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Crave
672 pages
A snowy, swoon-worthy return to the golden age of paranormal romance, complete with a brooding vampire and a deadly boarding school.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like wrapping yourself in a cozy, nostalgic blanket of classic paranormal romance, updated with a sharp, modern voice. The snowy, isolated boarding school setting drips with atmosphere, creating a perfect backdrop for the intense, brooding angst that fuels the narrative. It moves at a brisk, addictive pace, driven by snappy dialogue, dramatic reveals, and a deeply felt exploration of grief and belonging. The prose is conversational and highly accessible, pulling you effortlessly into the protagonist's disorienting new reality. It is an unapologetically tropey, swoon-worthy experience designed for readers who love the thrill of forbidden attraction, hidden magical factions, and a fiercely protective love interest who would burn the world down for the one he loves.
- Mood
- snowy
- angsty
- swoony
- atmospheric
- Tone
- snarky
- dramatic
- earnest
- self-aware
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- forbidden attraction · grief and healing · finding belonging · hidden worlds
- The writing
- Conversational and highly accessible, driven by snappy dialogue and relatable, modern internal monologue.
- The arc
- Moves from disorienting grief and isolation into a sweeping, high-stakes romantic awakening.
- Who it's for
- Readers craving a nostalgic, unapologetically tropey paranormal romance with a brooding love interest and a snowy boarding school setting.
Content notes
- parental death
- blood and violence
- grief
About the book
My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods... or monsters. I still can't decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me.
Then there's Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. But there's something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what's broken in me. Which could spell death for us all.
Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I'm wondering if I was brought here intentionally - as the bait.
Description from Open Library.
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