Review: Just a Two Book Series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2012
Well, it has been a while since I read and enjoyedDevour (The Devoured Series), so it took a little memory jogging to get back into the story.  While Devourer had suspense and an edgy quality to it, this one was more serious because Clara was dying and Eli was desperate for a cure.Possible Spoilers:Clara's illness is a result of her sucking Eli's bloody finger in book one.  The devourer blood inside her is warring with her human blood and if it wins she will die.  Eli is desperate to find a cure and is willing to do ANYTHING in order to help her.Clara and Eli are a solid couple knowing that the Horde will soon seek them out again but want to graduate before leaving town.  Unfortunately, Clara's sickness is getting worse, so Eli must find a way to cure her.  His brother Enoch shows up with a childhood friend, Finn to convince Eli to take Clara to the Wall to sever the bond.  Enoch hates the bond for making him protect Clara and Finn wants his old Eli back and out of the clutches of the human Clara.  Eli decides that he can get answers to Clara's illness at the Wall so they all travel together for different reasons.  Clara is exposed to a Consumed Bar with all the unusual creatures that hang out there and the drugs they push on others.  She experiences jealousy, fear and lust from the smoke and is able to feel all the emotions that Eli emits now that the Devourer is in her blood.  They finally make it to the other side of the Wall and find deception, betrayal, trickery and defeat.I have enjoyed other stories by Shelly Crane and have admired the purity her characters exhibit in their sexual lives and the lack of profanity.  I love that she writes about admirable teenagers and not common ones.  In Consume, Ms. Crane's message is uniting against the odds for a common goal or acceptance.  "We've all been chased by someone who thought we shouldn't be who or what we are.  But together, with all our mixed knowledge and powers and minds, we're stronger than them. Fight for our right to love, live and be happy".This does need better editing, but it does not detract too much from the story.  Consume is the final book in the two book series.Would I/Did I buy it? Yes (2.99)Would I read it again?  Maybe, one dayWould I recommend it to friends? Yes