Review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: It's no secret that I fangirled over SWEET EVIL pretty hard when I first read it last summer. I was allll about Kaidan and he truly made the book for me (ALL THE SWOONS) so when we left Sweet Evil with Anna and Kaidan separated, I had a great fear building up until I finally got my hands on SWEET PERIL that we would suffer from one of the common occurrences in the second in a series in which the two lovebirds are apart the whole book. Well, I feel it's important to warn you (and there's no way I can talk about the first half of the book) to say that... It happened. 
 First: I liked the book. I really did. Despite my wariness for angel/demon books, I really love how Wendy Higgins creates this other world and mythology and legends... But Kaidan, my main reason for loving the book, was gone the whole first half. There was tons of Kopano (which I'm sorry, as a SYTYCD fan, I keep wanting to say Kupono haha) but really, he just doesn't do it for me. I actually didn't really like him that much in the first book as a friend and here we go turning a slight love triangle and I just really felt let down. I was actually pretty disappointed with the direction that took. Then I run into another second in a series issue in which the characters are on a mission and traveling. The road trip in book one did not bother me at all because it was more road trip and not mission. The road trip was low-stress and we got to see a lot of character interaction between Anna and Kaidan there. The trips in book two are all over the world and pretty much are the only things we get in the first half of the book. They felt rushed and pieced together instead of a flowing story. 
 The second half of the book was where the magic really happened for me. It was back to the old times! The good times! Just like in Sweet Evil. We finally get to see Kaidan again for more than two seconds and he returns to all his steamy glory!! Anna finally seems a little more confident because I really felt like she was a bit passive and naive (well, she's always going to be naive) in the first half. After what I felt like was travel, travel, more travel and introducing new characters, we get to know a bit more about the other Dukes, Neph, and angels in the second half. More pieces to the puzzle! More interesting facts!! YAYYY. It was a relief because I got really scared for a while in the beginning. 
 The second half definitely felt more like the "home" that I found in Sweet Evil so I was thankful we finally got back to that! The only thing I was a bit confused with is Anna's character is kind of back and forth. She's been learning how to defend herself but half the time she's still the sweet, little naive girl and the other half she's badass and ready to wield weapons. I'm just not sure which Anna we should be expecting or if we truly should expect both in one. Clearly Anna's going through a lot of personal changes throughout this whole discovery of her true ancestry and truth be told, I kind of enjoy the badass Anna BUT I also want her to stay true to her character so it's kind of a toss up for me! 
 Overall, I did enjoy a lot from SWEET PERIL but it was a slow start for me. Superfans of the series will love it, I'm sure, and I've seen tons of five star ratings already!