Review: 5 ++ Hearts (A Love Affair with Books)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
Lovely Vicious woke me up. I knew within pages of starting Lovely Vicious that it was different and that I was reading something special. Sara Wolf's quick wit and expertly written characters immediately drew me into the story from page one. Lovely Vicious made the entire world around stop moving as I was completely drawn into the story of Isis and Jack.Isis just might be one of my favorite characters I've read in a long time. She's upbeat, quirky, and a bit of a weirdo. She has sworn herself off of love. She made that mistake once and has decided she's done with love at the age of 17. A former self-proclaimed fatty she is starting a new school and wants to leave her past where it belongs. Isis off course starts it off with a bang by punching Jack, the "Ice King" of the school. But Jack isn't like normal teenage boys and Isis plans to find out his secrets.Jack is the kind of character that you love to hate. He is gorgeous, arrogant, smart, and did I mention drop-dead gorgeous? He walks through life leaving girls in his wake. Girls take one look at him and fall into love. Every girl up until Isis Blake walks up to him and punches him in the face. She's not like the other girls at school. Jack doesn't know what to think of the this new and strange girl. She's the exact opposite of the blushing and stammering girls that he's used to.At about halfway through the book I knew. I knew without a shred of a doubt that I loved this book. That Lovely Vicious is so well written that it excited me. As soon I finished the book I had to immediately look up the writer on Facebook and tell her how much I loved her story. I couldn't highlight one thing in this book because every bit of the dialog was worth highlighting.Lovely Vicious has just moved to the top of my favorite book of 2013. Sara Wolf is an author to watch and she knocked it out of the park with Lovely Vicious. I completely and in every way fell in love with this book! Sara Wolf has written the young adult novel of 2013!  If you read one young adult book in 2013 let it be Lovely Vicious!