Vicki
Written on Jul 23, 2014
Fans of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series will be drawn to Wendy Higgins's sexy, thrilling Sweet Evil series. Sweet Peril focuses on the battle between light and dark, good and evil, within Anna Whitt, the child of a guardian angel mother and a demon father. Anna promised herself she'd never do the work of her father-polluting souls. She'd been naive to make such a claim. Haunted by demon whisperers, Anna does whatever she can to survive, even if it means earning an unwanted reputation as her school's party girl. And all the while there's gorgeous bad-boy Kaidan Rowe, the son of the Duke of Lust, plaguing her heart and mind. Anna discovers it is her fate to banish demons from the earth, and save the other Nephilim from their dark destiny. Until then, Anna and Kaidan must put aside the issues between them, overcome the steamiest of temptations yet, and face the ultimate question: is loving someone worth risking their life?
- ISBN10 0062265946
- ISBN13 9780062265944
- Publish Date 20 June 2013 (first published 30 April 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 April 2024
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint HarperTeen
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English
Reviews
Ashley
Written on Feb 20, 2014
I think Sweet Peril suffered a bit from second book syndrome. Anyone who fell in love with Sweet Evil probably adored the romance, but that aspect was yanked out of Sweet Peril. Kaidan is non-existent for about 75% of the book. It definitely made the book less interesting for me.
But I think the biggest problem was the lull in the plot. Sweet Peril is spent gathering allies, but that in itself isn't very interesting. It made Sweet Peril felt like a "second book" because the very act of gathering allies is the process of preparing for something bigger to come (in book three). "Preparing" just wasn't very exciting. The book was very clearly a small bridge between two larger, more substantial books. Even the "climax" at the ending just felt so trivial to me. Okay, a Neph died, but he didn't give away any information about their plot before he was killed, and I honestly expected a lot more deaths.
The fact that the plot didn't progress beyond gathering a few (more specifically, like 3) allies worries me. I think I just imagined so much more. Like, as it stands right now, I can't imagine there being a big, epic showdown/war, and that's what I imagined happening from book one. I guess I'll wait and see before passing judgment on book three though.
Despite my issues with the plot, I did still enjoy Sweet Peril. I think the best part was the last 25% when Kaidan was finally back. There were some HOT HOT HOT scenes! Kaidan and Anna are just sooo cute together! That last 25% really reminded me why I loved Sweet Evil so much.
I am excited for Sweet Reckoning, I just really hope it can amp up the intensity factor, because Sweet Peril was a letdown on that front.
lizarodz
Written on May 20, 2013
Can I choose 6 stars?
Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! I’ll try to get over my incoherent babble and get on with the review, but seriously, Sweet Peril is incredibly good!
Last year, I was lucky enough to win an ARC of Sweet Evil from Goodreads and I devoured it in no time, thus I have been impatiently waiting for book two, and boy was it worth it! I don’t know about you, but I sometimes get an unfounded fear of sequels when I love a book to much; I’m afraid that the next book won’t live up to my expectations and let me down. I should have known better and never doubted you Ms. Higgins :)
Sweet Peril starts a couple of months after the end of book one and finds Anna starting her senior year of high school. She is missing Kaidan (who wouldn’t!), and pretending to work on her dad’s trade as a result of increased surveillance by the whisperers; she has gained a rep as a party girl. Due to an unexpected and old prophesy, Anna and her dad start looking for other Neph that will be willing to ally with them in a fight to banish the demons from Earth. So our story stars with a quest to find others; Anna and Kopano travel to different places to talk to these Neph. We get to meet new characters, like Zania and Flynn and visit with old ones like Ginger, Marna and Drake. I also enjoy to read about Anna’s relationship with Patti (her adoptive mother), and her dad.
I love Anna’s character! Even though she is a sweet southern girl, she is smart, loyal and has a big helping of common sense. She knows to look at the final goal and how important that is even if they have to break a few eggs to get there. Since I was listening to the audio book I can’t tell you for sure, but it seemed to me that Kai is not in the first third of the book. This is a true testament to Ms. Higgins writing: first, I didn’t get bored because all the information was relevant and interesting and, second, Kai was present all the time in Anna’s thoughts and conversations with the other Neph.
Kaidan is, as I stated in my review of Sweet Evil, one of my favorite characters ever! I can’t get enough of him, and of course neither can’t Anna. Kai tries to be so tough and do the “right” thing, but it is so plain to see that he is crazy about Anna. The scenes between Kai and Anna are extremely HOT; like in ‘handle with care’ hot. That’s all I’m saying about that!
As you can tell, the characterization on this book is amazing. I adore these characters and even the Dukes are so bad, but distinct from one another. The plot is so good, it varies from slow and steady, to hot, to action. The writing is outstanding, Ms. Higgins as an incredible talent. Ms. Mallon did a terrific job with the narration and with the English accents!
Overall, Sweet Peril was a worthy sequel to one of my favorite reads from last year. I cannot wait for Sweet Reckoning due to be published in May of next year (...and the wait starts NOW).
Some quotes for you:
“I was more myself with you during those three days than I’ve ever been with anyone in my life. It’d be easier if I could be fake with you, but you bring out everything in me, little Ann. All of it.” – Kaidan
“God, you smell nice," he whispered. "I've missed that smell. I've missed everything about you, little Ann.” - Kaidan
“We had a secret knowledge that demons couldn't fathom. They saw love as a weakness, but they were wrong. Love would keep us going, love was our strength.” - Anne
About the cover: A beautiful and fit companion for the cover of Sweet Evil! I love the contrast in colors and how both Anna and Kai are dressed in black now.
Kelly
Written on May 3, 2013
3.5 Stars.
I've been anticipating the release of Sweet Peril as soon as I had finished reading the first in the Sweet Evil series. The angel, demon and Nephilim storyline has been well used in young adult novels, but the difference in the Sweet Evil series is Kaiden. He's tormented and lost and the glimpses of vulnerability make him attractive to readers. Humorous in parts, but Sweet Peril is clearly more so a novel intended to lead up to a dramatic and epic showdown in the final of the series.
zarahoffman
Written on Apr 30, 2013