Title:Sweet Evil
Author: Wendy Higgins
Length: 453 Pages
Genres: YA, paranormal, fantasy, demons, angels
Synopsis:
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 Anna, the ultimate good girl, has always had the advantage of her angel side to balance the darkness within. 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?
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 Anna, the ultimate good girl, has always had the advantage of her angel side to balance the darkness within. 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?
(Cover Photo, Information and Synopsis from Goodreads)
Review:
3.5/5 Stars
I
picked this book up on a whim; I had seen it on some website and recognized the
cover when I was in the store. Because it was an impulse buy it took me a
little while until I took it off my shelf to actually read—when I did start
reading, the thing was over before the weekend was. I didn’t want to put it
down.
It
was a good book, and a nice take on both Nephillme and biblical based stories.
Though I really liked the main character, she didn’t feel as real as she could.
Anna Whitt is the narrator of the story, and she was raised to be extremely innocent.
So innocent that she’s very trusting, even if that could end up hurting her
later on. This hyperactive sense of innocence and blind trust was nice, but at
the same time made her feel fake.
The
interactions between Anna and Kaidan, or Anna and alcohol help and hinder her
at the same time. The blind trust in Kaidan when they go on a little trip seems
a little extreme, and the drastic change when Anna gets a taste of alcohol is
interesting but it feels like a whole different character—a little too sudden
of a shift. The way she, Kaidan and other characters fight, or embrace their
base nature was interesting to watch, and made you wonder how you would act if
you were in their situation.
The
plot was nice, and I really enjoyed the story. The only thing that held it back
was the fact that Anna didn’t always feel like a real person. She felt so innocent, and so trustworthy that it was just… unrealistic, because she was pretty
bad at making decisions for her safety. I found myself enjoying the moments that she
was ‘working’ with alcohol a lot. I hope her character goes through some
realistic developments in the later books.
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