Review: A MUST READ NOVELLLA! ALSO 100% OF MAY PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY!!!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
I fell in love with Cuba Hudson in Very Bad Things and about fell over when Ilsa Madden Mills announced that he was getting the next novel. He is so sexy and arrogant, I loved it! Imagine me doing back flips when I discovered there was also a novella!!!!!!!! More Cuba… YES PLEASE!!! With Very Wicked Beginnings we get a glimpse into Cuba and Dovey and what shapes them into who they are in Very Wicked Things. Without reading it first, you would lose some of the background story. It’s a journey and you need to know the beginning before you get to the end. This novella is also something that is near and dear to me as well as it deals with depression and suicide. I also love that 100% of the May proceeds from the prequel will benefit the Keith Milano Memorial Fund for Suicide Prevention. So for those that think this is just a ploy to get more money for the author, STOP! This is for a very good cause and since I personally have been affected by suicide I would tell you that this makes my heart happy that there are people out there like Ilsa that raise money for such a worthy cause.For Dovey Beckham there is just one love, ballet. She lives and breathes ballet. She is on scholarship at Briarcrest Academy and has hopes one day to become a ballerina in a top rated program. She doesn’t do relationships and has only one close friend Spider. Unlike the other students at BA, everything she has she has fought for. Nothing is given to her on a silver platter. She is her own unique self and she doesn’t conform to the norm.“Love didn’t matter. Only ballet.”Now what can I say about Cuba Hudson…. Lord have mercy! He is that alpha male athlete with the body and attitude to go with it. He knows he is God’s gift to women and take full advantage of it. While at football practice one day, something catches his eyes… a beautiful dancer. He is mesmerized by her. He cannot take his eyes off her, until an offensive lineman lays him out flat! He knows he has never seen her before and is curious to who this mystery girl is. Imagine his surprise when he heads to class and sees her.“My world… my f***ing life... altered when her eyes connected with mine for what seemed like a long time but it only had to be a few seconds.”If you have to pick up the novella to see how their story all starts! And again, in May 100% of the proceeds go to an amazing charity! 5 huge stars!