Everything I've read of Maria Llovet is more vibes than plot. This plot's serviceable, the characters are surprisingly easy to tell apart and see as separate people, and the wild ride that is Crave feels maybe a bit compressed, story-wise, but that's fine.

I was intrigued by the premise, although I could have done a better job reading the full description, because I don't think I've ever put the phrase "erotic graphic novel" together in my head. The idea of putting an app on all the phones of college students allowing them to put in their desires and to have those desires come true is interesting. The series both felt drawn out at points and too neatly wrapped up to me. As others have noted, it's definitely got a Black Mirror vibe. And while the artwork was gorgeous, I'm not sure if this series was for me.

I absolutely craved this comic! It was definitely sexy with a taste of horror woven into it. The entire thing exploring an app that allows you to say what you desire and gives you instructions about how to obtain it. I really enjoyed the tinge of sci-fi it had in using technology to create a sense of chaos for this college campus.

In a way, even though Crave itself started to cause a lot of chaos and pain for those it could not help and the way it lead people together was awful, A lot of people did get what they wanted and got the courage to say their true desires. Crave becomes a deceptively neutral entity because of this. However, in the end the destructive nature isn’t worth the good that it did do.

This comic is definitely full on nsfw content. I really enjoyed the variety of the content that it had. Some people wanted just to hook up and others wanted the start of a full relationship and it really did bring out peoples inner wants into the light of day.

I love how the comics show the light and dark sides to desire. Especially, when some get what they want and others don’t. The ones that didn’t get what they wanted becoming depressed and jealous of those who did. Some wanting to hurt themselves and some wanting to hurt others and crave helping them achieve those darker desires as well.

The art of course is stunning. I loved the way the artist used colors and made every page so vibrant and beautiful. This will definitely get you thinking to yourself about what you desire and if you went for what you wanted, would you get it?

2.95!

*I requested an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review*

I honestly requested this because the premise sounded so intriguing and the cover was pretty as well so I was very excited to see how it will go. I also did not know that this was a manga but I actually did not mind it as it increased my level on enjoyment, the art was fine...nothing extra ordinary but still visually pleasing. I liked how it started off with the app and following the whole desire part but I honestly think for such a short volume, that part of the novel took a portion of it's time and the build up towards the ending failed because of that. The main plot took too ling to start and by the time I was hooked in it, the volume had ended.

The characters, I could see myself liking them a lot more if it was LONGER but even with its length, I found myself liking their interactions a lot and the dialogues were actually well done as well. It literally had everything it needed to be a strong manga but it failed with it's length and execution.

The romance was not there or even if it was, I would not call it that....It was all lust through and through. I actually really liked the concept of it and I honestly could have seen it developing and morphing into something so enjoyable but that did not happen and I do not think we would get another volume because the story wrapped itself but the end.

Reading this review might make you think that I did no enjoy this book but I actually did have a good time with it, I just thought that it had so much potential and could have easily been longer, if it was it would have been such a strong book because it had everything that a hooking sexy plot requires.

Maybe, I would have liked this a lot more if I went into this knowing it was a short completed story. If you want a palate cleanser or a short fun and sexy read, I would honestly recommend this to you because it delivers on that!

Read in one sitting!

Crave's story is really original, the art is really fun, the colour palettes are going madness. A full wrapped up story in this many pages I thought was really impressive, where you could read in one sitting. I liked the characters, the art, the sci-fi elements. The comment about 'Black Mirror' is spot on.

I did have to tilt my phone away from others at time (read the mature content warnings) but - super cool graphic novel all round!

Will be looking for more of Maria Llovet's work in the future!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this, and for Maria Llovet for an awesome premise in the graphic novel scene.

Spoilers ahead…(duh) [18+]


Okay so overall, I REALLY liked this book; the premise was super cool, it has a vintage art style I haven’t seen in a while and really enjoy, and the characters were so sexy and merged like fine wine and cheese. There were steamy sex scenes, awkward conversations with college students, and heartbreak!! All that said, my only complaint is that I wish it was longer; some parts felt rushed and felt very jarring, which I feel takes away from some of the other action packed plot twists.

The premise of an app “Crave” trying to help college students fulfill sexual fantasies and desires / cravings is SUCH a cool concept and I feel like there could be so much more depth to this whether as a whole or in the next edition (as it did say test 2 at the end — I would LOVE for there to be more). And I hope we see the same characters we did in this one because I was so invested in the main four and their respective love lives ( the reveal Charlotte was lying about Alex was WILD ), and I hope we see more development on it and see them make a reappearance.

I just CRAVE more!

Great story with intriguing detail. Hackers, crazy social media app. deaths! This story has it all. With just enough adult spice in the middle to make sure everything is going well. Highly recommend this entire series.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an arc in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.
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This was so good! Definitely reminiscent of Black Mirror and even reminded me of the movie Nerve, but for a more mature audience. I devoured this in one sitting and was anxious to see what the characters were going to do next. I loved the artwork as well, and definitely helped with progressing the story. The only complaint I really have is that I wish we got more of the aftermath after Crave, and that some relationships were fleshed out more than others.

A steamy graphic novel with an interesting premise: an app on a university campus which is there to help you satisfy all of your desires (no matter how inappropriate or dirty), so long as it believes them to be realistically achievable. This was something I read in a single (rather quick) sitting and includes a lot of sexual content - not suitable for underage people!

Really interesting storyline (with characters struggling primarily with controlling their impulses), and it seems to end on enough of a cliffhanger I could see another storyline in this world. Really amazing artwork, spicy and definitely recommended.

<i>I was provided with a complimentary copy of this graphic novel by Image Comics via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, which I leave voluntarily</i>.

A spicy take on social media spyware taking over a college. After students start using an app called Crave to fulfill their greatest cravings, evil things start to happen and our main characters must work together to shut the app down.
Perfect for graphic novel horror readers who enjoy alittle spicy with their death

A very quick read. I thought the plot was interesting. The art style was not my favorite. I would have liked to seen it be a little bit more cleaned up.

I was pleasantly surprised by the explicitness of this graphic novel and that is a positive especially when coupled with the beautiful artwork.

this had the potential of being a sensual graphic novel delving into erotic territories. but the way the story goes about portraying these sexual encounters, kinks, and desires, felt very unsexy. maybe it's the illustrations, especially the characters' expressions that made me feel not all that into whatever was going on on page.

This was such an interesting graphic novel! I liked the art and the colour pallet, and it was the right steamy level, with the right level of mysterious plot!

A really interesting and unique view into the dangers of unrestricted technological access. The story uses shock value to show the dangers that AI and social media present to the modern world.

The art was beautiful, the story was creative and intriguing, the characters felt very realistic to college students. The one area that I feel it loses points is there wasn't quite enough build for me - I think it would have benefited from maybe two more installments to flesh out some of the background.

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me an ARC of this story.
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW

WOW. I did not expect it to be so explicit. It was such a good story though. I really enjoyed the characters and the overall plot (though the tech side of the app and it's creation was a bit lost on me). Even though it was fairly short I felt like I understood all the characters and their motivations and everything came together really well in the end. It was a little scary how the algorithm of the app was able to predict how people would react and what they would do. It all felt really dystopian. If the final panel is true, there should be a continuation of the story which is very exciting. I hope if it is continued that we get to see some of the same characters again.

Graphic novels are not my thing but thank you to Maria Llovet for the free eARC. I don’t think I was ready for what this entailed

A university campus is thrown into chaos - sexy, sexy chaos - by a mysterious new app promising "Tell us what you Crave - we'll make It happen". It could easily have ended up as a Channel 5 Black Mirror, particularly given how tame a lot of the desires are (one poor sap early on only goes as far as "making out with" the girl way out of his league, and until revenge motives kick in, nobody seems to go past threesomes or a little light bondage), and the dialogue can tend towards the expository - even if the setting, with an excuse for literal lectures, provides some cover for that. In its favour, of course, is that it's by Maria Llovet, whose pages, as ever, look like lust feels - I particularly enjoyed the trick here where, when a character is looking at their obsession, the faces of anyone else in panel with the desired one aren't even filled in, because to the person looking, they're barely there.

(Netgalley ARC)

I really was not a fan of this book. I would say that the story didn't have much of a plot, and the characters were all deeply unlikable. I never learned why people were listening to this app or why they didn't just stop. It was a confusing plot that made little to no sense. I DNF'd around 40% of the way through after trying to finish it, but I just couldn't put up with it anymore.