Crave * Tracy Wolff

Sent to live at an isolated, gothic boarding school in the freezing Alaskan wilderness following her parents' tragic passing, a mortal girl finds herself surrounded by ancient, deadly supernatural factions and locked in a dangerous romance with a brooding vampire prince.

The Story: Written by prominent New York Times bestselling author and multi-genre pioneer Tracy Wolff, this 2020 international blockbuster is an era-defining milestone that  revitalized the young adult paranormal romance genre for a new generation. The narrative steps past predictable, low-stakes commercial romance formulas or sanitized high school dramas. Instead, Wolff constructs a substantial, deeply atmospheric gothic epic that masterfully pairs traditional dark academy aesthetics with a sharp, self-aware modern wit, demonstrating that surviving an elite supernatural battleground requires shedding childhood innocence and embracing raw survival instincts.

The plot follows Grace, an ordinary human teenager uprooted from her sunny life in San Diego and dropped into Katmere Academy; a secluded, castle-like boarding school tucked deep into the Alaskan mountains, presided over by her eccentric uncle. Grace quickly realizes she is the only mortal in a student body secretly comprised of warring vampire, werewolf, witch, and dragon shifter factions. Her regular routine takes a terrifying turn when she crosses paths with Jaxon Vega, a dangerously charming, emotionally closed-off vampire prince who harbors dark centuries-old secrets. As a series of unexplainable accidents target Grace, she learns that she has been dropped straight into an ancient, generational turf war, and that her physical survival depends on trusting the very monster who could destroy her.

Rather than navigating standard high school gridlock, Grace faces an intense, high-stakes countdown as hidden political alliances within the academy begin to fracture, triggering a violent scramble for power. Moving smoothly from sensory-heavy, freezing mountain landscapes to high-risk supernatural duels and explosive paranormal confrontations, this pacy page-turner keeps the adrenaline at an absolute boil until its final, heart-wrenching cliffhanger revelation. This multi-million-copy chart-topper anchors a massive, perennially popular fantasy saga that has been optioned for a major Hollywood film adaptation.

Perfect For: Fans of high-octane paranormal romances, locked-room dark academy mysteries, and fierce enemies-to-lovers dynamics; readers who thoroughly enjoy the addictive, intricate worlds of authors like Stephenie Meyer, Sarah J. Maas, or Jennifer L. Armentrout; and book collectors securing the foundational first volume of a massive global fantasy franchise.

Published 2020 by Entangled: Teen.

Fiction / Young Adult / Paranormal Romance / Vampire Sagas / Dark Academy Fantasy / Urban Fantasy & Lore / Enemies-to-Lovers