Words I Write Crazy: Week 37 Review: Crush, Covet, Katmere Academy: An Insider's Guide, Court, Charm, Cherish

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Week 37 Review: Crush, Covet, Katmere Academy: An Insider's Guide, Court, Charm, Cherish

From Goodreads:

Everything feels off—especially me. I've returned to Katmere Academy, but I'm haunted by fragments of days I have no recollection of living and struggling to understand who, or what, I really am.

Just when I start to feel safe again, Hudson is back with a vengeance. He insists there are secrets I don't know about, threatening to drive a wedge between Jaxon and me forever. But far worse enemies are at our doorstep.

The Circle is caught in a power play and the Vampire Court is trying to drag me out of my world and into theirs. The only thing Hudson and Jaxon agree on is that leaving Katmere would mean my certain death.

And not only am I fighting for my life, but now everyone else's is at stake—unless we can defeat an unspeakable evil. All I know is that saving the people I love is going to require sacrifice.

Maybe more than I'm able to give.

From Goodreads:

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.

From Goodreads:

Get an exclusive peek inside the global sensation and international bestselling Crave series from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff—with new revelations and shocking secrets never before revealed!

Always wanted to be a student at the boarding school with bite? The Katmere Academy Insider's Guide will transport you. Explore everything Katmere has to offer and get lost within its walls with exclusive bonus content available for the very first time. Katmere Insiders will be able to dig deeper with full character bios—from Grace, the Vega brothers, Macy, and Flint to fan favorites like Eden, Remy, and even Byron. Get to know the staff, learn the history of some of the most unique and exciting traditions at Katmere, and discover which Court you would belong to. And, of course, enjoy numerous deleted scenes and outrageous outtakes from your favorite characters' POVs, giving readers insights into Crave series lore not found anywhere else. Bonus features include a never-before-seen Q&A with Tracy Wolff, where she reveals insider information about the series fans won't want to miss, as well as a brand-new novella from Hudson's POV!

From Goodreads:

No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don't recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I'm not sure I'll ever break through.

Now war is coming, and we're not ready. We're going to need an army to have any hope of winning. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers. Answers that might just reveal who the real monster is among us.

And that's saying something in a world filled with bloodthirsty vampires, immortal gargoyles, and an ancient battle between two gods.

There's no guarantee that anyone will be left standing when the dust settles, but if we want to save this world, I have no choice. I'll have to embrace every part of me… even the parts I fear the most.

From Goodreads:

He's under my skin . . .

After Katmere, I shouldn't be surprised by anything. Including the existence of a world beyond my world called the Shadow Realm. Yet here I am, stuck in a strange, dangerous place with the worst of the supernaturals, the monster that other monsters fear: Hudson Vega. He might be Jaxon's brother and ridiculously hot, but he's a complete bona fide pain in my ass.

The question is whether we'll find a way out before I kill him . . . or run out of time.

She's stealing my heart . . .

It's a truth universally known—at least according to Grace—that everything is my fault. But I have a nasty suspicion that Grace isn't as human as she thinks, and she's the one keeping us trapped. Now we'll have to work together not only to survive, but to save all those we've come to call family who live here.

Because there's something connecting us. Something stronger than fear . . . and way more bloody dangerous.

From Goodreads:

The sensational conclusion to the massive #1 New York Times bestselling series…

It's been over three months since my friends and I took down Cyrus. Three months where my biggest fear was what paper was due next... But I should have known it was too good to last. Now everything is falling apart.

The Vampire Court has no king, the Dragon Court has no heart, and the Gargoyle Court has me—a teenager in way over her head. And it's the worst possible timing, because a threat is brewing just as the Circle is collapsing.

I have no choice but to return to the Shadow Realm and face the terrifying queen who nearly ended us…and make a deal with her to save Mekhi. But this time, I'm bringing my powerful friends with me—and Hudson. Except something is wrong with him, too. He's keeping a secret—even from me.

All I know is that everyone's life hangs in the balance. And it's my fault—because I still owe the Crone a favor...and now she's come to collect.

My Review:
I'm really glad that I picked up this series. It's not the best quality, but oh, is it enjoyable and bingable. Though I did prefer the audiobooks, so I didn't have to do anything but let the story continue playing, I just had to continue this series however I could consume it!

The first book introduced us to this world, and these characters. But these books, the bulk of the series, yeah, so much happened, so much was learned, gone through, lost, and I couldn't get enough! I had to know what was going to happen next to these characters!

I could see in Crush, that Tracy Wolff was breaking down her and Jaxon's romantic relaitonship. She wanted to have a partner, to be equals with, and he wanted to be a protector. Which doesn't really go well together. It was sad, since that was her first big romance, but then there's Hudson, and yeah, he trusted in her strength and abilities and saw her and treated her like an equal.

One thing that I will say, is that there's a lot of moments where she doesn't think she can go on, she doesn't have the strength, doesn't think she'll win, but she keeps going and wins. And it happened every book it feels like, sometimes more than once. Which was a little repetitive to read, espcailly reading these one right after the other. But it makes sense, these are quick, bingeable reads, they're meant for fun, and that's what I had reading them.

Loved reading this series, and I can't wait to read the spin off!

Author: Tracy Wolff
Series: Crave #2, 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6
Read: September 11th, 11th, 11th, 12th, 12th, 12th, 2024
Source: Library, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing and the first book, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books, and Cherish is a End of Series 2024 Book!
Publisher: Tantor Audio, Entangled Teen, Entangled: Teen
Published: August 29th 2020, March 2nd 2021, November 21st 2021, February 1st 2022, November 8th 2022, May 30th 2023

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