If you haven’t checked out the cover for this book, I highly recommend it as there’s something so pretty about it, despite its minimalistic look. At a whopping 700 or so pages, you absolutely know that Crush is going to be so much more dramatic than Crave. This book definitely builds up some angsty drama that I don’t think any readers are going to want to miss. It has double the romance, stakes, and the danger has ramped up to some pretty critical levels. The ending is going to leave readers a little aghast and chomping at the bit for the next book in this series.
So before I summarise Crush, I want to say that this is the review of a sequel, so if you haven’t picked up Crave, get on that one first . You don’t want to miss out on the events of the last book, trust me! Plus, this one is going to be a little difficult to summarise without spoiling the ending of the previous book. You’ve been warned.
Grace is back at Katmere after basically being frozen as a statue for a few months. Everything feels weird and different, and she has no good recollection of what happened before. However, Hudson is also back with a vengeance, and insisting that there are things she doesn’t know about Jaxon that could tear them apart forever. The Circle and the Vampire Court are out to play and both sides want to drag Grace into their worlds, but leaving Katmere means certain death. Unless they can come together to defeat the evil that has risen, everyone’s lives are at stake.
One of my favourite things about this book is the fact that the publishing date got moved up to September of this year! I was definitely pulled in from the beginning, and it honestly felt like it picked up right where it left off. The reactions to Grace’s sudden reappearance ranged from funny to more romantic, and I enjoyed seeing how she got caught up with everyone, including Jaxon. Despite the size, I definitely felt like I was moving through the book very quickly, even if it took me a few days to finish. Like Crave, each chapter has a funny little quip at the start that hints to the reader about what might be happening.
There’s quite a lot happening in this book, and I won’t lie, there were a couple of times I had to stop and re-read. My favourite chapter just so happens to be Fe, Fi, Fo, F*ck….so let me know when you get there, I’d love to chat about it! There’s Hudson, The Circle, the Vampire Court, and there are quite a few reveals happening that will make readers’ jaws drop. Grace is struggling with her memory, and the frustration translated well I feel, because at one point, I was feeling exactly the same way. The poor girl seems to find more questions than she does answers, and finds herself questioning her relationship with Jaxon at times.
I do feel like the story built up to a pretty intense climax, much like Crave, and definitely has a Crave-style ending that is going to make some readers mad, and others excited. I’m unsure of how I feel about the developments of the ending, but I am POSITIVE it’s going to make for some pretty intense drama in the next book. We also get to see a new perspective come into the story, and I’m eager to find out just how this is all going to play out.
While I’d love to go on, I don’t want to get into any spoilers, so I’ll end my review here. There were a few times I did feel like it might be going a little too quickly, but honestly as long as you’re reading carefully, it will go by fast. I’m excited to see this go out into more reader’s hands and I’m positive that it will be just as much of a hit as before. If you’re here for the romantic drama, there’s certainly more of it to be had, and just WAIT until you read that ending.
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Synopsis | Goodreads
Everything feels off—especially me. I’ve returned to Katmere Academy, but I’m haunted by fragments of days I have no recollection of living and struggling to understand who, or what, I really am.
Just when I start to feel safe again, Hudson is back with a vengeance. He insists there are secrets I don’t know about, threatening to drive a wedge between Jaxon and me forever. But far worse enemies are at our doorstep.
The Circle is caught in a power play and the Vampire Court is trying to drag me out of my world and into theirs. The only thing Hudson and Jaxon agree on is that leaving Katmere would mean my certain death.
And not only am I fighting for my life, but now everyone else’s is at stake—unless we can defeat an unspeakable evil. All I know is that saving the people I love is going to require sacrifice.
Maybe more than I’m able to give.
I am halfway through Crush now. I love Jaxon and Grace and despise Hudson. I don’t like how Grace talks to Jaxon when Hudson become loud in her head. I am listening and reading this book and Hudson’s British accent is horrible. I don’t know if I want to continue reading this book, because I just want Hudson gone and Jaxon and Grace together PERIOD!