Review – Crushed (Soul Eater, Book 2) by Eliza Crewe (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal
Length: 369 pages
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Release Date: September 18, 2014
ASIN: B00NQ2KX10
Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Soul Eaters series
Source: Bought for Kindle
Rating: 4/5 stars

“The battle is over; the choice has been made. Meda Melange has officially hung up her monstrous mantle and planted her feet firmly on the holy and righteous path of a Crusader-in-training. Or, at least, she’s willing to give it a shot. It helps that the Crusaders are the only thing standing between her and the demon hordes who want her dead.

The problem is, the only people less convinced than Meda of her new-found role as Good Girl are the very Crusaders she’s trying to join. So when a devilishly handsome half-demon boy offers escape, how’s a girl supposed to say “no?””

This is the 2nd book in the Soul Eater trilogy. This was a fun and fast-paced YA paranormal book. It’s been awhile since I read the first book, but I found myself falling right back into the story and was completely engaged from the first page to the last.

I love how vicious Meda is, yet how torn she is between her two heritages…dark and light. She is just such a complex character and such an interesting blend of loyalty and recklessness.

The writing style is fast, fun, and easy to read. I always find myself zipping through these books quickly. It’s a bit of a breakneck pace and at times I found myself almost out of breath with the intensity of it all.

Overall a very fun dark YA paranormal series. I love the complex characters, the breakneck pace, and the constant moral dilemmas Meda finds herself in. I would recommend to those who enjoy dark, violent, fast-pace paranormal reads with a lot of dark humor in them.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge