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Shay was always the sick girl! Her mother did everything humanly possible to keep her alive. She held down 3 different jobs at one point to try to pay the minimums of her Doctor fees, until her mother, Emma, met Martin. He was one of her Doctors. He was the only one that believed that her blood disorder was uniquely special and rare; and that he would stop at NOTHING to cure her. Her stepfather left his lucrative career and focused on curing her.

She was sick girl, special girl, the girl that everyone had labeled FRAGILE. Until one day Martin, her stepfather, changed her treatment. It was like MAGIC. She began to hallucinate during her treatments, feel alive for days after, but her treatments didn't last long. She needed them a lot, but each time compels her to do something dangerous and different from her sick girl ways. Her careful ways. In her "hallucinations" she sees visions of a young teen-aged vampire named GABRIEL. Of course he was beautiful and of course she wanted to know more and more about him. It wasn't until later, she finds that GABRIEL is real and that they both have to fight for his and her existence.

True to form, the writers Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz, teamed up to write a haunting first installment to the Crave (I don't know if that is what they will call it) series. It wasn't hard to believe that they were the writers for Roswell and Buffy as well. My heart and soul were into this book since I first opened it. Its twist and turns maneuvered the characters, Shay and Gabriel, in a exhilarating ride of love and hate and back to love all over again.

Yes it's a love story, yes it's about vampires and yes there is a reason why their love is tainted. BUT it's worth the ride, and worth every tired half open eyed moment I spent reading this book. The best thing about the book is the unique way the authors developed their character. It wasn't simply laid out like most authors do, through the eyes of the main character's own words. Shay's illness was explained in detail by her treatments and by how she interacted with people around her; and how her friends reacted to how she acted after her "new" treatments. Gabriel's life was interpreted by her hallucinations. By the time Gabriel even entered the picture, I knew him.

By the time I finished the book, I felt complete. I knew that they cared and loved each other; I knew that they both sacrificed something for each other and I knew they had a long journey ahead of them. I also knew that there will be a sequel. I just hope I don't have to wait too long.

This book is AWESOME!


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Crave Melinda Metz Laura J Burns Books Reviews

Shay has never really felt like a person. Plagued with an undiagnosed and incurable blood disorder, she's lived her entire life feeling like her disease defines her. Shay isn't really living, and she doesn't have much time left.

But then her stepfather and renowned doctor, Martin, starts a new treatment of blood transfusions, and during the transfusion, she experiences vivid dreams of a young man named Gabriel who lived centuries ago. This treatment makes her feel stronger and more alive than she's ever felt in her entire life. Suddenly, she can do things that she always wanted, and she has the strength to be a regular teenager. But the treatment comes at a price one night, Shay finds the young man she dreamed about, Gabriel, locked in a room at Martin's office, and when she helps him escape, the terrible truth about her treatment and his past comes out.

Crave steps out of the tired YA vampire novel mold and is a clever and immensely entertaining story with a unique heroine. Shay's illness brings up a lot interesting and introspective issues for both her and the reader to wrestle with. For example, are living and surviving the same thing? Is it Shay's disease that makes everyone see her as "Sick Girl", or is it her attitude? But despite her physical weaknesses, Shay is strong mentally and her humor and candidness when dealing with Gabriel is refreshing. Their eventual romance is thankfully not due to some intangible and indescribable "connection". Shay sharing memories with Gabriel provides her initial attraction to him and allows them to bond as they make their escape, but it's not a love-at-first-sight and happily-ever-after situation for the pair. Gabriel has his own hang-ups concerning humans that aren't easily overcome and cause friction between him and Shay. Coupled with the mystery of the falling out with his best friend and Shay's own past, there are plenty of questions that demand to be answering as the pair work together to escape their true threat and race to find a cure for Shay. Burns and Metz account for every single detail in this romantic thriller, making for an absorbing read with a killer cliffhanger. Readers will be left with one burning question where is Crave's sequel?
Shay was always the sick girl! Her mother did everything humanly possible to keep her alive. She held down 3 different jobs at one point to try to pay the minimums of her Doctor fees, until her mother, Emma, met Martin. He was one of her Doctors. He was the only one that believed that her blood disorder was uniquely special and rare; and that he would stop at NOTHING to cure her. Her stepfather left his lucrative career and focused on curing her.

She was sick girl, special girl, the girl that everyone had labeled FRAGILE. Until one day Martin, her stepfather, changed her treatment. It was like MAGIC. She began to hallucinate during her treatments, feel alive for days after, but her treatments didn't last long. She needed them a lot, but each time compels her to do something dangerous and different from her sick girl ways. Her careful ways. In her "hallucinations" she sees visions of a young teen-aged vampire named GABRIEL. Of course he was beautiful and of course she wanted to know more and more about him. It wasn't until later, she finds that GABRIEL is real and that they both have to fight for his and her existence.

True to form, the writers Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz, teamed up to write a haunting first installment to the Crave (I don't know if that is what they will call it) series. It wasn't hard to believe that they were the writers for Roswell and Buffy as well. My heart and soul were into this book since I first opened it. Its twist and turns maneuvered the characters, Shay and Gabriel, in a exhilarating ride of love and hate and back to love all over again.

Yes it's a love story, yes it's about vampires and yes there is a reason why their love is tainted. BUT it's worth the ride, and worth every tired half open eyed moment I spent reading this book. The best thing about the book is the unique way the authors developed their character. It wasn't simply laid out like most authors do, through the eyes of the main character's own words. Shay's illness was explained in detail by her treatments and by how she interacted with people around her; and how her friends reacted to how she acted after her "new" treatments. Gabriel's life was interpreted by her hallucinations. By the time Gabriel even entered the picture, I knew him.

By the time I finished the book, I felt complete. I knew that they cared and loved each other; I knew that they both sacrificed something for each other and I knew they had a long journey ahead of them. I also knew that there will be a sequel. I just hope I don't have to wait too long.

This book is AWESOME!