ARC Review of Wicked by Alyssa Alpha

This story is very disturbing yet addicting. Words are hard to explain my reaction yet it kept drawing me back in. Addictive is one word I keep going back to .

Lily Ford has two step brothers and she loves them both yet they are dangerous to her heath- one loves her and the other one is out to hurt her, badly. Kade & Parker are identical twin brothers and they have this family with a step mom and Lily. Suddenly one day, the dad dies and then soon after Lily’s mom dies.

There is a tangled web woven and you get the impression that Kade didn’t like Lily; Parker and Lily got along so much like a house on fire. Couple years down the road , Parker is always there for Lily and Kade can’t be bothered to be around Lily and the reader sees the reason why- it’s because he is in love with is stepsister. There is something building and its evil like- Because the parents died, the company they built is left to Lily only and this has left a festering wound and after a night of heavy drinking, Parker comes up with something to hurt Lily, and Kade seems to agree, where they do something vindictive and nasty. The next morning, Kade seemed to want to back off but Parker was really crazy acting and wanted to go full steam ahead. Parker uses all he has to get super close to Lily and ply her , making her think he “loved her” when he really didn’t. This part really hurt my heart and I was yelling at my Kindle-yelling at Lily to run away from this mess but didn’t happen. Kade did try to intervene and it seems there is some sparks there and he tried to get Lily away…but Parker is slowly losing his grasp on reality on Fruit Loop at a time..as a reader, you can see him just starting to go unbalanced when she realizes that she has more feelings for Kade and cannot be there for Parker and that is when things go south . Then this is where I say folks, fruit loops have nothing on this Parker –think of the song by Eminem “The Monster” well Em said it best “You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath/you think I'm crazy, yeah/Well, that's nothing/I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed/Get along with the voices inside of my head…” I mean, this is what we start to see, a mentally unbalanced man who is crazy who is doing horrible things and will start doing horrible things to keep what he perceives as his . I do not want to give any spoilers away-let’s just say I’m surprised no one realized how sick Parker was mentally before now.

There are so many surprising twists and turns before the ending of this book. I had to stop several times to take a breath. I will admit at first I rooted for Parker then by the end of the book, I was thanking the author for making Kade the hero of this story for Lily. Do they end up with their HEA? Only you will know why reading this fantastic story. It is very much worth it to read this fantabulous story of how good vs evil…and who ultimately wins.

My rating: 4.7 stars ****

***A gifted copy was provided by the author for my honest review****