Name: Cracked
ISBN: 9781908844675

Eliza Crewe

Soul eater Meda tries to unravel the mystery of what she really is, all while being hunted by three men in suits and surrounded by Crusaders, a group who seek to eradicate her kind.

Cracked

Sarah Escorsa

Book rating: 3 - Meda rating: 5

“Meet Meeda. She eats people.”

Meet Meeda. She's hilarious and snarky as hell. Her conversations to herself are just insanely funny. She is a reluctant heroine who keeps trying to manipulate people but fails miserably most of the time. Still, she does eat people (well their souls anyway) and she’s quite the butt-kicking heroine, albeit a reluctant one. Meda is possibly one of my favourite MC so far year. 

The problem with Cracked is that Meda is such an overpowering character that there isn’t room for much else in the book. The other characters aren’t very well-developed. I guess Jo is alright (I don’t like her very much though, she can be quite annoying and her friendship with Meda feels a bit forced) but Chi has no personality whatsoever and adds little to the story. The interaction between Jo & Chi is simply boring. As far as the other characters go, they’re pretty much non-existent.

The plot is alright but not fantastic. Although the premise of the book is excellent and it all starts off with a bang (the hospital!), it’s all pretty much downhill from there as far as plot construction is concerned. Cracked focuses on Meda’s character so much that the book lacks in terms of plot development and it falls flat. There is nothing I actually disliked about the plot but it just felt meh. 

Meda is both the strength and weakness of this book. Because of her character, Cracked is worth reading despite its many flaws. Were it not for Meda I wouldn’t even be considering reading Crushed, the second instalment in the series. I don’t think I will be able to resist her crazy inner dialogues and will probably give the book a try when it is released.

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Meet Meda. She eats people. Well, technically, she eats their soul. But she totally promises to only go for people who deserve it. She’s special. It’s not her fault she enjoys it. She can’t help being a bad guy. Besides, what else can she do? Her mother was killed and it’s not like there are any other “soul-eaters” around to show her how to be different. That is, until the three men in suits show up. They can do what she can do. They’re like her. Meda might finally have a chance to figure out what she is. The problem? They kind of want to kill her. Before they get the chance Meda is rescued by Crusaders, members of an elite group dedicated to wiping out Meda’s kind. This is her chance! Play along with the “good guys” and she’ll finally figure out what, exactly, her “kind” is. Be careful what you wish for. Playing capture the flag with her mortal enemies, babysitting a teenage boy with a hero complex, and trying to keep one step ahead of a too-clever girl are bad enough. But the Hunger is gaining on her.

Cracked

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