Crude games

Book: Crude Games by Amanda Allen

Reviewed by Your_bookish_fantasy

Rating: 4/5

๐“๐“ž ๐“ข๐“Ÿ๐“ž๐“˜๐“›๐“”๐“ก๐“ข
โšœ๏ธ๐”ป๐•–๐•ฅ๐•’๐•š๐•๐•–๐•• ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐• ๐•—- Crude Games

๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ the Nerd Fam
๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง ๐€๐‘๐‚ ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค.

โšœ๏ธโ„๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค-
(out of 5 stars, my rating scale is at the end)
๐Ÿ“š ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ / 5

๐ŸŒก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ / 5 -๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ 

Which books have I also given this same rating? (๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘›)

5โญ๏ธ Fourth wing / Bound by inked flame / Anathama / The Lies of Lena / Of silver and Curses
4.5โญ๏ธ Bitten / The Female / Quicksilver / Bride / Lights Out / A Bargain so Bloody
4โญ๏ธ Spellcaster / One Dark Window / From Blood and Ash / Phantasma / Butcher & Blackbird
3โญ๏ธWe Who Will Die / The Wolf King / Daughter of No Worlds / The Ex Hex

โšœ๏ธ๐•‚๐•–๐•ช ๐•€๐•Ÿ๐•—๐• :
Genre- Fantasy romance

๐Ÿ“– 307 ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› multi ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฉ

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ- 6 Feb 2026

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ or ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ driven? ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰โ„ฏ๐“‡

๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ & ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ป๐—ผ- The Chronicles of Crofea Book 1

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ on ๐—ž๐—จ? โœ…๐’ดโ„ฏ๐“ˆ.

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐“‚โ„ฏ๐’น๐’พ๐“Š๐“‚ & ๐“Œโ„ฏ๐“๐“ ๐“…๐’ถ๐’ธโ„ฏ๐’น ๐’ปโ„ด๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ฏ ๐“ˆ๐“‰โ„ด๐“‡๐“Ž

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ? โŒ๐’ฎ๐’ถ๐’น๐“๐“Ž, ๐“ƒโ„ด, itโ€™s ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“†๐“Šโ„ฏ โ„ฏ๐“ƒโ„ด๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ, ๐’พ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐“Œโ„ฏ๐“๐“ ๐“Œ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰โ„ฏ๐“ƒ too ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’น๐’พ๐’น๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น โ„ด๐“Š๐“‰ โ„ฏ๐“ƒโ„ด๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ ๐’ปโ„ด๐“‡ ๐“‚โ„ฏ ๐“‰โ„ด ๐“‡โ„ฏ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“๐“ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž 6 ๐“‚โ„ด๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚โ„ฏ.

๐€๐ง๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? (Disability, plus size, mental health etc...)โŒ

โ„ณโ„ดโ„ด๐’น๐“ˆ; ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’š, ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’‡๐’–๐’,๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ด๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’”, ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐‘ป๐’†๐’๐’”๐’†, ๐‘ป๐’˜๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’š, ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“๐’†๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ

๐’Ÿ๐’พ๐’น ๐’พ โ„ฏ๐“ƒ๐’ฟโ„ด๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ?โœ…

๐’ฒ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’พ ๐“‡โ„ฏ๐’ถ๐’น ๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ฏ ๐“ƒโ„ฏ๐“๐“‰ ๐’ทโ„ดโ„ด๐“€ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ˆโ„ฏ๐“‡๐’พโ„ฏ๐“ˆ?โœ…

๐’ฒโ„ด๐“Š๐“๐’น ๐’พ ๐“‡โ„ฏ๐’ถ๐’น ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“Ž๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” โ„ฏ๐“๐“ˆโ„ฏ ๐’ท๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“Š๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ด๐“‡?โœ…

โšœ๏ธ๐•Šโ„™๐”ผโ„‚๐•€๐”ผ๐•Š ๐•€โ„• ๐•Š๐•‹๐•†โ„๐•:
๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ๐”š๐”ฆ๐”ฑ๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฐ
๐Ÿงโ€โ™€๏ธ๐”ฝ๐•’๐•–
โœจ๐”‡๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ค๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ฐ

โšœ๏ธ๐•Š๐•ก๐•š๐•”๐•– ๐”ฝ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•ค:
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง
๐Ÿ™๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก
๐Ÿ—ก ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ

โšœ๏ธ๐•‹โ„๐•†โ„™๐”ผ๐•Š
๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐•Š๐•–๐•”๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ค & ๐”น๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ช๐•’๐•๐•ค
๐Ÿ‘‘๐“ก๐“ธ๐”‚๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“พ๐“ฎ
โšœ๏ธโ„‹โ„ฏ๐’พ๐“‡ ๐“‰โ„ด ๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ฏ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡โ„ด๐“ƒโ„ฏ
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐”ฝ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•“๐•š๐••๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ž๐•’๐•˜๐•š๐•”
๐Ÿงฉ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’™๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’š
๐Ÿงจ๐•Š๐•’๐•ค๐•ค๐•ช ๐”ฝ๐•„โ„‚
๐ŸฅƒNo virgins

๐ŸŒ ๐•Ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐•• ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•š๐•๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜, ๐•จ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ก๐•’๐•”๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜:
I went into this blind and really enjoyed it, I didnโ€™t expect the twists and the ride was thrilling! And the endingโ€ฆ
I love the story and the pacing throughout made it an impeccable read! The authors writing style was smooth and easily pulled me into the world of laws and rules and uprisings. The world building was simple, effective and truly suited the story. From the beauty of the landscape to the class differences all the way to the flaws and problems in the kingdom, it was so well detailed and every one of those details kept me unbelievably hooked and unable to stop reading for more than a toilet break!

๐Ÿงโ€โ™‚๏ธ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค:
I absolutely love the firery independent FMC!
She was everything I dream to be, kind, loyal, fiercely protective, friendly, intelligent and had such strong morals and values it was a pleasure to read her story!

I really enjoyed the journey that the prince went on also, I was surprised though by the twist, not only was I not expecting it but I also didnโ€™t really think it was needed- not as in the author shouldnโ€™t have wrote it- but as in it felt like he jumped the gun a bit a came to the wrong conclusion too early on like the impatient, impetuous, arrogant prince he was. His character was fun to watch, one minute I love him, then Iโ€™m shocked, then I hate him, then I love him and so onโ€ฆ Iโ€™m annoyed at soooooo many of his decisions and just want to slap him around the face because if he only saw what he hadโ€ฆ.

I was a little thrown off by her casual lovers, I thought that there may be something more to the story there, jaspar was given a good amount of attention what with his uprising connections and I expected there to be a twist with him or just something more.. I liked that she was free and open and was not prudish, I just thought we were being lead somewhere with it.

๐Ÿ˜ฅ ๐•Ž๐•™๐•ช ๐•Ÿ๐•  ๐•—๐•š๐•ง๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค?
I got annoyed at character choices and some parts/choices felt unbelievable.

๐Ÿชง๐”ฝ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•’๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•ค:
The moment I finished this I grabbed book 2! Itโ€™s addictive and cruel, dark and steamy, and this story has an incredibly fiery FMC who is strong and independent

๐น๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ;

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๐•„๐•ช โ„๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•Š๐•ช๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ž๐•ค:
โญ๏ธ DNF

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
I managed to finish it but it was rubbish. I won't keep a physical copy and won't recommend it, but it's a shame as the plot could have made a good book in another author's hands

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ.5
It was OK. I wish I didn't start this one as it didn't do it for me as I struggled to read it. It had an interesting premise that fell flat but I had to see what happened in the end.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
I don't regret reading it, and I will read the next one, but this one did have a few flaws. [These could be repetitive writing, gaps or plot holes, better character growth or world building, areas needing more detail]
Generally, the book lacked depth and became confusing. The plot resonated with me even though it annoyed me on the whole.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ.5
I'm glad I read it. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to the right people, but I wanted more! Sadly, it's easily forgettable with a few issues I just couldn't overlook/get past.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Good book! I loved it, but... I needed more! I really did enjoy it, but it had a few parts that needed more detail or added history/background or lore. But that's because the story or characters were memorable, and the plot was strong with brilliant twists. I would re-read if I needed to catch up for the next book and would recommend.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ.5
Great book! I truly wish the story had been thought about more, or the author had been given more time as this book is so close to brilliance! I will likely read again and will definitely be recommending it to all!

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
WOW! Absolutely amazing book! Well written with great characters and a plot so memorable that it will stay with me. I will definitely read this again, I will be recommending it and sharing it with the whole world! Also- I NEED A PHYSICAL COPY!

๐Ÿ”ฅโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ
This is my God level tier. The book must be perfectly memorable. Even after reading 50+ more books, I will remember character names and emotions along with the plot. If there is a special edition, then I need to own it! If there is a conversation on books- I'm talking about this!

SPICE SCALE:
๐ŸŒถ๏ธโ€“ segsual language and a little on-page action

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธโ€“ a lot of segsual language and some on-page open door action, may be occurring a couple of times

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธโ€“ a lot of explicit action and dirty talk, occurring frequently with 2/3 lurvers

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ โ€“ super graphic and explicit, occurring 4 or more times, can be more grey and taboo themed.

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ โ€“ Kinks and Fet!shism, explicit and super graphic. It is likely to be tushy play, toys, playrooms, and more dark / taboo fantasies and realities.

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