The girls at Badass Book Reviews discuss our thoughts about this book. Check it out! My review: Cracked by Eliza Crewe literally cracked me up. (Sorry, I just couldn't resist). I adored the main character Meda whose observations of humans and their yappy pets made me chuckle. Picture the voice of an evil genius coming from a pretty young girl and you have Meda. Meda is unique - she is the only one of her kind and her proclivities as a soul eater has led her to have an isolated childhood. Like, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to eat the soul of your best friend, right? Anyhow, all Meda knows is that she eats souls and that she prefers the souls of bad guys:

"I eat what leaves with the soul at the kill. The life. The demons get it from hell, I get it from assholes.

Meda befriends some kids who think that they need to save her. They take her to a Templar school where along with the entire faculty, she battles an army of demons. The battle scenes are intense and action packed. This is a strong start to Ms. Crewe's Soul Eater series. While it is not perfect, the book is well written and will keep you chuckling throughout. I can't wait to read more books by this author.

Once again, another hit from publisher Strange Chemistry who keep on sending me some fantastic books to read.

Thank you to Strange Chemistry for a review copy of this book.

**Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Strange Chemistry!

This book was such a delightful little read, I was very surprised by it. I really have only a handful of complaints and even those are hardly worth mentioning. Cracked is written in the first person, from Meda's perspective. Sometimes first person can be a problem if the narrating character is not very likeable, so I was a bit apprehensive for a few minutes. But it quickly became apparent to me that this was not going to be the case here. Meda was delightful. Funny, quirky, sarcastic, and wonderfully evil. Her inner dialogue made me laugh so often. For example, narrating an argument between two other characters as a tennis match. It shouldn't have been as funny as it was but I couldn't help it.

The plot was intriguing although admittedly it started off a bit thin. I started to get a little bit worried that there wouldn't be much to it, but about halfway through it started to really pick up. The last part was both slightly surprising but also exactly how the book should have gone. I was a bit surprised that we got a happily ever after with a bit of a bitter aftertaste. To be honest, I figured it would just be a happily ever after,so it was a nice change that it wasn't entirely so.

Although Meda was fantastic, the other characters started off badly. They seemed a bit unimportant and I had a hard time connecting with them. This resolved itself by the end and so I have to say it was a marginal problem at worst.

My one biggest complaint was this line, "I released a breath I hadn't known I was holding."  Ugh, can authors PLEASE stop using that phrase1 Never once in my life have I been holding my breath and thought "well by God, I didn't realize I was holding that breath!". It just doesn't happen so please stop using it. However, at least there were no color changing eyes in this one. And since the rest of the book was so great I have to just overlook that small annoyance.

"I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding."

*facepalm* Oh God, not another one with that horrific line!

Well, alright, the next part is so great I will overlook it. But just this once.

Whoa. I did not see that one coming. Maybe I should have, but how could I have really guessed this one?

And we're finally getting some action, nice. Still all good for me.