Review: Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins

Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
Series: The Sweet Trilogy #1
Published by HarperTeen
Published on: May 1st, 2012
Genres: Young Adult
Pages: 303
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased

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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 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?

Wow, wow, wowwww! Holy moly that was one amazing read. I’m pretty upset with myself because I have had this book on my NOOK for over a year and I just now read it. So amazing, I literally just finished it like 10 minutes ago and I’m still trying to wrap my mind around its amazing-ness. Can you say top favorite book EVER?! Let me tell you why.

“So we’ll leave in the morning then, yes?” Kaidan raised a lazy eyebrow at me and I shivered, breaking into a cold sweat as I nodded my agreement.
What had I done?

This book starts off with Anna Whitt. She has had these abilities since she was born and she thought she was the only one with them. She can see auras and she can also remember every moment since she was born. She can even remember being inside her mothers womb. Yeah, kinda freaky. But she finds out that she is Nephilim. Her dad is Belial the Duke of Substance Abuse and her mother was an angel. There is a lot you find out about her parents the more you read into the book so I really don’t want to give too much away, so I think your just going to have to read this amazingly awesome book to find out that information! But Anna was raised by Patti, her adoptive mother. She picked her up from the convent, where Anna was born, in California and they went to Georgia. Patti is an awesome woman and when Anna finally decides to confide in her about what she can see, Patti reveals that she’s known the whole time what she is. Anna’s dad has been in prison her whole life in California and when the time comes that Anna must go talk to one of the sisters at the convent about what she really is, she decides that its time to meet her dad. But she ends up going with someone she never would’ve thought to ask.

As if pleased with my revelation, the rain stopped and another wind blew through. Clouds shifted until a ray of winter sun poured across the valley and onto the peak of Lookout Point, warming my face, encouraging me. I nodded and took a deep breath, managing a small smile. I might have inherited a legacy of sin from my father, but I was also given a heritage of hope from my mother, and that was the one I needed to embrace.

Kaidan Rowe is the son of Pharzuph who is the Duke of Lust. And really, the whole purpose of the sons and daughters of the Dukes, is to be bad influences to the humans. Since Anna is the daughter of Belial who is the Duke of Substance Abuse, she has to try and talk others to drink and do drugs, while Kaidan would hook up with pretty much any girl he wanted. There are four other Nephilim teens that come into the story and I love them all. They each have there own “bad influence” they have to get others to partake in. There is love triangles, new and amazing friendships, and of course romance! I can not wait to start the second book. Wendy Higgins has now become one of my favorite authors ever. This book was just written so perfectly it still is giving me chills and excitement just thinking about it. Each word was just written with the right purpose and it all flowed so well. The whole concept of the story was just so interesting and creative. I officially think Kaidan is now my new favorite male character. Please, please go purchase this book right now, it is one you will not regret!

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