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A review by spazzykatie
Sweet Like Poison by Julia Wolf
emotional
sad
tense
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Savage universe gets better with every book. This is no exception. Elena and Lachlan were so much more than I expected.
We first meet Elena in Start a Fire, the first Savage Crew book, and she was awful. AWFUL. Meanest of the mean girls. She starts to act a little more human in Pen and Gabe's book, but we don't really start to see her until the Savage U series. Then we get to start watching her change. She embraces Helen and Zadie. She puts her blond bitch friends in their place. She helps destroy the Pi Sig house.
In Sweet Like Poison, we finally get to see the why of all of it. Her mother's mental illness. Her father's absence. Nate's abuse. Nate's death. It all starts to come together and make sense.
Let's talk about Lachlan (aka Lock). He becomes friends with Helen, then Theo, and ends up moving into a house with Theo and Julien, right next door to Elena, Helen, and Zadie. Lock dislikes Elena from the beginning. He thinks she's a vapid rich girl and immediately writes her off. Only, he starts to realize how wrong he is.and they eventually get together.
I was so disappointed in Lock in the beginning. He was being such a judgmental asshole and I had a hard time liking him. Watching the two of them fall and Elena open up was really beautiful. The scene when she finally told him about Nate and he revealed his connection to that night was hard. I had predicted it from the beginning but it was still hard to read.
I knew he was going to end it eventually and I really felt like I was reading with one eye open, dreading what was coming. Ugh they made me cry so hard. But the ending? The ending was beautiful. I'm overwhelmed with feelings right now, so I'm going to go stare at a wall and wallow for a bit. 💜
We first meet Elena in Start a Fire, the first Savage Crew book, and she was awful. AWFUL. Meanest of the mean girls. She starts to act a little more human in Pen and Gabe's book, but we don't really start to see her until the Savage U series. Then we get to start watching her change. She embraces Helen and Zadie. She puts her blond bitch friends in their place. She helps destroy the Pi Sig house.
In Sweet Like Poison, we finally get to see the why of all of it. Her mother's mental illness. Her father's absence. Nate's abuse. Nate's death. It all starts to come together and make sense.
Let's talk about Lachlan (aka Lock). He becomes friends with Helen, then Theo, and ends up moving into a house with Theo and Julien, right next door to Elena, Helen, and Zadie. Lock dislikes Elena from the beginning. He thinks she's a vapid rich girl and immediately writes her off. Only, he starts to realize how wrong he is.and they eventually get together.
I was so disappointed in Lock in the beginning. He was being such a judgmental asshole and I had a hard time liking him. Watching the two of them fall and Elena open up was really beautiful. The scene when she finally told him about Nate and he revealed his connection to that night was hard. I had predicted it from the beginning but it was still hard to read.
I knew he was going to end it eventually and I really felt like I was reading with one eye open, dreading what was coming. Ugh they made me cry so hard. But the ending? The ending was beautiful. I'm overwhelmed with feelings right now, so I'm going to go stare at a wall and wallow for a bit. 💜