Review: Unique book with a spunky, sassy heroine
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
Lovely Vicious was such a unique book.  I really enjoyed it!  Isis' voice made this book fun to read.  She felt like a real teen, instead of an author masquerading as a teen.  I liked that.  Isis is spunky and sassy, which made me like her even more.  She's a quick thinker and always has a witty retort at the ready.  I wish I was quick on my feet like that, but I'm not; however, I love reading about people who are.Isis' fiery personality is really a cover-up for her emotional baggage.  She suffered a traumatic event over three years ago, which is hinted at, yet the exact details were not given.  I have an idea what happened, but Wolf kept the reader in the dark about the details.  Isis has vowed never to love again, and keeps a tally of the time since she made her vow.  Each chapter starts with how long it's been since Isis vowed to never love again, for example: Three years, 20 weeks, 6 days.  It was a neat way to start the chapters, and it helped mark the passage of time in the book.  Lovely Vicious takes place over several months, which gave the story a longer arc and more depth.Isis' counterpart is Jack.  He's called the Ice Prince of her high school.  Isis and Jack clash from the very first time they meet.  Isis declares war on Jack after Jack makes her friend Kayla cry.  This war was pretty intense---they did things I would never considered doing in high school, or ever, really---and it provided the main plot conflict of the story.But Lovely Vicious was more than just a feud between two people who secretly like each other.  There was a mystery in the story, surrounding a girl named Sophia.  I enjoyed trying to figure out Sophia's role in the story.  The one thing I didn't like about this book was how adult parts of it were.  I'm not talking about bedroom scenes, but there was one aspect of the story that was surprisingly adult in nature.The book ends on an unexpected turn of events, and it left me really excited to read the next book in the series.  Wolf's writing made Lovely Vicious a fun and memorable book to read.  I recommend it for fans of contemporary YA.