Monday, November 6, 2023

Covet by Tracy Wolff - HIGH

Covet (Crave #3) 
by Tracy Wolff
, 600 pages. Entangled Teen. 2021. $15 

Language: R (297 swears 98 'f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (passionate kissing; petting, implied sex); Violence: R (bloody deaths) 

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

Hudson states that 17yo Grace is his mate but she’s still in love with Jaxon. The three of them discover that the bond between Jaxon and Grace was created by the Bloodletter and that’s why the Bloodletter could and did break the bond. Now they and their group of trusted friends are on a mission to save Jaxon's soul. They end up in prison which seems unescapable. They meet Remy and Calder and are placed in their cell, unsure of whether they will be allies or enemies. If they survive prison, it will be a miracle. 

The amount of swearing distracts from the story. I like how kindhearted Grace is. The story actually pulls me in when Hudson is arrested by the Circle after the graduation ceremony and Grace insists on going with her mate to prison; I was invested in the story after that. Flint is black. Grace, Macy, Hudson and Jaxon are white. 

LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian

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