Review: I Liked It
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
While I absolutely adore Wendy Higgins’ Sweet Evil Series, I have to admit that I wasn’t as impressed with this contemporary novella.  I think part of the issue here is that this is in fact a novella, which gave me less time to connect with the characters as the events moved quickly—especially because it takes place over a few year span.  I also didn’t care much for Brooke.  While her intentions in the beginning of the novel are innocent enough, she soon begins hurting Ryan more often, and she seems to know exactly what she’s doing.  That, together with her constant bad decisions, one after another in terms of drink and boys, drove me insane, and truth be told, she wouldn’t have been a friend of mine in high school/college, so in that regard I also had a hard time connecting.Ryan is a sweetie, and I definitely felt for him as he pined away for Brooke.  He’s the ultimate friend turned lover, and I was glad that he finally gets his “someday,” but the pain he went through to get there was devastating.  I would have been his other female friend who kept telling him to forget about Brooke, but hey, the heart is strange.(Please note: I use the star rating system of Goodreads, which is different from Amazon.  My overall rating is that I liked it)