.
