Name: Mia Caven's review of Charm by Tracy Wolff
Item: Charm
Rating: 5
Author: Mia Caven

Tracy Wolff

Unravel the mystery of the missing four months between Grace and Hudson—when she finds herself trapped with the last boy she ever expected, and certainly the most obnoxious one she's ever met. If he doesn't shut up, she just might kill him...if she doesn't kiss him first. Reading order suggestion of the Crave series: Crave Crush Covet Court Charm, the missing four months of time between Crave and Crush, can be enjoyed anytime after reading Crave.

Charm

Unravel the mystery of the missing four months between Grace and Hudson--when she finds herself trapped with the last boy she ever expected, and certainly the most obnoxious one she's ever met. If he doesn't shut up, she just might kill him...if she doesn't kiss him first. The Crave series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Crave Book #2 Crush Book #3 Covet Book #4 Court Book #5 Charm

(Bre)anne✨

“‘Till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.’”

If this is what he calls a sanctuary, I’d rather take my chances in hell.

“I need this, too," she whispers. "I need you." 

It turns out seven little words are all it takes to obliterate a lifetime of self-control and set free the wildness within me. I need this, too. I need you. How can I tell her no when she puts it like that? How can I tell her no when I feel the exact same way?

The truth is, I can’t. So I don’t even try. Not anymore.

Before I can take off, though, the innkeeper—without looking up from his book—says, "Any woman who saves me from dying in a fiery dragon explosion gets the shower first for life."

She accompanies the words with an over-the-top seductive smile that I'm guesing works on 9.5 out of 10 men between the ages of two and ninety. 

But it's not going to work on me. I was raised by Delilah Vega and have seen that kind of smile in action more times than I can count. Plus, I'm more of a sucker for an obstinate chin. 

She may think I'm a sociopath, and maybe I am. But the fact that she said all that shit to me and I didn't do a damn thing about it should qualify me for something. Sainthood, maybe. Or at least a 99 Flake—and you know I don't do dairy.

Forget the queen. God save girls who believe everything they hear. And leap before they look.

Genesis (@whisperingchapters)

Mia Caven

I have been obsessed with this series for years. But this in all honesty was the BEST book of them all. I loved it so much. I don’t have words. Plus this one seemed to have less mistakes than the others. I’m so attached to these characters it’s stupid. It’s a MUST read

Hailey Rae

This was so marvelous. This connected so many dots from the previous books in the series, and the fact that we finally find out what Hudson and Grace were doing while they spent that much time in her head - BEYOND THRILLING! As well as, finally figuring out what precisely her promise ring truly stands for. I cannot wait for “Cherish” in 2023

Truthfully I really didn't think I was going to like this one, but I was very wrong and I loved the wholesome shadow farm and shadow town living before all the chaos broke loose (I liked the chaos too, but it was just really great seeing them have as much normalcy as they could). But it also broke my heart 10000 times over knowing that Hudson was stuck in the last book knowing all of these things while she couldn't remember them. 

But yeah, this could've been done really poorly, but I'm glad that was absolutely not the case. I'm happy I finished it right before the next one comes out :) 

samantha lias

Truthfully I really didn't think I was going to like this one, but I was very wrong and I loved the wholesome shadow farm and shadow town living before all the chaos broke loose (I liked the chaos too, but it was just really great seeing them have as much normalcy as they could). But it also broke my heart 10000 times over knowing that Hudson was stuck in the last book knowing all of these things while she couldn't remember them. 

But yeah, this could've been done really poorly, but I'm glad that was absolutely not the case. I'm happy I finished it right before the next one comes out :) 

freya.nightwolf

Unlike the previous one, "Charm" was a little better. A little. And I say this because I skipped all those damn endless descriptions... to understand, there are 2 types of narratives: long, repetitive, endless descriptions and vague descriptions when you're thinking "what the actual f*ck"??!!!?!

1. STARFALL!!!??!!!! Just so we get straight, I LOVE ACOMAF, it's my favorite book ever, but the "tribute" is done... well... horrible! If you want to have that iconic moment in the history of books, you better know how to do it, because you'll have to put up with all the expectations in the world. How it ended up?? Flat, horrible, insignificant, and I'm going to stop here because I can go like this all day. Let's just say I expected better... although I don't know why... WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS BOOK IS NOT STARFALL!!!!

Grace... I'm not going to repeat myself. I've put my anger out in the "Court" review. Bottom line: annoying as hell, with a mind that won't shut up. You won't escape her monologues so I just skipped them. Yeeeey

2. Hudson. BIRD CALLING????? MATING CALLING????!!!! That was the most idiotic scene I have ever read!!!!! The most dangerous, powerful vampire in the history of vampires is starting to yell, sing, call, whatever you want to call it, like a bird!!! 

3. Purple realm??? God help me! 

The world-building is chaotic, has no rhythm, and jumps from here to there and back. If you're looking for romance, don't. The romance is like the second or the third side of the story, although you expect to find more. Just don't. This book could've had 200 - 300 pages and would've been enough. I would've loved to see more of their time in the lair, to read more about Hudson's childhood from his journals than to spend three quarters of the time in the purple realm. When I learned they were in the Shadow Realm, I was really excited, but the way it was built... again, too many expectations.

Honestly, I don't have any interest in "Cherish". What's next? Shadow Queen named Maeve??? Or one that has purple eyes [since everything is purple and why not use that eye color:))] and also has bat wings and is surrounded by shadows????? Let's see if it will be my "lucky" guess :)) I know we have a curse here... the curse of dying from descriptions...

Sooo, why didn't I just give this book 1 star??? Well, here it is:

1. Hudson told Grace to her face, exactly how she is:
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  Has any human ever been more annoying?
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  It's either naivete or willful ignorance. Which one do you prefer?
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Looks like even the author got pissed off by her main female character 🤣🤣🤣 There are many more of these 🤣 This is the main reason I got to enjoy the book a little. Every time Hudson got to Grace and told her all those hard truths. Even when they got together, she pissed him off. So, go Hudson!!! 

2. I wanted to know what happened in those missing months too much. So, take it as a bonus.

3. For me, it was a tiny, little better than "Court", and since that one got 2 stars, this one gets 3 stars, although the real rating is 2.5

I kust love these two! I even cried at the end. 

Elaine

TW: panic attacks, death and violence, suicidal thoughts, life-and-death situations, torture, imprisonment, insect-related situations, death of a parent, sexual content

WOW. This was good! I thought Crave was pretty cheesy, but this was great. If anyone is looking to read this second, I would recommend reading up until the epilogue and then going back to the epilogue after you’re done with Court, as there’s many spoilers in it. Hopefully won’t be too painful to jump back into Crush after reading this!!

TW: panic attacks, death and violence, suicidal thoughts, life-and-death situations, torture, imprisonment, insect-related situations, death of a parent, sexual content

WOW. This was good! I thought Crave was pretty cheesy, but this was great. If anyone is looking to read this second, I would recommend reading up until the epilogue and then going back to the epilogue after you’re done with Court, as there’s many spoilers in it. Hopefully won’t be too painful to jump back into Crush after reading this!!

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