I majorly Crave a better book.

(If you’re just joining us- I’m reading the book Crave by Wolff- and am summarizing it for you in the best way possible. We’re about 100 pages in)

So where did we leave off?

The party. 

As I’m sure you could have guessed- it did not go well. 

Her cousin, Macy, dolled her up and brought her along. 

Grace notices the different ‘cliques’ right away (THAT she notices). They’re all huddled in different groups wearing the exact same attire as each other- and they are all glaring at her. The animosity is mucho heavy. 

We meet Macy’s BF who starts macking on her in front of Grace almost immediately.... so she leaves them be and wanders about. 

Most people are rude to her or are creepy AF and THEN the doors slam open and in saunters Jaxon (Obvious vampire and most definite future love interest in case you forgot). Not acknowledging her and making her feel insignificant once more. So she high-tails it outta there and decides to explore the castle yet again. Because it went so well the first time.

Honestly I’m super bored at this point- everyone is being vague and the mystery of who and what these people are still hangs in the air and I’m just overrrrr it. 

So she finds a library discovers a girl doing some chanting in a side room off by herself (again something that provides no red flags AT ALL- she’s more interested in what language the girl was speaking than anything- no joke). 

This girl invites her to her room and they kind of bond- over the girls dead BF. And then Macy shows up and takes her away. Apparently that girl was one of the most popular girls in the whole school! Whoa. Mind blown. 

You can tell how much I care because I’m remembering none of these peoples names. 

So she ends up puking from altitude sickness and takes the next day off from classes for a health and wellness day- oh and this Flint guy shows up and invites her to a snowball fight after classes? I’m still debating on who is what but I think he’s a werewolf. It’s just a guess though.

And then it’s an entire chapter of her walking around the grounds - she discovers this creepy looking tree she gets a weird vibe from... and finds these cottages where classes are held? Finally, she comes across a gazebo with Jaxon and popular girl (Lia is her name) having an intense fight/convo. 

Lia slaps him, yells a bit out of fury and hurt or something - Grace moves to do ... something? But then they both turn to her- eyes BLACK! (So popular girl is a vamp too... GTK) and then she turns and heads back and Jaxon shows up and follows her and Ooooooh! Jaxon just hinted that Flint is a Dragon! Well he said ‘drag...’ but I assume he wasn’t going to finish that up with ‘Queen’. 

Of course, Grace didn’t catch on. I mean- she literally makes all of these current pop culture references and she can’t pick up on ANY HINTS THROWN HER WAY?!? 

Ohhhh boooooi! Breaking news- Lia’s BF that died last year was Jaxon’s brother Hudson! Now we’re at least getting somewhere. There was a bit of a rhetorical jousting match between Jaxon and Grace but nothing beyond that. She feels watched as she heads back to the castle and then- when she’s peeling off her jacket (inside her room) she suddenly realizes that neither Jaxon nor Lia were wearing a jacket! 

Really?! That’s what’s going to tip her off that these people aren’t human?!? Missing JACKETS?!? Smh.

Oh wait- she just thinks they’re aliens. Cool cool cool. No doubt. Makes perfect sense.

And now she’s grilling Macy as they get ready for the snowball fight. She calls out Macy for never finishing her sentences like there is some big secret she’s not in on.... *face palm* 

Macy goes super cray when Grace brings up Jaxon though- he’s apparently apart of some ‘Order’ - Macy’s definition: popular boys at school who just hang out with each other.... and Grace buys it. She BUYS THAT OBVIOUS BULL FACE LIE! what an inept stupid human. Like wtf. Is she completely daft?! 

Ugh, let’s get to the next bit.

Snowball fight happens.

Grace pairs up with Flint (friendly dragon boy) and Macy (super bad at lying cousin)

They end up in big tree (yes- during the snowball fight. This is serious).

Grace falls- but Flint kind of catches her fall as she lands on top of him in the snow.

Jaxon shows up all threateningly and carries Grace back because she hurt her ankle. 

Everyone is shocked. Especially Macy.

And then we get so much boring dialogue that I genuinely skip PAGES at a time. But by the end of everything Jaxon has been texting her (zero ideas as to how he got her #), Macy is useless, Jaxon sends her breakfast, a note, and the TWILIGHT BOOK (while her ankle heals up for 24 hours) He shows up at her door to rub her ankle. And then leaves her again. 

More boring ass dialogue between Macy and Grace. Where Macy warns her that she can’t be friends with Jaxon AND Flint. It just won’t work. Mystery mystery feelings emotions blaaaahhhhhhhh. 

And we’re FINALLY to her first day of going to classes. Where she monologues some more about how she doesn’t know if she should wear a skirt or pants (I kid you not).

Listen- I put it down at this point. I need a break. Like, I’m all for mindless teen romance but this is some next level unimpressive plot writing. Yeah, I know- then why continue? BUT IM INVESTED! And this way - you never ever have to read it. You’re welcome.

PS we’re 1/3 of the way through. Lmao.

 

Wait... I was a blogger? Let’s try this again!

I may or may not have completely forgotten that I actually wrote more than a few times on this Blog- like over 200 something times apparently? 

Yikes a bee.

Anywho let’s dive right into what really matters.

I’ve decided to read a new book- not earth shattering news- but here’s the rub. I just don’t really have the time?

How is that possible since we’ve been shelter-in-place/quarantined for over a month you may ask! Well I (gratefully mind you) still go into work for 40 hours a week, plus do my part time job on the side while packing up a house AND participating in two book clubs- so there you go. No time. 

BUT with the announcement of Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer coming out in August my desire for angsty vampire YA novels suddenly resurfaced. AND this book literally looks like a Twilight knock off... so, glutton for punishment, I dived in. 

Crave by Tracy Wolff.

532 pages- WHY?! 

I’ve almost completed chapter 6. 

Here are my thoughts thus far- 

Main character is Grace. The only real thing about her is her grief- both parents died a month ago and she’s dealing with a ton of emotions- losing them and then flying off to live with her uncle who is a ‘headmaster’ at a school in Alaska. 

Yes, you read correctly- a headmaster. In Alaska.

We meet Jaxon almost immediately- he invades her personal space - makes her feel uncomfortable - is very unwelcoming BUT she sees some haunted sadness inside him that she just KNOWS he doesn’t show anyone and can empathize with his overwhelming grief. I mean this is a literal excerpt, “We stand there frozen. Devastated. Connected in a way I can feel but can’t comprehend by our very separate horrors.” That’s just after she touches the scar on his face. AFTER THEY JUST MET. Who touches someone’s face 5 minutes into meeting them?!? 

Oh, and he’s ultra god-like hot and the most popular dude at this school. Of course. 

So blah blah we meet characters that might matter but obviously aren’t that important. She somehow ‘knows’ not to mention her run in with Jaxon to her HEADMASTER uncle. She then rooms with her cousin and she’s off to sleep.

WHEN SUDDENLY. She wakes up at 3am. And decides to take a walk around the castle (again, yes, that’s not a typo. A castle. In Alaska). Probably to do some other stuff too but I’m majorly skipping paragraphs at this point. She’s down at the entrance when two guys come in from outside. 

It’s 10 below and they’re wearing nothing but ripped jeans (oh yeah- all the males wear ripped jeans at this school, can’t forget to mention that) and a T-shirt. 

They threaten her, tell her she’s not wanted here blah blah, and then grab her to throw her outside to see how she’ll do in the cold. 

So Jaxon shows up (Duh). Saves the day. Talks down to the guys (who blame their hostility on the moon - werewolves much?) and makes them apologize to Grace. 

And now I’m sure we’re in for an epic jousting match of angst and pent up sexual desire between Jaxon and Grace. 

Let’s see what happens!

 (Pause blog to read more chapters)

Her boi has literally- in a blink of an eye- disappeared on her twice now and she’s not even REMOTELY thinking something fantastical is going on? AND he totally wiped blood off of her lip and licked it. Because that’s NORMAL! I’m getting annoyed now. Either he’s a psychopath or a vampire- yet she hasn’t mentioned either possibility. 

Oh good. There’s a party her first evening at the school.... a frickin party.... a ‘welcome to Alaska-school-for-obvious-paranormal-beings-but-not-so-obvious-that-the-new-girl-will-notice’ party! 

IT’S USUALLY A HIGH TEA for school unity?!? I mean- it’s Alaska? Does this author know where Alaska is? 

Okay- that’s enough for my first time back in a hell of a long time. But I’m obviously going to continue to read this not so great book and share ALL my thoughts. Stay tuned! Spoilers are definitely ahead.