It moved next to the man in the corner, who choked out a single sob, reaching for her. A tear escaped before he reined in his emotion. The spirit remained in front of him for one moment longer before gathering the weaker spirit into her arms and floating away as if on a wisp of wind.
She crossed herself and closed her eyes. Sister Ruth hesitated before angling the child outward for him to see. The newborn let out a whimper and her dark eyes opened wide.
For the briefest moment his features softened. Their shared gaze was severed as the door banged open and the midwife screamed. Police rushed in, filling the small space. Sister Ruth backed against the wall and held the baby close. As they pulled Jonathan LaGray from the room, citing a list of crimes, he turned again to look at the baby girl, giving her a tight, ironic grin. I tugged the jean skirt down and tried not to fidget with the straps of the tank top as we stood in line for the show.
My shoulders and arms felt naked. And Jay got us tickets to see a few local bands play, including his latest band infatuation, Lascivious. People at school assumed something was going on with Jay and me, but they were wrong.
I knew his feelings. Jay was in his element now, tapping his fingers against his hips. He radiated excitement that I could see around his body as a blinding yellow-orange hue. She a virgin duh! She ain't hanging with all those sluts who only want to sleep with every hot guy they meet, like, duh!! Sorry I got off track again. As I was saying, Jay has to babysit her everywhere, because without him, she might get drugged, raped, killed, or all of them together.
She can't read people for shit. Everyone's nice right? They won't hurt me!!!!!!!!!!!! She doesn't say that but that's how her actions translate for me. Kaiden, he was okay in the beginning, kinda jerk face, but who am I to talk, apparently jerks are the hot stuff nowadays. They get all them ladies' panties wet yo. Now, it got boring for me because of this problem that arose, I was like, "Wait this problem has always existed, since the beginning, why is it only being acknowledged now?
As I said the problem was there from the beginning!! This whole book wouldn't exist if it was handled at the start! The world is kinda interesting, I admit, but the way the author built it was the worst kind of way.
Yes, yes and yes. The hideous info dump. A whole fucking long ass chapter would be Anna talking to someone to help her understand the shit that's happening. Like seriously, the author couldn't think of another way? I understand that Anna needs someone to tell her the stuff, but really???
I think 1. Not gonna continue on the trilogy because when I think about reading more about Anna and her whining, and how she loves Kaiden and can't move on from him to another dude; I think I'd have more fun watching paint dry. Seems like some ridiculous read, but nonetheless, fun. It's not like what you might be thinking, I swear.
View all 25 comments. First things first, this book may have a healthy helping of the sweet but it certainly delivered the evil with that cliff hanger ending. I need to get my hands all over book two in this series and luckily for me it's available to instant one-click. What a likeable, interesting and addictive young adult read.
Wendy Higgins is an author who had a tale to tell and has shared it well. Packed to the brim with action, self discovery and a simmering attraction between good and evil I think I've found myself an enjoyable paranormal series to get lost in. Read on for my sweet and oh-so-evil book thoughts What's it all about?
Anna Whitt has always know she was different, growing up with an ability to see and feel the emotions of those around her, she is aware that she has an extraordinary gift. What she's about to discover is that there's a whole world unknown to her that whether she likes it or not she is apart of.
During this journey of self discovery she meets the dangerously attractive drummer, Kaidan Rowe, he's the one temptation that she is finding hard to resist, and is discovering that all she wants is to jump into this simmering attraction with abandon.
But Anna has much more to discover than just her first love she has a life time of questions and unanswered pieces to the puzzle to unravel and so Anna starts on the path towards finding love, discovering the meaning of her life and fulfilling her destiny. What did I like? What a wickedly delicious tale of good vs evil, Wendy Higgins has created a good balance of storyline, fun and young adult appropriate romance.
There was plenty to like about this novel and after being on my 'to be read' shelf for longer than necessary I finally decided to take the plunge and although this book didn't sweep me away into 'five-star-love-struck-book-heaven' it certainly gave me a solid enjoyment level of entertainment. The unexpectedness of the story line was the winning factor for this book, the twists and turns and character development all pulled together to make an exiting and interesting race to the finish.
Why not five? Let me start by saying that a three star rating from me means that I enjoyed it, it was likeable, I never wanted to stop reading the book. But when I compared it to what I wold consider 'like-for -like' in this genre it didn't quite meet up to the enjoyment factor of those books or series. One of the main factors for a lesser rating was the lack of butterfly inducing scenes, I missed the character connection somewhat, but having said that this book has got me hooked and I'm more than willing to carry on with the series.
My other issue was how close to the bone it felt in terms of spiritual happenings, I think because of my personal faith it might have developed in my mind as too true to likeness of reality, instead of a paranormal romance that is up there with the reality of fairies and goblins.
Final thoughts This is a young adult paranormal series that has got it's claws in me, I can't wait to pick up book two in this series and I'll be sure to look out for more from this author. One more thing worth mentioning, for a young adult series the characters, Kaidan and Anna were something special I can't wait to learn more about them and hopefully fall in love right along side them. Go grab it readers, I believe book three in the trilogy is available in April.
View all 76 comments. Nov 18, That Slytherin Girl Reads rated it it was amazing. Seriously Ms. Wiggins I don't know how you do it but you made my legs like jelly again!
I love Kaidan's POV. I hope that there will be more shorts on his POV. Thank you Pang for letting me know about these shorts! Will he set her wings on fire? Anna was good. She always had the urge to do the right thing. She tried her best to blur out the weird things that were happening to her so that she could live as normally as she could.
She was not expecting her world to turn upside down when she met the drummer of the band Lascivious, Kaidan Rowe. Kaidan Rowe was bad news and she knew it. There was something about the elusive Kaidan that draws Anna to him. Was it just his charm? They were nothing like each other. But are they really different or more the same? They were pretty good. Sweet evil. You have to admit that title would make you curious. The cover was pretty haunting. The balance of the white and the black and the red gown.
It was just so good. But of course I am not very happy with the guy on the cover. Kaidan was H. T and not C. D and that guy on the cover was C. Not really Kaidan like for me. I mean I could go on and on all day about Kaidan but I will have to get to that later.
When I started reading this book I was so happy. I loved the writing style and the character Anna already made an impression on me. But then I had to stop for a while because it was too slow for me. I was also seriously thinking about just not finishing the book all together because I am not really a fan of slow paced books.
I get bored easily. Still I picked it up and decided to just go on with it and give it another shot. Imagine my surprise! It was so great! I was so glad I finished it.
Reading this book gave me a wide range of emotions. It got me serious, happy, sad, scared, curious, anxious, and impatient and a bunch of other stuff. It will definitely catch you off guard. It will keep you at the edge waiting on what will happen next. It will blow your mind! I think the gradual pace change definitely worked for this book. It will give you enough time to adjust with the information that will be shared by the characters about who they are and what they are dealing with.
Also another thing that I found good with this book was the use of the angels and the demons. There was some truth in it. I mean we all know what happened to Lucifer and the fallen angels right? And this book stayed true to that but with a bunch of other stuff included.
It was pretty believable for me. It almost made me fear that there were such things as the Dukes of Hell and their sons or daughters that roam with us every day without us ever knowing. I am a big fan on angel books and for those who know me, I am a very big fan of the Mortal Instruments and if you are too then you will probably get culture shock when you read this. There were a lot of seriously good stuff here. She also leaves good lines once in a while. And although she was good in every sense of the word , she was still human.
She gets hurt. She feels pain. She feels insecure. She was so real to me and I loved that about her. She was flawed and not the perfect but helpless girl in almost every YA books now a days. Kaidan I totally take back what I said about not being able to connect with him because I totally could now. I mean wow! This guy had a lot of things going on. First off, I would like to warn everyone that this guy is oozing with H.
A lot! He was not your typical lead male character. He was H. T yes but he was bad news! I just wish Kaidan finds himself or finds me at least. Other Characters There are a lot of other characters you should look out for. Well I am going to tell you that you are soooo wrong! Just by reading about these two kids make my insides tingle with excitement. I was so under their spell. I was just speechless although out It was this steamy!
Just kidding. This book was steamy but not that graphic or anything. But really Anna and Kaidan? They are just so perfect for each other. Like it or not but they are. Closing Thoughts This book was such a surprise to me. I never expected myself to really like it and devour it and get addicted to it like this. There is just so much to love about this book. One of which is the flow of the story slow but gradually increasing until you throw yourself out of your seat because of excitement.
But still I adore it all the more because it kept me interested enough to know what will happen to this steamy uncanny couple. Give me the next book already Wendy! I want to get more Kaidan! Wendy I want to hug you and never let you go for making such a successful and greatly addictive read. I am definitely a fan! So excited for the next book!
A perfect 5! View all 31 comments. Dec 13, Danny rated it it was amazing Shelves: imm-april Review posted at Bewitched Bookworms You know why I love reading? Remember last week when I was raving and fangirling over Of Poseidon? Be aware, this will happen again, right now! Anna was always able to see the aura of other people and she knew she was differ Review posted at Bewitched Bookworms You know why I love reading?
Anna was always able to see the aura of other people and she knew she was different, yet she never knew why. And… its not pretty! The whole story was fast paced, never boring and I especially loved the time frame. There is so much happening, yet never overwhelming. Anna — sweet adorable innocent Anna! Anna was such an incredible wonderful character and I wanted to hug her simply for being her. I loved Anna with her naivety and innocence and she as a character worked absolutely perfect for this story!!
He is one of those characters that instantly made an impression and you cannot turn away from him, being utterly fascinated by this boy the instant he enters to the stage!
In all honesty, I have no words to describe the effect Kaidan had on me. He featured everything I love in paranormal novels including his outrageous attitude, seductive hotness, strong package and the promise that there is more inside him which needs to be discovered. He uses girls, throws them away, yet he mostly comes out unscathed.
At the same time, Anna is the first girl that ever wants to look into his soul and his heart — something incredibly frightening for Kaidan. There is something about Anna that will ruin everything he has ever believed in … He was smoking hot. As in H-O-T-T, hott. This guy was extra-t-worthy. I was right there with Anna, feeling her emotions instead of reading them, absorbing them and making them my own.
I want to feel the butterflies when they kiss I want to feel the heartbreak and I want to shed tears with them! Sweet evil is all that and more! We never get too far, although this teasing was driving me nuts! Bottom Line: Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins is a highly seductive read, with intense and memorable characters which will suck you into their tale and occupy your mind even after finishing the last page.
View all 12 comments. Shelves: paranormal , books-i-dislike-or-hate , disappointing-books , fantasy , young-adult. More like 2. A very generous rating First of all, I'm going to say this is not a bad book. It has a lot of flaws Come on, every book has its flaws and merits.
That's probably the only thing I was looking forward to reading Sweet Evil. Sweet Evil was a very frustrating read and I mean the-hair-pulling-and-throwing-the-book-across-the-wall-frustration. First, I had some problems with the characters. Actually, minus tha More like 2. Actually, minus that! I have a lot of issues with the characters! The MC Anna was absolutely naive, annoying, innocent, and can be very careless and stupid!
Aside those qualities, she is definitely a Mary Sue perfect face except the freckle at the end which she thinks is her flaw, perfect body, perfect grades, and has special senses who doesn't realizes it.
At one point, she says she promise to stay away from Kaiden, but she does the complete opposite. If you say you're going to do this, then don't do the opposite! She's so perfect and literally makes 2 guys fall in love with her. How can anyone like her? I had to take lots of breaks just to get out of her head because it was damn annoying!
Don't get me started on the "hot" Kaiden. He has the looks, money, British accent, and the girls who wants him. The love interest who happened to be Kaiden is male prostitute whom is disgusting, brooding, and definetely a creep.
I don't understand what Anna sees in him. Of course, he is drop-dead gorgeous, but how can you love a guy who goes out every night to have sex with girls? I don't know how many times I gagged when he says he goes "working". Anna's adoptive mother, Patti, was even more stupid. She is just like Anna--innocent, naive even for an adult , and extremely awkward. Of course, she's kind, nice, overprotective of Anna and helps Anna with the facts about how she was created, but I can't stand her!
She's an embarrassment to Anna and there was this scene where she told Kaiden to keep Anna's virginity intact. Who's says that?! Patti was also reckless, letting her daughter go on a trip with a demon who wants to have sex with her. And they almost did it. Do you not know the consequences of what's going to happen with being a demon who wants to have sex with you?
If I was Anna, I will stay the hell away from Kaiden. Who knows what will happen next? For me to like a book, I have to like the characters as well, but apparently that didn't happen.
I couldn't connect with the characters and that's just the end for me. Moving on The romance between Anna and Kaiden gag was way, way, way, too quickly. It felt like Anna took one glance at him and then began falling in lust love with him. It was definitely insta-love. And you know how much I hate insta-love That was the only interesting part out of the novel. Higgins has potential in writing a creative storyline and I wouldn't mind seeing more of it from her next books.
But I'm positive about one thing. I'm not going to be reading her later works. This one just went down the drain for me.
Sorry Sweet Evil fans, this book just wasn't for me. It might not be mine, but it might be for you and from seeing a lot of 5 stars reviews, you might really like it. View all 11 comments. May 06, Lazaros rated it really liked it Recommends it for: angel lovers and such.
Shelves: romance , young-adult , fantasy , paranormal , angels. A very well-written ya-paranormal novel about Angels and Demons as we've never seen them before. I liked the plot, and I liked the pace and how the heroine matured and developed throughout the book, and it's just the first novel in the series so character development at that level was not something I expected and it surprised me nicely.
Anna Whitt can see everyone's emotions, she can see and feel their feelings. Whatever that may be. It used to make her vulnerable but that's just history now. She A very well-written ya-paranormal novel about Angels and Demons as we've never seen them before. She comes from a very religious home, since her mother is a devout person and that's passed on to Anna. She and her best friend love music, well Jason loves music more and that's why he and Anna go to gigs and such.
Until one night while a band they went to see was performing, Anna noticed something weird about the drummer's aura. It held no emotions, it was black and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't see behind the blackness. That certainly piqued her interest and this took a very unexpected turn for Anna and her life, it changed dramatically from that moment on.
The heroine is incredible. She's that shy, innocent girl but not one of the fake ones who pretend. She just is that way and she's okay with it. She's always been a wallflower, a loner.. She only has one friend, Jason and that's it. She doesn't pursue new friendships and she doesn't try to fit in. Write down that she's not a girly girl.
Kaidan, though, the drummer boy I mentioned above is the complete opposite from Anna. He's funny, intelligent, communicative, sexy, and of course Anna is attracted to him. How these two are connected? You'll have to read to find out. Despite their differences, they have a really powerful bond and there's definitely a flame that won't be put out.
There are many more intriguing characters, but I won't go into detail about them. There are plenty of characters you'll like and maybe some you'll dislike. The only thing for sure is that this book is undeniably good. View 2 comments. May 26, Kristalia rated it it was ok Shelves: contains-annoying-characters , age-new-adult , age-mature-young-adult , reviewed , dark , contains-unlovable-heroines , unique-or-different-story , dragging. This book didn't work out for me. Seriously, the hell did i just read?
It was so wrong, and on so many levels. I have no other idea how to say this. But this book is just wrong. I wanted to love this book, but we were not meant to be. Although, for everyone else, most of them were just okay, so dislike part goes for my lack of emotional attachment. In short - I didn't care about any of them. This review contains slight spoilers! Each Duke commands a legion of demon whisperers who haunt the earth.
The whisperers are called the Legionnaires. We sometimes just refer to them as spirits. Between the Dukes and the Legionnaires, there are six hundred and sixty-six demons on earth. We work for our fathers and keep our mouths shut. And the idea is the most unique concept of angels and demons. This I appreciated, but the execution was bad. Really bad. As for the actual synopsis, just read the GR's one, because my brain cells are fried. Which is the point. Major point.
And this is how the story is I think the author overused point of good and evil in this book. While in between she made characters who were shades of gray. Ok, that was the point, i get it, but she overused the goodness in Anna, and also made it like Kaidan did not have even slightest choice. If you wanted real, i mean real, kickass bad boy, who is very very evil because he must be is Jericho Barrons from Fever.
I'm sorry but I was really not fan of Kaidan. Either she is going to cry like a baby, or be evil trying to be evil in this way: "i don't want to do it because i can - but because i must". She is whiny, i-want-to-kill-the-heroine type of character, which is why she is so I understand, she is part angel too, but she is overly sensitive and cries for everything! I say, this book would be so awesome, had it been in alternating POVs.
He was cool, he has interesting sin, but still Still wonders why he hadn't been killed for it. As for Ginger, Marna's twin Lucky him. Fantastic idea - really loved it, but I disliked the characters, and felt no attachment to any of them.
Most of my friends loved it. But I just can't - there are just so many things wrong. This book is full of trigger warnings, so be careful. Maybe one day I finish it. But I really doubt it. View all 36 comments. Jul 09, Jess rated it did not like it Shelves: today-i-feel-masochistic. I must be masochistic. I knew how much I hated this, and yet I still managed to will myself and complete the book.
You either love it and spend the rest of eternity fist-pumping your friend, or you will hate it and entertain yourself with dreams of flushing the story out of your mind, never mentionin I must be masochistic. You either love it and spend the rest of eternity fist-pumping your friend, or you will hate it and entertain yourself with dreams of flushing the story out of your mind, never mentioning the book again.
Meet Anna. Anna lives with her adoptive mother Patti, who might I add is super protective. What an angel. Now, up until her 16th birthday, Anna could care less about her abnormalities; she is content with being a blessed soul. But that all changes when we meet Kaidan Rowe. Anna is the most unreliable 1st POV ever.
She has ridiculous thoughts, and then chastises herself, only to have the same thought in the next line. Am I being fucked with? Did I honestly just read that line? Any convoluted thoughts I may have had about the series cleared up in a second. It takes her four days to find herself caught up in a soul-consuming love affair is there any form of medal that I can give her, because this is an achievement.
You know what else is weird? Admitting that to your only friend. You would think desperate! Anna would recover any semblance of sanity, but no, she lives on. In their period of segregation, Anna gets just a tad more obsessed is that even possible? The feminine curves that had always eluded me were finally making an appearance. Instead, there shall be time for sexy-Kaidan thoughts.
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