Savannah und Tristan haben sich getrennt. Und irgendwie scheinen beide damit gut klar zu kommen. Jedenfalls wirkt es so auf die anderen.
Kaum einer in der Schule, im Freundeskreis und in den Familien, erkennt, dass beide total fertig sind und nur Masken tragen. Selbst sich gegenüber zeigen sie nicht ihre wahren Gefühle für den anderen.
Tristan trifft sich mit einem anderen Mädchen, Savannah beschäftig sich mit den neuen Änderungen in ihrem Leben durch ihre Verwandlung zum Vampir.

In der Mitte des Buches erkennt man, dass sich Intrigen innerhalb des Zirkels gegen Tristan's Vater entwickeln. Auch Tristan und Savannah bekommen diese Intrigen zu spüren. Savannah wird von Nachfahren in der Schule angegriffen, ihre Freundin Anne kommt hier zu Hilfe. Tristan hat Verwürfnisse mit einigen seiner Freunde aus dem Clann.

Aber nicht nur für Tristan und Savannah ändern sich die Umstände. Auch Anne muss mehr oder weniger über ihren eigenen Schatten springen. Denn noch hat sie Gefühle für ihren Ex, welcher auch Savannah im Laufe des Buches sein großes Geheimnis offenbaren wird.

Doch das Buch wird teilweise recht zähflüssig bis etwa 50 Seiten vor Ende. Erst dann kommt so richtig Spannung rein und Wendungen, die man im Laufe des Buches nicht hat kommen sehen. Doc irgendwie hat man definitiv im Laufe des Buches schon so eine Ahnung, dass und wie Savannah ihren Tristan retten wird.

Alles in allem eine gelungene Fortsetzung. ( )

DNF'd at 14% (start of chapter 5)
I wish I read this 4 years ago when my tolerance for YA paranormal romances was higher. this just wasn't doing it for me. shame, because I love the forbidden romance aspect of it. this is just way too slow, way too monotonous and a touch too much teenage angst.

After reading book 1, Crave, in less than a day, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this novel. Overall I wasn't disappointed. At first, I was a little worried as I wasn't sure where it was going to go then Wham! the first few chapters unfolded and once again I was hooked.

This has a different feel to the first book. While the first one was mostly (obviously) about Savannah and Tristan and their secret love, there was a lot more happening in this second instalment, peripheral characters came into play and become less peripheral as the story broadened and deepened and more threads unravelled. We got to learn more about these characters and understand them and their point of views more which changed our perspective of the story as a whole.

Some of the revelations I saw coming, some I merely suspected and some I just did not see coming at all but all of them felt right for the story and I loved the direction it took.

And even though, there was more conflict, more mystery and more suspense, there was still just the right amount of angst between Savannah and Tristan and enough of their story to tie all threads together.

The ending left me breathless and all I can say is bring on book 3: Consume

I give this book 3 3/4 stars! ( )

Loved it! Lots of action, though it did end on a cliff hanger-- have I mentioned how much I detest those? HOWEVER the next and final installment was already out and in my hot little hands so all is good! ;] ( )

NOTE: I received this book from Netgalley.

Okay, so I thought that I wouldn't be able to understand whatever happened in the book because I haven't read the prequel. Well, I must say that the author made a pretty good (and sometimes even too much) of a reference to the first book, that I felt like I'd already read it. Still, there were lots of times when I felt like I was missing in on the development of the characters' relationship. I mean, I started off with them already being together and all, and I really love the whole process of the "getting together". In that aspect, I believe one should ALWAYS start a series from book one. Duh.

Anyways, I think that the book was okay on average. It couldn've definitely be shorter. There were large ranges of pages where nothing interesting happened. There was just a constant droning from the POV characters, and that got me irritated and bored. I was flipping through those pages pretty quick, only skimming to see if I had missed anything important. Which I had not.

The rest of it was good. Not I-can't-tear-my-eyes-off-the-page good, but still good enough to finish the book. I honestly wish that it was 250 pages instead of 400 , but hey, who am I to say how long a book should be?

Umm, the characters... I honestly believe that both Savannah and Tristan can be improved. Sometimes their dialogues sounded pretty lame and incoherent, or inconsequential. The way they spoke to each other and the rest of the characters didn't seem realistic for teenagers. I wasn't particularly impressed with either of them. Savannah's dad sounded like he had only lived in the past. Sure, he was a centuries old vamp, but hey, don't those creatures adapt to the present times? Won't they attract too much attention if they speak like they're from Shakespeare's age?

Perhaps I'm a bit biased because this is a vamp book and I'm not really into those. But even a non-fan can realize when a book is brilliant and when it's just average. In my opinion, Covet was a pretty average book. ( )