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Crave #3
Covet
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.
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.
680 pages, Hardcover
First published March 2, 2021
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Tracy Wolff
126 books11.4k followersNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tracy Wolff is a lover of vampires, dragons, and all things that go bump in the night. A onetime English professor, she now devotes all her time to writing dark and romantic stories with tortured heroes and kick-butt heroines. She has written all her sixty-plus novels from her home in Austin, Texas, which she shares with her family. tracywolffbooks.com
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July 11, 2021
This series is such a shit show but you better believe I will be sitting front row for the next one.
I enjoyed the direction the romance went in this series. A majority of the negative reviews that differ from mine disagree with that, which is completely fair. I personally don't see that because I never thought what happened in Crave made a ton of sense. It just felt so rushed and chaotic that I never really had a firm belief in it. Love triangle haters, this one might not be for you.
Crush still remains my favorite of the bunch, even with the bizarre triwizard/hot potato tournament. The writing was much better from Crave to Crush, and to my delight, not a single "WTF" or "SEXY AF" was to be found in Covet. The magic system? No clue. Plot? I'm sure we can find one in there somewhere. This is such a convoluted mess, but I am here for it. And by 'it' I mean Hudson. Literally nothing else, because this series makes no sense.
Anyway, see y'all for the fourth book in September lol.
I enjoyed the direction the romance went in this series. A majority of the negative reviews that differ from mine disagree with that, which is completely fair. I personally don't see that because I never thought what happened in Crave made a ton of sense. It just felt so rushed and chaotic that I never really had a firm belief in it. Love triangle haters, this one might not be for you.
Crush still remains my favorite of the bunch, even with the bizarre triwizard/hot potato tournament. The writing was much better from Crave to Crush, and to my delight, not a single "WTF" or "SEXY AF" was to be found in Covet. The magic system? No clue. Plot? I'm sure we can find one in there somewhere. This is such a convoluted mess, but I am here for it. And by 'it' I mean Hudson. Literally nothing else, because this series makes no sense.
Anyway, see y'all for the fourth book in September lol.
May 9, 2021
"Crave" is a standalone. For me.
Rushed, forced, annoying and useless.
I just have no words to fully describe how disappointed with this series I am. Even disgusted because love triangle between brothers... Just...Whyyyy? I was reading the book and couldn't believe my eyes.
The whole idea from the beginning of the 2nd book is a one big awful writing. It really looks like "Crave" exists in some parallel universe and has nothing to do with sequels. Because you can't build a perfect relationship and then just throw it away like some trash. It's okay if we're talking about some fanfiction, it is almost always written by amateurs, but here we have a professional writer who do it for living and actually sell her books. I didn't expect to find second Austen or Dumas, but I didn't expect such a low level either.
I was absolutely sure that author is smart enough to show that love is a great feeling, great gift which you should cherish no matter what. That you should fight for it till the end.
But what do we see here? Grace loves one guy in the beginning of the book and already another one in the end. I mean... Are you kidding me? It's impossible in any normal world. It's wrong in any normal world because it just shows how childish and fickle that person is. And what an amazing love it is!🤦🏻♀️
Grace and Jaxon. Mating bond - checked. Big beautiful love, "I don't need anyone else" and bla bla bla. Mating bond broke - love? What love? What are you talking about? Hudson and Grace. "I can't stand him, I love Jaxon, I need only Jaxon andnooneelse". Mating bond created - Jaxon is forgotten, immediately became ex-boyfriend, Hudson rule the world and all that jazz. How??? Can anyone explain me how could someone, especially someone with some influence on the audience, create a story, that shows, that love=some stupid mating bond? How could you teach young people, that egoistic childish selfish person (Hudson's behavior through all the 2nd book, when Jaxon and Grace were together and he ruined their every single moment) who also did so many horrible terrifying things, who killed hundreds or maybe thousands of people was a great guy who should have it all? Just how, explain me please someone. In my own universe it's something unbelievable and sooo unfair.
And why do this to Jaxon? He suffered a lot. He is so sweet, loving , caring, supportive and thoughtful. He deserves the world and even more. For his love, for his loyalty, for his unselfishness. He loved her all the time, bond or not - doesn't matter. It was always her. He did everything he could, did everything for her to show how much he cared.
Tacos in the middle of Alaska? No problem, because it would make her happy. Mystic topaz because she loves northern lights so much? Absolutely! Nice dates to show her what she means to him? Any time. New cell phone two hours after she became a human again? My pleasure. And so so much more, I can't even mention everything.
He loved. He cared. He was willing to do anything for her. Anything and everything just to make her smile and keep her safe.
So what's wrong with it? Why love and protection nowadays are something bad and synonyms for "trying to control her every step"? Why Grace won't stop telling that he doesn't see her as an equal? He sees. He just loves her more than anything else. And he is so afraid of losing her especially after her 4 months as a stone. What's wrong with a desire to take care and protect someone who means the world to you? And in the end of 2nd book he was ready to work on their relationship, he was ready to become better. For her. And if she couldn't understand it.. She doesn't deserve him at all.
If I had my own real Jaxon who would love me so, I would have considered myself the luckiest and the happiest person ever. Because he is perfect, he is everything the real Man should be. And he deserves to be treated well. And be loved unconditionally.
Grace is my disappointment of the century. She doesn't love anyone, she just switches the guys because of the mating bond damn it. It's not about love, about feelings, about something precious.
She just left Jaxon when he needed her the most. She tells him that she loves him, even after the bond is broken and then poof and he is already an ex. She didn't fight for him, for their love. She just switched brothers. And Bloodletter was right saying "But if they really love each other, does it matter if there’s a mating bond or not?". She just didn't love him. Her love is mating bond and nothing more. Break her new one and she will find someone new. As much as I can't stand Hudson, but maybe even he is too good for her.
And twist with Jaxon and Flint. Flint's mother gave Jaxon her dragon heart, okay I got it. But her son is so in love with Jaxon who suddenly feels again that he has a soul. Coincidence? I don't think so. How could a guy, who have been so in love with a girl for 3 books suddenly become a gay? Why it's so difficult to give him Macy or another nice girl, why should you make such forced illogical moves? And why all these moves are so predictable? This is sooooo pathetic to turn Jaxon into gay, especially through Flint's mother sacrifice. Is the mating bond (and the great love with it) already here? Or it's a surprise for the 4th book? Which I won't even try to buy and read. I don't want to see how Jaxon "suddenly" understands that he is and always was in love with Flint and what he had with Grace was just some madness. But now he knows the truth and is open to this true forever lasting love🤦🏻♀️
I cried. I literally cried in the end, when Jaxon was dieing and told Grace, that he always loved her and he knew he couldn't ask her anything now that they weren't together anymore, but could she please be with him till the end because he was afraid of dieing alone. Damn, I'm writing this now and I'm crying again. Why make him suffer so much? Why make him love so much a girl who doesn't deserve even 1% of his love? It's unfair, you know that? It's so damn unfair that the most amazing character of the series is the one who receives all the blows, who is getting hurt over and over again. Who had a bit of happiness in a 1st book and then once again lost to his "always so amazing and the first in everything" brother. But now he lost to him the love of his life. Why?
Grace and Hudson, his own brother and a girl, who claimed to love him, they both almost destroyed him. And they didn't even care too much. Two selfish idiots who care only about themselves and don't give a shit what other people feel.
To tell the truth I'd prefer if Jaxon has been killed in the end of "Covet". I love him very much, but it would have put him out of his misery and have prevented that awful twist with Flint which I have no doubt is coming in 4th book. Jaxon is too good for all this shit and he deserves better.
So no, sorry, from now on all that trash without me. Because I'm done, I'm so so done with these series. For me Crave series will always remain as only the first book. When Grace and Jaxon were making their snowman and were absolutely happy. That's my happy ending. I'll will remember this story this way, without all that following trash and madness.
Love is a divine gift, you shouldn't be able to turn it off and on by creating or destroying some stupid bond. It should be.. it must be so much more than that. But these books teach us something completely different. And it's quite sad.
If I could rate the book -billion, I would. But unfortunately it's 1 from me. And even that is too much.
Rushed, forced, annoying and useless.
I just have no words to fully describe how disappointed with this series I am. Even disgusted because love triangle between brothers... Just...Whyyyy? I was reading the book and couldn't believe my eyes.
The whole idea from the beginning of the 2nd book is a one big awful writing. It really looks like "Crave" exists in some parallel universe and has nothing to do with sequels. Because you can't build a perfect relationship and then just throw it away like some trash. It's okay if we're talking about some fanfiction, it is almost always written by amateurs, but here we have a professional writer who do it for living and actually sell her books. I didn't expect to find second Austen or Dumas, but I didn't expect such a low level either.
I was absolutely sure that author is smart enough to show that love is a great feeling, great gift which you should cherish no matter what. That you should fight for it till the end.
But what do we see here? Grace loves one guy in the beginning of the book and already another one in the end. I mean... Are you kidding me? It's impossible in any normal world. It's wrong in any normal world because it just shows how childish and fickle that person is. And what an amazing love it is!🤦🏻♀️
Grace and Jaxon. Mating bond - checked. Big beautiful love, "I don't need anyone else" and bla bla bla. Mating bond broke - love? What love? What are you talking about? Hudson and Grace. "I can't stand him, I love Jaxon, I need only Jaxon andnooneelse". Mating bond created - Jaxon is forgotten, immediately became ex-boyfriend, Hudson rule the world and all that jazz. How??? Can anyone explain me how could someone, especially someone with some influence on the audience, create a story, that shows, that love=some stupid mating bond? How could you teach young people, that egoistic childish selfish person (Hudson's behavior through all the 2nd book, when Jaxon and Grace were together and he ruined their every single moment) who also did so many horrible terrifying things, who killed hundreds or maybe thousands of people was a great guy who should have it all? Just how, explain me please someone. In my own universe it's something unbelievable and sooo unfair.
And why do this to Jaxon? He suffered a lot. He is so sweet, loving , caring, supportive and thoughtful. He deserves the world and even more. For his love, for his loyalty, for his unselfishness. He loved her all the time, bond or not - doesn't matter. It was always her. He did everything he could, did everything for her to show how much he cared.
Tacos in the middle of Alaska? No problem, because it would make her happy. Mystic topaz because she loves northern lights so much? Absolutely! Nice dates to show her what she means to him? Any time. New cell phone two hours after she became a human again? My pleasure. And so so much more, I can't even mention everything.
He loved. He cared. He was willing to do anything for her. Anything and everything just to make her smile and keep her safe.
So what's wrong with it? Why love and protection nowadays are something bad and synonyms for "trying to control her every step"? Why Grace won't stop telling that he doesn't see her as an equal? He sees. He just loves her more than anything else. And he is so afraid of losing her especially after her 4 months as a stone. What's wrong with a desire to take care and protect someone who means the world to you? And in the end of 2nd book he was ready to work on their relationship, he was ready to become better. For her. And if she couldn't understand it.. She doesn't deserve him at all.
If I had my own real Jaxon who would love me so, I would have considered myself the luckiest and the happiest person ever. Because he is perfect, he is everything the real Man should be. And he deserves to be treated well. And be loved unconditionally.
Grace is my disappointment of the century. She doesn't love anyone, she just switches the guys because of the mating bond damn it. It's not about love, about feelings, about something precious.
She just left Jaxon when he needed her the most. She tells him that she loves him, even after the bond is broken and then poof and he is already an ex. She didn't fight for him, for their love. She just switched brothers. And Bloodletter was right saying "But if they really love each other, does it matter if there’s a mating bond or not?". She just didn't love him. Her love is mating bond and nothing more. Break her new one and she will find someone new. As much as I can't stand Hudson, but maybe even he is too good for her.
And twist with Jaxon and Flint. Flint's mother gave Jaxon her dragon heart, okay I got it. But her son is so in love with Jaxon who suddenly feels again that he has a soul. Coincidence? I don't think so. How could a guy, who have been so in love with a girl for 3 books suddenly become a gay? Why it's so difficult to give him Macy or another nice girl, why should you make such forced illogical moves? And why all these moves are so predictable? This is sooooo pathetic to turn Jaxon into gay, especially through Flint's mother sacrifice. Is the mating bond (and the great love with it) already here? Or it's a surprise for the 4th book? Which I won't even try to buy and read. I don't want to see how Jaxon "suddenly" understands that he is and always was in love with Flint and what he had with Grace was just some madness. But now he knows the truth and is open to this true forever lasting love🤦🏻♀️
I cried. I literally cried in the end, when Jaxon was dieing and told Grace, that he always loved her and he knew he couldn't ask her anything now that they weren't together anymore, but could she please be with him till the end because he was afraid of dieing alone. Damn, I'm writing this now and I'm crying again. Why make him suffer so much? Why make him love so much a girl who doesn't deserve even 1% of his love? It's unfair, you know that? It's so damn unfair that the most amazing character of the series is the one who receives all the blows, who is getting hurt over and over again. Who had a bit of happiness in a 1st book and then once again lost to his "always so amazing and the first in everything" brother. But now he lost to him the love of his life. Why?
Grace and Hudson, his own brother and a girl, who claimed to love him, they both almost destroyed him. And they didn't even care too much. Two selfish idiots who care only about themselves and don't give a shit what other people feel.
To tell the truth I'd prefer if Jaxon has been killed in the end of "Covet". I love him very much, but it would have put him out of his misery and have prevented that awful twist with Flint which I have no doubt is coming in 4th book. Jaxon is too good for all this shit and he deserves better.
So no, sorry, from now on all that trash without me. Because I'm done, I'm so so done with these series. For me Crave series will always remain as only the first book. When Grace and Jaxon were making their snowman and were absolutely happy. That's my happy ending. I'll will remember this story this way, without all that following trash and madness.
Love is a divine gift, you shouldn't be able to turn it off and on by creating or destroying some stupid bond. It should be.. it must be so much more than that. But these books teach us something completely different. And it's quite sad.
If I could rate the book -billion, I would. But unfortunately it's 1 from me. And even that is too much.
July 29, 2021
”Actions have consequences. Mistakes get made. Hearts get broken”.
Creo que nunca me voy a cansar de decir que esta saga es una de las grandes sorpresas de mi año, ¡es espectacular! Con cada libro que pasa, Tracy Wolff nos demuestra que el mundo que tiene pensado es enorme y que, con cada página que leamos, vamos a ir descubriendo nuevos secretos, traiciones y giros de trama que nos van a dejar muertísimos.
Covet empieza justo después del bombazo con el que termina Crush, es decir, con Hudson revelando que él y Grace son mates. Absolutamente todo cambia en ese momento, pues la confusión que sienten Grace y Jaxon es indescriptible. Y lo peor de todo es que no tienen que lidiar únicamente con estos sentimientos y con el dolor de la ruptura, sino también con todos los planes malignos que el rey de los vampiros tiene para dominar todo el mundo sobrenatural y borrar de la faz de la tierra a quienes se opongan a él.
No saben lo mucho que adoré este libro. Desde el anterior, cuando Hudson apareció y estuvo durante tanto tiempo en la cabeza de Grace, creo que empecé a quererlo. Y Grace igual. Crearon un lazo de amistad único y, luego, cuando se dan cuenta de que son mates, las cosas se complican. A decir verdad, aunque me desesperaba un poco que Grace no aceptara sus sentimientos por Hudson, en el fondo sí me gustó que se tomara su tiempo. Y no solo por todo el angst adicional y la tensión que se iba acumulando entre ella y Hudson, sino porque Grace estaba pasando por muchísimo y necesitaba entender exactamente quién era esta nueva ella-gárgola.
Y Hudson… LO AMO. O sea, entre su actitud de no-me-importa-nada-pero-me-importa-todo, su acento británico y todo lo que está dispuesto a sacrificar por Grace yo moría de amor. A pesar de todo su pasado, ahora está haciendo todo lo que puede para proteger a las personas que le importan, le da igual ir a una prisión de la que nadie escapa, sacrificar sus lazos o morir, pero no quiere que nadie más vuelva a sentir dolor por su culpa. Además, una de las cosas que más adoro de Hudson es que nunca duda de las capacidades de Grace, de que ella pueda defenderse sola y de que pueda tomar sus propias decisiones. Adoro que acepte su independencia y que, aunque la ama con cada fibra de su ser, esperó a que ella estuviera lista para aceptar su lazo y para que todo sucediera a su ritmo. ABSOLUTE GOALS.
De Jaxon, para no caer en ningún spoiler, sólo diré que me partió el corazón ver lo que le sucedía y cómo trataba de ocultarlo para no arruinar la nueva felicidad que Hudson y Grace habían encontrado. Y, vaya, lo que sucede con él sobre el final… joder, no vi venir ni lo uno ni lo otro.
Pero sí, en general creo que toda esta saga que está escribiendo Tracy Wolff combina de una manera increíble todos los elementos sobrenaturales que se puedan imaginar, los dramas de unas cortes de seres que solo quieren conseguir más y más poder, la angustia de relaciones rotas, la felicidad y emociones de nuevos lazos encontrados y, sobre todo, acción. Cove es una historia que no puedes dejar de leer en ningún momento, a pesar de sus más de 800 páginas, porque todo el tiempo está sucediendo algo que cambia el rumbo que todos los personajes deben tomar. No hay ningún momento calmado ni de relleno. Y, por supuesto, hay mucha angustia romántica, momentos robados, besos espectaculares, mordidas intensas y amor inmortal.
Creo que nunca me voy a cansar de decir que esta saga es una de las grandes sorpresas de mi año, ¡es espectacular! Con cada libro que pasa, Tracy Wolff nos demuestra que el mundo que tiene pensado es enorme y que, con cada página que leamos, vamos a ir descubriendo nuevos secretos, traiciones y giros de trama que nos van a dejar muertísimos.
Covet empieza justo después del bombazo con el que termina Crush, es decir, con Hudson revelando que él y Grace son mates. Absolutamente todo cambia en ese momento, pues la confusión que sienten Grace y Jaxon es indescriptible. Y lo peor de todo es que no tienen que lidiar únicamente con estos sentimientos y con el dolor de la ruptura, sino también con todos los planes malignos que el rey de los vampiros tiene para dominar todo el mundo sobrenatural y borrar de la faz de la tierra a quienes se opongan a él.
No saben lo mucho que adoré este libro. Desde el anterior, cuando Hudson apareció y estuvo durante tanto tiempo en la cabeza de Grace, creo que empecé a quererlo. Y Grace igual. Crearon un lazo de amistad único y, luego, cuando se dan cuenta de que son mates, las cosas se complican. A decir verdad, aunque me desesperaba un poco que Grace no aceptara sus sentimientos por Hudson, en el fondo sí me gustó que se tomara su tiempo. Y no solo por todo el angst adicional y la tensión que se iba acumulando entre ella y Hudson, sino porque Grace estaba pasando por muchísimo y necesitaba entender exactamente quién era esta nueva ella-gárgola.
Y Hudson… LO AMO. O sea, entre su actitud de no-me-importa-nada-pero-me-importa-todo, su acento británico y todo lo que está dispuesto a sacrificar por Grace yo moría de amor. A pesar de todo su pasado, ahora está haciendo todo lo que puede para proteger a las personas que le importan, le da igual ir a una prisión de la que nadie escapa, sacrificar sus lazos o morir, pero no quiere que nadie más vuelva a sentir dolor por su culpa. Además, una de las cosas que más adoro de Hudson es que nunca duda de las capacidades de Grace, de que ella pueda defenderse sola y de que pueda tomar sus propias decisiones. Adoro que acepte su independencia y que, aunque la ama con cada fibra de su ser, esperó a que ella estuviera lista para aceptar su lazo y para que todo sucediera a su ritmo. ABSOLUTE GOALS.
De Jaxon, para no caer en ningún spoiler, sólo diré que me partió el corazón ver lo que le sucedía y cómo trataba de ocultarlo para no arruinar la nueva felicidad que Hudson y Grace habían encontrado. Y, vaya, lo que sucede con él sobre el final… joder, no vi venir ni lo uno ni lo otro.
Pero sí, en general creo que toda esta saga que está escribiendo Tracy Wolff combina de una manera increíble todos los elementos sobrenaturales que se puedan imaginar, los dramas de unas cortes de seres que solo quieren conseguir más y más poder, la angustia de relaciones rotas, la felicidad y emociones de nuevos lazos encontrados y, sobre todo, acción. Cove es una historia que no puedes dejar de leer en ningún momento, a pesar de sus más de 800 páginas, porque todo el tiempo está sucediendo algo que cambia el rumbo que todos los personajes deben tomar. No hay ningún momento calmado ni de relleno. Y, por supuesto, hay mucha angustia romántica, momentos robados, besos espectaculares, mordidas intensas y amor inmortal.
January 24, 2022
⭐️⭐️ (1.5 stars/5.. rounded up)
Dear. God.
WHAT HAPPENED.
I mean. No. Seriously.What the fuck just happened???
So.. heres the deal. I was super super super looking forward to this book series to come out last year. So much so that I preordered it, and then when it didnt get to my house on release day, my husband did an in store pick up at Barnes and Noble for me so that I could read it that day, so I actually now own 2 copies.
I was... incredibly disappointed by the first book. It was like a 3.5 for me. Which is fine. Its a YA vampire romance. Academy setting. It makes sense that the characters would be slightly immature and annoying and on top of it it was the author’s first book. So, fine. I was willing to give the next book a chance.
I did. Again- it was just ok. I thought there was a fuck ton of manufactured drama but it was still like a 3 star read, and the cliffhanger (and Hudson in general) were descent enough that I was somewhat excited for this third book. There were a lot of new releases this week, so I started it on Thursday night and finished it just now, on Saturday morning. It was like 680 pages and that was about 380 pages too long.
I feel like I just lost all of my brain cells.
I apparently go fucking *off* when I find a book I absolutely hate, and I also tend to make lists in my reviews, and that’s worked well for me thus far so why fix a good thing? (I’m looking at you, Grace, you fucking moron.)
Shall we begin?
1. The Age of the Vampires
Something that has bothered me for a few books now and continued to bother me badly while reading this book is the fact that these vampires- Hudson, Jaxon and The Order- are all like 200+ year old vampires, right? Why are they at a school filled with 15-18 year old kids? Why do they act like 15-18 year old children? Why is it so god damned skeavy that they're dating and hooking up with humans/wolves/witches that are 180+ years younger than them?
Also, sorry to say but there is no fucking way an immortal vampire over 200 years old is going to wait 8 months for a 17 year old girl to kiss him. There's also no way they would put up with her incessant whining and crying and bitching and drama but that’s a whole separate point of its own that we'll get to later.
So how do these vampires age? Are they born and age like normal people until they hit a certain age and then they stop aging/aging so quickly? If thats the case how god damned terrible to be stuck in the body of a 17 year old boy for hundreds of years. Do they just age slowly from the start? Because the way the author makes it sound, Hudson has been all over and done tons of things and read thousands of books so it cant be that- no one with the emotional and mental maturity of, say, a 13 year old boy, is going to do the academic bullshit that Hudson has.
It. Makes. No. Sense.
(*you can also file this point under "plot holes."*)
2. This is not a NA book. Nor is it a YA book. And it's certainly not a good book.
I’m not quite sure why the author thinks what throwing around the word “fuck” does for this series. Frankly it comes off as immature and trying too hard to be edgy and its just so weird. Why write a YA series then having every page include the word "fuck?" All that does is scream “this is YA but its trying really hard to be cool.” There arent any sex scenes, but they do take their pants off🙄 and as my friend Katie pointed out to me— oral sex is still sex so Grace denying that they did anything is not only disheartening but also fucked up. 1800 pages and the most we get out of this YA-trying-to-be-NA book is a fucking make out session and some shitty innuendo’s and apparently an orgasmic bite because vampires, of course.🤦🏻♀️
3. Over-used phrases are over-used
So.. in the last book, Macey’s boyfriend of 12 minutes died trying to kill the Unkillable Beast. Thats sad. It is. Like anytime someone dies it sucks. (Or it would if I had an ounce of me that gave a shit for any of these characters.) And at the start of this book, Macey is still super depressed. The author has no problem reminding us how depressed Macey is. Macey also, apparently, laughs and smiles “for the first time in forever,” about 20 fucking times by 50% through the book. I shit you not- Grace pointed out, “But Macey was smiling for the first time in forever,” a total of 8 times by chapter 40. Theres 160+ chapters in the book. That’s ridiculous. Find another way to point out that the girl is happy. You're an author, ffs. Use your words.
BUT THATS NOT ALL.
“At first I didn’t think he would answer.”
Grace, in addition to all her other issues, apparently has a real problem with thinking people wont fucking answer her questions. Either that or Hudson/Jaxon just like to leave Grace in suspense every time she asks a question. Its worse than “let out a breath I didn’t realize I had been holding.”
WHERE THE FUCK IS THIS WOMAN’S EDITOR????
4. Grace has got to be the most annoying human being in the history of any book ever.
If I were Jaxon, or Hudson, or even her fucking cousin, I would have dropped her ass back in book 2. This bitch manufactures more drama than anyone I’ve ever read in my entire life. Then she does nothing but complain about all the drama in her life. Which- ok cool, you got kidnapped to be used as a human sacrifice, your parents died, you moved to Alaska, you found out paranormal are real, you found out *you’re* a paranormal, you had to challenge the vampire king, you found your mate, you had your mate bond ripped away from you, you almost died like 7 times. You would think this bitch would be god damned exhausted at this point. You would think that she would be super over the drama in her life that’s been out of her control.
Nope. NOT GRACE. She has to pick fights with everrryyyy fuckinnnggg boooddddyyyy because shes a self-righteous, self-serving, annoying twit who cant make a fucking decision even when the decisions are god damned made for her. No wonder her parents agreed to the Bloodletter creating a mate-bond between her and Jaxon- they probably knew their stupid ass daughter would be incapable of deciding anything on her own.
At the start of the book, Jaxon breaks up with her because he, too, is an overly emotional whiney ass bitch, and she immediately starts hanging out with Hudson. Which in turn obviously upsets Jaxon because a)its his fucking brother and b)they had been mates up until recently and c) thats really just a shitty ass thing to do. Which ok fair. But who does Grace get mad at? Here’s a hint: not herself.
Hudson bends over fucking backwards for this girl and all she does is fight with him. All she does is spend pages upon pages lamenting about how gods damned beautiful he is and how gorgeous he is and how much he turns her on and then says “oh but this attraction and relationship i have with him is just because of the mate bond.” Like... ok????? What about the attraction and relationship you had with Jaxon? You spent less time with him but your love for him was "true" and your love for Hudson (WHO IS YOUR ACTUAL MATE AND YOUR MATE BOND WAS NOT MANUFACTURED BTW) is just a figment of hormones and a mate-bond? What the shit kind of sense does that make? This girl spends a total of 7 sentences falling in love with and chasing after Jaxon like a deranged puppy but does nothing except for get mad at, yell at, and push Hudson away.
If I were Hudson I would have told her to get fucked so fast and then gone to hook up with Macey, who has a much shinier and happier disposition. Because screw alllll of that.
I mean at one point, Hudson tells Grace that he loves her and she looses her shit about that, too. This poor boy can’t win.
Not to mention- she flip-flops back and forth between Jaxon and Hudson the entire ass book and it just as annoying as it sounds like it is.
This Book has more plot holes than a slice of Swiss cheese
-At one point, we find out that Jaxon’s soul is dying because of his broken mate-bond with Grace. So what do Grace and Hudson decide to do after findining out that Hudson’s mate bond is the only thing keeping Grace’s soul alive? What any rational idiot’s would do, of course. They decide theyre going to find the magic crown to break their own mate-bond. Which is, you know, totally fine. Because then you have 3 stupid ass kids with broken mate-bonds and breaking souls. That makes sense. I mean, fuck it, right? Who am I to point out the flaw in that plan? Let nature take it’s course at this point because all of them are too stupid to live.
-The prison that they go into is said to be completely controlled by ancient magic. It’s supposedly not run by any single entity because the idea is that you go in to get rehabilitated and atone for your sins and then the prison’s magic- that has no emotions and apparently that makes it unbiased- allows you to leave when it believes you have properly atoned for your sins.
But right when this band of misfit morons are about to get out, the author introduces the “King of the Prison” who is the one who “decides” if prisoners can live or not. Cool, cool. Cool cool cool. So what you’re saying, then, is that the magic *isn’t* what decides if the prisoners have atoned and can be released. Why even put that in there, then? Why when you’re just going to introduce this random ass character to totally contradict this ancient ass magic you’ve been hyping up? Oh, thats right, because this book makes no fucking sense.
-There are adults but like, not really. Someone explain to me why there are even adults in this book if they’re not going to... oh... i dont know... act like adults? And don’t get me wrong I get that this is a paranormal fantasy Ya book and I can absolutely suspend belief with the best of them.. but why even bother? If you’re going to place Macey’s father and Grace’s uncle as the “Headmaster” of the school then have him act like a Headmaster. How is it that when all this random shit is going on at the academy and outside of it, the adults just sit back and let the kids figure it out? Is this a new generation of insanely powerful kids? Do the adults just not give a fuck? And the one adult that is involved, is being totally run to the ground by the evil Cyrus and says shit like “SEIZE HIM!” When her son shows up with his best friends for a damned party. I mean, seriously, “seize him”??? Lolololololololol Ok.😂😂😂
-Grace keeps mentioning her friend Heather back in San Diego or wherever she’s from and seriously, why? Why? Why have we wasted so much time hearing about Heather and her text’s with the girl and their friendship from like 2nd grade? Just let it go.
IN CONCLUSION
This book could have been 1/2 as long as it was (I didnt need a 6 chapter dissertation on Grace’s dumbass birthday party and if Ms. Wolff had cut out even 82 of the fights Grace manufactured for drama it would have still left us with 147 fights which is 146 too many.....), it was full of plot holes, full of moronic characters, full of bullshit, and just overall ridiculous. No one communicates, everyone says the opposite of what they want to say, the main characters are either morons or masochists (for keeping Grace around for any length of time) or both, and I’m absolutely not going to read the 4th book no matter how badly I want to know what Hudson knows about “Grace’s green thread” in her soul. In the words of I’m-so-edgy Grace, “Fuck it, just fuck it.”
Dear. God.
WHAT HAPPENED.
I mean. No. Seriously.What the fuck just happened???
So.. heres the deal. I was super super super looking forward to this book series to come out last year. So much so that I preordered it, and then when it didnt get to my house on release day, my husband did an in store pick up at Barnes and Noble for me so that I could read it that day, so I actually now own 2 copies.
I was... incredibly disappointed by the first book. It was like a 3.5 for me. Which is fine. Its a YA vampire romance. Academy setting. It makes sense that the characters would be slightly immature and annoying and on top of it it was the author’s first book. So, fine. I was willing to give the next book a chance.
I did. Again- it was just ok. I thought there was a fuck ton of manufactured drama but it was still like a 3 star read, and the cliffhanger (and Hudson in general) were descent enough that I was somewhat excited for this third book. There were a lot of new releases this week, so I started it on Thursday night and finished it just now, on Saturday morning. It was like 680 pages and that was about 380 pages too long.
I feel like I just lost all of my brain cells.
I apparently go fucking *off* when I find a book I absolutely hate, and I also tend to make lists in my reviews, and that’s worked well for me thus far so why fix a good thing? (I’m looking at you, Grace, you fucking moron.)
Shall we begin?
1. The Age of the Vampires
Something that has bothered me for a few books now and continued to bother me badly while reading this book is the fact that these vampires- Hudson, Jaxon and The Order- are all like 200+ year old vampires, right? Why are they at a school filled with 15-18 year old kids? Why do they act like 15-18 year old children? Why is it so god damned skeavy that they're dating and hooking up with humans/wolves/witches that are 180+ years younger than them?
Also, sorry to say but there is no fucking way an immortal vampire over 200 years old is going to wait 8 months for a 17 year old girl to kiss him. There's also no way they would put up with her incessant whining and crying and bitching and drama but that’s a whole separate point of its own that we'll get to later.
So how do these vampires age? Are they born and age like normal people until they hit a certain age and then they stop aging/aging so quickly? If thats the case how god damned terrible to be stuck in the body of a 17 year old boy for hundreds of years. Do they just age slowly from the start? Because the way the author makes it sound, Hudson has been all over and done tons of things and read thousands of books so it cant be that- no one with the emotional and mental maturity of, say, a 13 year old boy, is going to do the academic bullshit that Hudson has.
It. Makes. No. Sense.
(*you can also file this point under "plot holes."*)
2. This is not a NA book. Nor is it a YA book. And it's certainly not a good book.
I’m not quite sure why the author thinks what throwing around the word “fuck” does for this series. Frankly it comes off as immature and trying too hard to be edgy and its just so weird. Why write a YA series then having every page include the word "fuck?" All that does is scream “this is YA but its trying really hard to be cool.” There arent any sex scenes, but they do take their pants off🙄 and as my friend Katie pointed out to me— oral sex is still sex so Grace denying that they did anything is not only disheartening but also fucked up. 1800 pages and the most we get out of this YA-trying-to-be-NA book is a fucking make out session and some shitty innuendo’s and apparently an orgasmic bite because vampires, of course.🤦🏻♀️
3. Over-used phrases are over-used
So.. in the last book, Macey’s boyfriend of 12 minutes died trying to kill the Unkillable Beast. Thats sad. It is. Like anytime someone dies it sucks. (Or it would if I had an ounce of me that gave a shit for any of these characters.) And at the start of this book, Macey is still super depressed. The author has no problem reminding us how depressed Macey is. Macey also, apparently, laughs and smiles “for the first time in forever,” about 20 fucking times by 50% through the book. I shit you not- Grace pointed out, “But Macey was smiling for the first time in forever,” a total of 8 times by chapter 40. Theres 160+ chapters in the book. That’s ridiculous. Find another way to point out that the girl is happy. You're an author, ffs. Use your words.
BUT THATS NOT ALL.
“At first I didn’t think he would answer.”
Grace, in addition to all her other issues, apparently has a real problem with thinking people wont fucking answer her questions. Either that or Hudson/Jaxon just like to leave Grace in suspense every time she asks a question. Its worse than “let out a breath I didn’t realize I had been holding.”
WHERE THE FUCK IS THIS WOMAN’S EDITOR????
4. Grace has got to be the most annoying human being in the history of any book ever.
If I were Jaxon, or Hudson, or even her fucking cousin, I would have dropped her ass back in book 2. This bitch manufactures more drama than anyone I’ve ever read in my entire life. Then she does nothing but complain about all the drama in her life. Which- ok cool, you got kidnapped to be used as a human sacrifice, your parents died, you moved to Alaska, you found out paranormal are real, you found out *you’re* a paranormal, you had to challenge the vampire king, you found your mate, you had your mate bond ripped away from you, you almost died like 7 times. You would think this bitch would be god damned exhausted at this point. You would think that she would be super over the drama in her life that’s been out of her control.
Nope. NOT GRACE. She has to pick fights with everrryyyy fuckinnnggg boooddddyyyy because shes a self-righteous, self-serving, annoying twit who cant make a fucking decision even when the decisions are god damned made for her. No wonder her parents agreed to the Bloodletter creating a mate-bond between her and Jaxon- they probably knew their stupid ass daughter would be incapable of deciding anything on her own.
At the start of the book, Jaxon breaks up with her because he, too, is an overly emotional whiney ass bitch, and she immediately starts hanging out with Hudson. Which in turn obviously upsets Jaxon because a)its his fucking brother and b)they had been mates up until recently and c) thats really just a shitty ass thing to do. Which ok fair. But who does Grace get mad at? Here’s a hint: not herself.
Hudson bends over fucking backwards for this girl and all she does is fight with him. All she does is spend pages upon pages lamenting about how gods damned beautiful he is and how gorgeous he is and how much he turns her on and then says “oh but this attraction and relationship i have with him is just because of the mate bond.” Like... ok????? What about the attraction and relationship you had with Jaxon? You spent less time with him but your love for him was "true" and your love for Hudson (WHO IS YOUR ACTUAL MATE AND YOUR MATE BOND WAS NOT MANUFACTURED BTW) is just a figment of hormones and a mate-bond? What the shit kind of sense does that make? This girl spends a total of 7 sentences falling in love with and chasing after Jaxon like a deranged puppy but does nothing except for get mad at, yell at, and push Hudson away.
If I were Hudson I would have told her to get fucked so fast and then gone to hook up with Macey, who has a much shinier and happier disposition. Because screw alllll of that.
I mean at one point, Hudson tells Grace that he loves her and she looses her shit about that, too. This poor boy can’t win.
Not to mention- she flip-flops back and forth between Jaxon and Hudson the entire ass book and it just as annoying as it sounds like it is.
This Book has more plot holes than a slice of Swiss cheese
-At one point, we find out that Jaxon’s soul is dying because of his broken mate-bond with Grace. So what do Grace and Hudson decide to do after findining out that Hudson’s mate bond is the only thing keeping Grace’s soul alive? What any rational idiot’s would do, of course. They decide theyre going to find the magic crown to break their own mate-bond. Which is, you know, totally fine. Because then you have 3 stupid ass kids with broken mate-bonds and breaking souls. That makes sense. I mean, fuck it, right? Who am I to point out the flaw in that plan? Let nature take it’s course at this point because all of them are too stupid to live.
-The prison that they go into is said to be completely controlled by ancient magic. It’s supposedly not run by any single entity because the idea is that you go in to get rehabilitated and atone for your sins and then the prison’s magic- that has no emotions and apparently that makes it unbiased- allows you to leave when it believes you have properly atoned for your sins.
But right when this band of misfit morons are about to get out, the author introduces the “King of the Prison” who is the one who “decides” if prisoners can live or not. Cool, cool. Cool cool cool. So what you’re saying, then, is that the magic *isn’t* what decides if the prisoners have atoned and can be released. Why even put that in there, then? Why when you’re just going to introduce this random ass character to totally contradict this ancient ass magic you’ve been hyping up? Oh, thats right, because this book makes no fucking sense.
-There are adults but like, not really. Someone explain to me why there are even adults in this book if they’re not going to... oh... i dont know... act like adults? And don’t get me wrong I get that this is a paranormal fantasy Ya book and I can absolutely suspend belief with the best of them.. but why even bother? If you’re going to place Macey’s father and Grace’s uncle as the “Headmaster” of the school then have him act like a Headmaster. How is it that when all this random shit is going on at the academy and outside of it, the adults just sit back and let the kids figure it out? Is this a new generation of insanely powerful kids? Do the adults just not give a fuck? And the one adult that is involved, is being totally run to the ground by the evil Cyrus and says shit like “SEIZE HIM!” When her son shows up with his best friends for a damned party. I mean, seriously, “seize him”??? Lolololololololol Ok.😂😂😂
-Grace keeps mentioning her friend Heather back in San Diego or wherever she’s from and seriously, why? Why? Why have we wasted so much time hearing about Heather and her text’s with the girl and their friendship from like 2nd grade? Just let it go.
IN CONCLUSION
This book could have been 1/2 as long as it was (I didnt need a 6 chapter dissertation on Grace’s dumbass birthday party and if Ms. Wolff had cut out even 82 of the fights Grace manufactured for drama it would have still left us with 147 fights which is 146 too many.....), it was full of plot holes, full of moronic characters, full of bullshit, and just overall ridiculous. No one communicates, everyone says the opposite of what they want to say, the main characters are either morons or masochists (for keeping Grace around for any length of time) or both, and I’m absolutely not going to read the 4th book no matter how badly I want to know what Hudson knows about “Grace’s green thread” in her soul. In the words of I’m-so-edgy Grace, “Fuck it, just fuck it.”
October 5, 2021
last line: "Jason, if you wouldn't mind, take your fucking hands off my mate."
OMG.. i mean i felt that there was something b/w Grace and Hudson but i wasn't fully prepared neither for this new mating bond nor for the end of book 2....m gonna die in suspense of what'll happen but march 2021 is around the corner. I have read both books twice now and can't believe i still get those butterfly things. I m literally in love with Hudson{devil who wears Gucci..opps..Versace}.I want someone inside my head too so i can talk to him, share my thoughts and who can answer all the questions for me in the class LOL.. but Hudson's humor, his stupid obnoxious Hudson Vega smirk.... don't convert this book into movie.. i don't wanna be disappointed.. his image in my mind is pretty cool... i mean he's got high cheekbones and strong jawline, drool worthy blue eyes. dark brown short hair and hell i m swooning all over again. I WANT BOOK 3 NOW... i have read 20+ books after Crush#2 but still all I can think about is Hudson and his mate.
OMG.. i mean i felt that there was something b/w Grace and Hudson but i wasn't fully prepared neither for this new mating bond nor for the end of book 2....m gonna die in suspense of what'll happen but march 2021 is around the corner. I have read both books twice now and can't believe i still get those butterfly things. I m literally in love with Hudson{devil who wears Gucci..opps..Versace}.I want someone inside my head too so i can talk to him, share my thoughts and who can answer all the questions for me in the class LOL.. but Hudson's humor, his stupid obnoxious Hudson Vega smirk.... don't convert this book into movie.. i don't wanna be disappointed.. his image in my mind is pretty cool... i mean he's got high cheekbones and strong jawline, drool worthy blue eyes. dark brown short hair and hell i m swooning all over again. I WANT BOOK 3 NOW... i have read 20+ books after Crush#2 but still all I can think about is Hudson and his mate.
March 14, 2022
This wasn't what I wanted it to be and I'm disappointed and frustrated by that 💔
[EDIT: Now that I've calmed down some, I can finally write my review] Apologies in advance for the length of this review.
I can't really begin to explain my feelings on Covet. Crave was absolutely incredible and while Crush pushed me a little, I enjoyed it and knew it was heading somewhere great. I am so disappointed because I feel like Covet was a completely different book and does not fit in with the series.
Firstly, the book felt rushed. So many plot points felt discarded and others were completely rewritten. I feel like Tracy Wolff changed the course of her story and in doing so completely disregarded everything she had built up in book 1. Jaxon and Grace's mating bond? Why was that such a necessary thing if you were going to completely wipe it in this book. As the Bloodletter stated, why should the bond matter if they loved each other? But instead of that showing true strength of character, it was easier for Grace to completely ignore everything that went on between her and Jaxon, instead choosing to run after Hudson. It seems to me that Grace's feelings are hugely dependent on the bonds that tell her how to feel; otherwise, what happened to the love she had at the beginning? I understand that while she may have developed feelings for Hudson along the way, her switch to "I no longer love Jaxon" just did not sit right in my head. It felt very quick, forced and uncomfortable.
The manufacturing of Jaxon and Grace's bond also felt completely unnecessary and seemed like another way just to force Hudson and Grace together. Also the book was SO LONG and yet Flint got hurt, Luca died, Jaxon died and was resurrected all in a very short space of time which made it seem sloppy.
Secondly, this book did Jaxon so dirty, I don't even have the words. He deserved way better. Let's start with the fact he was missing for a huge portion of it, which sucked. But in addition to that, he was thrown to the side and treated as less that important. Hudson repeatedly talks about how he still loves his brother, but really he does nothing to help him when he is in serious pain. Grace - well, she really let him down this time. I don't see how she could go from loving him - and him selflessly giving her up so she could move on with Hudson if she needed to - to her moving on with his brother before his eyes as though she had no other choice. I don't quite understand how that works for them and feel like it was cruel the way things happened to Jaxon in this book. Especially THAT scene where he tells her he always loved her? That for real broke me.
Now we get to the Hudson portion. FIRST OF ALL - If I have to read one more sentence about his accent or the way she can hear the British in his voice, I think I'm going to explode. I understand that Tracy Wolff means that Hudson becomes more pronounced when he says certain things, but wow was it infuriating to have to keep reading it again and again. You don't just LOSE an accent and then rediscover it. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Hudson's character. I think he's witty and sarcastic and provides a really good levity and compassion in the books. But do I think the way his character was forced upon us in the book was necessary? No. While Grace could have organically made up her mind, I think it was clear that Hudson was the only option being given to us and I didn't enjoy that.
In addition to this, we get some bonus chapters from Hudson's POV at the end of the book and these did nothing to help his case. We get to witness a few precious moments between Jaxon and Grace throughout the book that leads me to believe there is still a love connection between them, which is stated by Hudson himself when we read these chapters. He can clearly see the way they are and says that he knows Grace will always choose Jaxon... But she doesn't? This is where I get confused because I feel like Hudson does things that deliberately hurt Jaxon and he even says a line or two about how he loves Grace and so he'll pursue her anyway. I would have liked to have seen more of a brotherly bond, which we know is there, rather than see Hudson CHOOSE to hurt his brother simply because he's mated to Grace. He could have went about things in a far better way that wouldn't have nearly hurt Jaxon as bad, but he decided against it.
When Grace declares to Hudson that she always loved him, I found myself really puzzled. At the beginning of the book, she loves Jaxon. Then she still loves Jaxon but likes Hudson. Then she doesn't love Jaxon but likes Hudson but doesn't love him because she still thinks of Jaxon. But then all of that is forgotten because she has always loved Hudson and they are destined to be together, or so the bond says. It seems that Grace is very fickle and that this was another case of parts of the book being completely forgotten or washed over.
Grace also repeatedly compares the Vega brothers. One line that really sticks in my head in "Jaxon wanted to protect me, Hudson wanted to help me protect myself". I don't feel like this is fair to either of them. We need to remember that Hudson was literally INSIDE of Grace's head and knows everything whereas Jaxon never had that opportunity. He did what he could to protect her, because she needed to be protected. There are at least three times in Covet where Hudson tries to stop Grace doing something, step in front of her or protect her from something he deems she needs protecting from - so how is that any different from Jaxon doing it? I'm all for badass, empowered characters but can we not pretend that one brother is better than the other when they do the exact same things?
Lastly, a part of the book which really annoyed me, was the way in which Hudson's actions were repeatedly defended. At one point, Grace even states that war creates monsters or something along those lines. Whilst Hudson believed what he was doing was for the better, it really doesn't excuse the fact that he compelled many people to kill each other. If this were any other character, it would be counted as deplorable. Hudson certainly redeemed himself and does his best to help and save everyone - but teaching people that what he did was okay because he was trying to prevent something worse isn't a very good argument.
I know that a lot of people may take my opinions purely because I love Jaxon but that is not the case. If Jaxon were treated better in this book, and then Grace x Hudson partnership came about more naturally like we saw in Crush, then I would have been happier. But as I have said, it feels like our only option was apparently to ship Grace and Hudson and love them together - I did not. The parts of this series which I truly loved were mostly erased in this book and I hope that Tracy Wolff is able to repair this in Court. If not, Crave may be a "standalone" for me because I'm afraid this book didn't do it for me.
I WANTED to love this book and it's really breaking my heart that I didn't. I hope Court takes a page out of Covet's book and reneges a lot of the points from the previous book.
[EDIT: Now that I've calmed down some, I can finally write my review] Apologies in advance for the length of this review.
I can't really begin to explain my feelings on Covet. Crave was absolutely incredible and while Crush pushed me a little, I enjoyed it and knew it was heading somewhere great. I am so disappointed because I feel like Covet was a completely different book and does not fit in with the series.
Firstly, the book felt rushed. So many plot points felt discarded and others were completely rewritten. I feel like Tracy Wolff changed the course of her story and in doing so completely disregarded everything she had built up in book 1. Jaxon and Grace's mating bond? Why was that such a necessary thing if you were going to completely wipe it in this book. As the Bloodletter stated, why should the bond matter if they loved each other? But instead of that showing true strength of character, it was easier for Grace to completely ignore everything that went on between her and Jaxon, instead choosing to run after Hudson. It seems to me that Grace's feelings are hugely dependent on the bonds that tell her how to feel; otherwise, what happened to the love she had at the beginning? I understand that while she may have developed feelings for Hudson along the way, her switch to "I no longer love Jaxon" just did not sit right in my head. It felt very quick, forced and uncomfortable.
The manufacturing of Jaxon and Grace's bond also felt completely unnecessary and seemed like another way just to force Hudson and Grace together. Also the book was SO LONG and yet Flint got hurt, Luca died, Jaxon died and was resurrected all in a very short space of time which made it seem sloppy.
Secondly, this book did Jaxon so dirty, I don't even have the words. He deserved way better. Let's start with the fact he was missing for a huge portion of it, which sucked. But in addition to that, he was thrown to the side and treated as less that important. Hudson repeatedly talks about how he still loves his brother, but really he does nothing to help him when he is in serious pain. Grace - well, she really let him down this time. I don't see how she could go from loving him - and him selflessly giving her up so she could move on with Hudson if she needed to - to her moving on with his brother before his eyes as though she had no other choice. I don't quite understand how that works for them and feel like it was cruel the way things happened to Jaxon in this book. Especially THAT scene where he tells her he always loved her? That for real broke me.
Now we get to the Hudson portion. FIRST OF ALL - If I have to read one more sentence about his accent or the way she can hear the British in his voice, I think I'm going to explode. I understand that Tracy Wolff means that Hudson becomes more pronounced when he says certain things, but wow was it infuriating to have to keep reading it again and again. You don't just LOSE an accent and then rediscover it. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Hudson's character. I think he's witty and sarcastic and provides a really good levity and compassion in the books. But do I think the way his character was forced upon us in the book was necessary? No. While Grace could have organically made up her mind, I think it was clear that Hudson was the only option being given to us and I didn't enjoy that.
In addition to this, we get some bonus chapters from Hudson's POV at the end of the book and these did nothing to help his case. We get to witness a few precious moments between Jaxon and Grace throughout the book that leads me to believe there is still a love connection between them, which is stated by Hudson himself when we read these chapters. He can clearly see the way they are and says that he knows Grace will always choose Jaxon... But she doesn't? This is where I get confused because I feel like Hudson does things that deliberately hurt Jaxon and he even says a line or two about how he loves Grace and so he'll pursue her anyway. I would have liked to have seen more of a brotherly bond, which we know is there, rather than see Hudson CHOOSE to hurt his brother simply because he's mated to Grace. He could have went about things in a far better way that wouldn't have nearly hurt Jaxon as bad, but he decided against it.
When Grace declares to Hudson that she always loved him, I found myself really puzzled. At the beginning of the book, she loves Jaxon. Then she still loves Jaxon but likes Hudson. Then she doesn't love Jaxon but likes Hudson but doesn't love him because she still thinks of Jaxon. But then all of that is forgotten because she has always loved Hudson and they are destined to be together, or so the bond says. It seems that Grace is very fickle and that this was another case of parts of the book being completely forgotten or washed over.
Grace also repeatedly compares the Vega brothers. One line that really sticks in my head in "Jaxon wanted to protect me, Hudson wanted to help me protect myself". I don't feel like this is fair to either of them. We need to remember that Hudson was literally INSIDE of Grace's head and knows everything whereas Jaxon never had that opportunity. He did what he could to protect her, because she needed to be protected. There are at least three times in Covet where Hudson tries to stop Grace doing something, step in front of her or protect her from something he deems she needs protecting from - so how is that any different from Jaxon doing it? I'm all for badass, empowered characters but can we not pretend that one brother is better than the other when they do the exact same things?
Lastly, a part of the book which really annoyed me, was the way in which Hudson's actions were repeatedly defended. At one point, Grace even states that war creates monsters or something along those lines. Whilst Hudson believed what he was doing was for the better, it really doesn't excuse the fact that he compelled many people to kill each other. If this were any other character, it would be counted as deplorable. Hudson certainly redeemed himself and does his best to help and save everyone - but teaching people that what he did was okay because he was trying to prevent something worse isn't a very good argument.
I know that a lot of people may take my opinions purely because I love Jaxon but that is not the case. If Jaxon were treated better in this book, and then Grace x Hudson partnership came about more naturally like we saw in Crush, then I would have been happier. But as I have said, it feels like our only option was apparently to ship Grace and Hudson and love them together - I did not. The parts of this series which I truly loved were mostly erased in this book and I hope that Tracy Wolff is able to repair this in Court. If not, Crave may be a "standalone" for me because I'm afraid this book didn't do it for me.
I WANTED to love this book and it's really breaking my heart that I didn't. I hope Court takes a page out of Covet's book and reneges a lot of the points from the previous book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 3, 2021
I was really looking forward to reading this book but I just didn’t have the heart to finish reading the rest of this book.
THEY DID JAXON SOO DIRTY, HE LITERALLY POURED HIS HEART OUT FOR GRACE, AND YET HE HAS TO WATCH THE GIRL HE LOVED AND HIS BROTHER GET TOGETHER.
The way their love was described in Crave just seemed to be forgotten about and Grace automatically switches off whatever feelings she had towards him.
I’ve never been this disappointed 😞
Jaxon deserved better.
THEY DID JAXON SOO DIRTY, HE LITERALLY POURED HIS HEART OUT FOR GRACE, AND YET HE HAS TO WATCH THE GIRL HE LOVED AND HIS BROTHER GET TOGETHER.
The way their love was described in Crave just seemed to be forgotten about and Grace automatically switches off whatever feelings she had towards him.
I’ve never been this disappointed 😞
Jaxon deserved better.
March 3, 2021
I absolutely loved the first book in this series. Hated the 2nd when the love triangle came into play. Had such high hopes for the third but no such luck. Grace is such an unlikeable character who flip flops between her feelings so frequently and has zero self awareness of her behavior and actions. It makes it hard to buy into the series, and leaves me with zero desire to read the 4th installment. I could barely get through the 3rd.
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October 2, 2020I haven't read this book but how crush ended!!! Want author to release this book now ... I m eagerly waiting for the third book
February 15, 2022
Thank you so much to Entangled Teen for sending me a copy of this book!
I'm totally not still crying over the fact that my blurb is on the first page.
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Covet is a fun and addictive read, with a plot that will keep you hooked and great characters to root for. There's drama, there's romance, there's action, and there's heartbreak. I love the direction this series is going in and I can't wait to see what happens next!
While it doesn't quite compete with Crush (because nothing can), I still enjoyed every single page.
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I'm totally not still crying over the fact that my blurb is on the first page.
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Covet is a fun and addictive read, with a plot that will keep you hooked and great characters to root for. There's drama, there's romance, there's action, and there's heartbreak. I love the direction this series is going in and I can't wait to see what happens next!
While it doesn't quite compete with Crush (
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June 14, 2023
4.5/5 ⭐
1/5 🌶️
My -re-read after reading Charm book 5 in the Crave series. Oh my God! I have no words for how this book made me feel. Absolutely no words. I laughed, I hurt. I wept. OH Hudson. OH HUDSON. You didn't think she would choose you. After everything. That made my heart hurt. HURT.
“You wouldn’t ask because you thought I wouldn’t pick you. But I would. I would pick you, Hudson. If there was any other way, I would choose you. I love you.”
4.5/5 ⭐
1/5 🌶️
This book is a little bit “Twilight”ish, with a lot of paranormal romance and you have to it read. It is a true YA. It’s cheesy!! With ALL the teenage drama you would want, it just like Vampire diaries TV show. I’m 110% here for it. Twists, turns, adventure, loss, betrayal, love, and lust. Jackson and Hudson totally remind me of Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Love all the magical creatures, the love between them all, and the beauty, and sexy perfect romance of it all. I do believe they did Jaxon wrong and I hope in court he gets his happy ending.
Quotes:
“Don’t discount your feelings for him just because you didn’t know him forever. It’s about how you know a person, not how long.”
“But if Hudson were to reject me? It wouldn’t just be a piece of me—he would be rejecting all of me. And that…would be oh so much more devastating. That would break me in places I didn’t even know I could break.”
“You don’t get to tell me what I mean,” he answers. “Any more than you get to tell me how I feel. I love you, Grace Foster. I’ve loved you for months, and I’ll love you forever. There’s nothing you can do about that fact.”
“So I wrap my arm around his shoulders and say, “Mine.” Simple, to the point, hard to misunderstand.”
“You wouldn’t ask because you thought I wouldn’t pick you. But I would. I would pick you, Hudson. If there was any other way, I would choose you. I love you."
🖤❤️🩹🤍🖤🤍❤️🩹🖤🤍❤️🩹🖤🤍❤️🩹🖤🤍❤️🩹
1/5 🌶️
My -re-read after reading Charm book 5 in the Crave series. Oh my God! I have no words for how this book made me feel. Absolutely no words. I laughed, I hurt. I wept. OH Hudson. OH HUDSON. You didn't think she would choose you. After everything. That made my heart hurt. HURT.
“You wouldn’t ask because you thought I wouldn’t pick you. But I would. I would pick you, Hudson. If there was any other way, I would choose you. I love you.”
4.5/5 ⭐
1/5 🌶️
This book is a little bit “Twilight”ish, with a lot of paranormal romance and you have to it read. It is a true YA. It’s cheesy!! With ALL the teenage drama you would want, it just like Vampire diaries TV show. I’m 110% here for it. Twists, turns, adventure, loss, betrayal, love, and lust. Jackson and Hudson totally remind me of Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Love all the magical creatures, the love between them all, and the beauty, and sexy perfect romance of it all. I do believe they did Jaxon wrong and I hope in court he gets his happy ending.
Quotes:
“Don’t discount your feelings for him just because you didn’t know him forever. It’s about how you know a person, not how long.”
“But if Hudson were to reject me? It wouldn’t just be a piece of me—he would be rejecting all of me. And that…would be oh so much more devastating. That would break me in places I didn’t even know I could break.”
“You don’t get to tell me what I mean,” he answers. “Any more than you get to tell me how I feel. I love you, Grace Foster. I’ve loved you for months, and I’ll love you forever. There’s nothing you can do about that fact.”
“So I wrap my arm around his shoulders and say, “Mine.” Simple, to the point, hard to misunderstand.”
“You wouldn’t ask because you thought I wouldn’t pick you. But I would. I would pick you, Hudson. If there was any other way, I would choose you. I love you."
🖤❤️🩹🤍🖤🤍❤️🩹🖤🤍❤️🩹🖤🤍❤️🩹🖤🤍❤️🩹
March 15, 2021
HOLY CRAP BALL.
To even THINK that I got enough of Hudson in crush...
* THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS * (only read beginning for short summary)
WOW.
Tracy, girl... you do not disappoint.
This book is the very thing I was created for.
My ENTIRE BEING belongs to this book, and my very British, very hot, Husband Hudson Vega.
shout out to @IssyGreenwood for loving Hudson just as much as I do.
The plot was amazing, the characters were captivating, and the entire book was nothing short of
supercalifragiclisticexpialisdous
Ok! On to the review.
This very amazing book by Tracy Wolff has your heart in your head the ENTIRE BOOK.
The tension between Grace and Hudson-
WOW.
Is it possible to pine for a fictional man? Answer: YES!
Tracy has me drooling over the story of Grace and Hudson the ENTIRE FRICKIN BOOK.
The tension between the two was undeniable, and the fact that Grace won't admit she loved him killed my soul.
I hated how much she hung onto Jaxon, even though he was a Semi-Crappy boyfriend.
The fact that she would even write Grace trying to BREAK THE FRICKIN BOND FOR JAXON-
I just couldn't...
That broke me inside a little.
In the beginning, Jaxon was just being a little BXtch TBH.
The things I felt for him were nothing less than hate.
Actually, I LOATHED him.
He is a snotty little brat who just wanted someone to put on a shelf and protect, and OBVIOUSLY, that would be Grace.
If he really TRULY loved her, then he would know she would never sit by idly, and let other people do the hard work.
If he believes that then he is a true JackAss
MOVING ON-
Plot.
Can we just take a minute to appreciate all the AMAZING comments Hudson makes?
"you suck you know that right?'I tease.
'I've been known to,' he answers with a wink."
"Underwear and glass slippers optional"
"Good Doggy"
Not to mention the fact that he frickin watched a video on how to make a GRILLED CHEESE for her.
how could you just NOT love this man????
ANYWAY-
back to the plot.
I am so DONE with the cliffhangers!!!
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, AND I NEED TO KNOW NOW.
I don't think I can last any longer.
I can practically feel my insides BUBBLING. Or maybe it's Hudson...
"I can feel Hudson deep inside of me" - page 23, Grace.
Well, guess what? Me too Grace, me too...
OMG HOW DO I KEEP GOING BACK TO HUDSON!!!!?!?
It's a disease.
I need to be clinically diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Hudson disorder.
OCH, that sounds fun...
OK, BACK TO THE PLOT!
I love how much detail she puts into her plots.
I never see ANY of it coming.
The fact that Cyrus literally stole every student and teacher in the school...
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Did not see that coming.
Characters.
wow.
I love books.
The characters in this book call out to me in ways I didn't even know were possible.
And I am so GLAD that Grace FINALLY called out Flint for trying to kill her.
LIKE REALLY??
How do you not talk about that!?!?!
To sum it all up, Grace was an idiot the entire book.
Please ad thank you
There was absolutely nothing wrong with this book, and now time for my song.
I made this while reading the book, so enjoy:))
Hudson Vega is my Bae
Hudson Vega is my Bae
But he pines for grace, even though she runs away
Hudson Vega is the love of my life
Hudson Vega is the love of my life
I don't care if he loves Grace, I'll just take her out with a knife
Katmere was supposed to be a safe ground
but Cyrus came barging in
I bet Macy wants him drowned
Because he took her father Finn
If Grace just let Jaxon go
this didn't need to happen
I wish Jaxon would just set on fire
oh, how I imagine
The pain I feel for Hudson
is more than I can handel
I never thought it would happen all a sudden
I should beat Grace with a sandal
In case it wasn't easy to tell
I loathe Jaxon vega with all my heart
I say, push him down a well
and then take a trip to k-mart
Thank you for coming to my ted talk :)
To even THINK that I got enough of Hudson in crush...
* THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS * (only read beginning for short summary)
WOW.
Tracy, girl... you do not disappoint.
This book is the very thing I was created for.
My ENTIRE BEING belongs to this book, and my very British, very hot, Husband Hudson Vega.
shout out to @IssyGreenwood for loving Hudson just as much as I do.
The plot was amazing, the characters were captivating, and the entire book was nothing short of
supercalifragiclisticexpialisdous
Ok! On to the review.
This very amazing book by Tracy Wolff has your heart in your head the ENTIRE BOOK.
The tension between Grace and Hudson-
WOW.
Is it possible to pine for a fictional man? Answer: YES!
Tracy has me drooling over the story of Grace and Hudson the ENTIRE FRICKIN BOOK.
The tension between the two was undeniable, and the fact that Grace won't admit she loved him killed my soul.
I hated how much she hung onto Jaxon, even though he was a Semi-Crappy boyfriend.
The fact that she would even write Grace trying to BREAK THE FRICKIN BOND FOR JAXON-
I just couldn't...
That broke me inside a little.
In the beginning, Jaxon was just being a little BXtch TBH.
The things I felt for him were nothing less than hate.
Actually, I LOATHED him.
He is a snotty little brat who just wanted someone to put on a shelf and protect, and OBVIOUSLY, that would be Grace.
If he really TRULY loved her, then he would know she would never sit by idly, and let other people do the hard work.
If he believes that then he is a true JackAss
MOVING ON-
Plot.
Can we just take a minute to appreciate all the AMAZING comments Hudson makes?
"you suck you know that right?'I tease.
'I've been known to,' he answers with a wink."
"Underwear and glass slippers optional"
"Good Doggy"
Not to mention the fact that he frickin watched a video on how to make a GRILLED CHEESE for her.
how could you just NOT love this man????
ANYWAY-
back to the plot.
I am so DONE with the cliffhangers!!!
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, AND I NEED TO KNOW NOW.
I don't think I can last any longer.
I can practically feel my insides BUBBLING. Or maybe it's Hudson...
"I can feel Hudson deep inside of me" - page 23, Grace.
Well, guess what? Me too Grace, me too...
OMG HOW DO I KEEP GOING BACK TO HUDSON!!!!?!?
It's a disease.
I need to be clinically diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Hudson disorder.
OCH, that sounds fun...
OK, BACK TO THE PLOT!
I love how much detail she puts into her plots.
I never see ANY of it coming.
The fact that Cyrus literally stole every student and teacher in the school...
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Did not see that coming.
Characters.
wow.
I love books.
The characters in this book call out to me in ways I didn't even know were possible.
And I am so GLAD that Grace FINALLY called out Flint for trying to kill her.
LIKE REALLY??
How do you not talk about that!?!?!
To sum it all up, Grace was an idiot the entire book.
Please ad thank you
There was absolutely nothing wrong with this book, and now time for my song.
I made this while reading the book, so enjoy:))
Hudson Vega is my Bae
Hudson Vega is my Bae
But he pines for grace, even though she runs away
Hudson Vega is the love of my life
Hudson Vega is the love of my life
I don't care if he loves Grace, I'll just take her out with a knife
Katmere was supposed to be a safe ground
but Cyrus came barging in
I bet Macy wants him drowned
Because he took her father Finn
If Grace just let Jaxon go
this didn't need to happen
I wish Jaxon would just set on fire
oh, how I imagine
The pain I feel for Hudson
is more than I can handel
I never thought it would happen all a sudden
I should beat Grace with a sandal
In case it wasn't easy to tell
I loathe Jaxon vega with all my heart
I say, push him down a well
and then take a trip to k-mart
Thank you for coming to my ted talk :)
March 25, 2024
4.5
Proszę czytać tę serię. Potraktujcie to jako takie zadanie bojowe ode mnie
Proszę czytać tę serię. Potraktujcie to jako takie zadanie bojowe ode mnie
September 24, 2021
Para mí este libro no merece menos nota, ya que conocemos muchísimo el mundo en el que está inspirado la historia. Suceden cosas cada 2 × 3 no te da tiempo a aburrirte.
Además los sentimientos de los personajes están en constante tira y afloja, que no sabes por dónde van a ir, y eso hace que te enganches más a la lectura para saber qué va a suceder. También vemos más los poderes de los personajes y de qué son capaces.
La autora ha jugado DEMASIADO con mi pobre corazón 💔.
Y la frase del final, pero qué 😱. YO NO ME PUEDO QUEDAR ASÍ, NECESITO EL CUARTO YA!!!!!
Por cierto, en este libro se presenta a un personaje que seguro dará juego en los siguientes libros 🧐.
Además los sentimientos de los personajes están en constante tira y afloja, que no sabes por dónde van a ir, y eso hace que te enganches más a la lectura para saber qué va a suceder. También vemos más los poderes de los personajes y de qué son capaces.
La autora ha jugado DEMASIADO con mi pobre corazón 💔.
Y la frase del final, pero qué 😱. YO NO ME PUEDO QUEDAR ASÍ, NECESITO EL CUARTO YA!!!!!
Por cierto, en este libro se presenta a un personaje que seguro dará juego en los siguientes libros 🧐.
March 12, 2021
Covet
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a masterpiece. But literally, I can’t even explain how much I loved this book! It definitely exceeded my expectations.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a masterpiece. But literally, I can’t even explain how much I loved this book! It definitely exceeded my expectations.
November 24, 2021
4.5 Estrellas
Hay veces en la vida en las que no hay respuestas correctas o incorrectas. A veces te toca una mala mano y has de hacer lo que puedas con lo que tienes y rezar para que funcione (y para no herir a nadie por el camino).
La madre de Dios que me parió, que gran libro... estuvo increíble todo. Toda esta saga va a terminar con mi salud mental. Son tan buenos estos libros, que solo le puedo agradecer al universo por habérmelos puesto en mi camino. Gracias, gracias, gracias.
—Te quiero —afirma sin florituras, sin ceremonias. Solo dos escuetas palabras que lo cambian todo, queramos o no.
Llevaba un 20% del libro cuando supe a ciencia cierta que ya era 110% Team Hudson. Él es todo lo bien que está en esta vida. Es mi numero amor, y vamos a alabarlo como se merece a partir de hoy. Yo vivo y respiro por ese ship y me moriré con el hasta la última hoja, he dicho.
—Todo el mundo se arrepiente de algo, Hudson —digo mirándolo a los ojos—. Todo el mundo toma malas decisiones en un momento dado, decisiones difíciles, decisiones de las que se arrepentirá toda la vida. —Durante un segundo pienso en mis padres—. La clave no está en intentar vivir sin arrepentirse, sino en intentar tomar siempre la mejor decisión posible en ese momento, porque el arrepentimiento va a venir después, te guste o no.
Me encantó todo lo que pasó, de principio a fin. Algo que también amé con todo mi ser, es que el final fue bueno pero no de infarto. No para pedirle a Dios que se apiade de mi y me diera la siguiente parte, como me sucedió con Furia, que es el segundo libro.
La razón por la que no le di las cinco estrellas, porque es un libro de cinco estrellas. Es que le faltó poco de alcanzar la segunda parte, y es que esa segunda entrega fue legendaria y este libro estuvo cerca de alcanzarlo pero le faltó muy poquito. Ojo haberle dado esa puntuación no fue mi culpa, fue culpa de la autora por haber dejada la vara tan alta, ahora ella se tendrá que superar en las siguientes partes que espero ansiosamente.
—Estuvo mal —me dice, y veo que también está observando que la otra Grace se marcha—. Lo que les hice.
—Sí —admito, porque lo estuvo—. Pero, cariño, la guerra convierte a todos en villanos, y eso es un hecho.
Soy una fiel amante y seguidora de esta saga, para toda la eternidad. Mis hijos se llamaran Grace y Hudson. Bueno no, eso no. Pero al menos si son lectores cuando crezcan van a leer esta saga, si no es que hacen una serie antes...
Pero ¿qué será de mí si te rindes, Grace? ¿Qué será de mí si pierdo a la compañera que llevo casi doscientos años esperando encontrar? ¿Crees que tú no podrás soportarlo si me pierdes? ¿Y qué coño crees que me pasará a mí si te pierdo a ti?
Hay veces en la vida en las que no hay respuestas correctas o incorrectas. A veces te toca una mala mano y has de hacer lo que puedas con lo que tienes y rezar para que funcione (y para no herir a nadie por el camino).
La madre de Dios que me parió, que gran libro... estuvo increíble todo. Toda esta saga va a terminar con mi salud mental. Son tan buenos estos libros, que solo le puedo agradecer al universo por habérmelos puesto en mi camino. Gracias, gracias, gracias.
—Te quiero —afirma sin florituras, sin ceremonias. Solo dos escuetas palabras que lo cambian todo, queramos o no.
Llevaba un 20% del libro cuando supe a ciencia cierta que ya era 110% Team Hudson. Él es todo lo bien que está en esta vida. Es mi numero amor, y vamos a alabarlo como se merece a partir de hoy. Yo vivo y respiro por ese ship y me moriré con el hasta la última hoja, he dicho.
—Todo el mundo se arrepiente de algo, Hudson —digo mirándolo a los ojos—. Todo el mundo toma malas decisiones en un momento dado, decisiones difíciles, decisiones de las que se arrepentirá toda la vida. —Durante un segundo pienso en mis padres—. La clave no está en intentar vivir sin arrepentirse, sino en intentar tomar siempre la mejor decisión posible en ese momento, porque el arrepentimiento va a venir después, te guste o no.
Me encantó todo lo que pasó, de principio a fin. Algo que también amé con todo mi ser, es que el final fue bueno pero no de infarto. No para pedirle a Dios que se apiade de mi y me diera la siguiente parte, como me sucedió con Furia, que es el segundo libro.
La razón por la que no le di las cinco estrellas, porque es un libro de cinco estrellas. Es que le faltó poco de alcanzar la segunda parte, y es que esa segunda entrega fue legendaria y este libro estuvo cerca de alcanzarlo pero le faltó muy poquito. Ojo haberle dado esa puntuación no fue mi culpa, fue culpa de la autora por haber dejada la vara tan alta, ahora ella se tendrá que superar en las siguientes partes que espero ansiosamente.
—Estuvo mal —me dice, y veo que también está observando que la otra Grace se marcha—. Lo que les hice.
—Sí —admito, porque lo estuvo—. Pero, cariño, la guerra convierte a todos en villanos, y eso es un hecho.
Soy una fiel amante y seguidora de esta saga, para toda la eternidad. Mis hijos se llamaran Grace y Hudson. Bueno no, eso no. Pero al menos si son lectores cuando crezcan van a leer esta saga, si no es que hacen una serie antes...
Pero ¿qué será de mí si te rindes, Grace? ¿Qué será de mí si pierdo a la compañera que llevo casi doscientos años esperando encontrar? ¿Crees que tú no podrás soportarlo si me pierdes? ¿Y qué coño crees que me pasará a mí si te pierdo a ti?
January 25, 2022
Obviously I have not read it but I wish she could release all the books now. I’m just too excited to wait. Releasing on March 2,2021😁
My review: I was not particularly obsessed with this book. I felt that there was scenes that were unnecessary or too long. Also, I don’t like instant love so I had a trouble time supporting Hudson and Grace. We have no idea what happened during those three months compared to Jaxon bonding with Grace during Crave.
My review: I was not particularly obsessed with this book. I felt that there was scenes that were unnecessary or too long. Also, I don’t like instant love so I had a trouble time supporting Hudson and Grace. We have no idea what happened during those three months compared to Jaxon bonding with Grace during Crave.
August 13, 2021
I can’t believe I have to wait so long for the next one to get published!
I found this one a bit slower than the second, but it was still pretty interesting. It kept me wanting to read, and I really like the fact that the main character is not a stupid Mary Sue that lets everything just happen around her.
It's not as predictable as I thought it would be, and I love that. As a matter of fact, I wasn't sure all the characters would be safe all the way through.
Oh, and I love, LOVE
The point is I enjoyed this book and can’t wait for the next one to come out.
I found this one a bit slower than the second, but it was still pretty interesting. It kept me wanting to read, and I really like the fact that the main character is not a stupid Mary Sue that lets everything just happen around her.
It's not as predictable as I thought it would be, and I love that. As a matter of fact, I wasn't sure all the characters would be safe all the way through.
Oh, and I love, LOVE
The point is I enjoyed this book and can’t wait for the next one to come out.
March 2, 2021
I finished it.
Oh my gosh.
That ending.
The string.
I have so many theories.
I’m scared.
I loved this book.
Hudson and Grace.
Ahhh.
Please, fourth book, be kind to me and be kind to them.
Oh my gosh.
That ending.
The string.
I have so many theories.
I’m scared.
I loved this book.
Hudson and Grace.
Ahhh.
Please, fourth book, be kind to me and be kind to them.
March 23, 2021
Turns out they did a lot more than kissing 🤨
Thoughts:
• Crush was better; this one was a little rushed.
• Why in the world did we skip everyone adapting to Hudson and what happened after Grace got out of the coffin? It put a damper on the book for me.
• Hudson and Grace, a pair I was dying to get in Covet, felt...strange? I still love them but I felt like their relationship was rushed, which maybe we wouldn’t have dealt with if WE GOT THE EVENTS AFTER THE SECOND BOOK INSTEAD OF PARAPHRASE.
• Also, Grace girl I love you but PLEASE you killed me from annoyance.
Thoughts:
• Crush was better; this one was a little rushed.
• Why in the world did we skip everyone adapting to Hudson and what happened after Grace got out of the coffin? It put a damper on the book for me.
• Hudson and Grace, a pair I was dying to get in Covet, felt...strange? I still love them but I felt like their relationship was rushed, which maybe we wouldn’t have dealt with if WE GOT THE EVENTS AFTER THE SECOND BOOK INSTEAD OF PARAPHRASE.
• Also, Grace girl I love you but PLEASE you killed me from annoyance.
March 4, 2021
Welp. I have never ever DNFd a book before. I have always gone back and read and finished because I want to know things. To say that Covet is a disappointment is the understatement of the century. DNFd at Chapter 20 and hated every single bit of it. It’s not that my ship sunk and burned, it’s that it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Foolish Grace. If anything I hope everyone ends up alone for the rest of their immortal lives. For what it’s worth I consider Crave a stand-alone.
September 21, 2022
3'75✨
La tercera entrega de la serie Crave, no sabéis las ganas que tenía de continuar con la historia (y las que tengo ahora de ponerme con el cuarto tomo). Es cierto que las casi 900 páginas asustan y, aunque hay algo de paja, los capítulos cortos, la narración tan divertida y la de cosas que no dejan de pasar hace que la lectura sea muy entretenida. Una vez que coges el libro, ya no te parece un libro tan gordo.
No sé cómo hacer esta reseña sin hacer mucho spoiler porque igual algo que quiero comentar de la página 300 no se conocía de antes y puedo destriparos esa parte. Perl tampoco puedo hablar en consecuencia con las 500 páginas restantes. Para no entrar mucho en detalle, sí diré que me ha gustado mucho lo tanto que se viaja en este libro. Sí, hay lugares más bonitos que otros (la Ciudad de los Gigantes, la Cárcel, el territorio de los dragones...) pero al final todos aportan contenido y profundidad al mundo que ha creado la autora.
Vale, después del final del segundo libro creo que todos fuimos conscientes del triángulo amoroso que se iba a presentar en este: Grace, Hudson y Jaxon. Aunque a mi parecer no había muchas dudas...
En este libro contamos con la mayoría de los personajes secundarios del primero, aunque aparecen algunos nuevos... (estoy deseando ver qué pasa con esos nuevos amigos que hicieron nuestros protagonistas en esa situación tan mala).
¡Y eso es todo! 🙊 ¿Habéis leído estos libros u os vais a animar con ellos?
La tercera entrega de la serie Crave, no sabéis las ganas que tenía de continuar con la historia (y las que tengo ahora de ponerme con el cuarto tomo). Es cierto que las casi 900 páginas asustan y, aunque hay algo de paja, los capítulos cortos, la narración tan divertida y la de cosas que no dejan de pasar hace que la lectura sea muy entretenida. Una vez que coges el libro, ya no te parece un libro tan gordo.
No sé cómo hacer esta reseña sin hacer mucho spoiler porque igual algo que quiero comentar de la página 300 no se conocía de antes y puedo destriparos esa parte. Perl tampoco puedo hablar en consecuencia con las 500 páginas restantes. Para no entrar mucho en detalle, sí diré que me ha gustado mucho lo tanto que se viaja en este libro. Sí, hay lugares más bonitos que otros (la Ciudad de los Gigantes, la Cárcel, el territorio de los dragones...) pero al final todos aportan contenido y profundidad al mundo que ha creado la autora.
Vale, después del final del segundo libro creo que todos fuimos conscientes del triángulo amoroso que se iba a presentar en este: Grace, Hudson y Jaxon. Aunque a mi parecer no había muchas dudas...
En este libro contamos con la mayoría de los personajes secundarios del primero, aunque aparecen algunos nuevos... (estoy deseando ver qué pasa con esos nuevos amigos que hicieron nuestros protagonistas en esa situación tan mala).
¡Y eso es todo! 🙊 ¿Habéis leído estos libros u os vais a animar con ellos?
March 6, 2021
my thoughts now that i've finished covet:
well 'shite'.
my expectations were way too high for this book as i loved crave + crush but all it gave me was disappointment. grace got so fucking whiny and annoying and the plot just seemed to go no where.
doesn't help that i've always been team jaxon (yeah yeah WOLFF DID HIM SO DIRTY :')), and so i have no regards towards the new relationship between grace/hudson. and the whole mate bullshit... I AM SO OVER THE NEED TO HAVE THE WORD 'MATE' IN EVERY SUPERNATURAL OR FANTASY BOOK. it just reminds me of SJM and i'm just so tired of it :( (eg. mates, growl, snarl in a 'sexy' way nO!)
the giant's forest, the dragon parade, the prison, the battle and the cave were all of the major events in the story, yet i found them all to be so boring to read... how exactly did these events aid in developing the plot? AND THE PRISON SCENES. WHAT. One moment they're in extreme agony, maybe a chapter later Hudson is back to his sAmE OLd SeXy SmiRk. AND THE GIANT BATTLE SCENE IN THE ARENA oh I am really starting to dislike the characters none of it just makes sense and I hate the way Wolff is 'developing' the characters.
all in all covet felt like a filler book and im sad because this was amongst my most anticipated releases of 2021.
well 'shite'.
my expectations were way too high for this book as i loved crave + crush but all it gave me was disappointment. grace got so fucking whiny and annoying and the plot just seemed to go no where.
doesn't help that i've always been team jaxon (yeah yeah WOLFF DID HIM SO DIRTY :')), and so i have no regards towards the new relationship between grace/hudson. and the whole mate bullshit... I AM SO OVER THE NEED TO HAVE THE WORD 'MATE' IN EVERY SUPERNATURAL OR FANTASY BOOK. it just reminds me of SJM and i'm just so tired of it :( (eg. mates, growl, snarl in a 'sexy' way nO!)
the giant's forest, the dragon parade, the prison, the battle and the cave were all of the major events in the story, yet i found them all to be so boring to read... how exactly did these events aid in developing the plot? AND THE PRISON SCENES. WHAT. One moment they're in extreme agony, maybe a chapter later Hudson is back to his sAmE OLd SeXy SmiRk. AND THE GIANT BATTLE SCENE IN THE ARENA oh I am really starting to dislike the characters none of it just makes sense and I hate the way Wolff is 'developing' the characters.
all in all covet felt like a filler book and im sad because this was amongst my most anticipated releases of 2021.
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November 7, 2024
Me ha encantado. Es mi favorito de entre los tres primeros. Está lleno de acción y me ha tenido enganchada en todo momento, profundiza en personajes como Grace, Hudson y Flint especialmente; y presenta a otros nuevos, como Remy y Calder. En definitiva, lo recomiendo, 9/10 🤍🌟
January 27, 2022
Giants, Dragons, Witches, Wendigo’s and War!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Narration: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
Romance: 💙💚🖤💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎🌏
Character development: 🧐😕😍😗😘
The heroine(s): Grace - In the six months Grace has been at Katmere Academy, so many things have happened to her, including the three months she spent locked in stone when she first turned into a Gargoyle. However, she is finally come into her own as a supernatural being.
The Hero(s): Jaxon - one of the royal princes of the Vampire court. He fell in love with Grace from the first time he saw her and knew she was his mate from the first time they touched.
Hudson - he was killed by his brother for using his powers to kill other students. However, nobody asked him why until Grace. He came back and was stuck with Grace in her Gargoyle form, then stuck inside Grace when she finally became human again. He is finally out and completely in love with Grace.
The Story: The gang is back together again and they now have Cyrus, the king of the vampire court out to get them, with a focus on putting his son Hudson in an inescapable paranormal prison. Grace would be forced to go with him as well.
In order to foil the King, Hudson, Jaxon, Grace, Mekkie, Macy, Flint and the rest of the gang have to free the unkillable beast and find a crown that Cyrus has been searching for over the last 1000 years. They go on more adventures and face inscrutable odds to do what needs to be done. They visit the bloodletter, giants, the dragon court, a crone, a paranormal prison and more.
The narration was done by Heather Costa again and she did a good job. She is pretty great at doing different voices and I enjoyed listening. I thought some of the world building was pretty awesome, especially in the prison. I could picture it all in my head like a movie and it was so good. Grace picks up some new friends along the way and they add to the story and the adventure as well.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Narration: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
Romance: 💙💚🖤💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎🌏
Character development: 🧐😕😍😗😘
The heroine(s): Grace - In the six months Grace has been at Katmere Academy, so many things have happened to her, including the three months she spent locked in stone when she first turned into a Gargoyle. However, she is finally come into her own as a supernatural being.
The Hero(s): Jaxon - one of the royal princes of the Vampire court. He fell in love with Grace from the first time he saw her and knew she was his mate from the first time they touched.
Hudson - he was killed by his brother for using his powers to kill other students. However, nobody asked him why until Grace. He came back and was stuck with Grace in her Gargoyle form, then stuck inside Grace when she finally became human again. He is finally out and completely in love with Grace.
The Story: The gang is back together again and they now have Cyrus, the king of the vampire court out to get them, with a focus on putting his son Hudson in an inescapable paranormal prison. Grace would be forced to go with him as well.
In order to foil the King, Hudson, Jaxon, Grace, Mekkie, Macy, Flint and the rest of the gang have to free the unkillable beast and find a crown that Cyrus has been searching for over the last 1000 years. They go on more adventures and face inscrutable odds to do what needs to be done. They visit the bloodletter, giants, the dragon court, a crone, a paranormal prison and more.
The narration was done by Heather Costa again and she did a good job. She is pretty great at doing different voices and I enjoyed listening. I thought some of the world building was pretty awesome, especially in the prison. I could picture it all in my head like a movie and it was so good. Grace picks up some new friends along the way and they add to the story and the adventure as well.
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March 8, 2021
Covet was everything I wanted. It was by far my favorite of the three, and it makes me so excited for what is going to happen in the fourth book. Grace and Hudson are everything and I take back my hate I had for Hudson in Crush. I loved the plotline of this story and all of the amazing new characters that we meet. The twists had me real shocked towards the end and yes, I did shed quite a few tears.
Hudson is so dreamy, even though that sounds so cheesy. He doesn’t smother Grace, and he knows she can defend herself. He does the cutest things to Grace and I couldn’t help but smile throughout this whole book. I really hope Hudson and Grace are endgame and that nothing happens to either of them or I will revolt. I didn’t enjoy Grace, but to be honest I didn’t enjoy her in Crush either. She is very whiny until the last like 50 pages and then the Grace I love came through.
I think my favorite part of this book was getting to meet so many magical creatures! The giants were my favorite and Wolff does a great job at describing them and the place they live. I really enjoyed the dragon court as well and loved how beautiful everything seemed. I thought that this books pacing was so much better than Crush. I couldn’t stop myself from reading and so much was happening that I honestly couldn’t put the book down.
Once again, I will admit I am trash for this series. I can’t believe I have to wait until September for the last book.
Hudson is so dreamy, even though that sounds so cheesy. He doesn’t smother Grace, and he knows she can defend herself. He does the cutest things to Grace and I couldn’t help but smile throughout this whole book. I really hope Hudson and Grace are endgame and that nothing happens to either of them or I will revolt. I didn’t enjoy Grace, but to be honest I didn’t enjoy her in Crush either. She is very whiny until the last like 50 pages and then the Grace I love came through.
I think my favorite part of this book was getting to meet so many magical creatures! The giants were my favorite and Wolff does a great job at describing them and the place they live. I really enjoyed the dragon court as well and loved how beautiful everything seemed. I thought that this books pacing was so much better than Crush. I couldn’t stop myself from reading and so much was happening that I honestly couldn’t put the book down.
Once again, I will admit I am trash for this series. I can’t believe I have to wait until September for the last book.
February 8, 2022
The feels in this book were 👌🏻🥺🥰
And my boy Hudson 😍
And that ending 😱
Let the wait for Court begin
And my boy Hudson 😍
And that ending 😱
Let the wait for Court begin
March 2, 2021
I had such high hopes for this series but was majorly disappointed when Grace didn’t end up with Jaxon. The way love is portrayed as such a fickle thing by Grace is heartbreaking. Jaxon loved her so much and didn’t deserve for her to drop him after their bond broke. Grace and Hudson did Jaxon dirty all because Hudson thinks he’s superior as the oldest with a self appointed god-complex and Grace... oh Grace. Why she felt the need to tear down the love and protectiveness she received from Jaxon who cared about her SO MUCH is beyond me. Jaxon wasn’t coddling Grace, she was coddling herself but used his protectiveness to justify the crap reasons why Hudson was a better match for her. Yeah ok sure, Grace and Hudson deserve each other, but that’s only because Jaxon deserves better than both of them because he’s better at loving one person than Hudson and Grace combined. I’m sincerely asking Mrs. Wolff to write another book with an alternative ending where Grace is a better character who isn’t so whiny and dramatic to be a worthy enough character who ends up with Jaxon
March 2, 2021
Whoever gets there hands on this book before me needs to message me and tell me if I’ll be disappointed or not. For reference I am team JAXON!!!!
Please and thank you lo
UPDATE....: sorry i had to DNF at like 20% if that. I’m already annoyed and turns out Grace doesn’t stay with Jaxon lol so for that reason i will not continue the series...I’ll keep Crave.
Please and thank you lo
UPDATE....: sorry i had to DNF at like 20% if that. I’m already annoyed and turns out Grace doesn’t stay with Jaxon lol so for that reason i will not continue the series...I’ll keep Crave.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 22, 2022
Oh wow was für ein Ende 🤯 wie soll ich denn jetzt so lange auf Band 4 warten 😭 Ich habe das Buch trotz der fast 1000 Seiten wirklich verschlungen und konnte es nicht mehr aus der Hand legen! Ich liebe die Reihe einfach, da es sich wirklich wie eine paranormale Telenovela anfühlt mit viel Kitsch, Spannung pur und einem großen Unterhaltungswert 😍 Die Reihe ist einfach mal etwas anderes und versetzt mich jedes Mal wieder zurück in mein 14-jähriges Twilight-Fangirl 😆 Band 3 war für mich wieder unglaublich toll, auch wenn Teil 2 für mich noch einen Tick besser war ❤️
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