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Showing posts with label The Vampire Diaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Vampire Diaries. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Legacies: Episode 4x18 "By the End of This, You'll Know Who You Were Meant to Be" Promo (HD)

Here's a promo for next week's episode, episode 4x18 "By the End of This, You'll Know Who You Were Meant to Be".

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Legacies: Episode 4x17 "Into the Woods" Promo (HD) (The Originals spinoff)

Here's a promo for next week's episode, episode 4x17 "Into the Woods".

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Legacies: Episode 4x16 "I Wouldn't Be Standing Here If It Weren't For You" Promo (HD)

Here's a promo for the next episode, episode 4x16 "I Wouldn't Be Standing Here If It Weren't For You".

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Legacies: Episode 4x13 "Was This the Monster You Saw?" Promo (HD)

Here's a promo for the next episode, episode 4x13 "Was This the Monster You Saw?".

Book Review: Crave (Book #1 in the Crave series) by Tracy Wolff



Right off the bat, I have to say that while Crave definitely isn't a literary masterpiece when it comes to the quality of Tracy Wolff's writing; I still loved this book in a guilty pleasure sense, and I had a ton of fun reading it. Prior to reading Crave, I have to admit that I was half-expecting this book to be some kind of Twilight spoof. Even though Twilight is mentioned in this book, I would say that this series is definitely its own thing in terms of how it not only portrays vampires, but how it also portrays various other kinds of fantasy creatures, such as dragons. One of the things that Tracy Wolff does that definitely helps set the Crave series apart from the Twilight series is to have the Crave series take place at a boarding school. Plus, I definitely enjoyed the romance between Grace and Jaxon A LOT more than I ever liked the romance between Bella and Edward in the Twilight series, but that’s not saying much. While Grace and Jaxon’s relationship had its own unique kind of drama in this book, I definitely appreciate the fact that their relationship didn’t immediately feel nearly as angst-ridden as Bella and Edward’s did. Plus, while Grace did annoy me at times throughout the book, I’m really glad that she wasn’t as eager and willing to give up her humanity and become a vampire just to be with a guy that she’s only known for a couple of weeks like Bella was to be with Edward.

 

Another major plus that Crave has on its side, is the fact that the overall plot of the book played out very differently from the way that I had originally been expecting it to prior to reading the book. It was far from being predictable, as far as I'm concerned. While I don’t have a lot of issues with the overall pacing of the plot of the book for the most part, which is definitely a good thing considering the fact that this is a really long book, I do think that the pacing of the ending of the book drags a little bit.

 

One thing that I thought was really cool about Crave is Wolff’s portrayal of dragons. It’s established that the character Flint is a dragon, and while there’s a lot of things about this book that are definitely rather cliché, this is the first fantasy book or story that I’ve encountered where it’s established that people can also be dragons. Since this is the first story that I’ve encountered where it’s established that people can be part dragon, I definitely have to give Wolff credit for her including the character Flint in this series. I’m really hoping that Wolff will expand upon that aspect of Flint as a character, and the concept that people can be part dragon in general, as the series continues since she didn’t explore that very much in this book. Plus, I simply liked what we saw of the character Flint in this book.