i read the entire Crave series so you don't have to | booktok's fav ya vampire romance books

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i read the entire Crave series so you don't have to | booktok's fav ya vampire romance books

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if flo-rida ends up on my spotify wrapped because of this damn series i will be seeing tracy in COURT.
yes, i read the imfamous tiktok phenomenon Crave and lived to tell the tale. let me know your thoughts below lmao.
Series:
1 - Crave
2 - Crush
3 - Capaldi
4 - Court
5 - Charm (i read it lol - • I continued reading th... )
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i read the entire Crave series so you don't have to | booktok's fav ya vampire romance books

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@caricanread Жыл бұрын

spoilers for crave! . . . . . . . how did lia know about grace enough to kill her parents ahead of time??? did i miss that?

@HaileyAndTheArt Жыл бұрын

She found out about it from the vampire king. I can't remember WTF his name is right now. Her parents gave her the tea to keep her gargoyle powers dormant. If I'm even remembering it properly.

@mayrarara Жыл бұрын

What bothered me is…Grace was all “it’s my fault Macy’s mom is trapped bc she went to get more tea!” & I was like “…how are you making this about you & damn how much tea was she getting at once?”

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

@@HaileyAndTheArt But how did Cyrus know? Cause he only knew ~what she was~ after he bit her in the 2/3rd book so waaaay after Lia did her thing. I'm so confused hahaha

@HaileyAndTheArt Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread I remember thinking that was a plot hole and I'm going to try and find which book (I wanna say Court.) it is but I am fairly certain he mentions that he had previously suspected she was a gargoyle but knew for sure when he bit her. I had similar questions.

@Abby-mj8yj Жыл бұрын

what are u eating in 7 : 19??

@ellierafn8880 Жыл бұрын

Burying her alive was his version of putting his phone in rice

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

OMFG I CACKLED

@sailinglin584 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@cryptid6279 Жыл бұрын

CRYING

@pixelsbykris5494 Жыл бұрын

YOU’RE NOT EVEN WRONG THO

@mentallyunw3ll Жыл бұрын

This fucking SENT me. Bitch

@Catlady49 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of crack fan fictions. Where it’s insane and meant to be. Like the tags are “I don’t know either”, “we’re here for a fun time”, and “no beta.” I swear.

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

Exactly 😂😂😂

@kat-bc9id Жыл бұрын

"no beta we die like men" is a major green flag tag

@lalaithan Жыл бұрын

The author & editor are probably sitting back cackling.

@bibiinoliv Жыл бұрын

@@kat-bc9id no but when it's "no beta we die like *insert any character that died in the fandom*">>>

@AC8X Жыл бұрын

NO BETA WE DIE LIKE MEN

@TheNumnutRandomness Жыл бұрын

I'm cackling at the gargoyle reveal because I just realized that she's supposed to be the hot kind like that one animated series. But this entire time I was just picturing the little gremlin ones from Hunchback of Notre Dame and was like, "WOW, bold choice from the author" 😭😭😭

@valentiapauwels Жыл бұрын

HAHAHA THIS COMMENT 🏆

@mxmissy Жыл бұрын

I had to look up "hot gargoyle" because I still keep thinking its the gargoyles on statues. And I sort of...get it? But I'm just going to elect the idea that she turns to stone each time.

@Personwhosings Жыл бұрын

there are hot ones??????????

@Bryan-gy2zu Жыл бұрын

@@Personwhosings mainly just Goliath from Disney’s Gargoyles

@PercyK1ng Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@rubymochicarlile7535 Жыл бұрын

“He is the gargoyle king” Damn is this another love interest?? “He’s also her great great great great great great grandfather” NEVERMIND

@soccerlover12horses Жыл бұрын

didn't stop Vampire Knight

@verytrusfrated 10 ай бұрын

@@soccerlover12horsesyiiiiikes 💀

@entr3_nou5 3 ай бұрын

Damn, now this makes me want a gargoyle romance 😭 not a gross incesty one but like… a gargoyle that turns into a sexy dude at night to survey the city but then he meets a girl who actually takes him around the city to interact with its people and they fall in love? PLEASE

@Aelanin Жыл бұрын

There is nothing better than a 1.5 hour long reading vlog about a “bad” book series

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

:''''')

@mariatobon1572 Жыл бұрын

Agree😂

@gracebonifabulous Жыл бұрын

the best part is, i had no idea what this series was and i said "yes, perfect use of my time"

@OPnerdthey Жыл бұрын

For real I love them so much

@officialmkamzeemwatela Жыл бұрын

@@gracebonifabulous 🤣🤣🤣same.

@halliebug Жыл бұрын

Miss girl really just rewrote her fav wattpad fan fiction and took it to the bank

@agencymenace1090 Жыл бұрын

To be fair twilight and 50 shades were fanfics

@halliebug Жыл бұрын

@@agencymenace1090 a format that never fails I guess🙃 I forgot about the After series too

@bells176 Жыл бұрын

@@halliebug i constantly try to forget about the after series

@ALunarLight Жыл бұрын

To be fair Dante's inferno is self insert religious fan fic lol.

@A_Little_Bit_Of_Everything06 Жыл бұрын

@@halliebug not the after series 💀💀

@katevenhorst1723 Жыл бұрын

“Turns out he’s racist and wanted to commit genocide” had me dying 😂 Like, wtf. That’s so intense out of nowhere.

@neilorridge9912 Жыл бұрын

I don't know how to really explain this... but these books are written almost exactly like a Danny Gonzalez skit.

@ghostguy312 Жыл бұрын

wait that's so accurate. like all the random plot twists that keep escalating the plot in a really weird way

@oboebuddy15 9 ай бұрын

hi greg

@nymph4579 7 ай бұрын

vampire dad!!

@milktea3825 7 ай бұрын

His next video is, “I wrote the crave series and fooled the internet into thinking it was someone else”

@kaskaskas 6 ай бұрын

Did not expect to see Greg’s here lmaooo what a random crossover

@ccervidae Жыл бұрын

After hearing that one of these books being over NINE HUNDRED pages long and having a 100 page battle scene, I've decided I'm no longer going to feel bad about being long winded or verbose with my own writing. At least I'm not THAT excessive.

@julianlaresch6266 Жыл бұрын

On par with les mis and the whole section about the sewers and that battle

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 Жыл бұрын

I honestly think that people need to stop freaking out so much over the number of words that are used or not, and start concerning themselves _far _*_more_* just with WHAT words are and aren't being used[ & for what]. 😊🙂 But that's just me! ^--^

@kiramohrreader Жыл бұрын

they actually arent that long. every book on kindle i swear is longer than the physical books. i just looked at my books....4th book...which she said was over 900 pages. In fact is only 689 pages and the 5th book isnt 700....it is 552.

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

@@kiramohrreader its because of the many bonus chapters the ebooks have. But also doesnt change the fact that the battle scene was 100+ pages of NOTHING 😂🥲😂

@kiramohrreader Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread the battle scene was the worst. See when I downloaded the bought the books from kindle. I didn’t have the bonus chapters. Except the ones at the end of the book from a different POV. I just notice kindle books are always longer. It like when u go to goodreads and it shows you how many pages it is compared to ebook, paperback, and hardback. I want to stop reading this series. But I just got book five. AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHAT IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS OF HER BEING STONE.

@flippanties Жыл бұрын

The idea of the series Edward-insert not being the end-game love interest and instead getting with the Jacob-insert is honestly hilarious and borderline genius and I love the author for it. What an icon.

@kay-jay1581 Жыл бұрын

I love Carey On! Well I just adored Rain Rowell’s books but I would say Carry On it’s more like Harry Potter Harry/Draco than Twilight of Bella/Jacob.

@darkmatter9651 Жыл бұрын

they fixed twilight, imo jacob was a better shot than edward ngl🙄

@079-lalitha7 Жыл бұрын

i am 999 like lol

@Naomeme Жыл бұрын

That alone justifies the series existence

@roux5021 Жыл бұрын

Feels more like a TVD-inspired choice

@cartoonkelly7924 Жыл бұрын

“What’s broken in him matches what’s broken in me.” And I’m laughing my ass off.

@dustdesires Жыл бұрын

its giving "im brocken ⛓🥀🖤" vibes fr

@strawberry_silk3364 Жыл бұрын

Their necks probably after I'm done-

@annabeatrizzimmermann7708 Жыл бұрын

the sheer delusion lol

@auraezahra Жыл бұрын

similar vibe: 'your demons dance with mine' (i'm so ashamed that i used this line in my book but i love it soryr)

@platedlizard Жыл бұрын

Oh damn how did she find 14 year old me’s notebook?

@thecheerfulnecromancer2257 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: halfway through watching the explanation of the first book I got called for dinner. Over dinner I vaguely explained, without mentioning the book's title, how bonkers-fast the budding romance is, specifically mentioning that she goes from 0 to "cheek touching" in the space of three pages. My mum asks, "oh, does that book have vampires in it?" "...." "I read that one." "..." "It was **bad**". Nice one, mum, very cool

@jarsofpaperstars Жыл бұрын

Please send your mother my condolences

@ushionee Жыл бұрын

sss e

@ificouldfly9446 Жыл бұрын

This book feels like playing make-believe with your friends as a kid, and the powers just get more and more convoluted. "I turn into a dragon!" "I tie you all to a machine that drains your powers" "HA! I'm mother nature now, I beat you!" "Nuh-uh, I'm a god now, I win!" "No!! You're a false god"

@schnabby208 Жыл бұрын

yeah me and my friends called each other false gods all the time in third grade

@erinw.9256 Жыл бұрын

I miss being a kid sometimes. Playing make-believe like that was the best lol

@Nick-rs5if Жыл бұрын

Are these actual in-book quotes? 😂

@Jellibles05 Жыл бұрын

This series, honestly.. hahaha! 😂 it's like trying to do everything at once so much that it's just so over the place! 😂 thank you for taking one for the team, girl! ❤️

@isabelladuarte799 Жыл бұрын

@@schnabby208 †*★@cu

@annabelle69 Жыл бұрын

I first saw this book at a Target when I was with my grandma, and I picked it up and was like, “did she write another one???” because it looked like a Twilight book and then it wasn’t a Twilight book(???) and I looked at my grandma and I said, word-for-word, “Can you imagine having the balls to publish a book that looks like this in the year of our lord 2022?” and she said “no”

@adela122 Жыл бұрын

😂

@erinw.9256 Жыл бұрын

DUDE, I straight up was convinced that Crave was another Twilight book and then I picked it up to make sure, and honestly more power to this author lol the audacity to copy the cover of a popular book series and then PLACE IT next to the Twilight books at Walmart lol

@Rhialia Жыл бұрын

Lmao I literally saw this at Walmart earlier and thought it was a twilight parody, then I looked at the blurb and went "ah, a twilight knockoff"

@lizzie4471 Жыл бұрын

Lmao😂

@yoongitrash2699 Жыл бұрын

so im not crazy for thinking the cover looks like a carbon copy of twilight lol

@myusernamegotstollen Жыл бұрын

21:46 I love how Jaxon decided to use such a serious moment to quote Hagrid “Yer a gargoyle, Harry” lmao

@justanormalfish Жыл бұрын

After learning that kindle unlimited authors get paid per page read I understand why she did SO much

@readsbyemma 9 ай бұрын

she just got elevated to girl boss. i respect that. anything to get that money 💰💰

@lilynote2016 7 ай бұрын

That makes so much sense omg. Girlboss 😂 xD

@DragonHeart29 7 ай бұрын

Isn't it counterproductive? Wouldn't it make more readers lose interest and DNF, hence quitting the entire series ? Only a handful of people would put up with that much rumbling.

@readsbyemma 7 ай бұрын

@@DragonHeart29 i think you’d be surprised what people read…

@DragonHeart29 7 ай бұрын

@@readsbyemma My bad 😂😂😂

@FireyFox273 Жыл бұрын

Every time Cari starts a series by saying “I should check to see if this series is finished” is the best foreshadowing to the fact that the series is definitely not finished

@srose1088 Жыл бұрын

Descriptions like skyscraper cheekbones has me imagining Megatron and I can't stop.

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

it sounds TERRIFYING

@srose1088 Жыл бұрын

Hope I didn't yuck someone's yum just now lol

@onarosebeam Жыл бұрын

No literally. I cringed at the first description of Jaxon!! He does not sound cute😭😭

@ortezac.5339 Жыл бұрын

Time to mess with the Elden Ring character creator for dem YA cheekbones I guess

@srose1088 Жыл бұрын

@@ortezac.5339 So the Gigachad of cheekbones? I'm here for it.

@tristonanan Жыл бұрын

When finding out about Jaxon having a thing for Flint later on I just felt like I was in the Sonic Real Time Fandub just going "Wow he's bisexual, I didn't know that!"

@iMx1r Жыл бұрын

it was lowkey cool bc they had a unique twist

@sophiad548 Жыл бұрын

oh by the way i'm bisexual -jaxon probably

@tristonanan Жыл бұрын

@@trinistar1930 dude I'm a dyke leave me alone

@kiraharris2410 Жыл бұрын

@@trinistar1930 1. die mad 2. even if he had only dated women he would still be bisexual 3. die mad

@IsaMa-dz5gu Жыл бұрын

It was the same feeling I felt when I got that part of bloodmarked like... oh, so that's a thing now I guess

@futuresoup_ Жыл бұрын

26:46 THE FACT YKU DIDNT POINT OUT "JAXY-WAXY" IS MAKING ME CRY

@valentiapauwels Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY 😭

@peachesreads Жыл бұрын

He floats like a blimp lol😂😂😂

@nikag7732 Жыл бұрын

"which YA fantasy plot are you writing about?" Author: Yes.

@dzv1717 Жыл бұрын

@onarosebeam Жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up in Alaska the first book made me tear my hair out with how often the Grace and the author treated Alaska like a different planet. I get it. It’s cold. But normal people survive there everyday😭😭

@Evan_L_Rodriguez Жыл бұрын

Also, like, it depends where you’re moving to. Like, are you moving to Fairbanks or Ketchikan? lmao

@onarosebeam Жыл бұрын

@@Evan_L_Rodriguez true!! It’s a big place

@ortezac.5339 Жыл бұрын

I KNOOOOWWWW LIKE bro...someone drop the author onto Svalbard, at least some weird things you can say about it are the surge glaciers and the influx of cartoony fluctus clouds-

@briannahelmso5139 Жыл бұрын

Same!! It's insane 😂😂

@Si-br4fk Жыл бұрын

I lived in Alaska for five years growing up, and when we went back to visit family, people were shocked to hear we had a Walgreens 😂

@erinb253 Жыл бұрын

idc what anyone says “is that a wooden stake in ur pocket or are u happy to see me” is the funniest thing ever

@Jaanu11371 Жыл бұрын

What I can’t get behind is the fact that the ENTIRE SCHOOL was keeping a secret from a single girl like how is that even possible 😭 was there no other school in their area she could’ve possibly went to 🤨

@ghstgvts 7 ай бұрын

Do you think they had an assembly for it?

@Ilovegothchicks 7 ай бұрын

I read the first book, and she goes to that school because her only living relative takes custody of her and he’s like the principal and he had multiple assemblies? Meetings? I don’t think it specifies telling all the other students to keep quiet around her

@neonpinkqueen1403 Жыл бұрын

I gotta admit, the chapter titles give Percy Jackson and I am living for it

@elise85391 Жыл бұрын

Probably the only redeeming quality

@salem-01 Жыл бұрын

YES

@piscis210 Жыл бұрын

Percy Jackson did it better tho

@cheerio3442 Жыл бұрын

its like if percy was allowed to swear during pjo

@missragsdale Жыл бұрын

this series sounds like what you'd get if you fed all the popular YA fantasy from the last 10-15 years into a generator. Twilight, Vampire Diaries, there was a series about gargoyles in Paris, Cassie Clare, even HP with the whole boarding school thing...

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Percy Jackson. 🤣

@johannageisel5390 Жыл бұрын

Yup, exactly that. Somebody wanted to have it all.

@yvieoluoch66 Жыл бұрын

Vampire Academy?

@missragsdale Жыл бұрын

@@yvieoluoch66 Oh definitely that one, too. I wanted to ask Cari if she's ever read them but by the end of the video I'd forgotten 😂

@meraki4054 Жыл бұрын

The gargoyles is probably from White Hot Kiss by Jennifer Armentrout

@Robotic_Bird Жыл бұрын

When you said gargoyle I thought you ment goblin and I ascended. The image of Grace being stabbed and turning small and green made me laugh so hard.

@peachtea7269 Жыл бұрын

Turning into a little ankle biter

@black-nails Жыл бұрын

@@peachtea7269 im dying, i wish this was her actual form

@haleyc.3530 4 ай бұрын

Instead she turned small and grey lmaoo

@shamblingabby Жыл бұрын

But honestly, taking the first love interest and making him not only bi, but get together with another male character at the end is kind of one of the best things I've seen in one of these books. Like these heavily het books usually either have no lgbt romance or one that's barely mentioned and is there just for fodder. Putting the first love interest into an lgbt romance by the end kind of rocks.

@crazysmall.artist Жыл бұрын

Is there something wrong with said bi character ending up with a partner of the opposite sex? I'm bi as well.

@solarbell9990 Жыл бұрын

@@crazysmall.artist no, it's just rare to have a male love interest get with another boy so it's cool to see

@JDM-is-my-name Жыл бұрын

@@solarbell9990 honestly, yes. The cool thing is that the character is VISIBLY BI, so fucking cool!!! No one can be turn it into a "this character was never bi!!! We only saw him flirt with girls!!!" To anyone who is confused, there are actual characters, confirmed gay, who will randomly be straight in fanfic. It's not the same as taking a character who has a romantic interest of oppisite sex and say, "this character could be bi :)" it's like saying, "I know this character is happily married to someone of the same sex, but actually I don't want them to be gay because them I can't be attracted to them!!!!" in fangirl speak

@fridaesr8724 Жыл бұрын

@@seenah08a I don't know what separate dimension you're living in, but it's definitely not reality hahahahah (speaking as an enby oriented aro/ace who has not seen any of those identities represented in much of any popular media, trust me this has been my whole life up to now)

@salem-01 Жыл бұрын

@@seenah08a shows with LGBTQ representation are only made if the diverse characters are side and comedic relief characters, die at the end, or the show gets cancelled.

@Catlady49 Жыл бұрын

Flint’s dragon is the equivalent of “my inner goddess” from fifty shades and you can’t tell me otherwise. Same with Grace 😂

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

💀😂💀

@_Kuma_ Жыл бұрын

The whole “inner alpha” and “inner omega” thing in a/b/o too… 💀💀💀

@mossyrocks1096 9 ай бұрын

@@_Kuma_”my wolf”

@lovemexicanfood Жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw the cover I was "this twilight inspired for sure"

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

oh 1000%

@fairyxdust74 Жыл бұрын

same I saw the covers and I immediately thought “twilight-?”

@cheerio3442 Жыл бұрын

the font reminds me of twilight but im not gonna lie i saw that and the first thing i thought was "is that the cover of red queen" like its definitely not the same but the color and the images remind me so much of the red queen series

@corduroy799 Жыл бұрын

Grace is giving Raven Darkness Dementia Way energy with all the powers she got lmao

@Julianimation Жыл бұрын

"Is she getting paid by the word?" Oh my god, that killed me. Also, this video made me laugh so much, thank you Cari 😂

@RaymondwLin Жыл бұрын

I can watch a movie or watch Cari talk passionately about books for 90mins. The movie can wait.

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

hhahahhhaaa

@lasketball215 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I was half way through a movie and was like I'll watch this instead.

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 Жыл бұрын

At 2X speed, it's only 45mins 😁🤭🤭 Loll (Buut, _STILL_ I would've done the same, even before I started watching at faster video speed. 💜🤣🤣😊)

@ToscaTee Жыл бұрын

Same this provide good background noise

@jcon2060 Жыл бұрын

Krimsonrogue deserves everything. He also has great taste and doesn't read YA...

@aurora-jw2rj Жыл бұрын

“The little gargoyle man like living inside of her being like: “I hate jaxon” and like flaring up” girl you were so close 😭👌🏼

@witchflowers6942 Жыл бұрын

i love how little chill this author has. Zero shame. no holding back.

@nannersnoodles9305 Жыл бұрын

This whole thing is so wild but I will never get over the shady vampire love interest sending her a book rec and it's twilight

@aaaacarolina Жыл бұрын

the "mate" showing up on screen and the wobbly effect every time "disintegrate" is said made me laugh more than i should

@dizzyella8204 Жыл бұрын

HOW does a human person have THAT many pages in them (and have so much of it just be nothing)?? Gonna have to imagine the author wrote these all in a single night, no editing, in some unhinged trance and literally never looked back. Gonna have to assume shes a gargoyle herself. 939 PAGES...AND THATS JUST A SINGLE BOOK

@isabellarussell4407 Жыл бұрын

I need the word count. If we know the word count, then we can compare it to fanfic. Then we can truly tell how ao3 Wattpad this series truly is.

@ZoomieZoomie324 Жыл бұрын

Estimated word count from google is 177,008, and about 452,135 words per series

@beedoesthings8037 Жыл бұрын

That’s longer than Priory! And that book is a behemoth! It took 3 years for Samantha Shanon to write.

@PaulaGPDX Жыл бұрын

Ikr??? I need to run this book through AI and figure out HOW???? How do you retell Twilight, beat for beat, and then convince people this is an entirely different story worthy of sequels and a movie deal?! Like how????!

@dizzyella8204 Жыл бұрын

@@PaulaGPDX my guess is black magic

@pixllglitch6923 10 ай бұрын

Im crying because Flints mom was like omg i feel bad because both of my sons love interests are dead and so instead of saving his *literal* boyfriend, she saves the straight guy who doesnt even like him LOL

@schwaben4120 8 ай бұрын

That took me OUT

@AldenHoffman Жыл бұрын

I’m watching this for two reasons: 1: Your narration of the story is amusing and I genuinely feel bad you put yourself through this. 2: I want to find out what to avoid in my own WIP.

@sugarysubs7821 Жыл бұрын

Here's your reminder that the first draft can be as batshit crazy as you want. That's what editing is for ;)

@elise85391 Жыл бұрын

Also maybe don’t make 4K-5K pages

@Viteaification Жыл бұрын

@Sugarysubs ! still trying to accept this im such a perfectionist that its paralyzing

@phyycxis1159 Жыл бұрын

Please no specific brands like netflix, drpepper etc. those are pretty common but when i read “clothes from Goodwill” idk what that means.

@db_rowan3701 Жыл бұрын

@@phyycxis1159btw Goodwill is a thrift shop

@gabriellelue Жыл бұрын

I knew what was going down in the first book of the series once I read the line “But somehow the scar only emphasizes the danger, turning him from just another pretty boy with angelic looks into someone a million times more compelling.” 😭

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

LMFAO RIGHT?!

@gabriellelue Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread plus the fact that the main character is from San Diego but also uses southern phrases like “as all get out” 🥴

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

@@gabriellelue and the fact that the author clearly thinks san diego is 70 degrees and sunny all the time? like it gets down to freezing temps in the morning and night because its a coastal desert. we could handle 15 minutes in the cold without getting hypothermia TRACY hahahhaa

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 Жыл бұрын

@@gabriellelue I'm not from the south, but I use that phrase too-I had zero idea it was a southern phrase!

@ortezac.5339 Жыл бұрын

I've dealt with so many goddamn YA "pretty boys" at this point it's lost its luster and the only chance of me ever calling someone a pretty boy if he's actually androgynous enough to be one (yo Stav Stratko, Valentin von Porcelain and Andreja Pejic anyone?), not some fluffy-haired pasty barbeque stick with a jawline, Doc Martens, and daddy issues. Then again, an example is that one casanova catman from The Nine Lives Of Chloe King who annoyed me to the ends of the Earth that I resisted the urge to stick my arm through the book and throttle the author so...yeah.

@estefizamora Жыл бұрын

I thought these books were written in 2005, same time the twilight series were, but ... these are from 2020?!?!? 💀just ... how? why? 😀 the pandemic did something to all of us, i see, huh?

@DarwinRoger893 Жыл бұрын

the pandemic took something very important to us....and gave us this.

@yourmom9474 Жыл бұрын

i’m the not-so-proud owner of crave bc i was decieved by a “blind date with a book” that said “paranormal romance” and “dark academia”. so now i have it and i don’t want to read it

@isabellairon8420 Жыл бұрын

Read it. Embrace the cringe.

@kamiiu 5 ай бұрын

I liked crave, trashy romance, hated the rest

@rionshe-they7063 Жыл бұрын

i am being SO deadass, i think i read this exact book on chapters when i was in high school update: no yea guys i’m being so fr. i just found it on the chapters app. same title and author and everything. i’m literally sobbing 😭😭😭😭

@Slean548 Жыл бұрын

BROO i’ve read that book like 5 times on chapters they rlly need to make the second one🙄

@Total303 11 ай бұрын

I found the book on chapters and read everything else because I was just curious

@Aylin_Mammad 13 күн бұрын

THATS WHERE I RECOGNIZE THIS FROM OMG IT WAS KILLING ME

@andreabootsma8478 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry - I'm a few minutes in and already tripped up by the fact that this guy is apparently at least 100 years old and his name is JACKSON VEGA

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

:'''')

@andreabootsma8478 Жыл бұрын

oh even better - it's spelled Jaxon

@dashingangel20 Жыл бұрын

Its like a Twilight, Vampire Dia, and Acotar crossover with sprinkles of dragon and other folks. I could totally feel your rollercoaster of emotions through the screen

@user-cx2ki6sv5v Жыл бұрын

No literally when I read the 1st chapter before the book was ruined in the wash machine, it mentioned Legacies so I kept thinking it was a Legacies rip off or fanfic with different names and locations 💀💀

@archaeologydad3761 Жыл бұрын

This author has serious potential writing comedic fantasy. Genuinely a lot of these lines are really funny

@smeebythesea Жыл бұрын

*CRAVE SPOILERS* When the "emerald-green string" was mentioned my first thought was that she was going to be half leprechaun, and when it turned out that gargoyles were from Ireland I was even more convinced. That isn't what happened but it would have been incredible if it had

@thomme8539 Жыл бұрын

Is the spoiler you're protecting people from that she isn't a leprechaun? 😂😂

@Anniegallarroyo Жыл бұрын

@@thomme8539they’re hiding the truth

@BlackCatBritt Жыл бұрын

this series is like if you were to feed an AI thousands of pages of generic YA supernatural fantasy books and then forced it to write a neverending series for you.

@daisyalicia4038 17 күн бұрын

When I first read it I literally thought it was written by ai

@HaileyAndTheArt Жыл бұрын

This series was such a terrible good time. It's just fun. If you want a time killer that will make you smile, this might be it. Got me out of a serious reading slump. I haven't gotten into Charm yet. The fluff is real.

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

truly a wild ride hahahhaa

@HaileyAndTheArt Жыл бұрын

I also love the references to vampire series including Twilight. It literally was the best.

@HaileyAndTheArt Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread This is not the best series I read this year by far but it was hilarious. I got oddly addicted and I couldn't even figure out why because it's silly.

@spidey_things Жыл бұрын

I dont understand why Flint's answer to stopping Hudson from coming back was to kill Grace, and not Lia. Like she's the one wanting to bring him back, not Grace.

@Thenoobestgirl Жыл бұрын

If Lia killed Grace's parents to get Lia to move into her school so that she could kill her, then why couldn't have she just killed Grace along with them while she was at it? 😂

@Ilovegothchicks 7 ай бұрын

It wasn’t necessarily to kill her she was bringing Hudson back and needed Graces living body to do the ritual but Grace would die in the end of the ritual

@ReiyukaE Жыл бұрын

I am LIVING for these chapter titles, omg. 😆🤣

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

they just get weirder and weirder and at the end dont even relate to the content of the chapter at ALL hahaha

@ReiyukaE Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread Mwahahaha, that makes it even better, thank you for sharing that info.

@sleepy.timaeus.arts. Жыл бұрын

the titles are amazing, i agree. we need more books with funny and whacky titles. for a while, they seemed to have disappeared. i think theyre making a comeback :)

@ToscaTee Жыл бұрын

Gave me fanfic flashbacks 😭😭😭

@ReiyukaE Жыл бұрын

@@ToscaTee omg yes exactly this

@IFarore Жыл бұрын

“It’s one of those books where you don’t actually have to read it.” 😂 love this review

@hyera251 Жыл бұрын

the "You're a gargoyle" is like the line where Bella said "You're a vampire" this is really like twilight 😭

@Aaron2482 Ай бұрын

“Yer a wizard Harry”

@marisol9606 Жыл бұрын

as someone who bought + read the first book like two years ago (it was a hardcover and it was sooo expensive im still crying abt it) bc my friend said it was so good and I didn't want to disappoint her.....this is my moment of healing. this video right here. finally someone spoke for the people. thank you

@casflynn739 Жыл бұрын

Did I love these books for what they are, kinda silly but very fluffy? Yes. Did I read each in like 2 days? Also Yes. Am I ready to watch this review talking about how silly they are? 1000%

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

omg two days?! and here i thought my one-a-day was enought to bring me to my knees hahhaa

@casflynn739 Жыл бұрын

@cari can read I was reading them during work 😭 they weren't perfect but they did their job I couldn't put them down

@glendybergdorf112 Жыл бұрын

This is where I am exactly

@noodlepoodle3582 Жыл бұрын

Not even 2 minutes in and Jaxon Vega is one of the best drag names I've ever heard. Why didn't I think of that?!!

@wooloosus6866 Жыл бұрын

I'm at the point where flint reveals he's in love with Jaxon, and I have to say if those two get together I may just have to give her 5 stars on Goodreads for that.... It's too iconic....

@clairehirano5889 Жыл бұрын

This feels like a friend is telling me their other friend groups drama ❤

@snowange.l Жыл бұрын

The way this series has stolen plot points from every popular YA paranormal romance series in the past 10 years from ACOTAR to Twilight, to Mortal instruments is mind boggling

@ThyNguyen-gw4xl Жыл бұрын

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how clear and glowy cari's skin is throughout the entire chaos of this teen vampire angst reading vlog?

@squidwardtentacles7144 Жыл бұрын

Right! I was thinking the same thing!

@punishedwhispers1218 Жыл бұрын

Even while sick

@laistoews Жыл бұрын

you can see cari's pain in her eyes each time she reads the word *mate*

@ColbertTurkey Жыл бұрын

Man, this makes Zodiac Academy’s plot sound simplistic and straightforward

@Simi_Tutu Жыл бұрын

As I was reading the first book I couldn't help but laugh with how similar the writing is to Twilight. I just kept thinking the author isn't even trying to hide the similarities then when Grace actually receives a copy of Twilight I lost it I started crying from laughter 🤣🤣🤣

@ashlyn2025 Жыл бұрын

I KNEW THIS WAS THE SERIES. IT'S SO RIDICULOUS. I screamed when I finished the series from laughter 😂

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

my poor neighbors had to put up with a lot of cackling tihs week hahhaa

@srspanksalot4501 Жыл бұрын

The first book was really bad, and then suddenly I cared about the conflict for some reason. Then the second book I cared more. Honestly I'm caught up and plan to continue keeping up. I watched all of PLL. I plan to read all of this. And nobody can stop me 😈 Side note but I wish they did more of this kind of thing aimed at men like me. I don't mind the tropes that much but I'd like a first person story of a man who falls for a moody vampire woman without the "I'm a manly man" dynamic. I just want a soft boy and his vampire mommy is that too much to ask? I'm basically at a point where I'd like to learn writing just to do it myself.

@lieeeleeee Жыл бұрын

I respect your plight! To be honest a lot of the basis of even like fanfic writing is “I wish this was a thing so I’m going to write it myself” and that honestly is a lot of fun so I encourage you to write that soft boy x vampire mommy, even if nothing comes of it the journey of thinking about it in and of itself can be really fun! But also I hope your can find a book that caters to your fantasies.

@lorenzomeulli750 Жыл бұрын

If I had the willpower to stick with this kind of stuff, I would 100% write the dommy vampy mommy. But no soft boy. No manly man. Just a dude that gets thrown into for some reason in the Magic School© and, while he is excited and amazed by the fantasy element, is absolutely weirded out by how everyone else act. Just imagine trying to have a conversation with these people, just for the topic of girls to come up and have them start measuring each other testosterone levels and going at it while yelling about bonds and mates. Have everyone else talk and act like these weirdos while the MC acts as a rational human being trying to have a fucking normal time at school

@squidwardtentacles7144 Жыл бұрын

When you write it, I hope you update this comment section because I'd definitely read that. I honestly desire a change in tropes like this too. All the guys are the same.

@l0uisinana Жыл бұрын

DO IT DO IT DO IT, like, even if you’re not good at first, practice makes improvement, you’ll learn how to write as you go

@punishedwhispers1218 Жыл бұрын

I'm writing that right now in fact...well not really a vampire thing but, I'm sure it's exactly the kind of thing you wanted. Because I thirst for this too. I do have something along those lines I know I'm not going to finish if you would like, but it's a little...well... fanfiction

@thatgirlnextfloor Жыл бұрын

A Gargoyle!?!?! this is so hilarious I think the author is just pranking us lmaaaooooo. thanks cari for powering through these books i don't know how you survived but ohmygosh

@isadorasoares5962 Жыл бұрын

"it's so bad" 2 seconds later "I'm having the best time" lol. Reading a bad book it's everything

@lupuscairo3654 Жыл бұрын

Spoilers for the video (and the books) ahead Did I get that right that the stand in for Edward and the stand in for Jacob end up together? The books might be ridiculous and bad but that is absolutely iconic and I love it.

@specialtwice4975 Жыл бұрын

I could see this being made into a good tv series or movies, BUT a lot would need to be taken out/changed. A good screenwriter would have to come in and fix it all.

@haydnmalyon7690 Жыл бұрын

29:22 "Why are you playing Flo Rida?" is great, but I'm also taken by the following paragraph where she crashes into his chest "squawking like an angry pterodactyl the whole way" I bet the author was having so much fun writing this. I can't even be mad.

@chelseas.horizon2222 Жыл бұрын

I am sorry but that worried "I am still not sure how old Jackson is" after talking about them clearly being mates CRACKED ME 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sounded so much like a worried mom.

@ivabanovic6203 Жыл бұрын

These books are what happens when Twilight meets Vampire Diaries meets Legacies meets Originals, but like in a very cheap way

@kamilawojdyla Жыл бұрын

WHEN THE LEWIS CAPALDI CLIP CAME ON I STARTED HYSTERICALLY LAUGHING OMG

@jadedavis1190 Жыл бұрын

It's a good time. It doesn't take itself too seriously and the plot points hit levels of crazy, and I need that drama in my life. Not happening to me, but as a witness through text on a page.

@em-nq9gk Жыл бұрын

OMG a 1,5 hour video?!?!!? literally saved my boring night thank you 😭🥰

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

@katmc6456 Жыл бұрын

The difference in pages between the online copy and the physical copies is crazy 😭 the largest physical copy is like 700 something pages and the fifth book which is the smallest is like 500 something

@liaistotallyfine Жыл бұрын

Never in a thousand years did I expect to hear the words "she turned into a gargoyle"

@mightymiello9277 Жыл бұрын

The plot in these books are INSANE and confusing! Plus Hudson charmed Lia but Grace brushes it off? 😭 I would be furious! Why are her reactions not the way they should be? Crazy. Insane. What? Goodness...

@rat-gang- Жыл бұрын

i was just assuming it's the whole demi-god thing honestly, it's the only explanation my brain can come up with at this point 💀

@joellezima3506 Жыл бұрын

The laughter that came out of me when you said “turns out, he’s racist”

@audie93 Жыл бұрын

You are such a queen for struggling through these! also the editing is just *chefs kiss*

@_telling_tales_ Жыл бұрын

The break to take a walk and touch grass is a testament to how truly horrible this was thank you for your sacrifice🙏

@annas4975 Жыл бұрын

The fact that you were reading that 900 page book while fighting a fever is actually amazing. Like just hearing about the book felt like a fever dream so props to you for going through both at the same time hahaha

@sheila1155 Жыл бұрын

Can I just say, that I really love your series reviews. I’ve seen Crave so much everywhere in book related content, same with ACOTAR, and did not want to read such a long series but wanted to know about it, and you make it so fun. Your summaries make me want to read the books because you make them sound so much better than what they are! I’m excited to watch this :)

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

bahahah if you read these, BEWARE

@mirduhh13 Жыл бұрын

The twilight/ flo rida insert had me dead 💀😭😂

@em.g5629 Жыл бұрын

I saw a video where someone did a timeline for the first Crave book, the whole book is apparently less than a week!!

@WhiteWolf-lm7gj Жыл бұрын

A week? My god

@sarasmith3643 Жыл бұрын

What's crazy is like the first two maybe even 2.5 books take place before they even graduate, and grace showed up like partway through their senior year. It's WILD.

@zoevoelliger7341 Жыл бұрын

By the time I got halfway through Crush I was 100% convinced that the crave series is a Paranormal High School ACOTAR AU fanfic and I haven't stopped believing it. I don't know who her cousin would be but the Hudson and Jaxon dynamic feels so much like someone who thought "Hmm but what if Tamlin and Rhys were brothers?" Because Hudson feels very much like a Rhys variation.

@iRandom2x Жыл бұрын

'Charm' is legit the series' version of acomaf :')

@cheerio3442 Жыл бұрын

@@iRandom2xoh god. i actually dont mind the acotar series (and throne of glass), its just one of my guilty pleasures especially since i love all kinds of court intrigue and the world is just interesting to me. but with a book series this bad,,,,, combined with the really complicated smutfest of acomaf,,,, im scared

@kerilynne128 Жыл бұрын

"Her final form in crave" caught me so off guard I absolutely lost it

@bethanydart4069 10 ай бұрын

Cari slowly loosing her will to live as the page number increases every book has me dying and empathizing at the same time 😅

@ukchanak 10 ай бұрын

Never thought I'd see "book sweats" but this book series seems to be slowly killing you like consumption 💀 thanks for reading through this monstrosity!

@bunny_koo Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how much i absolutely ADORE listening to you talk about books for hoursss- don’t be shy give us some more 😂 *huff* god i need to take a breath I’m literally hyperventilating right now

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

hahhaha omg be safe :'''')

@smocks_1569 Жыл бұрын

The vixx reference...you are the best. Also thank you for putting yourself through this series for our sakes. Mad respect

@shadowgrayson 6 ай бұрын

i went looking for a fellow starlight right after I saw it ahah

@xanderkai6353 Жыл бұрын

as I was watching this video, it dawned on me that I know this story, like really well. I was questioning whether maybe I had read this book?? but then I remembered that I haven't read since high school so, no. however, I did used to play these story games on my phone where like it's basically fanfiction but there's some animations and shit. anyway, I'm pretty sure someone ripped off this book like beat for beat and I played through that story. Update: omg wait. I FOUND IT YALL. BEFORE THIS WAS MADE INTO A BOOK THIS AUTHOR LITERALLY SUBMITTED THIS STORY ON AN APP CALLED CHAPTERS AND THATS WHAT I HAD PLAYED. I'M SCREAMINGG I CAN'T BELIEVE THESE ARE THE SAME STORY. I LEGIT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SOME OTHER GENERIC FANFICTION WHEN I PLAYED IT AND NOW I'M FINDING OUT IT'S LIKE A VERY POPULAR BOOK SERIES WTFFF

@jarsofpaperstars Жыл бұрын

That actually explains a lot… like yeah, that tracks

@redmonsoon7214 6 ай бұрын

HAHAHAAH NO WONDERR

@kamiiu 5 ай бұрын

WHAAATTTTT

@imogen.t_x.20 Жыл бұрын

It’s so ridiculous that I love it just because of how nostalgic it made me for when I first read twilight 💀🤚 the fact that they are on the same level kills me hahaha it’s just a fluffy yet hilarious yet also HUH kind of series lmao

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

i would have loved to see my teenage self's reaction ahahha

@imogen.t_x.20 Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread it honestly would have been either my favourite series or the thing I enjoyed taking the piss out of the most 😂😂

@nikolkuhar8127 Жыл бұрын

The fact that I devoured these books, and somehow every book is longer than the one before. But I loved every second of it. It was so bad that it was so good. Kind of a book that you would find on wattpad but because of that i loved it.

@yamanakoyama8682 Жыл бұрын

everytime you say "Macey's mom" the tune of Stacey's Mom starts echoing in my head and I think that's the best way to get through this series

@jadenchee3878 Жыл бұрын

not me having read this series and reacting to every plot point as if I'm listening to the hottest gossip

@jadenchee3878 Жыл бұрын

9 3 9 P A G E S thank you for doing this omg I'm never reading past book 4

@jadenchee3878 Жыл бұрын

bruh i think I stopped mid book 4

@alywade96 Жыл бұрын

Did I read this entire series this week for the first time I preparation of this video?? Absolutely.

@caricanread Жыл бұрын

omg IM SORRY ahahhahhaa

@alywade96 Жыл бұрын

It was a train wreck I could not stop reading hahaha.

@DarrianChamblee Жыл бұрын

This series has literally never been on my radar but I feel like I need to read at least the first book due to the "Alaskan boarding school" piece. My husband is from Alaska and we lived there for three years and usually, people write about Alaska so poorly 🤣

@onarosebeam Жыл бұрын

This is no different I promise you!! She name dropped my hometown in the prologue so I got my hopes up for that letdown

@DarrianChamblee Жыл бұрын

@@onarosebeam literally putting it on library hold just to see 🤣