Sweet Evil (Sweet, #1) in The Not-So Austen Bookclub

Jul 28, 2012 Booknut 101 rated it really liked it

Shelves: angels, major-fangirling-in-progress, down-to-earth-stories, good-hearted-bad-boys, heartbreak-and-loss, devils-and-demons, super-bad-bad-guys, angels-and-demons-book-challenge, british-references, romance

As deliciously addictive as eating a triple-scoop cone of creme-caramel gelato in summer whilst walking along the beach.

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Sep 15, 2012 DKristin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 2012-favorites, own-a-copy, re-read-worthy

This was such a great book! It was well written the storyline was amazeballs! I cannot wait to see what happens from here! WOW!

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May 05, 2012 Rams rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, book-boyfriends, swoon-worthy-male-lead, want-the-sequel-so-bad, angels, bad-boy-alert

HOLY BATMAN!! This book is freaking awesome. And by that, I mean I'm totally obsessed with Sweet evil. From the goodie Anna; to the holy smokin' Nephilim, Kaidan; to the unique twist on Nephilim genre. I LOVED IT! This book also gave me so many emotions. I smiled a lot, laughed out loud, cried, then there's some frustration. GAH! And I just wanna say, Anna's dad rocks! He's like my favorite character here after Kaidan. He's like a sweet dad in a bad guy's body. Other characters were pretty aweso ...more

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Mar 16, 2012 diana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: my-favorite, beautiful-books

OMG! OMG! I LOVE this beautiful, sexy book *sigh*

So, first things first, Sweet Evil had a seriously butt-kickin’ plot. Sure it was about fallen angels and such (and we all know there are a lot of angel books out there) but Sweet Evil has a unique plot that sets this apart from all the angel books I’ve read so far. Ms. Higgins created a whole new world that pulls you in at every turn. I found it both compelling and intriguing that I just can’t stop reading (I read up until three am and I have to ...more

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May 02, 2012 Emily V rated it liked it

Shelves: 2012

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Series: The Sweet Trilogy #1
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Release Date: May 1st 2012
Source: Bought
Overall Rating: 2.5/5 Stars
Cover Rating: 2/5 Stars
Synopsis: 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 Also posted at:http://emily-confessionsofabookaholic...

Series: The Sweet Trilogy #1
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Release Date: May 1st 2012
Source: Bought
Overall Rating: 2.5/5 Stars
Cover Rating: 2/5 Stars
Synopsis: 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?

I had heard so many good things about this book so I bought it with very high expectations but unfortunately I didn't love it. It would've been so great but it fell flat. The premise for the story sounded interesting but it just wasn't. The story follows good girl Anna Whitt. She's always known she was different she can feel other people’s emotions after all and it's much more than just empathy. It isn't until she meets bad boy Kaiden that she discovers the true reason behind her strange talents and discovers new ones.

Anna's character began quite promising, she was relatable for once. Anna is nice - it's not often you get a genuinely nice character - and she has a parent who doesn't let her go to all those parties that teenagers in books and TV all seem to go to. But then it went downhill. She was so nice it almost seemed fake, sickly sweet like a Bonbon - they are delicious for the first two or three but after that you begin tasting the processed fakeness behind them. Despite the fact I now have a craving for Strawberry Bonbon's I will move away from the sweet metaphors. Some of the things that came out of Anna’s mouth were truly cringe-worthy, I didn’t know whether to get annoyed by her or pity her. Kaiden had a lot of potential but he too didn’t live up to it. His character was in no way constant, one minute he’s the type of guy to ‘burst out laughing’ and next thing you know he’s ‘cold’ and then he’s ‘vulnerable’. He went through so many personality changes I was beginning to think he was just ‘schizophrenic’. Anna’s parent figure had my vote at first until she let her daughter go on a road trip with an absolute stranger.

Overall the book was more annoying than entertaining. I enjoyed some elements but they were usually cancelled out by an even more annoying event. I have noticed from this book and others that YA is getting a lot cruder. I don’t know how some of it actually qualifies as acceptable for the Young Adult genre. Maybe 50 Shades Of Grey will be considered YA in a couple of years – but let’s hope not. I would recommend this book to people who are less worried about plot and more about entertainment value. Oh and did I mention Anna’s father actively encourages her to drink? Great parental figures in this one.

Favourite Cringe-Worthy Quotes:

“He was smoking hot. As in H-O-T-T, hott. I’d never understood until that moment why girls insisted on adding an extra t. This guy was extra-t-worthy.”

“Good gracious, he was sexy—a word that had not existed in my personal vocabulary until that moment. This guy was sexy like it was his job or something.”

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Oct 31, 2012 LAJones rated it liked it

OK I did and I didn't like this book. I felt that it wasnt 'fresh' and was like something I have read before. I liked the characters, concept and the writing. when I started to read it had me hooked because there was always something happening. I like the concept of how the nephilim had to be bad influences like lust jealousy wrath substance abuse and all the bad influences in life. For once I actually liked the female pratogonist (lead) I also liked kaiden as well and felt myself get angry at t ...more

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Mar 31, 2012 Megan rated it it was amazing

This is the most stupendous book about angels and demons that I've ever read! This book keeps me gripped until the end.
I like the Duke thing concept, it kind of reminds me of the gods of Olympus because they also have specific works.
I really love how Anna and Kaidan's relationship developed. I really love them. Especially KAIDAN!

I also love Jay :) Anna is soooo lucky to have Jay as a best friend.

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Nov 26, 2012 Elena Love rated it really liked it

Shelves: angels-and-demons

It's been a while since I finished reading this one and finally decided to write a review.So...Sweet Evil was one of those books I was literally dying to read.It was a great story but sometimes,I felt that something was missing.That's why I gave it four stars instead of five.The plot was really unique and something I haven't read before.It was just so different and the author gave a completely different meaning to the term Nephilim.
*Full Review coming soon* ...more

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