Review: A Necessary Look into how it all began
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
There's always a beginning to every couple's story, and Very Wicked Beginnings is the explanation of how Cuba and Dovey, two people who couldn't be more different in living and social status, end up together. But the novella provides readers with so much more than their first encounters; it provides much needed insights into what makes Cuba and Dovey who they are - what shaped them and ultimately changed them. It's the perfect set-up for the true story of their past and present - Very Wicked Things.Cuba's actions and personality are all a facade to hide a painful past and tormented present. The guilt he feels over his mother and sister eat away at him on a daily basis and the only way to shut down his brain is to wreak havoc on his mind and body in both constructive and destructive ways. During football practice one day, he spots a beautiful ballerina and can't stop thinking about her, and no matter how much he believes he doesn't deserve any kind of happiness in his life, when he finally crosses paths with her again, he can't help but make her his.Dovey definitely knows who Cuba is, but she doesn't understand why he wants anything to do with the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and frankly, she really doesn't want to find out. Dovey has spent her whole life fighting to merely survive while the wealthy students of Briarcrest Academy get everything handed to them. Her one saving grace is ballet; she lives and breathes it, and she'll be damned if she's going to let some hot rich boy fill her head with dreams she knows will never be hers, especially when Dovey is holding secrets that she's not willing to risk anyone finding out about. But if there's anything readers learned about Cuba from Very Bad Things is that whatever Cuba wants, he gets, and now that he's set his sights on Dovey, it's not a matter of if but when he will have her.Very Wicked Beginnings is essential to understanding not just how Cuba and Dovey's relationship begins but also what baggage both characters have in their lives that cause them to think and act the way that they do. Because Ilsa Madden-Mills gives readers their dual point of views, it's easier to understand why perhaps the heartbreak that they experience throughout Very Wicked Things is inevitable.Bring on Very Wicked Things!I received a complimentary copy from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.4 poison apples (The Fairest of All Book Reviews)