Review: Even Better then the first book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
Complimentary copy provided by author for an honest review.This story captivated me from the first sentence all the way till the end. You will fall in love with Dovey and Cuba’s story and all the twists and turns that it takes you on. I loved Very Bad Things (book 1) but absolutely loved Very Wicked Things!!!Very Wicked Things follows Dovey the ballerina from the wrong side of the tracks, and Cuba the uber rich, star football player. These two have a past and do their best to ignore each other whenever possible, until one day when they don’t and all hell breaks loose, first at their lockers (yeah destiny had a way of making them locker mates) and then in their Lit class where they are assigned as partners.Dovey is a strong lead character, and my heart broke for her when she would discuss her past, what Cuba put her through, and what she has been through, and goes through during this book. Her story is tragic, and really pulls you to love her character, oh and she’s hilarious, some of the remarks she would make had me laughing out loud.Cuba on the outside has everything anyone could possibly want, money, looks, girls, etc. But inside Cuba is hurting and blaming himself for things he shouldn’t be. His best option was to let Dovey go a year ago so she wouldn’t be drug into his life and he’d ruin her too. At points in this book, I really despised Cuba and what he did to Dovey, but at the end I understood why he did what he did, and ended up loving him so much.These two characters did such a great job of avoiding each other for a year, and then are thrown into each others paths over and over again. Sometimes things are great and you are like “YES!!!” and other times you want to slap both of them! Both are dealing with things no one their age should have to deal with, and if they do, shouldn’t have to deal with it alone.When Dovey finds herself in a bind to save her guardian Sarah, and Cuba finds out what she did, it was heartbreaking!!! I understand why Dovey did what she did, but that doesn’t mean I agree with her decision, and neither do her friends.I loved Spider’s character most of the time, Dovey’s best friend, and then I hated him.. and then I loved him again. He had something about him that intrigued me and I would love to hear more about him in future books.For those of you that read Very Bad Things we get to see Nora a few times in the book, but this is really Dovey and Cuba’s story so she’s not in there a lot.These characters are so well written and their story is one for the times. I absolutely loved this book!!!This story was so well written and griping that I couldn’t put it down, no matter how hard I tried. I highly suggest making sure you add this one to your TBR list today and not to let it sit there for long, it is angsty, suspenseful and full of love and heartbreak.