REVIEW: Sweet Evil

Sweet Evil

Wendy Higgins

Synopsis: What if there were teens whose lives depended on being bad influences? This is life for sons and daughters of fallen angels in Sweet Evil.

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 will-power is put to the test. He’s the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had warned Anna.

A cross-country trip to meet her father forces Anna to face the reality that hope and love are not options for her kind. When she confronts her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?

My thoughts: Sweet Evil left me feeling fulfilled in some areas, but completely unfulfilled in other areas.  It was just one of those books that was good, but not amazing because it was missing a couple of things. If you're looking for an emotional read with back and forth romance, this is it.

I really liked the idea of fallen angels and their children living on earth.  They all have a reason to be there, even if it isn't a very good reason.  They are pretty much supposed to be bad influences to humans and kind of give them that little extra push to get them to do bad things.  I think my favorite part in all of this was the light Anna shined throughout the book.  She is so innocent and has the strength to not do bad things.  She has values, and even though she has a pull towards drugs and alcohol, she stops herself.  I got really upset when she was slipped some ecstasy.  I think I was more mad at Anna for not being mad about it.  She really liked the high, which makes sense, but she still should have reacted a little differently I think. 

I also liked the romance, although it did leave me mad several times.  Anna and Kaiden are perfect together, but they really have to be apart.  That part made sense to me, but I think Kaidan could have been a little more straight with Anna.  He did tell her that they just can't be together because it would keep her safe, but it kind of looked like he just didn't like her at all anymore.  Anna was still completely in love with him, and was having a hard time keeping away from him.  Why can't the guys show that they are having a hard time too?  I never see that part!

One thing I was not impressed with was the lack of development of Anna's abilities and essentially her new life.  This book focused on so much of the romance, and it touched base on who she really is, but I was left needing more!  I just feel like she should have been trained more.  It just seemed too simple!

I think that this is just one of those books that is going to have an amazing sequel!  It really set up a lot of background and potential for a great second novel.  It seems as though the second is always better than the first!