"Tell us what you crave! Follow our instructions and we'll make it happen!"


A college campus is gifted with a new, mysterious app. One that allows you to satisfy any desire you might have in the moment helping to match you with those who will succeed in pleasing the hunger.


Only something seems off and David along with the help of three others will get to the bottom of this. But could the four of them be too late?!


This was a fun erotic, thriller with mystery and some suspense. I enjoyed the fast pacing of the story and how the college lecture we got pieces of during the beginning of the story correlated with what was to come. Questioning social media and how powerful and self crippling it has become. How we don't really know who's actually behind the screen. Authenticity and real connections are questioned in this read.


David's a top-notch student trying to do his best but realizing some of his life isn't his. He can't continue going on playing a part especially not when the app brings Alexndra and him closer. The strait-laced girl who's unattainable but David's still obsessed with!


Like any new thing humans are naturally drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Eating it up and not getting enough of it! Posting, sharing, and talking about the new hip thing everyone is doing. Only as the newness of the app wears off things have gotten out of control. Situations have escalated and the app that was bringing many together for fun is now doing the opposite.


David and his friends realize they need to stop this app. Discovering the truth behind the app and that they have a time limit!


This graphic novel is for adults because of the content. Within the first few panels we have FF action. Cussing is prominent in this read and everyone on campus is positively feral. I mean this app is giving them the confidence they needed to say things they wouldn't normally state out loud. There's nudity shown and implications of what's going down. There's violence, some blood nothing gory, and attempted suicide.


We do have romance within our main character group. I enjoyed watching them come together and the banter presented for one of the couples. Multiple POVs. One of our female leads is BIPOC and I loved how the author drew her. She's so hot and beautiful! The seduction of this read was great, and I loved how the art style was a little grungy and dark. Erotic and little details of the human anatomy we are drawn to. Tight clothing around thighs, lips and mouths, etc.


We do get an HEA with a hint of possibly more to come. I really respected and adored the fact that not everyone affected by the app had an HEA. They did in their own way but not the storybook classic way. Some of the damage done during the hype of the app is not easily forgotten or taken back! This was my first read by this author/artist and I honestly want more!


Enjoy the heated graphic novel and don't forget to give the author some stars!


Thank you NetGalley!


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Throughout this graphic novel, you were read and see, drama, explicit, contact, and so much more. I love the design in this graphic novel. The design is done so amazingly. I like all the little details that Maria put in crave. I like that there are so many characters, so you get different plots for the characters. There are so many different characters in this graphic novel. You’ll see them go after what they desire because of this app but some also don’t get what they desire. This graphic novel has very good drama in it and there is good explicit contact in it too. The crave app is making the whole campus life go upside down, so many secrets got out, and so many lives are being ruined. David and his group of friends have to stop the app before it destroys everything. Throughout the graphic novel, people in this group are finally getting what they want. Also, some of them are not getting what they want because of this app. Lots of the drama is solved at the end of this graphic novel. I like this group of friends because they never judge one another. That even said and done people are forgiven and some are not. I really enjoyed this whole graphic novel from the storyline to all the designs in Crave.

This was absolutely amazing. I want the next one right away. The art style is beauitful and stunning, and perfectly complements the story. It’s the right amount of mystery, smut, and a thrilling adventure.

I absolutely LOVE Crave. I had read issues 1-4 before applying for the ARC of the completed series and fell even more in love with it. Story? Refreshing and complex. Art? Absolutely stunning.

What an interesting read! Content Warning - there are graphic nude scenes! Definitely gave me Black Mirror vibes. I love stories that explore and comment on how social media affects us. Imagine having an app that says it can satisfy whatever "cravings" you have. Would you use it?

An explicitly spicy graphic novel that turns Skynet into a dating app.

At an elite private school, students are invited to download the Crave app that promises to fulfil their steamiest desires. We follow a small ground of friends as they interact with the app and watch behavior of students around them escalate dangerously.

Things I love about this book
- Gender, racial and sexual diversity
- The art style is edgy, cool and easy to follow
- Fast paced storytelling
- Creative use of spice and explicit scenes
- Ambiguous ending

The story was great, but straightforward. A secondary storyline would have pushed this to the next level for me. I'll definitely be reading more from Maria Llovet!

Thank you to NetGalley and Image Comics for this advanced reader copy.

This book is best read while considering how to get your crush's attention. Crave recommends sending explicit photos.

Thank you for the ARC!

I requested this because I've been wanting to experiment with other forms of reading like graphic novels & audiobooks and I'm pleasantly surprised.

Starting the book was a bit confusing for me because it just dove straight into the plot, so it took me a hot minute to adjust to what was happening. Once I did though, the story itself was super interesting. What was not interesting for me was the whole Alexandra + David "romance" because I just couldn't see it. I did like Albert and Sophia together; I found their relationship to be kind of cute. I also feel like they resolved the whole problem of Crave rather quickly. For something that was causing so much havoc around the school, they fixed it up so quickly? Other than that, it was a solid story and I really loved the artwork.

Aside for the story, it was the art of the book that really pulled me in. I can always tell when it's a Maria Llovet book, because of her distinct style.

This was my first comic and I really enjoyed it! It reminded me so much of Black Mirror which is one of my favourite programmes!

The storyline was so well written and the spice was great. I will definitely be reading more comics like these!

Thank you to NetGalley, Image publishing and Maria Llovet for this arc in exchange for an honest review

I really enjoyed this one, the colours and illustrations where so beautiful and the story was fantastic

Would like to continue on

4 stars

First and foremost, thank you to NetGalley and Image Comics for providing me with an eARC for an honest review!

Crave is a book that is a relatively fast read, and I want to start by saying that I think the art of Crave is pretty fantastic, and gives the book a unique and memorable look. The style of the art gives a touch of the surreal to the book, which goes well with a story that is about an extreme of technology. Both the art and the story present themselves in a way that is reminiscent of Black Mirror, but is about 20x more optimistic than Black Mirror.

On that note, I really hoped that this would be as good as I had thought, and for the most part it is. But similarly to a TV show, I think the writing at times can make the story feel rushed. As a result, it left me wanting more time to spend with the characters and more time to flesh out their personal worlds. Which is also to say that I think the characters are interesting and deserve some extra time to shine! Overall, I found Crave to be a fun, quick read that makes me interested in the potential of the ideas and characters presented.

I normally don’t read thrillers in any writing form, but the artwork looked amazing, so I decided to try it out and was surprisingly entertained. Crave follows a group of students as they navigate the chaos created by a new app called Crave. Crave is an app that uses people’s deepest desires to create havoc and madness. Essentially, it feeds off humanity’s desire and brings out the worst in people while making them invisible to the outside world.  

Although the app starts out innocent, with people attempting to gain the attention of their crushes, it soon turns into mayhem as some don’t get what they want, and some desires are less than healthy. We follow David, Alexandria, Charlotte, Sofia, and Albert. Although they initially try the app, they soon realize something is wrong. They try to uncover the secrets behind the app and shut it down, as some requests to the app are going too far and becoming less and less healthy. This manifests well through Charlotte, who is at her lowest and wants to feel validated and hurt others as she has been. The explicit content fits in well with the story, considering lust and attraction are common desires that people experience and tend to murk people's thoughts and drag them away from the situation at hand.

Everyone wants things they can’t get, and if there’s any chance for people to explore their deepest desires, they will take it. But no one truly knows what someone can and can't achieve, let alone an app. While I didn’t love Crave, I enjoyed the artwork and plot. I think I would've enjoyed it more if we knew a little bit more about the characters, but maybe that'll come with future installations. Overall, I enjoyed this graphic novel and would read more if there were other existing volumes.

The art work was so beautiful and the storyline was compelling and wildy interesting. I think the whole concept was intriguing in the best way possible. The writing made you root for certain characters, and dislike others. It was a fast-paced read and with the stunning art portrayed in every page, it was easy to stay interested in the story that was being told.

I would have loved to have seen the story be longer and the characters more fleshed out.

This graphic novel is going to find its audience. I didn’t think it was the most visually appealing, but it definitely is well done.

this art was so lovely, and the premise was pretty good too! reminded me vaguely of mean girls (2003).

the overall plot structure works well for this compilation of volumes. the ending of each volume was compelling and had me interested in the next set, which was excellent. i thought the premise was interesting. i've read novels with similar plots but i liked the characters of this series much more. they made fairly logical choices given their circumstances.

however i did think that the author utilized some tropes and stereotypes that felt callously put in (asian person as the tech support & math nerd i think). my other complaint was that some of the detail in the larger scenes were lost due to the inking brush's width/style. other than that i thought the inking was unique and was especially suited for close up scenes.

* Thank you to the publisher Image Comics via Netgalley for the ebook!

This book welcomed me back into the manga world after not reading this style for awhile.

The storyline was a bit confusing for me, as I felt like there were quite a few plot holes. I also felt like we were rushed to the end for it just to be cut off.

I did enjoy the book, just wish it was a little longer.

Crave is a comic with beautiful art work that for me, was reminiscience of superhero comic books. The colours suited the black mirror-esq story, and overall it was a quick, easy read.

The plot may be where the story was let down slightly; whereas it was fast paced, and there was plently of action, the reader in me, wanted to know more about how the app worked, and the relationships/backstories between the key characters. However, it may be over ambitious to expect this all in just one novel, and instead has whetted my appetite to read future editions to find out more!

I was surprised by how graphic the romance was in the book, but it didn't offend me (although I didn't feel comfortable reading it out in public!) and it was interesting to see how the author portrayed the effect of modern apps on individual's sexual relationships. In the way that the hit series black mirror gets us thinking and questioning how dark aspects of our society and culture has evolved as technology evolves, so does this comic.

I've rated it a 4 stars, because I would have liked to see more plot development, but this may be atypical of comic novels, and is just my personal preference as a typical novel reader.

Thank you to Maria and netgalley for the ARC! I really enjoyed trying something new.

This graphic novel had a good story line based on social media, which due to current times we are all for social media. I loved each issues front cover . Illustrations wasn’t the best I’ve seen and tbh story wasn’t that tearing.

CRAVE #1-6 2★

🔆|“Social media isn’t designed with your long-term happiness in mind”. In this series set at an elite university, an app starts to spread among all the students called Crave. This app promises that if you tell it what you crave, it’ll tell you how to make it happen. Students begin to use it as a hookup app and pure chaos breaks out on campus from breakups, to teachers with students, to fights and just overall hookup galore. This takes us to the main characters (top student David and his friends) as they try to see what is really going on behind the app and how to take it down

🎀| While I liked the debate behind the series of “social media isn’t designed with your long-term happiness in mind” I just felt due to the extremely short length there wasn’t enough substance behind it to truly hook me in. Due to the length I felt like as the idea of the Crave app was being established it was also already spiraling and in its downfall and then the series was already over. The concept and the idea surrounding the graphic novel series was interesting and definitely had the potential to be something amazing for me. As well as the artwork and the graphics were gorgeous and truly displayed the chaos that was depicted within the comic. However I also feel that there wasn’t enough time to actually understand any of the characters or see any lasting effects of Crave itself once it was taken down. How are these people just immediately okay to expose themselves in public all because an app was able to show them how to get what they craved?????

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Image Comics for allowing me this ARC of Crave #1-6 in exchange for my honest opinions!

This was a random pick on NetGalley as I really liked the cover art. I’m not one for comics but I enjoyed this, the story was really interesting - very black mirror. The details in the images were really good and portrayed the emotions and feelings of the characters really well.