CRAVE #1-6 2★

🔆|“Social media isn’t designed with your long-term happiness in mind”. In this series set at an elite university, an app starts to spread among all the students called Crave. This app promises that if you tell it what you crave, it’ll tell you how to make it happen. Students begin to use it as a hookup app and pure chaos breaks out on campus from breakups, to teachers with students, to fights and just overall hookup galore. This takes us to the main characters (top student David and his friends) as they try to see what is really going on behind the app and how to take it down

🎀| While I liked the debate behind the series of “social media isn’t designed with your long-term happiness in mind” I just felt due to the extremely short length there wasn’t enough substance behind it to truly hook me in. Due to the length I felt like as the idea of the Crave app was being established it was also already spiraling and in its downfall and then the series was already over. The concept and the idea surrounding the graphic novel series was interesting and definitely had the potential to be something amazing for me. As well as the artwork and the graphics were gorgeous and truly displayed the chaos that was depicted within the comic. However I also feel that there wasn’t enough time to actually understand any of the characters or see any lasting effects of Crave itself once it was taken down. How are these people just immediately okay to expose themselves in public all because an app was able to show them how to get what they craved?????

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Image Comics for allowing me this ARC of Crave #1-6 in exchange for my honest opinions!

This was a random pick on NetGalley as I really liked the cover art. I’m not one for comics but I enjoyed this, the story was really interesting - very black mirror. The details in the images were really good and portrayed the emotions and feelings of the characters really well.

This book left me wanting more but not in the best way. It has plenty of interesting characters but none feel overly fleshed out. The Black Mirror style story is fun but relied to much on horny vibes (generally not a complaint) that didnt leave room for much else.

Thank you, NetGalley and Image Comics for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own

As someone delving into the world of graphic novels for the first time, I found Crave to be an intriguing experience. The artwork was captivating and the premise promising but the story overall needed to be longer.

Initially, I found myself waiting patiently for the plot to fully unfold. However, just as I started to become interested in the narrative, the story abruptly concluded, leaving me wanting more.

I must admit that I did enjoy my time with the book. Once I became invested in the characters and their journey, I found it difficult to put the novel down, eventually reading it in one sitting.

In the end, while Crave may have left me craving a deeper exploration of its characters, it served as a memorable introduction to the graphic novel medium. I look forward to reading more titles from this author in the future.

Thank you NetGalley for the advance readers copy :)

A quick and steamy graphic novel for YA readers who are looking for Euphoria or Black Mirror vibes.

The art and plot made this a quick read and while not a new look at the power technology has in our lives, Maria Llovet did a lovely job at depicting just how entangled and messy romantic entanglements can get.

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

It was cute but it was hard for me to get into the story unfortunately. I just don’t know if this specific type of story telling is for me, but it was a solid story, I have nothing bad to say about it

Very Black Mirror vibes. An app appears on the phones of students at an elite university overnight, all you have to do is tell it what you crave and it will tell you how to get it.

The students quickly descend into a hedonistic frenzy as they indulge in their deepest desires but it's not long until jealousies take over and things turn violent.

My favourite things about this were the art and warning about the dangers of social media/technology.

A dark (and erotic) commentary on the negative side of social media. A new app called Crave mysteriously appears on everyone’s phone at this particular college. You tell Crave something you desire and if it’s feasible, Crave gives you instructions on how to achieve it.

Basically everyone on that campus is horny as hell because they are all hooking up. Honestly, some of the sex scenes were a little bit extra— I think this just isn’t my type of graphic. I don’t usually go for a story like this but the premise sounded interesting.

3.5 stars

I went out of my usual comfort zone when requesting this graphic novel, which turned out to be a good decision because I was hooked from the start. I don’t read many graphic novels (erotic one even less so), but the six issues of CRAVE are an extremely quick read, and the premise is what really intrigued me. “Social media isn’t designed with your long-term happiness in mind.” No statement has ever been more true, and we quickly realize it in this series. Llovet’s art style was, in my opinion, a good match to the chaos surrounding the characters and the Crave App; rough sketch lines, raw long shots and erotic close-ups. The only negative aspect of this graphic novel was its length. I thought everything was happening too fast. The downfall was so sudden, everything started spiralling down while nothing had been really established. It felt like the plot lacked a bit of essence, and I would have loved a longer, more detailed story. Three stars and a half!!

I would like to thank Maria Llovet, Image Comics and Netgalley for granting me an advanced reading copy of this graphic novel in exchange of an honest review.

This set of 4 volumes of Crave is set in a high school where the young people are targeted by an app offering to bring about their secret desires if they only ask. Whilst this seems like a dream come true for many, things take a dark turn and lives are changed once reality sets in. This is a short but immersive story featuring some tough themes. Definitely one for the young adults due to the content.

The artwork is incredible and I look forward to reading more by this artist and author. Many thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this graphic novel, thoughts are my own.

Maria Llovet is known for producing edgy and sensual panels that drip with tension and foreboding. In “Crave” her artwork does not disappoint and serves as the most prominent and successful component of the book. The plot combines bubble gum pop BDSM elements with a fairly pedestrian love triangle between exceptionally privileged, if not entirely vapid, college students and a timely, although fairly trite and predictable, warning about the dangers poised by AI technologies and, more importantly, those who develop them.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher, Image Comics for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest feedback

Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to access an advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review!

Warning: this graphic novel is erotica and contains sexually explicit material meant for ages 18 and older!!!

First off I absolutely loved the art for this collection, the colors and the style are just eye catching and I love the character designs.

I think the overall plot and idea is really intriguing especially if you love the twistedness of Black Mirror. However, the series does, in my opinion, fail to capture any sense of horror or tension. This isn’t a new concept nor is it executed in a new way, which might not have been such a problem had Llovet taken this story further or gave the characters any further personalities outside of their main roles in the story. The character all APPEAR interesting but are entirely flat and are feel as if their only purpose to move the story along instead of actually being what the story is about.

I gave this a three star rating as I feel it reflects the quality of the work; beautiful art paired with a mediocre but not terrible plot that left me going "huh" with no other strong feelings one way or the other.

Think Black Mirror on an incredible horny college campus.

**Thank you NetGalley and Image Comics for the eARC**

I went into this comic series, with no idea what it was about !

I enjoyed the story and it gave me black mirror vibes !! The illustrations are really good too :)!

I read the whole thing in one sitting as I needed to know what happened next!

Thanks for letting me read the ARC of this !

Very quick but crazy read that had me hooked. Crave is a creepy ass app that almost destroys everything in the school in the space of a day!

What an interesting concept! The story was very compelling and I loved the art style. The covers of each volume were stunning and definitely something that catches the eye. I also loved the saturation of the colors used in the images.

I read the entire collection (6 volumes) in one sitting! Very interested and had me hooked from the beginning. I wish each volume had been just a little longer? But other than that, I have no complaints!

Definitely an erotic comic so if that isn’t your thing, don’t pick this one up.

First, I'd like to send my thanks to NetGalley and Image Comics for giving me access to the eARC of Crave. What follows is my true and honest opinion.

Basic synopsis of my opinion: interesting but not my cup of tea.

I found it hard to really get invested, and the only reason it didn't get put on a DNF list was because it was an ARC and I'm stubborn.
I think the concept is interesting, with a mysterious app appearing on everyone's phone that can help you get what you 'crave'. The artsyle is interesting. But again not my favourite. It reminds me of hand drawn illustrations, however for the right story I can forgive. I think that this falls into the trap that a lot or erotica style comics can fall into, where the plot feels like a afterthought and character development is none existent. The only character I even remember the name of or like is Sofia Hunt. And I think that was because she was the only character that seemed to actually try to have a conversation. That and her hair. I liked her hair.
I think that for the right person, this book could be amazing. The art is good, even if it's not a artsyle I like. I personally, feel like it lacked substance. Which for some people that's fine, but for me, it felt bland.

When the description of this book say “Black Mirror meets Eyes Wide Shut”, they wasn’t lying!

Crave was such an interesting read. The fact that people was listening and deciding their decision on what an App say is WILD. People was happy and their ”craving” was on a high til the app take a turn for the worse when sinister things begin to unfold.

David and his friends attend an elite university where a new app, CRAVE, aims to help the students fulfill their deepest desires. David, trying to move away from another girl, uses it to get someone he thought unattainable. While the CRAVE app seems to the students to be a great way to have sex or anything else they wanted to do, but as more and more students begin to give into the app, they learn the app may have motivations of its own.

I did enjoy Crave and the story moved quickly throughout its six issues. Maria Llovet balances a lot of characters and keeps their different stories moving throughout the book as they are impacted by the CRAVE app and then have to work together to put a stop to it. Maria Llovet's art is also gorgeous and makes the story very easy to consume. This was definitely an erotic thriller (fine for me, obviously others had issues with that), and its funny how the background of panels become more and more explicit throughout the volume. The book is a good take on the dangers of the merging of technology and intimacy, presenting a Black Mirror style worst case scenario.

Thank you to NetGalley and Image Comics for a copy of Crave in exchange for an honest review.

This is completely different from my normal graphic novel genres. I did find the story addicting and the artwork to be gorgeous.