Bonjour
I think my last post would be a few days ago...no, it was last night. Damn I have been diligent in this.
And it has occurred to me that my recent blog layout was full of errors. So I decided to change it.
It's not as fancy as the one before *with all the flipcard animations and stuff* but I think it's enough.
I also took the liberty to change the colour format of my posts, so that it'll be more readable. *You're welcome* Today I would do another book review . Guess I've been having too much time to
read. And no, it's not Alice in Wonderland because I have not finished it, YET.
It's Sweet Evil and Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins
I have to say, the cover didn't look that promising to me. It looks like another YA book that has
another plot and stuff. YA is short for "Young Adult." The book trailer even made it worse...
The only urge I got for reading this is because of a poll made by a TMI fan. There we had to
vote for either Jace from TMI or Kaidan from The Sweet Trilogy.
It sparked my curiosity.
So I researched about it and voila! Kaiden Rowe is the prince charming in The Sweet Trilogy.
He's not really a prince charming really...he's more like a prince of Lust *you'll know later why*
I took the liberty to check on it on goodreads and the comments and reviews made me
even more interested. So I read it. Ha!
It's a nice book, with little bit sof humor and not so heavy and all. It only has around 300-400 pages (in my tablet) so yea, comparing it to TMI and Hunger Games and all that, this book is like Hex Hall. Wait, maybe Hex Hall was shorter. Anyways, I managed to finish this book in around 4 days? I had a lot of fun reading it and I hope
some of you guys do too.
Down there, I'm gonna do a plot review like always and of course, SPOILER ALERT
But again, if you're not into paranormal fiction romance, I suggest this book is not for you.
I have been reading too much of them myself, and I think there's some of them loitering around in my dreams last night, or the night before. That's it! My next book is not going to be a paranormal fiction!
Now let's proceed with the plot review shall we?
1. Sweet Evil
So the story starts with out protagonist, Anna being born with some sister/nuns in the room.
She's born in a convent and her mother died after giving birth to her. Of course, none of us
knew that the baby girl was Anna. Baby Anna was then given to a man. And so it continues.
Anna is in highschool now and is going out with her fellow guy-friend, Jay. Who she claims have no feelings for her and vice versa. "He's like a brother" said Anna and he is, until the 2nd book anyways. 3rd book is not released yet ;) so we don't know. But so far, he's a bro. Anna also explained that she can see people's aura. Pink is for love, green for envy, red for lust, deep purple for pride, light purple for peace, orange and yellow for excitement, and so on and on. Anywayss, they're going to a concert of Jay's fave band and sure, what can go wrong in a concert? Nothing went wrong, except the hot sexy drummer guy in the band. Oh Anna made sure the readers knew how hot and sexy the drummer guy is. Want me to quote?
"He was smokin' hot. As in H-O-T-T hott. I'd never understood until that moment why girls insited on adding an extra T. This guy was extra-T worthy."
And nooo, it did not end there. But I'd rather not quote more. Where's the fun in that?
Back to the story, Anna saw a red starburst red in his heart, which means lust. But it's not like other people's auras. It's only a starburst at the heart. So she spent the whole concert observin his hotness and all. I had a really good time imagining him with all the descriptions of his biceps and hair and gosh....he is sexy. Ehem. So Jay got backstage tickets with another pal, and of course, Anna tag along. While the boys are busy smooching up the manager of the band, wanting their song to be relased, Anna saw the H-O-T-T drummer guy, Kaidan. Of course he was surrounded by girls/women *I'm not sure* but he caught her eye and she caught his. And he approach her. Woot!
So she talked with Kai *I'm too lazy to type his full name even tho it's cool so from now let's just go with Kai* with him asking what is she and all and poor Ann not knowing anything about her powers and what she is just stood there awestruck by the sexyness and answer with a word or two. Conversation ended and they went back. The next day Ann was invited by her dumb but cute and might-be-a-douche classmate Scott to a party by the lake. So she went, with Jay of course. Or else her protective stepmom, Patti, will not let her go. She partied, hard. Ven had some drugs bcoz Scott put it in her drink. If Kai didn't show up, Scott and Anna wud end up snoggin each other all night. So Kai interfered and explain sum stuff to Ann, then disappear into the party*i hate those kind of guys, they just appear and disappear whenever they want!* she went home with Jay, who actually got drunk and got into a fight with Scott, bcoz Scott drugged her.
Next few days, Ann told Patti about meeting someone who also has similar powers with her (sharp senses, etc) and Patti panicked tellin Ann to never see him again. Of course, when one is told not to do so, one does it. It's a compulsory rule. So Ann went to Kai's house and Kai told her almost everything. Then Kai heard his father is home and told Ann to take her clothes off to feign that he's working, since he is the son of the Duke of Lust.
Just to make everything clear, in this world, there are those who are called Dukes who were fallen angels and are sent by Lucifer from hell to make men sin. There are dukes for each specific sin such as lust, gluttony, lies, wrath, envy, etc. It's basically based on the sins that are mentioned in the Bible. Now these dukes have offsprings, that are called Nephilims, or Neph for short. Ann and Kai are one of them. Only later it was found out that Ann's mother is an angel of light and her father is a Duke of addiction. Nephs work for their fathers. Guess what's Kai's job is? Yeap, sleeping with females. He has the good looks and all though...
Continuing the story, Kai's dad saw them and knew right away that Ann is a Neph and still a virgin. Wow, this guy's definitely the Duke of Lust. Skipping the part where Kai's creepy dad told Kai to teach Ann "Nephs for Dummies", they went on a roadtrip together to California to see the Sister Ruth that apparently gave Anna to Patti and Anna's dad, the duke of Addiction, who is apparently in jail...
Of course, during the road trip somethings happened. What else do you expect on a roadtrip of a boy and a girl? Smooching? Definitely more than that. After Ann's first kiss and all, they arrived at California and met her dad. According to my imagination, her dad would be a biker dude with a bald head and a brown-gray goatee.....he sure looks like a Duke already. But he was actually very affectionate towards Anna and loved her dearly. He even feigned Lucifer that he has been working while he actually isn't. They parted and Ann heard that Sister Ruth had died. She went depressed and Kai, who clearly know that he loves her and this could not happen, told her to go home on the next flight. Well not actually "told" her, he drove her to the airport right away. Jerk.
Skipping somethings, Ann was trained by her father so that it "seemed" like Ann was working and nobody would be suspicious. And so came the day of the council where every duke and neph would gather. During the council, a Neph *I forgot her name* who was the daughter of gluttony was called because she fell for her own sin, which made her fat. And the Dukes made fun of her during the council, even killing her. Ann, having a kind heart, stand against this and got the attention of the dukes. Of course, she screamed "No!" when the other neph girl was about to be killed. So Ann was also called on stage and about to be killed also *actually to be exact she was told to shot the other neph girl herself* and she refuses, resulting in the duke to point the gun at her. Then miraculously, angels appeared and protect Ann, saying its not her time yet. Of course the duke was angry, but she was safe. Then after that there was a pandemonium on getting out of the council place. Ann was reaching for Kai and vice versa but Ann's dad got hold of her first and shove her to the cab. And there was Kai, standing on the sidewalk as Ann was driven away on a cab.
And that would be the end of Book 1.
2. Sweet Peril
The story continues with Anna, finally working in order to "lay-low" from the recent hubbub during the council. From a goody girl, she became a party girl. Of course, in the middle of working she is always reminded of Kai, who she left...sad. Then she went to meet some of the Neph friends, such as the twins Marna and Ginger, daughters of the Duke of Adultery, Kopano, son of the Duke of Wrath and later revealed Lust too, and Blake, son of the Duke of Envy who got the best job ever. They actually appeared in the first book but I didn't mentioned them because it doesn't seem relevant.
The adventure continues as Sister Ruth's ghost appeared in front of Ann when she was in the bathroom and told her that she is the chosen one that will lead the Nephs to freedom and the Dukes to salvation *I think*. So she told her father then her father sent her on a quest to build a Neph army. So she traveled, with Kopano to Syria, and to Australia. Why Kopano you ask? Because Ann's dad didn't think that Ann was compatible with Kai. Plus, Kopano's dad is also like Ann's dad, feigning his work and letting his son to not work. As a result, Kopano is not an angry-type, but he's like a monk. Very peaceful and all. At least until Kopano got alone with Ann and kissed her....I swear I do not like this Kopano guy, no matter how kind he is.
So finally, after getting the green card from her dad, Ann went to Kai and Blake who were residing in California. Ann went there and told them everything, the prophecy stuff and the plan. Then they agreed. Then of course, the relationship between Ann and Kai was back. They also went to an island where they saw the dukes bringing women, fyi they were hiding and the dukes were not actually supposed to be there, and they hid and saw an ally, Flynn from Australia, die, killed by his own father. They were shocked and all and when they were back, Kai invited Ann to spend the night together. Not in a sexual way. Just spending time with each other since they barely have the time to spend time together not guarded by Whisperers who are the dukes' mini army. Plus, Kai got jealous of Kopano so something needs to be fixed there.
Their relationship was fixed that night and no, Ann is still a virgin after the night . The reason is because she wants to keep herself pure because she was given the SWORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS which can kill demons but only a pure hearted soul can use it. Which is why they are holding back. But they had a great time together. Cleaning Kai's apartment, brownies, cooking, and other things that Kai thinks made Ann sexy and we readers just fall for Kai cause he's sooooo dreamy and hot. I still think he's a jerk though. Skipping all the drama, they all got reunited and Kai decided that he will no longer work. Then Ann's dad came and admitted that he was actually trying to make Ann and Kope (Kopano, yes abbreviated) a couple but now that he sees Kai really loves her and Ann loves him, he agreed. The book ends with Ann and Kai happy with each other and kissing while Ann's dad was listening and ends up knocking on their door.
Fin
That is basically the two first books of The Sweet Trilogy. Kai really does sound sexy and all in the book. Wendy Higgins really tried her best to describe him as hot sexy and all the adjectives that could describe an extremely high tempratured person *you know what I meant* Anyways, I am quite satisfied with the first two books and I can't wait until the third book is released.
In the mean while, I am still reading other books such as Alice in Wonderland, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I think I would be finished with The Fault in Our Stars first because the story is really interesting and sweet. While for Alice and Dorian, I have watched the movies so I'm pretty sure of how the plot goes. I decided not to make a review on Bram Stoker's Dracula since it's a mouthful and I'm pretty sure there are other better reviews out there...
That's it from me today and thank you for reading!! Well this is a long post :D
I'm happy~ Have a great day everyone!
Sincerely yours,
Alicia. V