Review: "Death is a constant, but love?  It is rare."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
LOVED, LOVED, LOVEDIlsa Madden-Mills has done it again.  Very Wicked Things was outstanding in every single way.  I cannot wait to see what is going to happen next at Briar Crest.Cuba "Hollywood" Hudson is the "it" boy at BC.  The girls love him and the boys love to hate him.  On the outside it looks like he has everything he could want in life, but really he's missing a part of his soul.  He's learned to pretend.  Pretending helps him get through his day and one step closer to his future.  What Cuba doesn't expect is to fall for a girl.  Why fall for one when he can have them all?Dovey is the girl from the progjects with dreams.  She's done everything in life to get her to her future.  Dance is her life, and she has no plans of letting anything or anyone distract her from her dream...until Cuba.Cuba decides that he's going to go for it and will make Dovey his.  How can he deny himself the one thing that makes him happy and whole.  His love for Dovey is genuine, but he's not sure how he's supposed to be in a relationship."Two things about me:  I play football--and girls."- CubaDovey knew Cuba was bad news, she knew he was no good for her, but how are you supposed to say no to a guy like him?"Guys like you aren't part of my plan." - DoveyEventually Dovey gives into Cuba and gives him her heart.  Luckily she left the trust out of it, because he takes her heart and shatters it.  Dovey is left feeling alone and lost.  She's stuck in situations she doesn't know how to get out of and has nobody to turn to in a school where she doesn't fit in.She eventually learns why Cuba is the way he is and why he is so hot and cold.  It takes everything in her not to turn away from him again when he needs her, but she can see the desperation in his eyes and maybe it's also because she still loves him just as much as she hates him.One thing Cuba and Dovey realize.  "Death is a constant, but love?  It is rare."5 Hot and Cold stars!