Sweet
Evil by Wendy Higgins
Series: The Sweet Trilogy, #1
Release Date: May 1st 2012
Publisher: HarperTeen
Format: Paperback
Pages: 453
Genre: Young Adult – Paranormal, Fantasy
Source: My Collection
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Embrace
the Forbidden
What if
there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences?
This is
the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels.
Tenderhearted
Southern girl Anna Whitt was born with the sixth sense to see and feel emotions
of other people. She's aware of a struggle within herself, an inexplicable pull
toward danger, but it isn't until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring
Kaidan Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage and her willpower is put
to the test. He's the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had
warned Anna.
Forced
to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?
I will start off the review by saying that I
both read the book and listened to the audiobook. I did not like the audiobook.
It was definitely convient for my 3 ½ hour trip but the person reading it
wasn’t really that good and didn’t really show much emotion through the
characters. This was even worse with the male characters. So I just wanted to
through that out there. The rest of the book will be based on the story and not
the audiobook.
The main character is a southern girl named
Anna Whit. She is a very nice girl, but she is very different from other people
her age. She has enhanced senses, along with a sixth sense of being able to
feel people’s emotions and see their auras. She can also remember back to the
day of her birth and even her time in the womb. This is because Anna is half
demon, half angel. She is being raised by an adoptive mother named Patti.
Anna’s mother died during childbirth and her father is in jail for drug related
activity.
Anna’s best friend is a boy named Jay. It was
a major plus that Jay was in no way a love interest to Anna. This was made known
right away. Jay is musician who is
obsessed with a band called Lacivious. The drummer of Lacivious is a half demon
boy named Kaidan and Anna is instantly attracted to him. Kaidan is way more
than anything Anna could have bargained for. Things really start to change for
Anna when she has to take a cross country drive with him. Anna learns things about
her life from both Patti and Kaidan and she knows that her life will never be
the same. Her attraction to Kaidan, as a offspring of the demon of lust, doesn’t
make it any easier.
I enjoyed all of the characters in the book
but I would say that Patti and Kaidan were my favorite so far. Kaidan is
frustrating because of some of the decisions he is forced to make regarding
Anna. The one downfall to the story and the reason I bumped the rating down to
a 4 instead of a 5 star, is because Anna is so bland. *The lady reading the audiobook
did not help this situation at all.* The writing however flows nicely, and I
read it pretty quickly considering it is over 400 pages. There is also a wrap
up of all the Dukes and their children and what sins they are in control of.
This could definitely be helpful if you get confused.
At the end of the book I really wanted to pick
up the second book. So I did! If you are into demons and angels then I think
you will enjoy this book. I am not a fan of the whole vampire or werewolf craze;
even wizards are not that big on my radar. Angels and demons are fine with me
though. So if you have similar taste as me then you should try this book out!
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