October 21, 2012

Sweet Evil Read Along Week 4: Halloween

I'm doing my week four post for the Sweet Evil Read Along, which is hosted by Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads!

Thoughts on the reading. I still feel so bad for Anna. She's still struggling so much with not being with Kaidan and its just so sad to see her go through that cuz I know how exactly how she feels. It sucks to see one of your fave characters hurting. And you could tell even Kaidan was hurting as well. It sucks not being able to be with someone you know you wanna be with. :( I also hated seeing Anna actually have to work but I think she pulled it off pretty well. At least she got some training before having to do it. And she even had Kope looking out for her when she had to work. Kope seems like a pretty good guy. I like him. I was scared about the Summit though. I really thought it might have been her at first. But in the end she still somehow got dragged into it anyways. Ugh!

This weeks theme is Halloween!!! YAY! It's my fave holiday you know! So in honor of this weeks theme being just Halloween in general, I think this is the perfect time to talk about one of my fave Halloweenish creatures!!! So we're gonna talk about my ZOMBIE obsession!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

So we shall start with my most recent Zombie Obsession. The Walking Dead! (Which I happen to be watching as I'm writing this! So bestie friend kept telling me that I needed to watch this show, but I kept ignoring him on that. So as we all know, last week was the season premiere so I decided that since there was a marathon of the past season on before the season premiere I'd watch it and see why everyone was nuts about it. Well. I tuned in I think about halfway or a little more through the past season but I was hooked as soon as I watched it even though I had no idea what was going on at first. So hence my new obsession with The Walking Dead. I seriously love this show now though!!!! :D :D :D

Some of fave Zombie or Zombie like books... Well, theres Ashes and Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick. Definitely scared myself reading those (Don't read them at night! Lol.) I'm also currently reading Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry and it's pretty good so far. Oh, and I can't forget about Dearly, Departed & Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel! Those are definitely in my faves.

I also have a "How To Survive A Zombie Attack" poster. AND I have my mental Zombie Apocalypse plan! If it ever does happen, it will be hard to pretend I'm not excited! Lol.

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October 20, 2012

Review: Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins

Sweet Evil (The Sweet Trilogy #1)
Author: Wendy Higgins
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
Pages: 453
Source: Paperback/Own

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?

Review: I don't know why I waited so long to read this book! It was absolutely fantastic! I really enjoyed the story! This whole idea of the Nephilim being children of Demons and living pretty much to serve their Duke (Father) was interesting. Especially since each Duke has their own job to do (like Kaidan's being the Duke of Lust, and Anna's being the Duke of Substance Abuse) and their children have to work according to their fathers job. It was so interesting. Especially for Anna. Because yes, she is half demon because of her dad, but shes also half angel because of her mom and not many people know that. So it was harder for her to keep that secret and try to be a good Nephilim and work at the same time. But Anna is a quick learner. She learned about what she is really quickly, and she learned how to work real quickly from her dad to be able to protect herself around the legionnaires. Though Anna really needs to remember to control herself drinking just a little bit better so she doesn't end up in a bathroom throwing up. 

Anna and Kaidan. Man. I really liked these two when they were together! I mean it was painfully obvious there is actually something between them, especially when they were together and alone. I mean they couldnt hide it no matter how hard they tried. I was really hoping they'd try to be together in secret even though it was dangerous. I mean come on. They are so freaking amazing together!!! AHHHHHHH! I understood, but I was really disappointed that Kaidan decided to not take it further with her just to protect them! But you could tell it really hurt both of them to not be together. 

Kope. I really liked him. He definitely seems like such a sweet guy. If Anna doesn't end up with Kaidan by the end of the series I'd want her to be with Kope, because of what we've seen of him so far. I definitely like him. Though if Anna does get Kaidan I wouldn't mind Kope!!!! Just saying!!! XD

I must say, I am definitely looking forward to the next book in this series!!!! :D :D :D :D

4 1/2 Stars!

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