Crave

Savannah Colbert has never known why she's so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from a strange illness and the attraction becomes nearly irresistible. It's as if he's a magnet, pulling her gaze, her thoughts, even her dreams. Her family has warned her to have nothing to do with him, or any members of the Clann. But when Tristan is suddenly everywhere she goes, Savannah fears she's destined to fail.

For years, Tristan has been forbidden to even speak to Savannah Colbert. Then Savannah disappears from school for a week and comes back… different, and suddenly he can't stay away. Boys seem intoxicated just from looking at her. His own family becomes stricter than ever. And Tristan has to fight his own urge to protect her, to be near her no matter the consequences…. (from Goodreads)

To be honest, I don't even know why I picked up this book. Because, looking back and rereading the blurb, it sounds like the cheesiest, corniest, and most like-Twilight book there is out there. Now, this isn't necessarily a bad book, it's just not one that I'd usually pick up. 

For starters: THERE WAS NO PLOT. Seriously. Take out the paranormal bits and the last few chapters and voilá!, you have a contemporary romance with no real difference between the two plots. And then the plot/climax/resolution were all crammed into two chapters. 

Overall, Savannah was a pretty good narrator, although she definitely had her bitchy moments. Like the whole Greg-dance fiasco. Up until that point, I was actually starting to like her, and Greg was on his way to being one of my favorite characters. But then...

It was actually kind of funny, because in the Q&A in the back of the book, there's some question like "Anne [the friend]'s friendship throughout the book is such a support for Savannah throughout the book. Why did you choose to portray it this way?" Well, I laughed out loud at that, because, as is common in so many YA books today, their friendship has about 0.00001 screen time. In fact, Tristan talks to her more than Savannah does. And she's supposed to be Savannah's best friend. /fail

At least the Brat Twins, Crave's version of the popular bitch(es), didn't come up very much. I might have strangled the book from all the cliches if it had. 

It wasn't overly offensive or anything, but it wasn't exceptional. Just...average.