Crazy
by Eve Langlais
Rating: 3 stars
Genre: Paranormal Romantic Comedy
Blurb:
Paranormal Romantic ComedyElla’s always heard voices and because of them, she ends up institutionalized at a young age. Everyone calls her crazy and she believes she is too until the night she meets a vampire and for the first time in her life, the voices shut up.
Zane just wants to enjoy his usual blood buffet, instead he runs into a wisp of a woman who makes him feel emotions he thought long dead. Rescuing her from the insane asylum, he brings her home, determined to seduce and feed from her, a plan that is foiled by ghostly voices determined to keep Ella untouched. But not even poltergeists can stand in the way of a vampire in love.
My Review:
I have heard a lot of good things about Eve Langais’s books, but this is the first of her books that I actually read. And after reading it, I can definitely see why I heard a lot about her books. The writing style is really well done. The tone of the story is light and humorous and it makes for a fun read. I had a lot of fun reading this book and am already looking forward to reading more by this author.
The chapters are short, which worked great for me. There are chapters from both Ella and Zane’s point of view and a few from another point of view. there is a touch of danger, but it gets resolved quite easily. It’s mostly a paranormal romance, told in a light and humorous way, with a bit of sex thrown in as well. The cover really fits the feel of the book.
Ella and Zane both seemed like nice characters. Zane has been a vampire for ages and now Ella comes in his life and shakes things up. Ella has been in a mental asylum for almost her whole life because she hears voices. She’s a bit naive, but on the other hand also has a very interesting perspective on life. Not much fazes or scares her after what she has seen. There could’ve been a bit more character depth as it does stays on the surface a bit, but on the other hand I didn’t really miss it either.
There is limited world building, we learn a bit about Ella’s condition and what it means to be a vampire. But it’s pretty minor. The focus is on Zane and Ella their romance and how they deal with Ella’s voices we want to make sure she stays a virgin. There was a nice twist that was fairly original, although not too surprising. I just hadn’t figured out the details yet, but I had predicted something along those lines.
To summarize: Crazy is a lot of fun to read! The tone is light and humorous and perfect for those times when you need a fun and enjoyable story. The writing style is really well done and easily sucked me in the story. The short chapter length worked great for me and I liked reading both Zane and Ella’s perspective. The world building is pretty minimal and we also don’t learn too much about the characters, but the book is just a lot of fun to read and those points don’t really detracted from my enjoyment.
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I prefer books that have nice touches of humour along with the mayhem, rather than books that go all out to make people laugh. Comedy is such a personal thing. My current favourites are the Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor, a time-travelling adventure series which regularly has me laughing aloud – and the next minute I’ve a lump in my throat on the verge of weeping… Marvellous stuff! Thank you for sharing this book in a great review, Lola:) Goodness knows – we all need more laughter in our lives just now.
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It’s rare I really lough out loud when reading a book, but touches of humor like here work really well. It was a fun read!
That does sound impressive how that author has you on the verge of laughing and then on the verge of weeping so close together.
Glad you got a chance to try Eve Langlais. She does have a gift for the light, but spicy romances with some of the most amusing situations for her characters. I haven’t read this one yet.
I do like the light and quick reads like hers. Angie Fox’s paranormal cozy mysteries come to mind.
I quite enjoyed her mix of light an spicy romances and she really manages to land her characters in some funny situations. I’ll have to try some of her other books soon!
I think I have the first book in that Angie Fox series if I remember correctly. Cozies usually also do a nice job of having that light and fun feel.
I love her books, they are always fun to read and her humor is so fun.
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This is the first of her books I read, but it definitely won’t be the last. I liked her writing style.
Thank’s for the review.
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I’m glad you enjoyed your first Langlais book, Lola. I really love her humor, and her smexy scenes are usually good as well 🙂
Great review!
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I hope to read more of her books soon :). I liked how she wove the humor into the story.
I so love Eve Langlais (as you know). I haven’t read this book, but from your description, that is how a lot of her stuff is. Lots of humor, some sex, some suspense and fun characters. None of her stories are extremely deep, but that’s okay with me. I like them just for fun. 🙂
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Good to know this is pretty typical for her books. I hope to read more of her books soon. Let me know when you’ve read this one, I would like to hear your thoughts!
I like deep stories, but I also like books like this that don’t have as much depth. It just depends on my mood. This one was definitely fun and sometimes you just need a book like that :).
oh I am glad that you had a fun time with this one here. I do love Eve Langlais and she has a great writing voice. I haven’t read this one yet, but I want to. Hope you are well and enjoying the summer.
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I really enjoyed her writing voice. I have a few of her other books as well, so I hope I get around to reading those eventually as well.
I do enjoy her books quite a bit 🙂 Glad to see it’s a fun one even if it wasn’t totally fleshed out in some parts.
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It was a fun read, I’ll definitely will read some of her other books as well if I am in the mood for this type of book :).
I just love light and humorous reads for sure. And this author is such a blast to read for sure. Glad you enjoyed this one.
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I think her books are great when you’re in the mood for a light and humorous read. This is my first book by this author, but I have some of her other books already.