Cracked (Soul Eaters #1) : Ebook Review

5/5 Stars

Cracked
(Book #1 Soul Eater Series)
By Eliza Crewe
November 5th, 2013, Strange Chemistry
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Humor

Synopsis:

Ripping people apart and eating their souls was easy for Meda, especially since they were evil people. That was until she meets three men dressed in suits, men who appear to be like her. Meda believed she was special, one of a kind – guess Mom lied about that. Unfortunately these three sharply dressed men aren’t as happy to meet Meda as she is to meet them. Somehow slaughtering one of their targets, and letting her rage get the best of her and attacking them doesn’t win them over. Tough crowd.

Fortunately for her a Crusader (the mortal enemy of her kind) shows up and save her butt. Unaware that she is a ‘Halfling’ of whatever the three men in suits were, she plays along with the ‘Good guys’ to learn more about what her ‘kind’ is.

Chi (like the tea), a crusader with a hero complex is more than happy to cater to Meda since he believes that she could be a beacon. However his pesky gimpy friend is mistrusting and watching Meda’s every move for a slip up.

But these two are the least of her problems, her world will soon be rocked when secrets of mother, her origin, and her destiny start to stack against her.

What I thought:

I LOVED this book! More specifically Meda! I felt like I was a mind reading parasite in this book piggy backing through her story and reading her every thought. Her inner monologue is so sarcastic, and the way she bounces back and forth with Jo is hilarious. You can't help but be charmed by Meda’s devilish personality.

But narration aside, the book itself keeps you practically on the edge of your seat the whole way through. We open with Meda in an asylum ready to tear a sick-minded nurse apart, then she encounters others of her kind for the first time who try to kill her, then encounters their natural enemy, and then she decides in order to learn more about what she is, is to team up with said enemies that are oblivious –for now- that she is an enemy! You just can’t put it down because you have no idea what’s going to happen and what ridiculous thing is going to pop into her slithery little head! I love it!

Could not put this down, and if you are drawn in by the Crewe’s sarcastic description of the book you will love it as much as I did, :D. Definitely recommend and can’t wait to read Crushed!

P.S. I also loved how all the demons disguised themselves as mid-aged people dressed in suits, it was American Psycho-esk to me.