Category: Vampire

Cherish

Author: Tracy Wolff

Series: Crave #6

Publisher: Entangled Teen

Release Date: May 30, 2023

Rating: 4 out of 5.

The sixth and final book in the Crave series wraps things up on a crazy, fun fantasy series!

It has been three months since Grace and her crew defeated Cyrus and tried to have a shot at a normal life.  But like everything else Grace has been involved in, that is not going to be the case. All of the Courts are falling apart, the Vampire Court is without a king, Dragon court missing it’s heart, and Grace herself is in charge of the Gargoyle Court having just come into the supernatural recently. Now, the team must return to the Shadow Realm to try and save their friend and hopefully Grace can save her relationship with Hudson before the Crone comes to collect.

I started with this series on Book 1 and couldn’t wait to see how it all wrapped up with this final book. I really enjoyed the series and all the characters but felt a little let down by the way it all wrapped up. Each book had so much action, suspense, romance, drama and more that I was hooked throughout each 500 plus page book. The problem with having a book of this length is you have so many threads to tie up and it becomes almost impossible to answer every little question readers might have. Each book in the series had so much going on and this book fell flat on pulling me in like the others did. At times it felt rushed, but it also felt like a good hundred pages could have been taken out and not affected the outcome of the book. On the other hand, another hundred pages could have been added to answer questions. While this wasn’t my favorite, I am happy to have wrapped up the series. Even though this is labeled as a Young Adult I wouldn’t recommend it to readers that are too young because of all the adult themes and language.

Big Bad

Author: Lily Anderson

Publisher: Hyperion Avenue

Release Date: September 27, 2022

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Any fans of Buffy The Vampire Slayer show will not want to miss this fun addition to the Buffyverse!

Sunnydale, California is home to the Hellmouth and the evil mayor has put up a sun-shade to make the town permanently dark for all the evil to run rampant in the newly named Demondale. Being Bad is now easier than ever. Most of the humans have left and those that remain try to either avoid the monsters or join them. Jonathan and Andrew are trying to work their way up the world of evil and end up needing the help of vengeance demon Anya who is looking for purpose. All their lives are turned upside down when Buffy the Vampire Slayer shows up ready to destroy all the evil in town. Jonathan, Andrew, and Anya work together with other demons in town including Angelus and Spike to stop the slayer before she can stop them.

It’s probably been fifteen years since I have sat and watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer but when I picked up this book and started reading all those hours watching came back to me. All the characters and storylines are a little different than the show and it was interesting seeing the characters in a different role. This is not a book with a ton of depth, but still enjoyable. I read this quickly and enjoyed the story taking me back to my younger days enjoying losing myself in some fun fantasy fiction that required nothing more or less from me. Anyone that has been a fan of Buffy and all that surrounds it will enjoy this novel.

I received a complimentary copy of this title from the publisher.  The views and opinions expressed within are my own.