Sweet Evil (The Sweet Trilogy #1) - 75 points

Title: Sweet Evil
Series Info: The Sweet Evil Trilogy #1

Author: Wendy Higgins

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?

2 1/2 HEARTS!

POINT BREAKDOWN

Plot: 42 points
The overall theme of this book is amazing! Like, truly amazing. It's almost completely believable to me! It all sounds so legit. It's a different twist on angels and demons that is new and original. And the relationship between Anna and Kaidan is definitely cute! Especially in the beginning. From the middle to the end I feel like it trailed off a bit, though. But the overall theme was really, really great! Loved it :) Very biblical!

Characters: 10 points

Are you aloud to like evil? LOL. I definitely like Anna and Kaiden! I was waiting for more steamy scenes!. All the Dukes were asses of course (except Belial), and the Nephilim were alright. Kopano was cool, but I wanted him out of the picture at times (if you read the book, you'll know why!). Veronica and Jay were good, but the other kids at school sucked. Patti was super sweet. So yeah...the characters were all good! I especially liked Ana and Kaiden in the first half of the book :)

Names of characters: 3 points

For the main characters, Anna is OK, and Kaidan is good (although I would prefer Kay-den over Ky-dan, only because it seems to role off the tongue better LOL). And the Dukes all had pretty interesting names, which I think fit their roles well. I thought the name Mariantha was pretty! Very angelic. So OK on the names overall.

Writing/Depth: 20 points

So the first 1/3 of the book was worth 30 points for writing and depth all the way! But the rest...hmm...I like I wanted more Anna and Kaiden! hehe. I felt like the end was a little bit rushed and weird and confusing. Didn't makes sense at times. **MINI SPOILER** Like when Kaidan and Anna fought, and then were suddenly friends again, I was like, "Wait...what?" Then they were kissing in a dark subway and then I was like, "Hold up...When did THAT start back up? Did I miss something?" **END OF SPOILER** LOL. I thought it was funny that Anna would be Miss Pure one minute, and then BOOM! Inhibition gone. I guess it makes sense cause she's a little of both, but it made me sad for her :(

I have to say that I REALLY liked the first couple scenes with Anna and Kaidan though, especially "the trip." REALLY liked that part of the book!!! And I love laughing a lot, so maybe some more humor. A lot of the book was serious though, so I can understand that lack of humor. 


TOTAL: 75 POINTS