Book Review: Need

Need by Carrie Jones

4.5 Lily Pads


No Spoilers

Would I Recommend it? Yes



Hey readers, I am back with a review. Today I am reviewing "Need" by Carrie Jones. This is the first book in the "Need" series. What did I think about this book? I really, really liked it. It was different and entertaining. Let's get on with the review.

The Plot

This will be a spoiler free review, so I will try my best to describe this book. There may be a tiny spoiler, but it's not really a spoiler, does that make sense?

Need is about a girl named Zara(rhymes with Sarah)who lives a dangerous life. Her stepfather recently died, so she's sad. Her biological father is gone, she doesn't know what happened to him. Her mom thinks Zara is in danger so she makes Zara move to Maine to live with Zara's grandmother. Zara is the new girl in town, and she's still not over her father's death. Zara goes to a new school, and makes some new friends named Issie and Devyn. She also meets the popular bad boy named Nick, and the overachiever, Ian. Zara is living her life, when she discovers there have been murders in town. Two boys are missing and no one knows what happened to them. Also, Zara always hears mysterious noises, and whenever she goes outside, she hears someone calling her name. Zara learns that there is something very weird and mysterious going on, and she wants to figure out who's killing the residents. Zara discovers that the town has pixies and werewolves, and other strange creatures. 

 My Opinion

I really liked this book. It was so different and unique. I haven't read many paranormal books, but I want to read more from the genre. 

This book takes place in Maine and there's snow and its always cold there. The setting was perfect for me to read right now, because it's cold out and there's snow outside. This is a really good winter read. 

The characters were really well-developed. I loved all the main characters. Zara was a great protagonist, she was so nice, and strong. She's really into saving the world and she was just a great character to read about. She could be clueless at times, but she's pretty smart. 

I really liked Nick. Nick is Zara's love interest. He was a nice guy and I loved that he was friends with Zara's other friends too. He's your typical bad boy(not really), supernatural creature that saves the main  character. This isn't a spoiler, but Nick is a werewolf.(Not really a surprise right?) The romance in this book wasn't rushed at all. For some reason, I didn't think it was insta-love, I felt the author developed the romance perfectly. 

I loved Zara's grandmother. I also loved her friends Devyn and Issie.  Devyn was so sweet. He got into an accident so he's in a wheelchair most of the time. I just love him, he's such a great guy and a good friend. Issie was one of the sweetest characters. She was so cute and I just loved her personality. 

Now let's talk about the plot. The pacing was really good, I never got bored. This book was unique because it's about pixies and I've never read about pixies before, and the pixies aren't good. I liked how the author made up different paranormal creatures like were-tiger and were-eagle. It was different than most paranormal books. I think the writing was good, it was really easy to read and simple. Another reason why the book was unique is, this book doesn't have chapter numbers. Instead there are phobias. The author put a phobia for each chapter and the phobia goes with the chapter and how Zara feels. I thought that was cool. Zara loves phobias so that's why the phobias were there. It was really educational, I got to learn phobias I never heard of before. So yeah, I really liked this book. This book actually got alot of hate, I don't know why. The average rating for Need is 3 stars and I think it deserves more hype. I own the second book "Captivate" so I will read that book in the future. That's my review. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves paranormal books. I think this book is worth a buy, I actually got it at a used book store for less than a dollar. This book has been on my TBR for a long time, and I'm glad I gave it a chance. Thank you so much for reading. I will film a review on my channel soon so stay tuned. Bye :)