Review: This beautiful love story was really unexpected for me and touched me more deeply than I realized until I was done.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
I had heard everyone rave about this book and I have to say that I am definitely a newfound Ilsa fan! Very Wicked Things was just straight-up brilliant Coming of Age read. It’s not flashy or trying too hard. It’s incredibly authentic and sweet yet tells the really heartbreaking story of two people who share a whole lot more than just your typical contemporary couple type memories.Cuba is your typical famous guy, born into a rich, perfect family where everything is handed on a silver platter. But one tragic incident happened that tore his family apart. He felt so guilty of what had happened and so he uses alcohol and girls as his defense mechanism.Dovey never had an easy life. Unlike Cuba, she needs to work hard to get what she wants. She is tough and I love her strong character.I instantly fell in love with Cuba and also Dovey. Although there were a few times that I want to smack Cuba’s head, I still find myself reading the intensely intimate thoughts and raw emotions and this couple becomes so exposed as the book gives glimpses into some of the most joyful and exciting times as well as the most difficult and trying times in their relationship. Two incredibly broken people who could find solace and love when they found each other again.“Because I was not ordinary and neither was he. We were both survivors who'd manage to find each other amid the chaos. I wanted to be his bird of hope. I wanted to be the reason he chose to carry on.”I truly thought this book would be a sweet little romance and that’s not at all what I got. I feel I got something way more. It didn’t have that forced romance plot and I loved that. Their relationship ran so deep. Both have some secrets to keep and inner demons to fight and I just felt how hard it was for each one of them to deal with it on their own so when they came together again Ilsa just created this intense feeling of longing, confusion and unfinished business. There were so many things that were left unsaid with the two of them and I loved how you could just feel the intensity of it.This beautiful love story was really unexpected for me and touched me more deeply than I realized until I was done. The characters were just incredible and the way Ilsa unraveled this story and their secret from the beginning to end was just perfect.This is an emotionally packed love story and buried secrets. A charming novel about love that just overflows with savory prose told in a carefully crafted manner. The joys, the failures and complexities of loving and being loved will resonate deeply after you finish. Bravo! Very well done Ilsa!"Stay with me," he said, kissing my shoulder. "Let go. I'll catch you. Every single time."