Skip to main content

'Sweet evil' by Wendy Higgins - book review



Goodreads page:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11808950-sweet-evil


My rating: 4.5/5
Plot:
Paranormal romance story focused on angels/demons.
Sixteen year old Anna Whitt has lived her life with only her stepmother to look after her knowing that she has powers quite out of the ordinary,yet has never really known how it came to happen.For example,she can see people's auras,figure out their emotions,has better senses than usual human beings and a surprisingly great memory (aka can remember things like her birth and even before that).Obviously,things get a bit more complicated after the boy meets girl,girl meets boy,there's a weird attraction there and things are about to get cray cray.In this case,the charming Kaidan Rowe is the one to sort of mess things up for Anna.Point it,they are both fathered by demons,which can make life not as bright,ya' know?Her heritage makes Anna have an odd pull towards drugs and alcohol,but obviously,that's still too simple,so things get even messier along the way.
Review:
I love angel stories as much as the next Supernatural fan does,
except I DON'T.
I usually am one to loathe them and I do try to keep my distance from them as much as I can,usually.
This one,though,this one was a surprise.I surely did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did (despite some people that I do trust saying it's really surprisingly brilliant).There were a lot of things I did appreciate and I can't really think of anything major that I didn't like (so basically,the 0.5 that's left for it to get 5/5 is because of me and not the book,starting from me not being an angels book person).
Let's start with the world building and all of the things.As mentioned a thousand times already (let's play a game called 'how many times can Gabby mention she doesn't like angels stuff',shall we?) I did enjoy that.I loved the entire society created,the hierarchy and all that.I loved that at the end of the book there was a list of all the demons and their jobs and children to help out when you needed to check something and I appreciated that the pronounciations were there,because they are always useful when you're reading books with that sort of names.All of the supernatural elements were so nicely introduced and dealt with that I just sort of want to give Wendy Higgins a high five.It's true.
I also really loved the characters,most of the time.I always appreciate nice character development and attention being given to all characters,not just the main ones,so the fact that there were so many diverse characters in the book getting so much attention made me really really happy.The main character was alright,all things considered,I loved her at times and rolled my eyes at her at other times,but I did really like her.The famous Kai,well,he was something,that's for sure.The Neph group that came later on,as well as the humans,were given a lot of time to be seen,which was phenomenal.I also loved seeing the Dukes in action,getting to know a few things about some of them and I also enjoyed the demons (because that's surely not a weird thing to say,am I right?).I am not really sure how I felt about Patti,the stepmother,though.I know for sure how I feel about all the characters besides her.At times she's pretty great,but many other times I just want to (and end up really doing so) roll my eyes at her.That was weird.
The action,wow,that I also liked.The pacing of it all was really good,the plot was pretty good as well for a first book in the series and I really loved that 'wow' moment close to the end.I do really want to pick up the next books in the series at some point and have faith I won't be regretting it.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PAPER LANTERNS ISSUE 3 // review

Paper Lanterns is a new literary journal, founded in 2020 by Grace Kelley, Ruth Ennis and Amy O’Sullivan, to be published four times a year. Acting as a platform to promote the voices of young people in Ireland and across the world, this journal provides new and exciting content for a teen and young adult audience. It is also perfect for enthusiasts of teen and YA literature; from teachers and librarians, to parents and youth workers. This is a YA journal for writers, artists, dreamers, and doers. This is a space for the underrepresented voices and a platform for publishing and promoting young writers and artists so they are seen and heard. We also make space for those who were once young adults to submit their work! Those who proudly and loudly represent young voices in today’s world. (Paper Lanterns) by Rebecca Johnson and cover design by Eleanor Braydon   Yet another stellar issue from Paper Lanterns ! If you were to check my previews reviews , it'd be easily apparent that I am...
1 comment
Read more

PAPER LANTERNS ISSUE #2 review

― About Paper Lanterns     Paper Lanterns is a new literary journal, founded in 2020 by Grace Kelley, Ruth Ennis, and  Amy O’Sullivan, to be published four times a year. Acting as a platform to promote the voices  of young people in Ireland and across the world , this journal provides new and exciting content for a teen and young adult audience . It is also perfect for enthusiasts of teen and YA literature, from teachers and librarians, to parents and youth workers. The journal is divided into three sections. Our  literature, from teachers and librarians, to parents and youth workers.      The journal is divided into three sections. Our Creative Writing section showcases work from talented teens, as well as work from adult writers of teen and YA literature, tied in with beautiful artwork and photography. The  talented teens, as well as work from adult writers of teen and YA literature, tied in with  beautiful artwork and photography...
Post a Comment
Read more

"All the bright places" by Jennifer Niven ~ Review

Rating:   5/5 Plot: I'm not quite sure what it is that I could share about the plot so that I don't give away too much and ruin the charm of the story and the pleasure of getting to know the characters and their story not knowing much about them beforehand.I think I'm trying to do that a lot nowadays. To put it as plainly as possible,it's honestly as simple as it promises,it's the story of a girl who learns how to live from a boy who wants to die.However simple and complicated at the same time this might sound,it doesn't even start to cover everything,yet perfectly describes it. !warning:  there's a lot of talk about suicide in the book,so if you find that triggering,please do try and avoid getting to it Thoughts on the book: It's hard to even figure out where to start talking about this book,this is how big of an impact it had on me,so I guess I'll just start at the beginning. Once again,I've made the mistake (because this i...
2 comments
Read more