Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Title: Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
Date: January 18, 2015
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Another fantastic book written by one of my favorite authors. Lately i've been in a pitiful reading slump, and I need a pick me up book. This was that book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book so much, and I loved the romance that was in it. Hell, I love the romances in all of Armentrout's books!

Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.

Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.

Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.

But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul.

Man, oh man. This book was amazing. Its not like I'm totally biased or anything. So the book starts out with Ivy the main character sitting at a cafe sweating her ass off. Immediately off the bat I knew that I was going to love this book. All of Armentrouts characters are spunky and have their own personality, that's one of the main reasons I love her books. Then her friend Val joins her brining her ice coffee as a bribe to work for her that upcoming Saturday.

As you can tell by the summary, these girls aren't just normal girls with normal jobs. They both work for a group called the Order. They kill or send the fey back to their own land. They are basically the Buffy's of this book. 'you know, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. They literally kick ass.

So, back to the begining of this book. After Val leaves Ivy goes off on her own to search for a fey to kill. When she comes upon one and she follows it into the ally, they have the whole 'your dead' conversation, and they she kills him. Little did she know that when she turned around a man would be there. Not a normal man, but a fey, that didn't look like a normal fey. This fey unlike the normal silvery skin had olive skin and looked like a normal person. Except for his eyes. His eyes were just like any other feys. He conjured a gun, and got the upper hand on Ivy and then shot her as she was running away. What a coward. Who shoots a person in the back?

So you know. Blood, bleeding, she can't help it right. She keeps running and no one picks up the phone when she calls them. Little did I know she could have just bled out there on the street. But she kept going. All I know is that if I got shot, my ass would be on the ground groaning in pain. But, she kept going. When she finally made it to the base or what ever you want to call it, and she cant make it up the stairs. So she just lays there.... bleeding out..... on the steps.
But, no worries as soon as she is about to die. People decide to come out and help her....

So lets talk about Ren. He is a masculine, hunk of hotness. And a totally persistant mother fucker. Immediately you find out that Ren is cocky and isn't afraid to show it. He has emerald green eyes and dark hair. Lovely, compared to Ivy's bright red hair. Perfect match.

You can tell that Ren gets under Ivy's skin from the beginning, from calling her Merida 'yes from Brave', to sneaking into her house and sitting beside her while she's sleeping. Creepy I know. But, due to his persistent's she ends up falling for her. I cant tell you enough how much I love Armentrout's relationships in her books. They are so cute.

Don't get me started on Tink. As soon as this character was introduced I fell in love with him. Not the whole 'I love you so much, love me' kind. But, the whole 'your such a great character, let me love you' kind. He has an attitude, and he doesn't give a flying fuck about what other people think of him, even if hes a foot tall and wearing dress up clothes for barbies.

Then there is the whole fey aspect. There could have been more details about the fey world, and possibly all the types of fey. We are only introduced to the fey that are in the earth plane, and the brownies. Is there other types? But, the whole Halfling thing, you could tell that Ivy was one of them as soon as it was mentioned in the book by Ren. But, Armentrout did a good job trying to sidetrack us from it by saying that the fey who shot her would have known, because of her blood. Tricky tricky.

Nothing-less, I loved this book. The romance was perfect, and the fey aspect was interesting. Although, Armentrout could have gone a bit more in depth with the whole fey aspect, she did a fantastic job. I do hope that Armentrout adds in more information about the fey in her next book. I seriously would recommend this to a friend. Its Awesome! Happy Reading!

P.S: Sorry I posted this so early in the morning! I finished the book last night and wanted to review it while it was fresh in my mind. Also, I wanted to review it before I went to work and started a new book!

~Alysia