The best way for me to describe the first two books of Wendy Higgins' Sweet Evil trilogy is: wait for it - guilty pleasure. It's about the descendants of dukes of evil whose job it is to corrupt others in their assigned sins. It's if Dr. Evil from Austin Powers had a whole army of teens who had to learn to go out and do bad in the world. But of course, a lot of them want to be normal teens, go to school, fall in love and have happy and productive lives. And our hero and heroine are in the worst situation of all because she's part angel part demon so she has to hide her more angelic nature to survive. And he's the son of the Duke of Lust so it's a big challenge for him to be in love and avoid his darker nature. I read both of these books back to back and the story unfolds nicely in the second book as there's a chance for the neph descendants of the evil dukes to fight back for their freedom. I noted in the author acknowledgments at the back of the second book that Higgins said she found that book difficult to write. But I thought she did a great job. So often the second book in a trilogy is disappointing when compared to the first, but she really does advance the plot and develop the characters as well as adding some new characters who will obviously play a part in the final installment. They're all well-rounded and fun. This is not "heavy" reading and you don't have to spend a lot of time pondering the deeper meaning of the universe as you read it - it's a fun jaunt into good versus evil with a bunch of teenage characters you can't help rooting for. I'm going to be looking forward to the third one.
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