Crush (Crave 2) Review (Soilers!!!)

-

 I just finished reading this book, and by the angel, it's one of the books I can not describe in a single word. I don't know how to feel about this book; there are some aspects of this book that I don't like, some elements that I love and some that I absolutely hate. Most reviews that I read about this book says it's better than Crave, and to be completely honest, that's not the scenario for me. Plus, the cliffhanger she ended the book with will definitely mess up my head while I'm giving my mid-terms.

In the last book, Crave, we see that Hudson is the villain. But even a villain has a story. And we get to know some part of it. But let's start at the beginning. 

So the last book left us at the cliffhanger where Hudson is attacking Jason when Grace comes in between them and then turns to stone. Now in Crush, Grace is back, but the problem she doesn't remember anything that happened in the last 4 months that she's been a stone statue. And Hudson is nowhere to be found. Grace is also having random blackouts, and she doesn't remember what she does during that time. The first time she nearly killed Cole ( she should have entirely killed that piece of garbage), and the next time, she wakes up in the witch tower in a big pentagram-circle magic thing. Then they go to the bloodletter who was introduced to us in the last book. Not getting in much detail, she lets Grace hear and see Hudson in her mind. Hudson helps Grace channel her power as a gargoyle.

Throughout the book, you can see how close Grace and Hudson grow. This is not a part I am fond of since we can see many Hudson and not so much of Jaxon, and anyone can see The Vampire Diaries thing happening. I mean, I was so glad last year that I found a Vampire book which is not a copy of Twilight, only to see it to be a copy of The Vampire Diaries. And my doubts were confirmed when Cole used the spell ( Jaxon had in the last book when he tries to "protect" her) to break the mate bond between Jaxon and Grace. And the last line of the text, Hudson calls Grace his mate. We all know in the two other books that Hudson is Damon, and Jaxon is Stephan. This is the part I hate the most. Like I can deal with the psychotic parents trying to kill Grace but 2 brothers for the same girl. AGAIN? I can't. This element of the book killed all my fun of the book. I loved Crave so much, and one of the factors was the relationship Jaxon and Grace had. And the Aurora Borealis thing (It's hard not to be impressed by that). But now all of that for nothing, because she's probably gonna end up with Hudson, who, to be honest, isn't one of my favourite characters. Also, a reason why I didn't like this part was that just a few weeks back, I stumbled upon a book on Wattpad which had the same thing of two werewolf brothers and how the little brother had the mate and then found out that she is also the elders and she chose the elder one. I mean, no offence to anyone but, I might prefer reading Twilight over the 2 brothers and 1 girl thing again.

Moving on, we see that Jaxon has psycho parents. I mean, his father killed Grace with his bite. But Hudson brought her back. I also didn't like the fact how quickly Grace forgave Finn for trying to kill her.  Also, the author didn't explain why and how Lia isn't Hudson's mate.

The rest of the things were okay, including the fighting scenes and fighting the "monster", only to find that he was also a gargoyle. I mean, can it be more cliche? 

Some things were great in this book, like the fights and all. I'm also not totally opposed to Hudson being good. But the author did a great job in showing Hudson as a villain in the last book. So when we got Hudson's part, it was kind of nice.

So, overall my review for this book isn't great. But if you like the TVD element, you will love it. Maybe I had very high expectations from this book because Crave was excellent, but I don't know this book wasn't great, and after reading like half of the book, I had to DNF it and then read it like 2 weeks later.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fourth Wing | Book-Review

-
Image
  AUTHOR - Rebecca Yarros RATINGS -  ☆☆☆☆ TROPES - ✔️ Dragons ✔️ Academia setting (war college) ✔️ High fantasy ✔️ Chronic illness rep ✔️ Enemies to lovers ✔️ Slow burn AMAZON INDIA LINK SYNOPSIS Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from  USA Today  bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre:  dragon riders . But when you're smaller than everyone else, and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter—like Xaden Ri...
Read more

My Favorite LGBTQ+ Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳‍🌈

-
Image
As you all might know, it's June which mean it's Pride month! 🏳‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month is the month where we celebrate the lives of those people part of the LGBTQ+ community. I read a few new LGBTQ+ books this month, and I've read many from before as well. I read one of the books I am going to mention like 2-3 days ago only, and yes, I liked that book that much for it to make it onto my favourites instantly).  I thought if I can make my bullet journal pride-themed I can also do a blog post on my favourite LGBTQ+ Books! Now this list would not specifically contain only LGBTQ+ romance. It'll have a book that showcases the LGBTQ+ community even though the main plot does not revolve around their romance.  Most of the LGBTQ+ books I have read on Wattpad, and I might be making a recommendation on that soon, but all of the books I am going to mention here are the ones that are actually published books.  1. Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston  "History, huh? Bet we ...
Read more

Chain of Gold Book Review ( Spoiler Alert!!)

-
Image
  I know I'm pretty late to do this since the book came out in March, and as of now, it's August, but I am still gonna do it.  The Chain of Gold is the first book in The Last Hours series and is set in Edwardian London and is the next generation story of The Infernal Devices series, which is set in Victorian London.  The book is mostly written from the point of Cordelia Carstairs, who is the female main character. Other main characters include James and Lucie Herondale, Thomas and Christopher Lightwood, Matthew Fairchild, Jesse, Grace Blackthorn, and Alastair Carstairs.  We were first introduced to this era in Tales from Shadowhunter Academy, where Tessa tells us about James and how he can slip in as shadows due to his demonic origins from his mother's side ( Tessa is his mother). We are also told about how Matthew and James become Parabatai.  Then in a few bonus chapters from Cassandra claire before the book's release,k we were told about the relationship of H...
Read more

Must Read Classics

-
Image
        Little Women, Louisa May Alcott T his classic was published by Louisa May Alcott in 2 volumes, one in 1968 and the other in 1969. This story deals with the story of 4 girls Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. They live with their mother in Massachusetts  in poverty while their father is away for the war. It is a story written about the adventure, mistakes, and experiments of the four girls. I enjoyed reading this because of the fun the girls have and how they discover various aspects of life. Like me, Jo is a little tomboyish and enjoys to write, Meg was the eldest and is beautiful, Amy is still in school, but I find her a little bit dramatic, and Beth is the timid piano player. The March sisters had a neighbor Laurie which made the entire reading more fun with his black eyes and curly black hair. He was adopted by his grandfather and was being tutored by John Brooks to enter Harvard. You will definitely have bipolar moods reading this one. The recent mov...
Read more

5 Must-Reads for Teens

-
Image
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan   This book was my first ever book into the fantasy and teen fiction books. This book is filled with adventures of Demigods and centaurs and cyclopes and also with our sassy and funny protagonist Percy Jackson. This series takes you through the journey of Percy and his friends from stealing Zeus's lightning to holding the sky and going through the labyrinth. If you have already read this, you can read the excellent spin-off series The Heroes of Olympus, which has even more funny and sassy characters. The book is recommended for children above 12 and is like one of the best series that made me laugh and sometimes cry ( if you read the other spin-off, that's The Apollo Trials, no spoilers). But this is one of the best novel series I have ever read. 2. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Teens, if you love Liam Hemsworth, you probably have already watched the movies, but you know books are better than films. So this book series is rig...
Read more