The very distinct groups at school all seem to be against Grace, or at least wary of her. Grace repeatedly notes that he’s “damaged.” He’s notorious and powerful and growly. Jaxon is deep, he’s in pain, he tears pages out of an Anais Nin diary to give to her. He doesn’t exactly seem friendly, but there’s just something about him that she’s drawn to, even when he outright tells her he’s made her a pawn in a game. Grace is instantly attracted to him, despite him warning her that she should leave, that she should watch her book. Jaxon is frustrating and terrifying and exciting. There were many points while reading that I did shake my head at how quickly Grace gets wrapped up in powerful vampire Jaxon, but that’s the 42-year-old human/parent of a teen reading, which is not who this book is aimed at. I read the final 150 pages in one go, my house growing dark as I finished, my dogs whining at me to get up off the couch and feed them. Every once in a while, I try to read outside of my preferred genre, so I gave this a try. I am very much a contemporary/realistic reader. I read about 1/3 of it as an ARC while working at a bookstore, said, meh, this isn’t for me but will probably be popular, and moved on. Now I’m an orphan living with half an encyclopedia of supernatural creatures and dodging death on the regular”(341).Ĭonfession: I’ve never read Twilight. “Five weeks ago, Heather and I were shopping for homecoming dresses and complaining about AP English. Here is the passage that really sums up what is happening to Grace and should hook readers: And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I’m wondering if I was brought here intentionally-as the bait. Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason.

Crave by tracy wolff series