Katelyn Harrison answers “This looks exactly like a ripoff of...”

Araya asked this question about Crave (Crave, #1):

This looks exactly like a ripoff of Twilight, can anyone confirm?

Katelyn Harrison I know I'm coming in super late here, but I think whether or not you like this book is largely based on taste. As someone who went through the Twiligh…moreI know I'm coming in super late here, but I think whether or not you like this book is largely based on taste. As someone who went through the Twilight phase in middle school when the franchise was at its peak, I don't think Crave is a ripoff or very similar at all aside from the vampire aspect. I enjoyed Twilight because I related to Bella's shy, homebody personality and I still do. In my opinion, (someone who enjoys a good vampire book done well) Crave just isn't good. I think more of her inspiration came from the Vampire Diaries spinoff Legacies, it's even referenced in the book along with Twilight, and as we all have pointed out the cover was shockingly similar--the reason I picked it up in the first place. But the book just isn't good. I've never read anything else by Tracey Wolf and if she is a decent writer then she definitely shlopped this together with no thought with the sole purpose being to write a popular YA book and she knew that vampires had been a hot commodity in the past. A lot of people enjoy it, which is fine, but the writing is poor, the plot is basically non existent, the characters are one dimensional etc. I could go on forever, but it's just not good. But, I'm saying this as someone who has moved well out of the YA genre and is into more adult fantasy/murder mystery type stuff, I enjoy more mature writing. I DNFd this book after a good chunk because I could not physically make myself continue. It was too cringe. I've watched a lot of rant reviews though and over all it just seems like she rushed the story and didn't even try at decent writing. (less)

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